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ch 8 quiz 2 Flashcards

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Common name for Octavian

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Caesar Augustus

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what does caesar mean?

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revere

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Jesus was born during his reign

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Caesar Augustus

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time of peace for rome (began during Caesar’s rule)

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Pax Romana

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came after caesar (rulers)

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Claudian Emperors

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Emperor during the life and death of Jesus Christ

First ruler of the Claudian Dynasty

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Tiberius

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Insane and murdered by his body guards

Second claudian emperor

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Caligula

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what did caligula elect to run in senate

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Horse

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Caligula’s uncle; third Claudian ruler

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Claudius

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What did Claudius (claudian emporers/claudian empire) conquer

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Briton (great britain)

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Claudius’ stepson; last Claudian Emperor

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Nero

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First of the Flavian Emperors

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Vespasian

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destroyed the temple in Jerusalem

Vespasian’s oldest son; second flavian emperor

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Titus

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destroyed Pompeii during Titus’s reign

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Mt. Vesuvius

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Considered himself a god
Vespasian’s second son; third Flavian emperor

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Domitian

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16
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Good in Rome’s eyes because they upheld the law; greatly persecuted christians

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Five “Good” Emperors

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(army that) became the true power of Rome (after the Pax Romana)

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Barracks Emperors

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18
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Divided the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Sections

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Diocletian

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Who ruled in west
Who ruled in east
(the roman empire/entire kingdom)

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Diocletian- west
Maximian- east

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broke out After the emperors stepped down over the throne. what was it? who won?

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a civil war
Constantine won

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21
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legalized christianity (wrote this?)

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Edict of Milian; constantine

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22
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Constantine saw what (vision)

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cross

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Constantine reunited the empire and moved the capital to ___? what was it renamed?

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Byzantium; it was renamed Constantinople in his honor

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permanently split rome in 395 (into eastern and western sections)

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Theodosius

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Germanic tribe that invaded Italy in 409; Brought Italy and the majority of the western empire under their control
Visigoths
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Legacy of Rome
Latin language, Roman law, and Republican Government
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common latin language
Vernacular (vulgar)
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Roman writers produced their greatest works in what era
Golden Age of Latin Language
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Wrote *On the Commonwealth*
Cicero
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Wrote *Virgil*
Aeneid (greatest author during golden age of latin language)
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Wrote Odes
Horace
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Wrote *Metamorphoses*
Ovid
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wrote *Parallel Lives*
Plutarch
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greatest author during golden age of latin language
Aeneid
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all laws derives from a central source
single sovereignty
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common human nature
Universality
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laws should fit a larger number of cases
Equity
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fought between Marius (Masses) and Sulla (Senate)
first civil war
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Pompey vs. Julius Caesar (nephew of marius; concerned for the masses)
Second Civil War
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Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus formed ___ which ruled Rome
triumvirate
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julius caesar was elected what with Pompey’s support in 59 BC
consul
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julius caesar became governor of what
gaul
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Senate and Pompey became jealous of Julius' power and told him to
disband his army
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what did julius do that made a battle break out
he crossed the rubicon with his army
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last of the Ptolemaic rulers
Cleopatra
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julius established what empire
Julian Empire
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julius's death day
March 15, 44 B.C
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who killed julius;how many times was he stabbed
senate; 23 times
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Mark Antony vs. Octavian
Third Civil War
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main rivals for succession after Julius Caesar
Mark Antony and Octavian
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Together with (this person) Mark Antony and Octavian formed (this)
Together with Lepidus they formed the 2nd triumvirate
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one of history's most decisive battles
Actium
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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
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Who was born during Caesar Augustus' reign
Jesus
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when there was a wealth decline in rome, who did most of the wealth go to
patricians
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instituted reforms and were opposed by the Senate
Gracchus Brothers (Tiberius and Gaius)
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Provided free food and entertainment
"Bread and Circuses"

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