ch 8 quiz 2 Flashcards
Common name for Octavian
Caesar Augustus
what does caesar mean?
revere
Jesus was born during his reign
Caesar Augustus
time of peace for rome (began during Caesar’s rule)
Pax Romana
came after caesar (rulers)
Claudian Emperors
Emperor during the life and death of Jesus Christ
First ruler of the Claudian Dynasty
Tiberius
Insane and murdered by his body guards
Second claudian emperor
Caligula
what did caligula elect to run in senate
Horse
Caligula’s uncle; third Claudian ruler
Claudius
What did Claudius (claudian emporers/claudian empire) conquer
Briton (great britain)
Claudius’ stepson; last Claudian Emperor
Nero
First of the Flavian Emperors
Vespasian
destroyed the temple in Jerusalem
Vespasian’s oldest son; second flavian emperor
Titus
destroyed Pompeii during Titus’s reign
Mt. Vesuvius
Considered himself a god
Vespasian’s second son; third Flavian emperor
Domitian
Good in Rome’s eyes because they upheld the law; greatly persecuted christians
Five “Good” Emperors
(army that) became the true power of Rome (after the Pax Romana)
Barracks Emperors
Divided the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Sections
Diocletian
Who ruled in west
Who ruled in east
(the roman empire/entire kingdom)
Diocletian- west
Maximian- east
broke out After the emperors stepped down over the throne. what was it? who won?
a civil war
Constantine won
legalized christianity (wrote this?)
Edict of Milian; constantine
Constantine saw what (vision)
cross
Constantine reunited the empire and moved the capital to ___? what was it renamed?
Byzantium; it was renamed Constantinople in his honor
permanently split rome in 395 (into eastern and western sections)
Theodosius
Germanic tribe that invaded Italy in 409; Brought Italy and the majority of the western empire under their control
Visigoths
Legacy of Rome
Latin language, Roman law, and Republican Government
common latin language
Vernacular (vulgar)
Roman writers produced their greatest works in what era
Golden Age of Latin Language
Wrote On the Commonwealth
Cicero
Wrote Virgil
Aeneid (greatest author during golden age of latin language)
Wrote Odes
Horace
Wrote Metamorphoses
Ovid
wrote Parallel Lives
Plutarch
greatest author during golden age of latin language
Aeneid
all laws derives from a central source
single sovereignty
common human nature
Universality
laws should fit a larger number of cases
Equity
fought between Marius (Masses) and Sulla (Senate)
first civil war
Pompey vs. Julius Caesar (nephew of marius; concerned for the masses)
Second Civil War
Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus formed ___ which ruled Rome
triumvirate
julius caesar was elected what with Pompey’s support in 59 BC
consul
julius caesar became governor of what
gaul
Senate and Pompey became jealous of Julius’ power and told him to
disband his army
what did julius do that made a battle break out
he crossed the rubicon with his army
last of the Ptolemaic rulers
Cleopatra
julius established what empire
Julian Empire
julius’s death day
March 15, 44 B.C
who killed julius;how many times was he stabbed
senate; 23 times
Mark Antony vs. Octavian
Third Civil War
main rivals for succession after Julius Caesar
Mark Antony and Octavian
Together with (this person) Mark Antony and Octavian formed (this)
Together with Lepidus they formed the 2nd triumvirate
one of history’s most decisive battles
Actium
What was the end of the Third Civil War?
Mark Antony gave roman land to cleopatra which helped Octavian gain support and when Mark Antony and Cleopatra realized they were losing the war they committed suicide together.
After this, Octavian became the undisputed emperor of the entire Roman Empire
Who was born during Caesar Augustus’ reign
Jesus
when there was a wealth decline in rome, who did most of the wealth go to
patricians
instituted reforms and were opposed by the Senate
Gracchus Brothers (Tiberius and Gaius)
Provided free food and entertainment
“Bread and Circuses”
