history Flashcards
1
Q
beginning and ending years of monarchy?
A
753 BC - 509 BC
2
Q
traditional foundation date of Rome?
A
April 21, 753 BC
3
Q
what happened on April 21, 753 BC?
A
Rome was founded
4
Q
who captured the Cap
A
Titus Tatius
5
Q
fasces?
A
bundle of rods surrounding an axe that symbolizes the king’s power carried by a lictor
6
Q
in what two ways did
A
offering asylum to outlaws on Capitoline hill and took Sabine wives
7
Q
which king expanded Rome’s
A
Romulus
8
Q
who led the Sabines to recover their wives?
A
Titus Tatius
9
Q
name the seven kings of Rome
A
Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius, Tarquinius Superbus
10
Q
lictors?
A
Roman civil servant who was an attendant and bodyguard to a magistrate who held imperium (consuls and praetors)
11
Q
lictor #?
A
Emperors og had 12 lictors, after Domitian (reigned AD 81–96) 24; dictators, 24; consuls, 12; praetors, 6; legates, 5; and priests, 1
12
Q
what vestal virgin treach-
A
Tarpeia
13
Q
Tarpeia was promised the…
A
gold the Sabines bore on their arms
14
Q
what happened to Tarpeia after asking for
A
the Sabines threw their shields on her, crushing her to death. Her body was then thrown off of a rock named after her
15
Q
whose body was thrown from the rock which bears
A
Tarpeia
16
Q
what did Romans do to those sentenced to execution
A
flung them off the Tarpeian rock after getting caught
17
Q
where is the tarpeian rock?
A
south side of the capitoline hill
18
Q
who established the senate?
A
Romulus
19
Q
to appease the Sabines, with whom did Romulus co-rule with?
A
Titus Tatius
20
Q
deified, king
A
Romulus
21
Q
Romulus god name
A
Quirinus
22
Q
romulus wife
A
Hersilia
23
Q
Hersilia goddess name
A
Hora
24
Q
king, religious
A
Numa Pompilius
25
Flamines and Cult of Vesta establishment
2 priesthoods Numa Pompilius established
26
water nymph consort
Egeria
27
12 month lunar calendar in place of 10 months?
Numa Pompilius
28
warrior, king
Tullus Hostilius
29
destroyed Alb-
Tullus Hostilius
30
What Roman brothers were chosen-
the Horatii
31
What Alban bro-
Curiatti
32
other horatius
killed his sister Camilla after discovering she was secretly betrothed to one of the dead Curiatii + was mourning him
33
Camilla was…
killed by her brother, Horatius, for mourning a Curiatti
34
a girl killed by her brother
Camilla
35
built Senate house?
Tullius Hostilius
36
27 B.C.-14 A.D
augustus
37
14-37
tiberius
38
37-41
caligula
38
41-54
claudius
39
54-68
nero
40
June 68 to January 69
Galba
41
January 69 to April 69
otho
42
April 69 to December 69
vitellius
43
69-79
vespasian
44
79-81
titus
45
81-96
domitian
46
96-98
nerva
47
98-117
trajan
48
117-138
hadrian
49
138-161
antoninus pius
50
161-180
marcus aurelius
50
161-169
lucius verus
51
180-192
commodus
52
emperor, new years eve
commodus
53
193
pertinax
54
193
didius julianus
55
193-211
septimius severus
56
211-217
caracalla
57
211
geta
58
217-218
macrinus
59
218-222
elagabalus
60
235-238
maximinus thrax
60
222-235
alexander severus
61
238
Gordian I & Gordian II
62
238
Pupienus & Balbinus
63
244-249
phillip the arab
63
238-244
Gordian III
64
1000th
phillip the arab
65
249-251
decius
65
251-253
trebonianus gallus
66
253
aemilius aemilianus
66
253-260
valerian
67
253-268
galienus
68
268-270
claudius gothicus
68
gothicus's brother who maybe ruled in 270
quintillus
68
quintillus
gothicus's brother who maybe ruled in 270
69
270-275
aurelian
70
275-276
tacitus
71
276-282
probus
71
276
florianus
72
282- 283
carus
73
283-285
carinus (west)
74
283-284
numerian (east)
75
diocletian
284-286 (Augustus alone),
286 - 305 (Augustus in East in first tetrarchy, retires)
76
maximian
286-305 (Augustus in West in first tetrarchy, retires)
306-307/308 (Augustus with his son Maxentius,
then against Maxentius, fails to depose son, flees to Constantine, then forced to retire again at Carnuntum),
310 (proclaims himself Augustus A THIRD TIME, defeated by Constantine)
