Roman Emperors Flashcards
Nerva
Adopted Trajan out of fear of being overthrown by the pretorian guard
Was not assassinated and did not commit suicide.
Trajan
Expanded Rome to its maximum size
He was loved by the senate and was given the name Optimus Princeps.
He built lots of buildings in Rome
He was Spanish.
Hadrian
Pulled back from Trajans expansion
Built the Hadrian wall
Established a Roman colony in Jeureselam
Antoninus
Ruled Rome peacefully and for a very long time
Worked to get Hadrian deifyed
Was given Pius the na,e
Marcus Aurelias
Rome was under lots of threats under him, he fought many battles
He was known as the philosopher emperor
Caligula
He was crazy and fought a war against neptune
Was known as little boot
He grew up in the army
“Conquered Germany”
Claudius
Claudius conquered Britain
Nero
Nero blamed christians for the fire in Rome, leading to the persecution of christians. He built his Golden House in the slums that burned. He killed himself.
Augustus
The first emperor of Rome.
Tiberius
He was very old when he became emperor, abandoned Rome for Capri.