Empire: Extras and MTQs Flashcards
What freedman advisor to Nero convinced the Praetorian Guard to betray Nero?
Nymphidius Sabinus
Which wife of Augustus had their mother sent a note before the marriage had even been consummated claiming she was still in “mint-condition”
Clodia
What Grandfather of Vespasian received a pardon by Caesar during the civil war?
Titus Flavius Petro
What eastern general handled the short-term governance of Rome while Vespasian was still out east?
Gaius Licinius Mucianus
Where did Gaius Licinius Mucianus persuade Vespasian to take up arms against Vitellius
Mount Carmel
Where did the eastern generals supporting Vespasian’s bid for the throne hold a war council in July?
Berytus (Beirut)
What king of Judea had built the fortifications at Massada?
King Herod the Great
Which Roman prefect of Judea immediately preceded Pontius Pilate
Valerius Gratus
What governor of Judea started his term in 130 A.D. and unsuccessfully combated the early uprising faze of the Simon Bar Kokhba with some even claiming he helped provoke it?
Quintus Tineius Rufus
What general under Nero reportedly said “Axios” as he fell on his sword meaning “I am worthy”
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
When he was stationed in Germania Inferior during the reign of Claudius, what tribes did Corbulo have to resist uprisings from?
Cherusci and Chauci
Where was Corbulo stationed as governor in 52 B.C.?
Asia
Against what Armenian king did Corbulo fight?
Tiridates I
What king of Parthia was brother in law to Tiridates I and supported him through the wars with Corbulo?
Vologases I
When did Corbulo begin his offensive in Armenia after being reinforced with German troops?
58 A.D.
What Armenian prince does Corbulo replace Tiridates I with?
Gaius Iulius Tigranes VI
What governor of Cappadocia resented Corbulo’s success and was soundly defeated at Rhandeia?
Lucius Caesennius Paetus
Who leads the invasion, under Vespasian, of Commagene after sending a letter to Vespasian claiming that their king wasn’t loyal?
Lucius Caesennius Paetus
What demand did the Praetorians make of the new emperor Nerva – a demand which he acceded to?
They wanted to execute Domitian’s killers
What does Vitellius mean?
young-calf
Who revolted in Britain before being assassinated by his finance minister Allectus?
Carausius
What Persian king was the father of Shapur I and fought Alexander Severus in the east?
Ardashir
Who, likely the father in law of Artashir I was the first “Sassanian king” minted on coins being minted on Ardashir’s coins after his death?
Pabag (Papak)
What last Parthian Shahanshah was defeated at Hormozdgan in 224 by Ardashir I?
Artabanus IV
What kingdom did Ardashir I rule for about 12 years before revolting against the Parthians?
Pars (King of Persis)
What king fought a war with Alexander Severus in Mesopotamia?
Ardashir I
When did Hatra fall to Ardashir I?
(April or September) 240 A.D.
Which of Vitellius’s two generals fought for 4 of the Emperors in 69 A.D., and was executed by Titus for his previous lack of loyalty?
Caecina
Who was the second wife of Herod the Great?
Mariamne I
What wife of Herod the Great was the mother of Herod Antipas?
Malthrace
What son of Macrinus was also raised to the rank of Augustus?
Diadumenian (Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus)
At what battle did Elagabalus seize control of the empire?
Antioch
What general served for Elagabalus in the battle of Antioch?
Gannys
Who wrote the earliest known comprehensive refutation of Christianity: “The True Word”?
Celsus
When Claudius invaded Britain, he actually did so at the invitation of several British chieftains who feared what man’s power?
Caratacus
Who handed Caratacus over to the Romans during their conquest of Britain?
Catimandua
What British chieftain made a speech that so impressed Claudius that he was spared?
Caratacus
What British monarch fled to Rome and gave Claudius the pretext to invade Britain?
Verica
Who made the poison responsible for killing Claudius?
Locusta
What cupbearer of Claudius was most likely responsible for administering the poison to him?
Halotus
Who was emperor of the east from 457-474 B.C.
Leo I
What Roman, who shares a name with a Consul of 13 A.D., was executed under Claudius for his affair and attempted coup with the empress Messalina?
Gaius Silius
Who exposed the marriage of Messalina and Gaius Silius to Claudius?
Narcissus
What freedman advisor of Claudius wanted him to marry Agrippina the Younger?
Pallas
What Governor of Germania Superior, who was one of only a few survivors of those allied with Sejanus, ended up being executed under Caligula for a plot to replace him?
(Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus) Gaetulicus
What Batavian led a revolt in Gallia Lugdunensis in 69 A.D. at the prompting of Vespasian?
Julius Civilis
Who puts down the revolt of Julius Civilis after he refuses Vespasian’s request to lay down arms?
