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FJCL Empire Flashcards

1
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What emperor’s name means little boots, since he grew up in military camps of his father Germanicus?

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Caligula

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What emperor’s real name was Bassianus?

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Elagabalus

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3
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What emperor died after eating poisoned mushrooms?

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Claudius

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What emperor had Livia as his second wife?

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Augustus

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What emperor had Scribonia as his first wife?

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Augustus

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6
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What emperor preceded Titus?

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Vespasian

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7
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What emperor succeeded Elagabalus?

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Severus Alexander (222 AD)

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8
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Who is the last Roman emperor in the west?

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Romulus Augustulus

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9
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What emperor preceded Otho?

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Galba

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10
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During what emperor’s reign was the Colosseum finished?

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Titus’s (80 AD)

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11
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To what island does Tiberius retire?

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Capri

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12
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What emperor preceded Claudius

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Caligula

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13
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What emperor receives the title Restitutor Orbis?

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Aurelian

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14
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What emperor succeeded Didius Julianus?

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Septimius Severus (193 AD)

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15
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Which emperor was the son of Livia?

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Tiberius

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16
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Which of the emperors of 69 AD was named by princeps by armies in the Lower Rhine (Germany)?

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Vitellius

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17
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Which of the emperors of 69 AD defeats Otho at Cremona?

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Vitellius

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18
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Who was the first Flavian emperor?

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Vespasian

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19
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What emperor succeeded Trajan?

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Hadrian (117 AD)

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20
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Which of the emperors of 69 AD was named princeps by the Praetorian guard in Rome?

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Otho

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21
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Whose Constitutio Antoniniana gave citizenship to all free men in the empire?

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Caracalla’s

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22
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Name the Julio-Claudian Emperors in order

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Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

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What father-in-law of Pertinax did Didius Julianus defeat at an auction for the empire in 193 AD?

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Sulpicianus

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24
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Constantinople was renamed twice to what?

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Byzantium then Istanbul

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25
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What emperor preceded Pertinax?

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Commodus

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26
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What emperor succeeded Caligula?

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Claudius (41 AD)

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27
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Who was the first of the emperors of 69 AD?

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Galba

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28
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Who was the first of the Five Good Emperors?

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Nerva

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29
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What emperor was the uncle of Germanicus?

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Tiberius

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30
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What emperor preceded Caracalla?

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Septimius Severus

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31
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Who were the two sons of Septimius Severus?

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Caracalla and Geta

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32
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Which emperor was the son of Germanicus?

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Caligula

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33
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What Roman general stopped Atilla the Hun in 451 AD at the battle the Catalaunian Plains?

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Flavius Aetius

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34
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What name did Augustus have before he returned the power to the Senate?

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Octavian

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35
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How did Caligula die?

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Killed by Praetorian guard

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36
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What emperor was born in Leptis Magna?

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Septimius Severus

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37
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What emperor succeeded Tiberius?

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Caligula (37 AD)

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38
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What emperor succeeded Titus?

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Domitian (81 AD)

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39
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What emperor married Messalina?

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Claudius

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40
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What queen revolted in Britain during the reign of Nero?

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Boudicca

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41
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Who was the first wife of Augustus?

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Scribonia

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42
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Name the emperors of 69 AD (Civil War emperors) in order.

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Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian

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43
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What emperor defeated Maxentius at Milvian Bridge in 312 AD?

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Constantine

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44
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What three cities does the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroy?

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Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae

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45
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The provinces of Egypt, Gaul, and Syria are given to what emperor in 27 BC?

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Augustus

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46
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Whose edict of toleration reopened pagan temples and recalled exiled Christian bishops in 362 AD?

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Julian the Apostate’s

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47
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Who was the first of the Julio-Claudian Emperors?

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Augustus

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48
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Which emperor liked to dress up as Hercules and fight in the arena?

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Commodus

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49
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What emperor built a wall between Britain and Scotland?

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Hadrian

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50
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Who was the last Flavian emperor?

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Domitian

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51
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Whom does Constantine defeat at Milvius Bridge in 312 AD?

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Maxentius

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52
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During what emperor’s reign does Mt. Vesuvius erupt?

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Titus’s

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53
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What emperor is said to have “fiddled while Rome burned”?

