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rome Flashcards

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adoped by Nerva

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Trajan

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reign marked peak of Rome’s territorial expansion

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Trajan

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second of the Five Good Emperors

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Trajan

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won in the Dacian Wars

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Trajan

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defeated King Decebalus in key victory

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Trajan

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5
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namesake column commemorates a certain military victory (give emperor and conflict)

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Trajan, Dacian Wars

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6
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annexed Nebatean Kingdom, turning it into Arabia Petraea

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Trajan

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7
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pursued Parthian Campaign

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Trajan

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architectural projects were overseen by Apollodorus of Damascus

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Trajan

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built Portus Triani ports

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Trajan

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initiated Alimenta social welfare program

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Trajan

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wife Empress Plotina

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Trajan

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namesake bridge built over the Danube

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Trajan

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13
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reign saw Jewish uprising known as Kitos War

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14
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sacked Ctesiphon and Susa

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Trajan

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ordered construction of Alcantara Bridge

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Trajan

16
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Basilica Ulpia was located in this emperor’s namesake forum

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Trajan

17
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conquered military stronghold of Sarmizegetusa

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Trajan

18
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led a campaign against Osroes I

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Trajan

19
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initially defeated at the Iron Gates, but secured eventual victory

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Trajan

20
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Via Biberatica road cuts through namesake market

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Trajan

21
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conquered Charax in one campaign

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Trajan

22
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consul Lusius Quietus suppressed one war (give emperor and war)

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Trajan, Kitos War

23
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corresponded with Pliny the Younger about the persecution of Christians

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Trajan

24
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last imperial forum built under this ruler

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Trajan

25
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annexed a certain region after the death of Rabell II Soter (give emperor and region)

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Trajan, Nebatean Kingdom

26
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Roman citizens who completed this achievement were exempt from jury duty or acting as guardians

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having three or more children

27
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granted a namesake right, or ius under Augustus’s Lex Iulia et Papia

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having three or more children

28
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wife Livia

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Augustus

29
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Made up of cohorts and centuries, these large military units of the Roman army contained several thousand soldiers

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legions

30
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this person’s letters to Trajan provide a rich source on provincial administration

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Pliny the Younger

31
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uncle died during the Vesuvius eruption

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Pliny the Younger

32
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776 book, which attributed the title event to a decline of civic virtue and the spread of Christinaity

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“Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” by Edward Gibbon

33
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built a wall in the United Kingdom that was later renovated by Septimius Severus

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Hadrian

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