People Flashcards
Agrippa the Younger
was one of the most prominant women in the julio-cloudian dynasty
she was routhless and ambitious
she became the empress of rome,
Agricola
was the province leader of britannia, was written about by tacitus, and was revered as one of the best province leaders
even though the writings were biased
Antonius Pius
was also known as antonius emporer for 138-161
he gained the name pius becuase he saved the senators that were sentenced to death under emporer hadrian
Bulla Felix
because there was rising inequality, people turned to being professional theifs
he was the robin hood of the roman empire
nobody wanted to turn him in because they got money
finally caught because of a roman commander bribed his girlfriend
Caracalla
was the son of Septimius Severus, the empire was divided between the two brothers
Carcalla assissinated his brother and erased everything about him, it was like he didnt exist (damnatio memoriae)
was a bad emporer
Claudius Germanicus (emperor)
was popular among the armies
was the nephew of tiberius
his brother was the retarded emporer
Commodus
was emporer from 161 to 192
he was reigning over the western roman empire and was the first emporer to be “born in purple”
he declaired himself emporer after hearing that Aurelius had died
he ruled jointly with his father and was one of the 5 good emporers, and actually had an heir to the thrown
Constantine
first roman emporer to be converted to christianity because of the dream while he was at war, this sign will make you win
he built constantinople which was called the New Rome
reign 306-337
Diocletian
Roman emporer from 284-305
he attempted to curb inflation with price controls, but they were just unequal
he kept the roman empire stable for the next 100 years because of his reforms
he was the first roman emporer to retire
Elagabalus
- worst emporer ever
- turned the emperial palace into a brothel
- tried to turn himself into a woman
- worshiped a metiorite
- married a vestal virgin
- thought of himself as a god
Isis
- was an egyptian god
- was thought of as the ideal mother and wife
- was the god of magic and nature
Flavius Josephus
- was a jewish aristocrat
- had a vision from god that the romans would win and vespasian would be emperor
- was vespasians counsler
- took the original scrolls and scriptures with him to rome and writes the jewish bible
- under him titus sacks jerusalem
Jesus
- crucified by Pilate, real roman governor
- christianity started in Judea
- first images were of him walking on water
- romans thought of him as a magitian or miracle maker
- he refused to worship their gods
Julian
- emporer from 361-363
- was a philosopher
- was killed in war against the Sassanid empire
- He attempted to revive the Roman religions but was unsuccessful in converting people back
Justinian
- emporer from 527-565
- one of the last emporers to speak latin as his first language
- swept through the mediteranean and took back northern africa, italy, sicily
Livia
- wife of augustus and the perfect wife
- Rome put a tax on wealthy women, when they had no right to vote
- she spoke out and told them that they were not going to pay without representation
- they erected a statue of her right next to the mens statues
Marcus Aurelius
- he was the last good emperor 161-180AD
- a philosopher
Mithras
- ancient religion, not much is known
- creates the world by slaying the bull of the world
- part of zoroastrianism
- open to all men, very popular among legionaries
- exclusive and didnt write anything down
Nero
- emperor from 54-68
- was adopted by Claudius, last of the Julio-Claudii
- built up the theatres and gladiatoral games as a cultural center
- he committed suicide because he was facing assasination
- was accused of the great fire of rome in 64 (to make room for his palace)
Octavian (Augustus)
- was emperor for so long that people didnt remember what it was like to have elections
- gave peace to the roman empire
Paul of Tarsus
- was a christian missionary bringing the gospel to the first century
- preached that jesus was the son of god
- he is thought to have written half of the gospels of the new testiment
- he journeyed to rome to face trial, and preached there for 2 years
Pliny the Younger
- lawyer, author, and magistrate of rome
- was a witness of the eruption of mnt. vesuvius
- under trajan
Romulus and Remus
- were the founders of rome
- were cast in a basket into the river and adopted by a she wolf
- Romulus killed remus and became the first king of rome
Romulus Augustulus
- considered the last roman emporer in rome itself
- after him western roman empire was founded
- he was a kid and his parents ruled
- only for 10 months
Shabuhr (or Shapur) I
- king of the Persian empire
- waged war against the romans and emperor valerian
- he enslaved him and made him be his footstool for getting up on his horse
- he died and they stuffed him and used him for 1000 years
Tacitus
- was a historian of the roman empire and wrote germania and agricola
- wrote about the life of his father in law agricola (was biased)
Theordora
- she was married to emperor Justinian
- was the daughter of a bear keeper for the games
- was a head dancer of the chariot races
- maybe was a prositute
- she was the deciding factor for the riots in the hyppodrome, she told justinian to stay and deal with the riot
- he killed everybody
Trajan
- emperor from 98-117
- extensive public works projects and expanded to the east
- annexed armenia and mesopotamia
- he was the second good emperor
Valerianus
- emperor from 253-260
- was captured by the Persian King Shapur I
- was the kings footstool
Vespasian
- was adopted into the Julio Claudian family so it wouldnt die off
- emperor from 69-79 ad
- from the military, commander
- Flavius Josephus was consler under him after fighting aginst the jewish
Zenobia
- was queen of the Palmyrene Emprire that fought aginst the romans
- she took all of roman syria and egypt
- ruled from 269-274