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Nero

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54
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Who was the first emperor born in Spain?

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Trajan

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55
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What emperor preceded Vitellius?

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Otho

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56
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What emperor fought Dacia and built a column to commemorate it?

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Trajan

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57
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What emperor succeeded Macrinus?

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Elagabalus (218 AD)

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58
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What emperor preceded Severus Alexander?

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Elagabalus

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59
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What emperor preceded Septimius Severus?

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Didius Julianus

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60
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What emperor was an elderly senator before being declared emperor by the Roman senate?

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Nerva

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61
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What emperor was named for a Syrian sun god?

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Elagabalus

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62
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What emperor reduced Italy to an imperial province?

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Hadrian

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63
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What husband of Zenobia dies in 268 paving the way for her to ascend to queen of Palmyra?

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Odenathus

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64
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Which of the Five Good Emperors ruled the longest?

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Antoninus Pius

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65
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Whom does Flavius Aetius defeat at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451 AD?

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Atilla the Hun

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66
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During the reign of what emperor was the empire at its largest extent?

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Trajan

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67
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Name the Five Good Emperors in order.

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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius

68
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Who was the last of the emperors of 69 AD who went on to rule for 10 more years?

69
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What emperor preceded Hadrian?

70
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What emperor succeeded Hadrian?

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Antoninus Pius (138 AD)

71
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What man instituted the Tetrarchy, splitting the empire into 4 sections?

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Diocletian

72
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What brother of Caracalla was killed by him and suffered a Damnatio Memoriae in 212 AD?

73
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What emperor loved travel, architecture, and Greek things, the cause of his nickname “Graeculus”?

74
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What emperor preceded Galba?

75
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Who was the grandmother of Severus Alexander?

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Julia Maesa

76
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What emperor married his stepsister Octavia?

77
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What emperor preceded Nero?

78
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What emperor succeeded Claudius

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Nero (68 AD)

79
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What emperor succeeded Septimius Severus?

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Caracalla (211 AD)

80
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Who was the last of the Five Good Emperors?

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Marcus Aurelius

81
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What emperor co-ruled with Lucius Verus?

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Marcus Aurelius

82
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Who was the first of the Severan emperors?

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Septimius Severus

83
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Which of the emperors of 69 AD was named princeps by armies in the Near East?

84
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What emperor ruled during the 900th anniversary of Rome

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Antoninus Pius

85
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What emperor succeeded Augustus?

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Tiberius (14 AD)

86
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What emperor succeeded Antoninus Pius?

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Marcus Aurelius (161 AD)

87
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What emperor conquered Britain?

88
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What emperor succeeded Vitellius?

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Vespasian (69 AD)

89
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Whom did Nero blame for the Great Fire in 64 AD?

A

Christians

90
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What emperor married Agrippina the younger, his own niece?

91
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Who was the last of the Severan emperors?

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Severus Alexander

92
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What emperor preceded Caligula?

93
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What year is considered the beginning of the Roman Empire?

94
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Which two Flavian Emperors were brothers?

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Titus and Domitian

95
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What emperor succeeded Commodus?

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Pertinax (193 AD)

96
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Which of the emperors of 69 AD was backed by Julius Vindex?

97
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What emperor captured Jerusalem in 70 AD?

98
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Who becomes queen of Palmyra after her husband dies in 268 AD?

99
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What emperor succeeded Nerva?

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Trajan (98 AD)

100
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Which emperor called himself “dominus et deus”?

101
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Which emperor had a limp and a tic and pretended to be stupid?

102
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What emperor began a urine tax?

103
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What emperor succeeded Pertinax?

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Didius Julianus (193 AD)

104
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What emperor preceded Antoninus Pius?

105
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In 9 AD, who loses 3 legions in Germany at the battle of Teutoburg Forest?

106
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What emperor succeeded Nero?

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Galba (69 AD)

107
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What emperor started the building of the Colosseum in 72 AD?

108
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What emperor preceded Tiberius?

109
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Which emperor married Julia, the daughter of Augustus?

110
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Who was the mother of Severus Alexander?

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Julia Mamaea

111
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Which emperor was the son of Marcus Aurelius?

