Rome Part 2 Flashcards
What were the two things that men in politics claimed to be in order to gain support
The voice of the poor
And
Champion of the reform
Who were the two brothers who tried to bring reforms but were killed along with their followers by the wealthy nobles who didn’t want to lose their land and control in 133 BC
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Year of the first civil war
83 BC
Second civil war dates
Between 49 and 45 BC
First triumvirate members and their positions
Pompey-successful military general
Julius Caesar-“man of the people”
Crassus- who brought the cash
What year was Caesar elected consul
49 BC
Caesar appointed self dictator in
48Bc
Caesar killed in
March 15 44 BC
A second triumvirate
Mark Antony -former consul and friend of Julius Caesar
Octavian- grand nephew and adopted son of Caesar only 18 when Caesar died
Lepidus- another Roman general
Octavians name in bible, what is he known as
Caesar Augustus
Undisputed master of the Roman Empire
The five titles Octavian gave himself
Princeps Caesar Imperator Pontifex Maximus Augustus
Pax Romana
Roman peace that lasted 200 yrs (30BC to AD 180)
Peace prosperity commerce law and order generally prevailed
Four major things Octavian did for the empire
Organized a permanent pro army
Established an official bureaucracy to manage affairs of the empire
Administered Roman law in courts throughout the empire
Started a massive building program( stadiums, walls, baths, temples, roads, aqueducts)
Dates of the Claudian emperors
AD 14-68
Who were the claudian emperors
Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
What ruler reigned during the time of Jesus’s ministry death and resurrection
Tiberius
Why was tiberius unpopular
He tried to curtail the circuses
What emperor was insane who appointed his favorite horse to Senate
Caligula
Who was poisoned by his wife so his son could become emperor
Claudius
Which emperor was mentally deranged and morally depraved, he had his mother, brother, and wife killed. And blamed the fire in 64 AD on Christians and peter and pail were martyred
Nero
Who were the Flavian emperors
When did they rule
Vespasian, Titus, Domitian
AD 69-96
Who were the five good emperors and why were they “good”
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonio’s Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
They were well liked by romans bc if their devotion to civic duties
When did the five good emperors rule
AD 96-180
What are the “termites” that’s ate away at the inside of the empire so when there were battles on the outside borders the empire fell
The coin currency was ruined
The taxes were raised to intolerable levels
The central govt could no longer maintain law and order
Who embarked on trying to eliminate Christianity with the most fierce and savage of all persecutions
Diocletian in 303-311 AD
Who proclaimed the duct of Milan and legalized Christianity and have rights for all religions
Constantine
I in what year did the empire permanently divide
AD 395
What group invaded Italy and sacked Rome for the first time in 800 yrs
The Visigoths
What group of people ravaged North Africa
The vandals
What two groups invaded Britain
The angles and the Saxon’s
Who led barbarians on the scourge of god in AD 451 and destroyed everything in their path
Atila the Hun
What were the two things Rome left behind
Latin and laws
What’s Rome’s most lasting contribution to western civilization
Law
What were the three parts of the Justinian code
Single sovereignty
Universality
Equity
Single sovereignty
Law is derived from a single central source
Universality
Laws reflect the nature of man
Equity
Law must be flexible enough to fit a wide variety of cases
