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Augustus and the transofrmation of the roman world Flashcards

1
Q

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 ________

A

liberty

antony, lepidus

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true or false, they didnt kill mark antony

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true

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caesars ememies issues _______ sybolic for freedome

they referenced ______ and depicted a _____ with two _______

A

coins

brutus, bunny with two daggers

(k idk if its a bunny, my notes said “funny” so i guessed)

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Ceasarshad created many funding projects and stuff - if he is considered an unlawful tyrant then what happens to them

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if he is considered an unlawful tyrant then his achievements are void

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how did people feel about the assassins? about caesar?

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people didnt like assassins, still liked caesar and his work

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mark antony requested a ______ ______ for caesar
they allowed it but said it had to be ________

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puclic funeral
apolitical

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at caesar’s public funeral, mark anotny held a _______ _______, but didnt make and references to the conspirators

A

bloody toga

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when they read caesar’s will at the funeral, what happened

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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

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__________ left to take control of rome

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anotny

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________ pushed for her son - who claimes to be caesr’s son- to tale control

A

cleopatra

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Julius caesar claims Octavianus as his _____
_________ him in his will
Octavius changed name to ______ ______ _______ Octavianus

A

son
adopted
gaius julis caesar octavanus

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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?

A

estate
denies
sympathy
never got his money

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OCtavian gained poblic sympathy/popularity by doing what

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selling off his own property in order to pay each citizen
appealing to caesar’s memory

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Antony gets himself elected ______ and askes to be the govenor of ______

there was already a govenor there but he ______

A

consul

gaul

insisted

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when antony left for gaul, _______ seized the initiative in proposing that the senate eliminated anoty - whom he had already warned would become a _______

A

cicero

dictator

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________ gather an unofficial army to help fight against mark antony -

soldiers agree on condition they become _______

A

octavian

senators

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17
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who wanted to be come consul but couldnt because he was too young? (19)

A

octavian

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octavian and mark antony’s army’s meet and right. how does that go?

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Mark antony’s army driven back - not completely defeated

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who did antony go see after his battle with octavian

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went to go join lepidus westward

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antony convinces ______ to switch dies and join him

A

antony

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octavian wanted ________ for his mean from the senate, the senate _______

this caused him to do what?

A

rewards, refused

he switched sides, joining ledipus and antoy

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22
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teogether lepidus, antony and octavian make the _____ __________

A

second triumvirate

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once the second triumvirate is formed, they become official ________ due to the _____ of their combined _______

they become supreme ______ in rome
_______ being the most powerful

A

dictators due to the streigth of their combined
leaders
antony

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in the battle of ______, conspirators gathered near a city in greece but ______ and _______ beat them

A

Phillipi

antony and octavian

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the battle of phillipi took place in ________

______ and ______ vs _________ and _______

A

macedonia
antony and octavian vs cassius and brutus

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in the first battle, ______ wiped out _______’s legions
in the second, _______ killed himself after losing

A

brutus, octavian
brutus

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after the battle of phillipi , the 2nd triumvirate made a deal that _______ got the eastern side of empire, _________ got italy and everything west

A

perusian
antony
octavian

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the rome was thus controlled by ______ after the battle of phillipi

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antony

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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 ________

A

winnings
soliders, duty
octavian

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30
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now in power of italy, Oct tells ppl they have to start ________ ______

they rebel and he gets nickname “_____ _______” for how he deals with them

A

paying taxes

kid butcher

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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 _____

A

antonius, fulvia
city
octavian
died

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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 ______

A

gaul

antony

meeting

33
Q

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)

A

marriage
octavia

scribonia
1 year

34
Q

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

A

pompey
pompey, octavian
octavian asked for antony’s help
triumvirate

35
Q

_______ 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

A

Agrippa
Lepidus
asia minor

36
Q

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

A

lepidus

triumvirate

italy

37
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who said its one thing to take over an empire is another thing to rule it

A

octavian

38
Q

Oct publishes a mini biography, carved in stone and posted throughout empire

what did it say

A

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

39
Q

Mark antony goest east, falls in love with ________, they have babies

Oct goes to visit and antony tells him to just go ______ (big diss)

