Augustus and the transofrmation of the roman world Flashcards
as soon as caesar was assisinated the senators that had killed him hailed _______ but then realized that this would depend of the attitude of ______, caesar’s fellow consul, as well as ________
liberty
antony, lepidus
true or false, they didnt kill mark antony
true
caesars ememies issues _______ sybolic for freedome
they referenced ______ and depicted a _____ with two _______
coins
brutus, bunny with two daggers
(k idk if its a bunny, my notes said “funny” so i guessed)
Ceasarshad created many funding projects and stuff - if he is considered an unlawful tyrant then what happens to them
if he is considered an unlawful tyrant then his achievements are void
how did people feel about the assassins? about caesar?
people didnt like assassins, still liked caesar and his work
mark antony requested a ______ ______ for caesar
they allowed it but said it had to be ________
puclic funeral
apolitical
at caesar’s public funeral, mark anotny held a _______ _______, but didnt make and references to the conspirators
bloody toga
when they read caesar’s will at the funeral, what happened
a riot broke out,
Donated land to be gave up as parks
Donated a fuck ton of money to every citizen
the conspirators all had to flee rome and try to gather support
__________ left to take control of rome
anotny
________ pushed for her son - who claimes to be caesr’s son- to tale control
cleopatra
Julius caesar claims Octavianus as his _____
_________ him in his will
Octavius changed name to ______ ______ _______ Octavianus
son
adopted
gaius julis caesar octavanus
Octavius goes to Antony and asks for his part of the ______
Antony _______ multiple times
Oct had public’s _______and believed Antony wouldn’t kill him
did he ever get his money?
estate
denies
sympathy
never got his money
OCtavian gained poblic sympathy/popularity by doing what
selling off his own property in order to pay each citizen
appealing to caesar’s memory
Antony gets himself elected ______ and askes to be the govenor of ______
there was already a govenor there but he ______
consul
gaul
insisted
when antony left for gaul, _______ seized the initiative in proposing that the senate eliminated anoty - whom he had already warned would become a _______
cicero
dictator
________ gather an unofficial army to help fight against mark antony -
soldiers agree on condition they become _______
octavian
senators
who wanted to be come consul but couldnt because he was too young? (19)
octavian
octavian and mark antony’s army’s meet and right. how does that go?
Mark antony’s army driven back - not completely defeated
who did antony go see after his battle with octavian
went to go join lepidus westward
antony convinces ______ to switch dies and join him
antony
octavian wanted ________ for his mean from the senate, the senate _______
this caused him to do what?
rewards, refused
he switched sides, joining ledipus and antoy
teogether lepidus, antony and octavian make the _____ __________
second triumvirate
once the second triumvirate is formed, they become official ________ due to the _____ of their combined _______
they become supreme ______ in rome
_______ being the most powerful
dictators due to the streigth of their combined
leaders
antony
in the battle of ______, conspirators gathered near a city in greece but ______ and _______ beat them
Phillipi
antony and octavian
the battle of phillipi took place in ________
______ and ______ vs _________ and _______
macedonia
antony and octavian vs cassius and brutus
in the first battle, ______ wiped out _______’s legions
in the second, _______ killed himself after losing
brutus, octavian
brutus
after the battle of phillipi , the 2nd triumvirate made a deal that _______ got the eastern side of empire, _________ got italy and everything west
perusian
antony
octavian
the rome was thus controlled by ______ after the battle of phillipi
antony
after the battle of phillipi, the treasury runs out of funds from Caesar’s big ______
no money to pay the _____ for their ______
for this reason, antony gives italy to ________
winnings
soliders, duty
octavian
now in power of italy, Oct tells ppl they have to start ________ ______
they rebel and he gets nickname “_____ _______” for how he deals with them
paying taxes
kid butcher
perusine war:
Lucius ________ (antony’s bro) and antony’s wife _______, were discontent with octavian cause they wanted antony to be sole ruler
octavian trapped them in a _____vwhich he destroyed
they were pardoned by ________ after
both sooon _____
antonius, fulvia
city
octavian
died
perusine war:
oct have antony cause for concern by taking over _______, following the death of the govenor there that had been loyal to _______
after this they had a ______
gaul
antony
meeting
perusine war:
during the meeting between oct and antony at Misenum, they came to an agreement sealed by _______ between antony and ______ (antony’s older sis)
Octavian then later married ________, the sister of sextus pompey’s father in law
thislasted only ____ year(s)
marriage
octavia
scribonia
1 year
octavian soon divorced Scribonia wich offended _______
_______ won two small battles against ______
________ then asked for _______’s help
this led to the renewal of the 2nd ________, and he agreed to send men and help
pompey
pompey, octavian
octavian asked for antony’s help
triumvirate
_______ took lead in getting rid of Pompey, as he wasthe current consul of that time
_________ also sent help from Africa
only a few of pompey’s men escapes, onlg with him they fled to _____ _______, where he was pursued and executed
Agrippa
Lepidus
asia minor
the defeat of Sextus pompey prompted _______ to want his men to recognize him at their commander
in response, Octavian removed him from the _________, and took the province of _______ away from him
this have octavian control of all of ______ at this point
lepidus
triumvirate
italy
who said its one thing to take over an empire is another thing to rule it
octavian
Oct publishes a mini biography, carved in stone and posted throughout empire
what did it say
Said he had power over all things but what he really wanted what legitimacy
Wanted people to have a moral obligation, not just an obligation
He wanted to appear as the legitimate ruler
Mark antony goest east, falls in love with ________, they have babies
