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Empire: Tetrarchy, Constantine, and Fall Flashcards

1
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Give the years of Diolcetian’s reign.

A

284-305 AD

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2
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Give the years of Constantine’s reign.

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306-337 AD

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3
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What Dalmatian peasant rises to the imperial throne in 284 AD and ends the period of Barracks emperors?

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Diocletian

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4
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What system of government, in which the Empire is ruled by four people, was instituted by Diocletian?

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Tetrarchy

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5
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Who instituted the Tetrarchy, a system of government in which the Roman Empire is ruled by four people?

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Diocletian

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Name the four members of the original Tetrarchy.

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Diocletian, Galerius, Maximian, Constantius Chlorus

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7
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In the Tetrarchy, what titles are given to the men who rule?

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Augustus (leader)
Caesar (2nd in command)

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In the original Tetrarchy, who was the Augustus in the East?

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Diocletian

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9
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In the original Tetrarchy, who was the Caesar in the East?

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Galerius

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10
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In the original Tetrarchy, who was the Augustus in the West?

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Maximian

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11
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In the original Tetrarchy, who was the Caesar in the West?

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Constantius Chlorus

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12
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What late emperor is known as the apostate since he tried to restore paganism throughout the empire?

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Julian

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13
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What son of one of the original Tetrarchs rose to the imperial throne in 306 AD?

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Constantine

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14
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What emperor established both is own baths and the Edict On Maximum Prices?

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Diocletian

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Who issues the Edict of Milan, legalizing Christianity across the whole empire?

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Constantine

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16
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Whom does Constantine defeat in 324 AD to become emperor of the whole empire?

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Licinius

17
Q

To what city in Croatia do Diocletian and Maximian retire?

A

Salona/Split

18
Q

What tribe crushed the Romans at Adrianople in 378 AD leading to the death of the emperor Valens?

A

Ostrogoths

19
Q

Which of the sons of Theodosius I ruled in the east?

A

Arcadius

20
Q

What emperor defeats Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD?

A

Constantine

21
Q

What emperor made Christianity the official state religion of the empire?

A

Theodosius I

22
Q

Who was the last Roman emperor in the west?

A

Romulus Augustulus

23
Q

In what year was Romulus Augustulus deposed in the west?

A

476 AD

24
Q

What two men jointly abdicate the throne in 305 AD and retire to Salona in Croatia?

A

Diocletian and Maximian

25
Q

What emperor, named after both Rome’s first king and first emperor, was deposed by the German king Odoacer in 476 AD?

A

Romulus Augustulus

26
Q

Who is the first emperor to convert to Christianity, which he does on his death bed?

A

Constantine

27
Q

Who was the last emperor to rule a united Roman empire before splitting the empire between his sons Arcadius and Honorius?

A

Theodosius I

28
Q

What city became the new capital of the Empire in 330 AD?

A

Constantinople (formely Byzantium)

29
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At what battle in 312 AD does Constantine defeat Maxentius?

A

Milvian Bridge

30
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At what battle in 378 AD was Valens killed by the Ostrogoths?

A

Adrianople

31
Q

What German king deposed Romulus in September 476?

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Odoacer

32
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What edict passed by Constantine legalized Christianity across the whole empire?

A

Edict of Milan

33
Q

What father of Romulus Augustulus placed him on the throne in 475 AD?

A

Orestes

34
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What late emperor was killed at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 at the hands of the Ostrogoths?

A

Valens

35
Q

Whom does Constantine defeat at the battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD?

A

Maxentius

36
Q

Who sees a cross and the words “in hoc signo vinces” (in this sign you will conquer) before the battle of the Milvian Bridge?

A

Constantine

37
Q

Translate in hoc signo vinces, the words which Constantine saw in the sky before the battle of Milvian Bridge?

A

In this sign, you will conquer

38
Q

Following the battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine had full control of the west. Who had full control of the east until Constantine defeated him in 324 AD?

A

Licinius

39
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Which of the sons of Theodosius I ruled in the west?

A

Honorius

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