Quintus Petillius Cerialis
Quintus Petillius Cerialis served under Suetonius in the battle against Boudicca, in what city did he suffer a defeat at the hands of the Iceni queen?
Camulodunum (Colchester)
What were the years of Domitian’s Dacian wars?
86 - 88 A.D.
Who was the fist king to Successfully unify Dacia
Burebista
Under Augustus who had successfully defeated the Dacians and reportedly killed three of their five kings?
Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives
What Dacian king started Domitian’s Dacian war by leading an army into Moesia and annihilating Oppius Sabinus’s army
Duras
What Praetorian Prefect of Domitian led the attack into Dacia in 87 A.D. and was ultimately defeated at the fist battle of Tapae?
Cornelius Fuscus
Who led the Romans to victory at the second battle of Tapae in 88 A.D.?
Tettius Julianus
What events caused an early peace with Decebalus in 89 B.C.?
The revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus and the insurrection of the Qaudi, Marcomanni, and Sarmatians.
Who, along with the future emperor Trajan, put down the revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus?
Lucius Appius Maximus Norbanus
Who forces Gratian to raise Valentinian II to the rank of Co-Augustus?
Merobaudes
Where was Magnus Maximus defeated by Theodosius I?
Poetovio
After the defeat of Magnus Maximus who was made the Magister Militum of Valentinian II?
Arbogast
After the suspicious death of Valentinian II, who supported Eugenius on the throne?
Arbogast
What son of Magnus Maximus was raised to the rank of Augustus by Magnus?
Victor
How long was the interregnum in the west between the death of Valentinian II and the Ascension of Eugenius?
4 months
What wealthy Frankish military commander in the west supported Count Romanus, the proconsul of Africa, in a series of trials against Count Theodosius?
Merobaudes
Which emperor, upon taking power, wrote a letter to the Jews of Alexandria declaring his toleration of their way of life?
Claudius
Where was the imperial navy stationed?
Misenum
Who led the Praetorians in their siege against the Capital after the death of Domitian and succeed in their demands to punish his murder?
Casperius Aelianus
What man was made the first Prefect of Egypt under Augustus?
Cornelius Gallus
On what exact day in 69 A.D. was Galba murdered?
January 15th
Augustus’ constitutional settlement of 23 B.C. was based on the tribunicia poetestas and…?
maius proconsulare
Who, before Augustus took it over, created the first free fire brigade in Rome and used it to advance up the Imperial cursus Honorem?
Marcus Egnatius Rufus
Who was a Praetorian prefect under Claudius, was dismissed in favor of Burrus by Agrippina, and went on to marry Poppaea Sabina before Otho and Nero?
Rufrius Crispinus
What emperors were adopted by their predecessors in the Julio-Claudian dynasty?
Tiberius; Caligula; Nero
Where did Hadrian die?
Baiae
what was irregular about Hadrian’s adoption?
He was not present for it and it was signed by Plotina instead of Trajan
What ward of Hadrian’s became his Praetorian prefect?
Attianus
When was the sack of Rome under Gaiseric?
455 A.D.
When did Cleander raise himself and two others to the rank of Praetorian Prefect, which for the first time now had three simultaneous office holders?
185 A.D.
Who was appointed Augustus of the west in 308 A.D. at the conference of Carnuntum?
Licinius
At which battle of 293 A.D. did Asclepiodotus defeat Allectus and re-establish Roman rule in Britain?
Silchester
Along with governing the Empire what literary pastime did Gallienus engage himself with?
Poetry
What heir of Caesar was Consul in 1 A.D.?
Gaius Caesar
Who is the only Roman emperor never to hold the title “Augustus?”
Vitellius
When and where was Agrippa Postumus banished?
7 A.D.; Planasia
During what emperor’s reign was John the Baptist killed?
Tiberius
What emperor styled himself as “Alexander the Great?”
Caracalla
Who captured the Druidic stronghold Mona (Anglesey) in 59 A.D.?
Suetonius Paulinus
What conspiracy led to the deaths of Seneca, Petronius, and Lucan?
Pisonian Conspiracy
What relationship was common between Caenis and Vespasian, and Marcia and Commodus?
A informal marriage like relationship.
What former Roman Solider led a north African Berber revolt during the beginning of Tiberius’s Riegn?
Tacfarinas
What battle is Caratacus captured at?
Ceer Caradoc
What Roman General, and the Governor of Britain who succeeded Aulus Plautinus, captured Caratacus at the battle of Ceer Caradoc?
Publius Ostorius Scapula
After it’s abandonment by Hadrian, what emperor reinstates the province of Mesopitamia?
Septimius Severus
