Empire: Julio-Claudian Emperors Flashcards

1
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Name the Julio-Claudian Emperors in order.

A

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

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2
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In what year does the Roman empire begin with the reign of Augustus as the first Julio-Claudian Emperor?

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27 BC

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3
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In what year does the Julio-Claudian Dynasty end?

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68 AD

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4
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Give the years of Augustus’s reign.

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27 BC-14 AD

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5
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Give the years of Tiberius’s reign.

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14-37 AD

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6
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Give the years of Caligula’s reign.

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37-41 AD

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7
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Give the years of Claudius’s reign.

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41-54 AD

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8
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Give the years of Nero’s reign.

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54-68 AD

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9
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Locusta’s poisoned mushrooms were the cause of what emperor’s death in 54 AD?

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Claudius

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10
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Who was the son of Claudius and Messalina?

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Britannicus

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11
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What emperor is said to have “found Rome a city of brick, [and] left it a city of marble”?

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Augustus

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12
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In what province was Claudius born?

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Cisalpine Gaul

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13
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With a collapsable boat, who had his mother Agrippina the Younger murdered in 59 AD?

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Nero

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14
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Who becomes Praetorian Prefect of Tiberius in 15 AD?

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(Aelius) Sejanus

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15
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Who served as Praetorian Prefect early in the reign of Nero before Tigellinus replaces him?

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(Afranius) Burrus

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16
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Agrippa Postumus, Agrippina the Elder, Lucius Caesar, Gaius Caesar, and Julia the Younger are all children of what couple in the early empire?

A

Agrippa & Julia (the Elder)

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17
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What wife of Claudius was the sister of Caligula?

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Agrippina the Younger

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18
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Why was Caligula called “little boot”?

A

He would run around his father’s (Germanicus’s) camp wearing soldier’s armor

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19
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During the reign of Nero, what general restores order in Parthia and Armenia?

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(Gnaeus Domitius) Corbulo

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20
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The Anio Novus and the Aqua Claudia were both aqueducts constructed by what emperor?

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Claudius

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21
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Who puts down the revolt of Queen Boudicca and the Iceni during the reign of Nero?

A

Suetonius Paulinus

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22
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How did Claudius die?

A

Poisoned mushrooms

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23
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What general under Claudius puts down the rebellions of Mauretania in 41 AD?

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Suetonius Paulinus

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24
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Aulus Plautius led the invasion of what province under Claudius?

A

Brittania

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25
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What emperor banishes then brutally kills his first wife Octavia?

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Nero

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26
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In 26 AD, Tiberius retires to his villa on what island, never to return?

A

Capri

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27
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What general of Augustus built the Pantheon?

A

Agrippa

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28
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What Roman emperor celebrated Rome’s 800th anniversary?

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Claudius

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29
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What woman, his mother, did Nero kill with a collapsable boat in 59 AD?

A

Agrippina the Younger

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30
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What horse did Caligula attempt to make a consul?

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Incitatus

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31
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In 60 AD, what queen of the Iceni revolts in Britain until she’s put down by Suetonius Paulinus?

A

Boudicca

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32
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What emperor was assassinated in 41 AD?

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Caligula

33
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Who replaces Sejanus as Praetorian Prefect in 31 BC?

A

Macro

34
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What son of Claudius did Nero have poisoned in 55 BC?

A

Britannicus

35
Q

Tiberius was always jealous of what man, his nephew and adoptive son?

A

Germanicus

36
Q

Which emperor of Rome was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder?

A

Caligula

37
Q

Who assassinates Caligula in 41 AD?

A

Cassius Chaerea

38
Q

What temple to “all the gods” was built by Agrippa during the reign of Augustus?

A

Pantheon

39
Q

What Roman author tutored Nero?

A

Seneca the Younger

40
Q

What wife of Claudius was killed by the praetorians after a supposed conspiracy against Claudius with her lover Gaius Silius?

A

Messalina

41
Q

Against what emperor did Calpurnius Piso lead a conspiracy in 65 AD?