112
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What emperor preceded Nerva?

113
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What relation was Claudius to Caligula?

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Claudius was Caligula’s uncle

114
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What emperor preceded Marcus Aurelius?

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Antoninus Pius

115
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What emperor succeeded Vespasian?

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Titus (79 AD)

116
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What was unique about the succession patterns of the Five Good Emperors?

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They adopted their successors rather than choose by blood

117
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What emperor purchased the empire at an auction, beating out Sulpicianus?

A

Didius Julianus

118
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What emperor preceded Commodus?

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Marcus Aurelius

119
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Who deposes Romulus Augustulus and becomes king of Italy in 476 AD?

120
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What emperor succeeded Domitian?

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Nerva (96 AD)

121
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Who were the first two Caesars of the Tetrarchy?

A

Galerius and Constantius

122
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What emperor was captured by Shapur I in 260 AD?

123
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What emperor succeeded Marcus Aurelius?

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Commodus (180 AD)

124
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What Praetorian Prefect became emperor after killing Caracalla?

125
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What emperor’s real name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus?

126
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What edict of Constantine legalized Christianity in the empire?

A

Edict of Milan

127
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Who was the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors?

128
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Who issued the Edict of Milan to legalize Christianity?

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Constatine

129
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What emperor captures Zenobia and her son Vabalathus at the Battle of Palmyra in 273 AD?

130
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Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?

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Julia Domna

131
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What governor of Gallia backed Galba against Nero?

A

Julius Vindex

132
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What emperor preceded Didius Julianus?

133
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What emperor preceded Macrinus?

134
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What emperor preceded Domitian?

135
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Against what general does Varus lose 3 legions at the battle of Teutoburg forest in 9 AD?

A

Arminius/Herman the German

136
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What emperor preceded Elagabalus?

137
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What emperor was also a stoic philosopher and wrote the Meditations

A

Marcus Aurelius

138
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What emperor preceded Trajan?

139
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What emperor was defeated by the Goths at the battle Adrianople in 378 AD?

140
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Name the Flavian emperors in order?

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Vespasian, Titus, Domitian

141
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What Visigoth sacked Rome in 410 AD?

142
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What emperor preceded Vespasian?

143
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At what battle in 378 AD was Valens defeated by the Goths?

A

Adrianople

144
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What emperor is called the Apostate?

145
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What emperor is said to have found Rome brick and left it marble?

146
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What emperor became a Christian at his deathbed?

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Constantine

147
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Who saw the Chi Ro in the sky (in hoc signo vinces) before the battle of the Milvian Bridge?

A

Constantine

148
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With what man did Marcus Aurelius co-rule?

A

Lucius Verus

149
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How did Nero die?

150
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What two men, one a stoic philosopher and the other a military man, served as tutors of Nero?

A

Seneca and Burrus

151
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What emperor defeated both Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger to become emperor?

A

Septimius Severus

152
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What emperor lived in a giant golden house called the “domus aurea”?

153
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Which of the emperors of 69 AD died by suicide?

154
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To what city did Constantine move the capital of the empire?

A

Constantinople

155
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Who captures the emperor Valerian in 260 AD?

156
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Give the specific date of Mt. Vesuvius’s eruption.

A

August 24th, 79 AD

157
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What emperor broke the trend of his predecessors and chose his son to be emperor?

A

Marcus Aurelius

158
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What emperor succeeded Caracalla?

A

Macrinus (217 AD)

159
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Which emperor was exiled to Rhodes before retiring to Capri?

160
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During what event in 64 AD is it said that Nero “fiddled”?

A

Great Fire

161
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What emperor killed his brother Geta in 212 and issued a ‘damnatio memoriae’ upon him?

162
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Because he became emperor at 13, what emperor’s mom and grandmom helped him rule?

A

Severus Alexander

163
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What emperor succeeded Galba?

A

Otho (69 AD)

164
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What emperor succeeded Otho?

A

Vitellius (69 AD)

165
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In what year does Odoacer depose Romulus Augustulus, marking the end of the Roman empire in the west?

166
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Name the Severan emperors in order?

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Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus, and Severus Alexander

167
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Who were the first two Augusti of the Tetrarchy?

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Diocletian and Maximian

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