Alterations made in his reign

Question 1

what was he like as Censor

Answer 1

inconsistent

Question 2

why some did not get a black mark

Answer 2

No black mark against a young reprobate because his father said he was extremely well behaved
A notorious seducer of girls+married women, escaped with the caution to be more careful in the future

Question 3

Some who were struck from the list

Answer 3

A Greek nobleman struck from the list of jury men, deprived of his rights as a Roman citizen because he did not know latin
Several equites struck from the list for leaving Italy without a formal demand for leave of absence

Question 4

The inaccuracy of his informers

Answer 4

Attempted to remove others but failed due to the information collected by his agents proved so inaccurate. Some shameful examples

• thought of being bachelors, childless and to poor to sustain their rank, all wrong
• one eques said to have attempted suicide with a dagger tore of his clothes and asked where the scar was

Question 5

His memorable act as a censor

Answer 5

Had a beautiful silver chariot hacked to pieces before his eyes purchased in the Sigillaria (to curb extravagance)

Question 6

His edicts

Answer 6

Twenty edicts in a single day

• the year’s vintage is abundant so pitch your wine jar well
• a statement that a particular sap works well against snake bite.

Question 7

what office did he revive

Answer 7

Assumed the office of censor (he revived it after 60years)

Question 8

Religious ritual, civil and military customs, social status of all ranks (home and abroad)

Answer 8

-revived obsolete traditions +invented new ones

Question 9

admitting a priest into a college

Answer 9

-he never admitted a priest into a college without taking a personal oath that he thought him worthy

Question 10

earthquae

Answer 10

public holiday

Question 11

-bird of evil omen perched on the Capitol,

Answer 11

capacity as pontifex Maximus went to the Rostra ordered slaves and labourers to withdraw. Read out formula for supplication, people repeated it after him

Question 12

courts

Answer 12

Instituted permanent courts at Rome and in the provinces to judge fiduciary cases rather than entrust them to the annually appointed Roman magistrates

Question 13

Papian-Poppaean LAw

Answer 13

Cancelled Tiberius’ supplement to the Papian-Poppaean Law which implied men over sixth could not beget children

Question 14

punishments

Answer 14

Ruled no person exiled from a province might enter Italy

Introduced Punishment that forbade a man to go more than 3miles outside of Rome

Question 15

business of particular importance in the senate he sat

Answer 15

sat between the consuls or on the bench for tribunes of the people.

Question 16

public officials who wished to travel abroad

Answer 16

Senate used to consider their applications, now Claudius reserved the right to deal with them personally

Question 17

gave the consul insignia

Answer 17

even to procurators of the second clas

Question 18

if senatorial class was declined

Answer 18

deprived of equestrian rank as well

Question 19

AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS REIGN you could only become senator

Answer 19

could prove that his ancestors had been Roman citizens for five generation.

Question 20

Easy to become a senator

Answer 20

Eventually he granted senatorial standing to the son of a freedman as long as he got adopted by an eques.

Question 21

What where quaestors now expected to do

Answer 21

Relieved the quaestors of their obligation to keep the roads paved and expected them to stage gladiatorial shows instead

Question 22

custodianship of the public treasury

Answer 22

Withdrew the quaestors on duty in Gaul and Ostia back and returned to them their custodianship of the public treasury in the temple of Saturn. (at that point was held by praetors/ men of praetorian status, it is like this onece more- implies it was a bad change)

Question 23

triumphal decorations

Answer 23

awarded it to men in great numbers on the slightest of excuses as well as to the fiance of his daughter Octavia while still a boy
- The legions sent him a letter begging that he issue the same honour to all his consular legates at the same time he appointed them (would stop them trying to win it and provoking frontier incidents)

Question 24

New regulations for the military careers of equites

Answer 24

-after commanding an infantry cohort they were promoted to cavalry squadron, only then became military tribunes

Question 25

New rules for freedmen

Answer 25

A freedman who tried to pass himself off as eques had his property confiscated.
If proved ungrateful to his former master, he returned to slavery.
Claudius told advocates representing freedmen that he would not hear any cases which they might bring against their own freedmen

Question 26

Rules for slaves (and incidents)

Answer 26

Sick and worn out slaves abandoned by their owners on the Island of Aesculapius. Rather than give them proper medical attention he freed them all, none to return to their former owners.
Any owner who killed a sick slave was charged with murder.

Question 27

non-citizens

Answer 27

Illegal to adopt the names of Roman families

Any who usurped the rights of Roman citizens were executed on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill.

Question 28

Treatment of some provinces

Answer 28

Deprived Lycians of self governance to punish their love of savage vendettas
Restored that of the Rhodians to express his pleasure at their recent moral improvement.
Granted the Trojans, founders of the Roman race, perpetual exemption from tribute.

Question 29

Jews

Answer 29

Jews at Rome were causing continuous disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from the city.

Question 30

atitude to German envoys

Answer 30

German envoys were sat among the common people noticed the Parthian and Armenian envoys sat with the senators in the orchestra, went to join them.
Claudius admired their confidence and let them remain

Question 31

druidic cult

Answer 31

Abolished the Druidic cult (augustus had only prohibited Roman citizens in Gaul taking part)

Question 32

When concluding a treaty with foreign rulers

Answer 32

he sacrificed a sow in the forum

Augustus’ altar of peace has Aeneas sacrificing a sow

Question 33

Shipowner privileges (to support grain import)

Answer 33

Shipowner if a Roman citizen exempted from the papian-poppaean Law. If only a latin acquired full Roman citizenship. If a Woman she enjoyed the privileges granted to mothers of four children.