A

Nero’s

42
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What emperor commits suicide in 68 AD?

A

Nero

43
Q

What nephew was Augustus’s first choice as heir until he dies in 23 BC?

A

Marcellus

44
Q

Who dies in 19 AD by poison by Calpurinus Piso, the governor of Syria?

A

Germanicus

45
Q

What general under Claudius leads the invasion of Britain?

A

Aulus Plautius

46
Q

Where did Caligula “fake invade” and instruct his soldiers to collect seashells off the coast?

A

Britain

47
Q

What wife of Claudius was the mother of Nero?

A

Agrippina the Younger

48
Q

Narcissus (the secretary of correspondence), Pallas (the secretary of the treasury), and Callistus (the secretary of justice) were all freedmen who served under what emperor?

A

Claudius

49
Q

Who was Augustus’s 2nd wife with whom he had a daughter named Julia?

A

Scribonia

50
Q

What does Caligula’s name mean?

A

Little boot

51
Q

What emperor builds the Domus Aurea following the Great Fire of 64 AD?

A

Nero

52
Q

Where did Augustus die in 14 AD?

A

Nola

53
Q

What did Nero build following the Great Fire of 64 AD?

A

Domus Aurea (Golden House)

54
Q

What emperor tries to make his horse Incitatus a consul?

A

Caligula

55
Q

In what year was the disaster of Teutoberg forest?

A

9 AD

56
Q

Who is found hiding behind a curtain in the imperial palace only to then be named emperor by the Praetorian guard in 41 AD?

A

Claudius

57
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Who poisons Britannicus in 55 AD?

A

Nero

58
Q

Who leads a conspiracy against Nero’s life in 65 AD?

A

(Calpurnius) Piso

59
Q

Where were the ashes of many of the Julio-Claudian emperors?

A

Mausoleum of Augustus

60
Q

Who was Augustus’s 3rd and final wife, the mother of Tiberius?

A

Livia

61
Q

What Praetorian Prefect replaces Burrus as Nero’s Praetorian Prefect in 62 AD?

A

Tigellinus

62
Q

Who was the first Roman emperor born outside of Italy?

A

Claudius

63
Q

What two sons of Agrippa and Julia (the daughter of Augustus) were adopted by Augustus but died in 2 and 4 A.D.?

A

Lucius & Gaius Caesar

64
Q

What woman was Claudius’s third wife who bore him a son named Britannicus?

A

(Valeria) Messalina

65
Q

What emperor began the actual conquest of Britain?

A

Claudius

66
Q

What emperor is said to have “fiddled” while Rome burned during the Great Fire of 64 AD?

A

Nero

67
Q

During what emperor’s reign did Queen Boudicca and the Iceni revolt in Britain?

A

Nero’s

68
Q

What Praetorian Prefect tries to kill or exile all members of the family of Agrippina the Elder until he was executed in 31 BC?

A

(Aelius) Sejanus

69
Q

What nickname does Octavian receive from the Senate in 27 BC, marking the beginning of the empire?

A

Augustus

70
Q

What emperor was the son of Livia?

A

Tiberius

71
Q

Of what tribe was Boudicca the queen?

A

Iceni

72
Q

What emperor rules from 27 BC-14 AD?

A

Augustus

73
Q

What governor of Syria poisons Germanicus in 19 AD right before killing himself?

A

Calpurnius Piso

74
Q

What wife of Claudius instigated his death with poisoned mushrooms prepared by Locusta?

A

Agrippina the Younger

75
Q

Who was forced to marry his beloved wife Vipsania to marry Augustus’s daughter Julia before his recognition as Augustus’s heir?

A

Tiberius

76
Q

To what island did Tiberius exile himself in 6 BC?

A

Rhodes

77
Q

What future emperor is sent to restore order in Judaea in 66 AD?

A

Vespasian

78
Q

At the beginning of his reign, Caligula executes what man who was also in line to become emperor and the grandson of Tiberius?

A

Tiberius Gemellus