Empire Flashcards
In what year were Augustus and Agrippa co-consuls?
28 BC
Who was Augustus’s last co-consul before becoming emperor?
Agrippa
What does Augustus do in 27 BC?
Makes a big show of giving up powers
What is Augustus voted in 27 BC?
Proconsular Imperium over the two Spains, Gaul, Egypt and Syria
What does Augustus get or renew in 23 BC?
Tribunicia Potestas
What pre-Republican position does Augustus renew and who does he elect to fill the position?
Praefectus Urbi, Messala
For how long does Messala spend in the pre-Republican position?
He stepped down after 6 days due to senatorial opposition
Who is Augustus’s first choice for succession?
Marcellus
What is the original relationship between Marcellus and Augustus?
Marcellus is the son of Augustus’s sister, Octavia, by her first husband.
What did Augustus do to extend the relationship between himself and Marcellus?
He had Marcellus marry his daughter Julia
What happened in 23 BC when Augustus fell gravely ill?
He passed the signet ring to Agrippa since Marcellus was not old enough assume the Principate.
What happens when Marcellus dies?
Augustus has his daughter marry Julia marry Agrippa (Agrippa made to divorce wife)
Who does Augustus adopt after Marcellus dies?
The children of Agrippa and Julia: Gaius and Lucius Caesar (the remaining child was named Agrippa Postumus)
Whose heart fails in 12 BC?
Agrippa
Why can’t Gaius and Lucius Caesar become rulers in 12 BC?
they are too young
Who does Augustus look to when Gaius and Lucius cannot be adopted?
Tiberius, Livia’s son by Tiberius Claudius Nero
Who was Tiberius’s little brother?
Drusus I
How and when did Drusus die?
He died in Germany 9 AD by falling off a horse
How did Gaius Caesar die?
from wounds at Armenia
What happens after Gaius and Lucius Caesar die?
Augustus officially adopts Tiberius
now obvious successor
Who else does Augustus adopt after the death of Gaius and Lucius Caesar?
Agrippa Postumus, the last remaining child of Agrippa and Julia
Who does Augustus make Tiberius adopt?
Tiberius’s nephew, Germanicus, the son of Drusus I (Tiberius’s brother) and Antonia (daughter of Antony and Agrippina)
Who does Augustus make Germanicus marry?
Agrippina, a daughter of Agrippa and Julia
Who is Tiberius’s son and why is he relegated to unimportance?
Drusus II since he is only Claudian, not Julio-Claudian
Who does Augustus personally fight in northwestern Spain?
Cantabrians and Asturians
What happens when Augustus’s health fails in northwestern Spain?
Agrippa defeats the Cantabrians and Asturians through enslavement
What foreign region does Augustus divide?
Gallia Comata
What is Gallia Comata divided into?
Lugdunensis, Aquitania, and Belgica
What does Augustus form in the Alpine region of Italy?
a veterans’ colony
Where does Augustus form a veterans’ colony?
Auguta Praetoria
Who were Augustus’s stepsons that helped to subdue different regions?
Tiberius and Drusus I
Where did Augustus’s stepsons subdue?
Raetia (Switzerland) and Noricum (Austria and Tyrol)
What happened from 12-9 BC?
Drusus I did well against the Germans, but this ended when he broke his leg falling off a horse
Who took Drusus’s place after his death?
Tiberius