77
galerius
293-305 (Caesar in East in first tetrarchy),
305 - 311 (Augustus in East in first tetrarchy, died
naturally)
78
constantius chlorus
293-305 (Caesar in West in first tetrarchy),
305-306 (Augustus in West in second tetrarchy, died at Eboracum)
79
maximinus daia (nephew of galerius)
305-308 (Caesar in East in second tetrarchy),
309/310-313
(proclaimed Augustus in East by troops, defeated by Licinius)
80
severus II
305-306 (Caesar in West in second tetrarchy),
306-307 (Augustus in West after Constantius died, defeated by Maxentius)
81
sole augustus in 284-286
diocletian
82
caesar in the east from 305-308
maximinus daia (nephew of galerius)
83
caesar in the west from 293-305
contsantious chlorus
84
caesar in the west from 305-306
severus II
85
caesar in the east from 293-305
galerius
86
licinius
308-313 (Made Augustus in West at Carnuntum by Galerius,
ruled west with Galerius as
Augustus in east (until 311),
and then with Maximinus Daia as Augustus in east (until 313),
313-324 (Licinius
is Augustus in East, defeated by Constantine)
87
augustus in the west from 308-313
licinius
88
augustus in the east from 313-324
licinius
89
caesar in the east from 293-305
galerius
90
augustus in the east from 305 - 311
galerius
91
augustus in the west from 305-306
contsantious chlorus
92
who was proclaimed augustus in the east by troops in 309/ 310-313?
maximinus daia
93
eastern augustus in 286 -305
diocletian
94
maximinus daia was defeated by who in 313?
licinius
94
who was defeated by licinius in 313?
maximinus daia
95
maxentius (son of Maximian)
306 (proclaimed princeps by Praetorian Guard),
307-312 (Augustus in
west, but was not formally recognized by tetrarchy - defeated by Constantine)
96
who was proclaimed princeps by Praetorian Guard in 306?
maxentius
97
augustus in the west from 307-312
maxentius
98
who wasn't formally recognized by the tetrarchy from 307-312 as augustus in the west?
maxentius
99
augustus in the west from 306-312
constantine
99
who is the son of constantious chlorus who was proclaimed augustus in the west by troops at Eboracum in 306?
constantine
100
sole augustus in the west from 312-324
constantine
101
sole augustus in the whole empire from 324-337
constantine
102
337-340
constantine II in britain, gaul and spain
103
337-350
constans I
104
where did constans I rule until 340?
Italy, Illyricum, and Africa
105
when did constans I defeat constantine II?
340
106
337-361
constantius II
107
where did constantius rule before he defeated his brothers?
the east
108
361-363
julian
109
361-364
jovian
110
julian
361-363
111
jovian
361-364
112
364-375 west
valentinian I
113
valentinian I
364-375 west
114
theodosius I
378-392 east,
392-395 whole empire
115
378-392 east
valentinian I
116
392-395 whole empire
valentinian I
117
honorius
395-423 west
118
395-423 west
honorius
119
arcadius
395-408 east
120
395-408 east
arcadius
121
valentinian III
423/425-455 west
122
423/425-455 west
valentinian III
123
theodosius II
408-450 east
124
408-450 east
theodosius
125
petronius maximus
455
126
455
petronius maximus
127
127
majorian
127
455-456
avitus
127
avitus
455-456
128
augustus
BC 27-14 AD
129
tiberius
14-37
130
caligula
37-41
131
Claudius
41-54
132
Galba
June 68 to January 69
133
Nero
54-68
134
Otho
January 69 to April 69
135
Vitellius
April 69 to December 69
136
Vespasian
69-79
137
Titus
79-81
138
Domitian
81-96
139
Nerva
96-98
140
Trajan
98-117
140
Marcus Aurelius
161-180
141
Hadrian
117-138
142
Commodus
180-192 (New Year’s Eve)
142
Lucius Varus
161-169
142
Antoninus Pius
138-161
143
Pertinax
193
144
Didius Julianus
193
145
Septimius Severus
193-211
146
Caracalla
211-217
146
Geta
211
147
Macrinus
217-218
148
Elagabalus
218-222
148
Alexander Severus
222-235
148
Maximinus Thrax
235-238
149
Gordian I and Gordian II
238
150
Pupienus and Balbinus
238
150
Gordian III
238-244
151
Philip the Arab
244-249
152
Decius
249-251
153
Trebonianus Gallus
251-253
154
Aemilius Aemilianus
253
155
Valerian
253-260
156
Gallienus
253-268
157
Claudius Gothicus
268-270
158
Quintillus
270
159
Aurelian
270-275
160
Tacitus
275-276
161
1st spolia opima
romulus vs acron of the caeninae
162
odoacer killed
Theodoric the Great (ostrogoth) circa 493 at a banquet
163
rom aug placed on throne by
orestes (his dad)
164
orestes was secretary to
attila the hun
165
rom aug deposed
by odoacer in sept 476
166
dal- peas-
diocletian
167
thracian peasant/soldier
maximinus thrax
168
who doubled the pay of soldiers after they made him
maximinus thrax
169
novus homo from arpinum
gaius marius
170
marius 1st consulship
107 bc
171
marius last consulship
86 bc
172
jugurthine war
112 – 105 bc
173
Micipsa, King of Numidia dies in
118 bc in numidia
174
“urbs venalis" is accredited to who?
jugurtha
175
“urbs venalis"
city for sale
176
symbol of roman treachery
177
who throws herself in to the middle of the battlefield and ends the war between the romans + sabines?
hersilia
178
sabines called _ after moving into rome
quirites
179
what senator reports Romulus's abduction
180
interregnum
between kings
181
senators divided into
182
egeria spoke the words of _ himself
Jupiter
183
numa said to have...
divination of thunder, could strike/control lightning with an onion, human hair and fish
184
february was the month of __ bc februo meant ___
purification, to purify
185
salii, the leaping priests, comes from what verb...
salio
186
flamen dialis couldn't
touch metal,
187
tullus hostilius
188
who plays dead/pretends to flee and as a result kills the remaining curiatii one by one?
publius horatius
189
what happened after tullus neglected religion so much?
stones came raining down on the Caelian
190
what grandson of another king
ancus marcius or tarquinius superbus
191
built pons sub
ancius marcius
192
established 1st saltwater port, salt=rich, sea trade king
ancus marcius
193
built 1st prison, the mamertime
ancus marcius
194
jugurtha executed at...
the mamertime
195
fetiales did..
mediated disputes and declared war
196
what king befriended tarquinius priscus and appointed the man as a guardian of his kids
ancus marcius
197
etruscan named lucomo
tarquinius priscus
198
tanaquil was..
a prophetess + the wife of tarquinius priscus
199
who started the circus maximus
tarquinius priscus
200
what did the "ova et delphini" mean
eggs for good health and
201
gold and purple added by who
domitian
202
in his ab urbe candita, livy states who as prince in corniculum bc he didn't want Rome to be ruled by a slave?
servius tullius
203
who kills tarquinius priscus?
ancius's sons
204
who promotes servius tullius as regent until priscus "heals"i
tanaquil
205
temple of diana and temple of fortuna?
servius tullius
206
207
juniors (ppl under 45) were drafted on the...
offense
208
209
209
209
suovetaurilia
rite where a pig, sheep and bull was sacrificed
210
rite where a pig, sheep and bull was sacrificed
suovetaurilia
211
tullia was married to whom before tarquinius superbus
superbus's brother
212
via scelerata
road where tullius was trampled
213
king who ruled by fear
tarquinius superbus
214
other name for the temple of jupiter capitolinus
temple of jupiter optimus maximus
215
how did superbus win against the Gabii?
made his son Sextus pretend he was defected and befriended/infiltrated
216
poppies was a metaphor for the
217
who throws 6 books into a fire and scams Superbus?
the sibyl of cumae
218
lucius iunius brutus kissed what instead of his own mother after visiting the oracle of delphi for superbus?
mother earth
219
who wrote a note explaining sextus tarquinius's ultimatum and her rape before hanging herself?
lucretia
220
superbus flees to
clusium, capital of etruria
221
porsenna offered what to cloelia after being impressed by her bravery
to set her free and take half of the other captives with her