Oct goes to visit and antony tells him to just go ______ (big diss)
cleopatra
home
Anotny unsuccessfully invaded _______, and then ________ in the east
parthia
armenia
Oct successfully controls the italian chaos in the west, making him somewhat on par with _______’s accomplishments
antony
oct and antony become hostile
Oct opens up mark antony’s ______ (illigally) and publishes in
It states that he officially recognizes his ________with cleo
Wants his wealth to go towards a centre of roman ________ in egypt
will
children
commerce
in the clash between oct and anotny, ______ was forced to abandon his troops and return to alexandria with cleopatra
antony
in the first settlement, octavian resigned as ______ and ______ and accepted a ________ for 10 years
dictator abd consul
province
octavian was given the title of _______
has the monht of _______ named after him
augustus
august
who says
“i surpass everyone in influence, but i had no more power than anyone else”
augustus
augustus was Also called ________ (commander, or anyone with imperium), even though he no longer had imperium
also called ________ (leading citizen)
Takes on these titles of influential and respectable so people dont see him as a tyrant or dictator
imperator
princeps
augustus means ______ _______
big influencer
what was odd about augustus’ province
Is it really a province? Its fuckling huge
Took on the areas with the most trouble
augustus claimed no _______, but in reality he had ________- rule
he has unofficial ______
no power
authoritarian
auctoritas/influence
not everyone was buy the innocent act - so in the _____ ________ augustus announces he will never run for _______ again
At first the roman people refuse to _____ for any other ______ unless it was him - they wouldn’t accept that he wasn’t going to be ________ the people
second settleement, consul
vote
consul
leading
second settlement
augustus is given “greater ________” which means that if any other governor disagree with him, he is automatically right
imperium
second settlement
augustus is given “greater ________” which means that if any other governor disagree with him, he is automatically right
Wants to be ______ for every year for the rest of his life
Wants to be head _______ also known as _______ _______ for the rest of his life
imperium
tribune
priest, pontifex maximus
augustus is given the title “_______ of the ________” - opposing once again the dictator look
father of the fatherland
the senate permits auhustus to sear a consul’s _______ when he appeared in publix to sooth the widespread fears
insignia (robe)
augustus felt that rome no longer showed respect for ______ and its vital role in rearing ______
mariiage
children
Augustus never believed that _______ should be tied to family
prosperity
augustus gave tax breaks for ________ people and those with _____
says that if your wife cheats she muct be ______
caramalised _______
people took advantage of this by getting ______ and adopting ______ for the tax break
married, kids
divorced
adultry
engaged, kids
Augustus’ own daughter ______ continually broke this - when he found out he was hypocritical and just ______ her ______
julia
sent her away
augustus kep picking people to succeed him but what kept happening
they kept dying
Augustus had no more blood relative left to succeed him, so he married off his daughter _______ to _______ - they had two sons
Augustus _______ them both, but they were only children when _______ died
this meant he couldnt succeed him
julia to agrippa
adopted them both
aggripa
when aggripa died, who was augustus forced to look to as his successor
his stepson tiberius
tiberius has told to marry his stepsister _______, but this mirraige eventually failed
julia
imperium
augustus’ two adopted sons ______
augustus adopted _____ as his son and their imperium was made _____
augusuts died and tiberius was given sole ______
died
equal
imperium
KNOW FOR EXAM FOSHO FOSHO - augustus changes to senate:
reduced senates to size to ______
created ______ - first time buisness class had ______ power
got a personal _____ _____
spent his lifetime making roman empire favourable for _______ (eg. fixing roads)
made it apart of his policy to increase ______
600
equestrian posts, political
body guard
commerce
security
augustus revamped the roman _____
army
revamps roman army:
________ the roman army
Increases ______ and offers guaranteed _______ plan
__________ packages after serving for a number of years
Sales and inheritance _______ set up to pay for increased _________
discharges
pay, pension
retirement
taxes, benefits
revamps to army:
Army no longer has aggressive ________ commanders who used their positions to further their ________ stance
political, political stance
augustus was aware that areas within the empire were not _____, especially its ______
yet he still (at first) took on the task of extending the empire _____
secure, borders
north
in the east augustus made a truce with ______ and ______
in the west, the people of dalmatia and pannonia raised a ______
parthia and armenia
rebellion
before he died augustus advised tiberius against what?
against rash expansion of the empire
convinces that empire and expansion will be done on a cost benefit analysis - no expansion just for the sake of expansion
in the city of rome augustus:
restored _____
and created _______ for the roman people
temples, services
what services did augustus add to rome
______ department
______ department
Improved ________
Publicly funded ________ games
Restructured ______ supplies
Fire department
Police department
Improved aqueducts
Publicly funded gladiatorial games
Restructured grain supplies
what were attitudes like outside of rome towards augustus
they loved the guy
augustus created an imperial cult, what does this means
using reluguin to stregthen one’s position
They worshiped his genius for his protection (not augustus cause theyw wouldnt allow that)
how uch power did augustus/rome have over the other cities in itly
had greater control over them than before,even giving them some amenities
augusuts’s name or imade was prominent everywhere, especially on ______
coins
overall augusuts:
Created a new governmental system: the ‘_______’
Population gowns by ____%
created _______ growth
No _______ wars for 100 years
principate
25
economic
civil
