Roman Emperors Flashcards
Pax Romana
Augustus
Who was the first emperor?
Augustus
Defeated Parthians
Augustus
Revised laws
Augustus
Avenged Caesar
Augustus
Built altar to peace
Ara pacis
Augustus
Called princeps
Augustus
“First citizen”
Third emperor
Caligula
Called little boots
Caligula
Made horse senator
Caligula
Fifth emperor
Nero
Fiddled while time burned
Nero
Blamed Christians
Nero
Very sinister
Nero
Domus aurea
Golden house
Nero
5 good emperors
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius pius, Marcus Aurelius
Known for Collin that depicts battle against dacians
Trajan
Known for villa in tivoli
Hadrian
Wrote stoic philosophy in Greek
Marcus Aurelius
Defeated maxentius at mulvian bridge after revelation by Christian god
Constantine
Legalized Christianity in 313
Constantine
Last emperor
Romulus Augustus
Established falvian dynasty
Vespasian
Started building colosseum
Vespasian
Restored pantheon in rome
Hadrian