Emperors of Rome Flashcards
Pax Romana
“Roman peace,” refers to the time period from 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. in the Roman Empire. This 200-year period saw unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire
Who were the emperors during the pax romana?
Octavion (Augustus)
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Vesperian
Trajan
Who were the emperors during the fall of rome?
Hadrian
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus
Diocletian
Constantine
Theodosius
Octavion (Augustus) 31BC -14AD successes
Won Liberator’s civil war
brought back peace to Greco-Roman world
He made sure the city’s water system was repaired and he built two new aqueducts
Octavion (Augustus) 31BC -14AD failures
He pursued a strict moral military mission
He made laws promoting child abuse
He failed to maintain the empire’s security in a certain area
Tiberius 14-37 CE successes
Smooth succession from Agustus
Successful military campaigns
Expansion of Roman borders
deifies august after death (made him into a god)
right to abdicate (retire)
Tiberius 14-37 CE failures
frugal
didn’t entertain the mob
treason trials (kills people close to him)
Caligula 37 - 41 AD/CE successes
Completed various public works projects
Increased the pay for soldiers
Initiated the construction of two new aqueducts
Caligula 37 - 41 AD/CE failures
lacked the personal experience to be suitable for the role
cruel and vicious
regarded as insane
made his horse member of senate
incest
own guards killed him
Claudius 41 - 54 AD successes
Made major improvements to Rome’s judicial system
Extended citizenship
increased women’s privileges
successful in conquering britain
expanded into africa
Claudius 41 - 54 AD failures
married 5 times
killed 4 wife to marry niece
Declared war on Poseidon by ordering Roman Soldiers to stab their spears into the ocean shore
Nero 54 - 68 AD successes
Ended secret trials
Gave the Senate more independence
Banned capital punishment
Reduced taxes and allowed slaves to sue unjust owners
tried to assassinate his mom like 5 times and failed
Nero 54 - 68 AD failures
political purges, tyrannical behavior
started the great fire of Rome
played the lyre while it burned
killed his mom (took him 6 tries)
captured christians, tied them up and lit them on fire
was kinda crazy tbh
Vespesian 69 -79 AD successes
Funded a vast Roman building program which included the Temple of Peace, the Colosseum, and restoration of the capitol
Vespesian 69 -79 AD failures
He asked the people of Rome to pay a bit more of their taxes to save Rome.
He used the tax money to build roads
He failed to bring Rome out of their depression
Trajan 98 - 117 AD successes
Reduced taxes
Started a new welfare program for poor children
Giving out cash and increasing the number of poor citizens who could receive free grain
expands border
13 of 21 years outside of rome to keep provinces in control
Trajan 98 - 117 AD failures
He killed and eliminated many advisers and family members whom he thought were a threat or interfered with his rule
He encouraged bloodsports
He encouraged gladiator fights and chariot races
Hadrian 117 - 138 AD successes
He avoided war whenever possible
Spent Rome’s money well and strengthened the Empire
scottish
built hadrian’s wall to keep the barbarians out
Hadrian 117 - 138 AD failures
He killed 500, 000 Jews before peace was made
He could be quite willful at times
He built the temple over the Jews temple to Solomon
Marcus Aurelius 161 - 180 CE successes
He did his best to provide for his citizens through trying times
His ability to hold the Empire together through the Roman Empire’s first true pandemic , the Parthian War, and the Germanic Wars.
Marcus Aurelius 161 - 180 CE failures
he was lazy as fuck
Commodus 177 - 192 CE successes
Commodus brought an end to his father’s campaign against the Germans
After a failed assassination attempt in 182, however, his rule became erratic and brutal, and he imagined himself to be Hercules
Commodus 177 - 192 CE failures
beginning to the decline of the roman empire
law that cursed him, name was stricken from all records
loved excesses, didn’t care for politics
slept with sisters
toilet named after him
Diocletian 284 - 305 CE successes
Secured the empire’s borders and purged it of all threats to his power
separated and enlarged empire’s provincial divisions,
established the largest and most bureaucratic government
divide’s empire into half
