Empire: Flavian Emperors

Question 1

Name the Flavian Emperors in order.

Answer 1

Vespasian, Titus, Domitian

Question 2

Give the familial relation between Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian.

Answer 2

Vespasian was the father of both Titus and Domitian

Question 3

Why were the Flavian emperors called the Flavian emperors?

Answer 3

They all had blonde hair (flavus means blonde)

Question 4

In what year does the Flavian Dynasty begin?

Answer 4

69 AD

Question 5

In what year does the Flavian Dynasty end?

Answer 5

96 AD

Question 6

Give the years of Vespasian’s reign.

Answer 6

69-79 AD

Question 7

Give the years of Titus’s reign.

Answer 7

79-81 AD

Question 8

Give the years of Domitian’s reign.

Answer 8

81-96 AD

Question 9

What emperor finishes the construction of the Colosseum begun by his father Vespasian?

Answer 9

Titus

Question 10

Where did Titus serve as a soldier under his father Vespasian, helping him sack the city of Jerusalem in 70 AD?

Answer 10

Judaea

Question 11

On August 24th, 79 AD, what volcano erupted destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae?

Answer 11

Mt. Vesuvius

Question 12

What three cities were destroyed 79 AD by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?

Answer 12

Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae

Question 13

What Judaean city does Titus sack in 70 AD under his father Vespasian?

Answer 13

Jerusalem

Question 14

What emperor’s escapades in Judaea include a controversial affair with a princess named Berenice and sacking the city of Jerusalem in 70 AD?

Answer 14

Titus

Question 15

Give another name for the Colosseum.

Answer 15

Flavian Amphitheater

Question 16

What braggadocious Latin title did Domitian give himself to denote him as a “master and god”?

Answer 16

Dominus et Deus

Question 17

What massive construction was begun by Vespasian?

Answer 17

Colosseum

Question 18

Which of the Flavian emperors put an unpopular tax on public toilet use?

Answer 18

Vespasian

Question 19

How did Titus die?

Answer 19

Plague

Question 20

The Arch of Titus was constructed along what road which runs straight through the Roman Forum?

Answer 20

Via Sacra

Question 21

Where did Domitian win a battle against the Dacians, but never could reach their capital of Sarmizegethusa?

Answer 21

Tapae

Question 22

What man does Vespasian make governor of Britain?

Answer 22

(Julius) Agricola

Question 23

What emperor was conspired against by his wife and was stabbed by a palace slave named Stephanus?

Answer 23

Domitian

Question 24

With what Jewish princess did Titus carry out a controversial affair?

Answer 24

Berenice

Question 25

Translate Vespasian’s final words: “vae puto deus fio”.

Answer 25

Alas, I think I’m becoming a god

Question 26

A fire, a plague, and a volcano eruption were all disasters during the short reign of what Flavian emperor?

Answer 26

Titus

Question 27

What palace slave assassinates Domitian in 96 AD?

Answer 27

Stephanus

Question 28

Which of the Flavian emperors had been a soldier in Britain under Claudius?

Answer 28

Vespasian

Question 29

On his death bed, what emperor exclaims “vae, puto deus fio” (alas, I think I’m becoming a god)?

Answer 29

Vespasian

Question 30

Julius Agricola is made governor of what province by Vespasian?

Answer 30

Britain

Question 31

To commemorate Titus’s victories in Judaea, what did Domitian construct?

Answer 31

Arch of Titus

Question 32

Who served as Praetorian Prefect under Vespasian?

Answer 32

Titus

Question 33

When a Roman was particularly dishonorable, they would often be erased from public memory by scratching out their names from inscriptions or defacing statues. Give the Latin for this “condemnation of memory” suffered by Domitian?

Answer 33

Damnatio Memoriae