Julio - Claudian Emperors Flashcards
Who provided a challenge to Augustus by claiming the spolia opima
M. Licinius Crassus
Who gave Octavian the name Augustus
Plancus
What province did Augustus keep for himself
Gaul
What governor of Macedonia was condemned for treason by Augustus for making war against Odrysae without orders
M. Pirmus
Who led a conspiracy against Augustus’ life
Fannius Rufus and Varro Murena
When did Augustus resign the consulship
23 BC
Where was his power based after the settlement in 23 BC
tribunicia potestas
Who were praefecti
governors of provinces appointed by Augustus
What was inscribed on the Arch of Augustus
the Fasti
What did Augustus build in 29 BC
temple to the deified Caesar
What stood at the center of the Forum Augustiq
Temple of Mars Ultor
Where are both the theater of Marcellus and the Pantheon located
Campus Martius
Who taunted Augustus by establishing his own fire brigade
M. Egnatius Rufus - aedile
Augustus split the city of Rome into how many regions
19 - called vici
Who was the first praefectus annonae in charge of the grain
C. Turranius
Who built the first permanent gladiatorial theater in Rome
T. Statilius Taurus
Who commanded the ground forces at Actium
T. Statilius Taurus
When Augustus was on his death bed in 23 BC, to whom did he pass his signet ring to
Agrippa
Who did Juila marry in 23 BC (the first to be marked for the succession)
C. Claudius Marcellus - nephew
In what year did Marcellus die
23 BC
When did Agrippa marry Julia
21 BC
Name Agrippa and Julia’s 5 children
Agrippa Postumus, Julia the Younger, G. and L. Caesar, and Agrippina the Elder
Who was Tiberius’ first wife
Vipsania
In what year did Agrippa die and Tiberius married Julia
12 BC
Where did Augustus exile Julia the Elder in 2 BC
Pandateria
Who was the first prefect of Egypt
C. Cornelius Gallus
Why did Augustus recall Gallus
For setting up a statue to himself ini 29 BC
Who was the Ethiopian queen who attacked Gallus in 25 BC
Candace
Who was sent on the diplomatic mission to recover the lost Roman standards fro the Parthians
Tiberius - 20 BC
Who did Rome place on the Armenian throne
Tigranes - brother of Atraxes
Who was the rebel who attempted to fight Atraxes for the Armenian throne
Tiridates
Who was sent to Armenia in 1 BC to impose a Roman candidate on the throne
C. Caesar
Who became governor of Galatia after Augustus had annexed it in 25 BC
P. Sulpicius Quirinus
Who was left with the pacification of Spain
Agrippa
Augustus further split Gaul - what was the fourth province
Narbonensis Gaul
What British chieftain during the reign of Augustus extended his sovereignty over south easter England
Cunobelinus
What general in 5 BC discovered a new line of advance into Germany and erected an altar to Rome and Augusutus on the Elbe river
L. Domitius Ahenobarbus
Who did Tiberius defeat in 6 AD
Maroboduus - king of the Macromanni
Whose forces were defeated by Arminius at Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD
P. Quinctilius Varus
What two prominent Romans had their fist command against Raetia in 15 BC
Tiberius and Drusus
Who revolted against Tiberius when he was engaged with Maroboduus
Parthians
Who was Bato working with in the revolt
Dalmatian Bato
Who won his first laurels by forcing the Dalmatian Bato into capitulation in 9 AD
Germanicus
How many provinces were there by the end of Augustus’ reign
25/29
What king of Judaea and ally of Rome died in 9 BC
King Herod
Who was invested with a maius imperium over the senatorial provinces of the east in 18 BC
Agrippa
Who was the wife of Drusus
Antonia - daughter of Antony and Octavia
