Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

NRCE > Empire: Julio-Claudian Emperors > Flashcards

Empire: Julio-Claudian Emperors Flashcards

1
Q

Name the Julio-Claudian Emperors in order.

A

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

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

A

27 BC

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

In what year does the Julio-Claudian Dynasty end?

A

68 AD

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Give the years of Augustus’s reign.

A

27 BC-14 AD

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Give the years of Tiberius’s reign.

A

14-37 AD

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Give the years of Caligula’s reign.

A

37-41 AD

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Give the years of Claudius’s reign.

A

41-54 AD

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Give the years of Nero’s reign.

A

54-68 AD

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

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

A

Claudius

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Who was the son of Claudius and Messalina?

A

Britannicus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

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

A

Augustus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

In what province was Claudius born?

A

Cisalpine Gaul

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

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

A

Nero

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Who becomes Praetorian Prefect of Tiberius in 15 AD?

A

(Aelius) Sejanus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

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

A

(Afranius) Burrus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

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)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What wife of Claudius was the sister of Caligula?

A

Agrippina the Younger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Why was Caligula called “little boot”?

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

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

A

(Gnaeus Domitius) Corbulo

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

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

A

Claudius

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

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

A

Suetonius Paulinus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

How did Claudius die?

A

Poisoned mushrooms

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

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

A

Suetonius Paulinus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Aulus Plautius led the invasion of what province under Claudius?

A

Brittania

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

What emperor banishes then brutally kills his first wife Octavia?

A

Nero

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

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

A

Capri

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

What general of Augustus built the Pantheon?

A

Agrippa

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

What Roman emperor celebrated Rome’s 800th anniversary?

A

Claudius

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

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

A

Agrippina the Younger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

What horse did Caligula attempt to make a consul?

A

Incitatus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

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

A

Boudicca

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

What emperor was assassinated in 41 AD?

33
Q

Who replaces Sejanus as Praetorian Prefect in 31 BC?

34
Q

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?

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?

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?

41
Q

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

42
Q

What emperor commits suicide in 68 AD?

43
Q

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

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?

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?

49
Q

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

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?

52
Q

Where did Augustus die in 14 AD?

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?

55
Q

In what year was the disaster of Teutoberg forest?

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?

57
Q

Who poisons Britannicus in 55 AD?

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?

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?

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?

66
Q

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

67
Q

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

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?

70
Q

What emperor was the son of Livia?

71
Q

Of what tribe was Boudicca the queen?

72
Q

What emperor rules from 27 BC-14 AD?

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?

76
Q

To what island did Tiberius exile himself in 6 BC?

77
Q

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

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

NRCE (30 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions