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Important Dates Flashcards

1
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Explicit reference to a military bodyguard as praetorian

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62 BCE

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2
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Reign of Augustus

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27 BCE - 14 CE

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3
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Establishment of the praetorian guard

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27 BCE

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4
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Tacitus rate of pay: 730 denarii annually (2 denarii a day)

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14 CE

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5
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Sejanus united the separate cohorts of the guard within the castra praetoria (a fortress)

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23 CE

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6
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Sejanus suspected of a plot and removed from his position and executed on the emperor’s orders

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31 CE

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7
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Reign of Tiberius

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14 - 37 CE

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8
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Reign of Caligula

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37 - 41 CE

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9
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Assassination of Gaius (Caligula)

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41 CE

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10
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Reign of Claudius

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41 - 54 CE

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11
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Claudius attacked by a mob

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51 CE

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12
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Reign of Nero

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54 - 68 CE

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13
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Pisonian Conspiracy

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65 CE

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14
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Year of the 4 Emperors

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69 CE

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15
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Flavian Dynasty

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69 - 96 CE

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16
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Reign of Titus

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79 - 81 CE

17
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Reign of Domitian

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81 - 96 CE

18
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Nerva-Antonine Dynasty

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96 - 192 CE

19
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Reign of Nerva

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96 - 98 CE

20
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Reign of Trajan

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98 - 117 CE

21
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Reign of Hadrian

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117 - 138 CE

22
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What happened in 97 CE?

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The sources reveal that a praetorian revolt forced Nerva to acquiesce in the punishment of those who had killed Domitian; he also adopted Trajan

23
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Reign of Antoninus Pius

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138 - 161 CE

24
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Reign of Marcus Aurelius

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161 - 180 CE

25
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Reign of Lucius Verus

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161 - 191 CE

26
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Reign of Commodus

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180 - 192 CE

27
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Year of the 5 emperors

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193 CE

28
Q

Name the Julio-Claudians in order

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Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

29
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Name the 4 emperors of 69 CE in order

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Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian

30
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Name the Flavians in order

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Vespasian, Titus, Domitian

31
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Name the Nerva-Antonine dynasty in order

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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, Commodus

32
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Name the 5 emperors of 193 CE in order

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Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus, and Septimius Severus

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