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Octavian was awarded a title by the senate which is what?

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Augustus

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What did Octavian understood that only these would satisfy the senatorial aristocracy?

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Traditional republican forms

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Augustus maintained a standing army of how many legions and consisted of how many men?

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28 legions and about 150,000 men

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4
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Who proclaimed the “restoration of the Republic”?

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Octavian

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5
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What does Augustus mean?

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The revered one

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6
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Who govern certain provinces?

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Deputies/legates

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It is also a title given to Augustus which means commander in chief

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Imperator

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8
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Only who can be legionaries?

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Roman citizens

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9
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What did Augustus conquer?

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Central and maritime Alps

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10
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About how many praetorian guards are there?

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Roughly 5,000 men

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11
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What did Augustus stabilize?

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Frontiers of the Roman Empire

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12
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Augustus expanded Roman control from what up to what?

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Balkan peninsula up to the Danube River

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13
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He became the first Roman emperor

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Octavian

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14
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Who was the general when Augustus attempted to conquer Germany (which failed)?

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Varus

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15
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How was Varus massacred?

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By a coalition of German tribes

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16
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What did the defeats in Germany teach Augustus?

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That Rome’s power is not unlimited

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17
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Augustus died after dominating the Roman world for how many years?

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45 years

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18
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Who was Augustus’ successor and how is he related to him?

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Tiberius (his stepson)

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19
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What dynasty did Augustus establish?

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Julio-Claudian dynasty

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20
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This person freely eliminated people that he wanted out of the way including his own mother

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Nero

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21
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How did Nero commit suicide?

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By stabbing himself in the throat

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22
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It means Roman peace

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Pax Romana

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23
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He implemented an alimentary program that provided state funds to assist poor parents in raids and educating their children

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Trajan

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24
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They built a defensive wall how long and where?

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80 miles long across northern Britain

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25
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What century was the Roman Empire seen as one of the world’s greatest states?

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At its height in the second century

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The Roman Empire covered how many square miles and had a population of what?

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3.5 million square miles and had a population estimated at more than 50 million

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This emperor gave roman citizenship to every free inhabitant of the empire

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Emperor Caracalla

28
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It was the language of the western part of the empire

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Latin

29
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It was the language used in the east

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Greek

30
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Roman culture was mixed with what?

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Greek culture

31
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Since the Roman culture and Greek culture were mixed they called it the ________________ civilization

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Greco-Roman civilization

32
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The largest city in the Roman Empire is?

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Rome

33
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Roman and Chinese Empires built roads for what purpose?

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Military purposes but it came to facilitate trade as well

34
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The most important commercial contact that is a regular caravan route between west and east

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Silk Road

35
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Where were the small peasant farms that continued to flourish?

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Etruria and Po valley

36
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What is one of the notable characteristic of roman culture and society?

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Impact of the Greeks

37
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Educated Greek slaves labored where?

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Rich Roman households

38
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In the epic poem Aeneid who was the hero of Troy?

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Aeneas

39
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They had the important task of guarding the emperor

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Praetorian guard

40
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Where do the rich Romans send their sons to study?

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Athens

41
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The high point of Latin literature which was reached in the age of Augustus was called?

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Golden age of Latin literature

42
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The most distinguished poet if the Augustan age was who?

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Virgil

43
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What is the most famous amphitheater?

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Colosseum

44
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What is Virgil’s masterpiece?

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Aeneid

45
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Part of the law that applied to both Romans and foreigners

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Law of nations

46
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Virgil expressed that what was Rome’s gift?

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Ruling

47
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Aeneid was a rival work of whom?

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Homer

48
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What are the virtues of Aeneas?

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Duty, piety and faithfulness

49
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How many beasts were killed in one day of games?

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5,000

50
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He was portrayed as the ideal Roman

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Aeneas

52
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They are the head and dominant male in the family

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Paterfamilias

53
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The Roman art is similar to what?

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Greek

54
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A huge public bath

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Caracalla

55
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They are expected to weigh evidence carefully

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Judge

56
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What was one of the spectacular natural disasters?

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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

57
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What was Rome’s first code of laws?

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Twelve tables

58
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The Romans excelled in a highly practical art which is?

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Architecture

59
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These games were held from dawn to dusk

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Gladiatorial games

61
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They arrange the marriages of their daughters

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Fathers

61
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The legal minimum age for marriages for females is?

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12 (but 14 was a more common age)

63
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It is the traditional form of execution for slaves

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Crucifixion

64
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By what century did the upper-class Roman women had considerable freedom and independence

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Late second century

65
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These slaves were in much demand as tutors, musicians, doctors and artists

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Greek slaves

66
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A set of universal laws based on reason

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Natural law

66
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What is the legal minimum age for males in marriages?

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14

66
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Large-scale slave revolts occurred where?

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Sicily

67
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The most famous uprising on the insult was led by a gladiator which is who?

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Spartacus

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