A

cleopatra

home

40
Q

Anotny unsuccessfully invaded _______, and then ________ in the east

A

parthia

armenia

41
Q

Oct successfully controls the italian chaos in the west, making him somewhat on par with _______’s accomplishments

A

antony

42
Q

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

A

will
children
commerce

43
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in the clash between oct and anotny, ______ was forced to abandon his troops and return to alexandria with cleopatra

A

antony

44
Q

in the first settlement, octavian resigned as ______ and ______ and accepted a ________ for 10 years

A

dictator abd consul

province

45
Q

octavian was given the title of _______
has the monht of _______ named after him

A

augustus
august

46
Q

who says

“i surpass everyone in influence, but i had no more power than anyone else”

A

augustus

47
Q

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

A

imperator

princeps

48
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augustus means ______ _______

A

big influencer

49
Q

what was odd about augustus’ province

A

Is it really a province? Its fuckling huge
Took on the areas with the most trouble

50
Q

augustus claimed no _______, but in reality he had ________- rule

he has unofficial ______

A

no power

authoritarian

auctoritas/influence

51
Q

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

A

second settleement, consul

vote
consul
leading

52
Q

second settlement
augustus is given “greater ________” which means that if any other governor disagree with him, he is automatically right

A

imperium

53
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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

A

imperium
tribune
priest, pontifex maximus

54
Q

augustus is given the title “_______ of the ________” - opposing once again the dictator look

A

father of the fatherland

55
Q

the senate permits auhustus to sear a consul’s _______ when he appeared in publix to sooth the widespread fears

A

insignia (robe)

56
Q

augustus felt that rome no longer showed respect for ______ and its vital role in rearing ______

A

mariiage
children

57
Q

Augustus never believed that _______ should be tied to family

A

prosperity

58
Q

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

A

married, kids
divorced
adultry
engaged, kids

59
Q

Augustus’ own daughter ______ continually broke this - when he found out he was hypocritical and just ______ her ______

A

julia

sent her away

60
Q

augustus kep picking people to succeed him but what kept happening

A

they kept dying

61
Q

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

A

julia to agrippa

adopted them both

aggripa

62
Q

when aggripa died, who was augustus forced to look to as his successor

A

his stepson tiberius

63
Q

tiberius has told to marry his stepsister _______, but this mirraige eventually failed

A

julia
imperium

64
Q

augustus’ two adopted sons ______

augustus adopted _____ as his son and their imperium was made _____

augusuts died and tiberius was given sole ______

A

died

equal

imperium

65
Q

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 ______

A

600
equestrian posts, political
body guard
commerce
security

66
Q

augustus revamped the roman _____

A

army

67
Q

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 _________

A

discharges
pay, pension
retirement
taxes, benefits

68
Q

revamps to army:

Army no longer has aggressive ________ commanders who used their positions to further their ________ stance

A

political, political stance

69
Q

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 _____

A

secure, borders
north

70
Q

in the east augustus made a truce with ______ and ______

in the west, the people of dalmatia and pannonia raised a ______

A

parthia and armenia

rebellion

71
Q

before he died augustus advised tiberius against what?

A

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

72
Q

in the city of rome augustus:

restored _____
and created _______ for the roman people

A

temples, services

73
Q

what services did augustus add to rome

______ department
______ department
Improved ________
Publicly funded ________ games
Restructured ______ supplies

A

Fire department
Police department
Improved aqueducts
Publicly funded gladiatorial games
Restructured grain supplies

74
Q

what were attitudes like outside of rome towards augustus

A

they loved the guy

75
Q

augustus created an imperial cult, what does this means

A

using reluguin to stregthen one’s position

They worshiped his genius for his protection (not augustus cause theyw wouldnt allow that)

76
Q

how uch power did augustus/rome have over the other cities in itly

A

had greater control over them than before,even giving them some amenities

77
Q

augusuts’s name or imade was prominent everywhere, especially on ______

A

coins

78
Q

overall augusuts:

Created a new governmental system: the ‘_______’
Population gowns by ____%
created _______ growth
No _______ wars for 100 years

A

principate
25
economic
civil

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