italy and it's provinces Flashcards
there isnt much to say about _____ _____ as an emporor cause he was peaceful
he handed it off to _______
Antonius Pius
Aurelius
Marcus Arelius wrote the _____ called ______ ____ ______, in which he talked about his philosophy and opium
the meditations
letters to myself
there was a series of _______ in marcus aurelius’ time
name some
disasters
The parthian war
The set borders enticed the parthians to harass them
Natural disasters
Plague
Earthquakes
Famine
who was marcus Aurelius’ successor and why was it diff
Broke the tradition and names his 18 year old son commodus as emperor
what was weird about commodus renaming himself
Series of names that alk about how good and unbeatable he is
Renamed himself “Amazonius invictus pius………….. Hercules romanus ecsuperstorius”
commodus fought in ________ ____ where eveyone but him had to use ______ _____
gladitorial games, wooden swords
commodus Believed himself to be ______ and a reincarnation of _____
hercules, mithras
commodus dress himself as a _____
lion
how did commodus die, what happened to the throne
Assassinated on Dec 31st
The throne is auctioned off
_________ ________ gets the throne
he was from _______ but raised in _______
Septimius Sererus
phonecia, central africa
what were Sererus’ military reforms
First this he did was disbanded the praetorian bodyguards, and then disbanded his opponents
Increased pay of military
Made rome a military state
sererus said wherever he was was the ______
capital
sererus’ wife Julia _______, which meant _____
became an ______ of sorts
know as the ____ of thins such as the army
domna = mistress
empress
mother
The _______ dynasty is a failed attempt to have a dynasty of the caracalla bloodline
didnt work
severan
severian dynasty-
______ murderers brother ______
Caracalla murderers brother seta
caracalla makes the law of consitutis antoniana,
what did it say
Set up this law that said that every roman inhabitant that was free was a citizen
Some people criticised him for just wanting the taxes
Gave all all free people rights
during the severian dynasty, the romans were being attacked by _______, _____, and ______
Caracalla as _______ by officers in his army
germany, armenia, parthia
________
Tries to negotiate peace, reduce military pay
Assassinated by his troops
Elagabalus
Macrinus
__________
Worshipped syrian sun god Elah-Gabal
Supported by the female relatives in his family
Ruled for ___ years
Openly __________
transgender/transvestite
Assassinated by his __________
Elagabalus
4
homosexual
bodyguards
_______ ______
14 when we took over
Assassinated by his soldiers cause he was trying to ______ the germans to cease hostilities and they didn’t like that
Serus Alexander
bribe
