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Scarry Chapter 32 Flashcards

1
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Who was the son of Livia and Tiberius Claudius Nero?

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Tiberius

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In what year was Tiberius born?

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42bc

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What does the quote from Tiberius, oderint dum probent, mean?

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Let them hate me, provided that they approve of what I do

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What emperor was know for his distrustfulness because he was ‘a mere pawn on a chess board’?

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Tiberius

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Who toyed with conspiracy against Tiberius in 16ad?

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Scribonius Libo Drusus

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What conspirator after Libo Drusus plotted against him in 24ad?

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Gaius Silius

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What nephew of Tiberius did Augustus force him to adopt as his successor?

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Germanicus

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8
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Who was the son of Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania?

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Drusus 2

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Who launched attacks on the Rhine which developed into a 3 year campaign in Germany?

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Germanicus

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Who was given a magnificent triumph in 17ad and maius imperium over all eastern provinces?

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Germanicus

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In what year did Tiberius and Germanicus share a consulship?

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18ad

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12
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In what year did Calpurnius Piso and Tiberius share a consulship?

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7bc

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13
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Who did Tiberius appoint as governor Syria to keep a watch on the vainglorious young man, Germanicus?

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Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso

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14
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After illegally going to Egypt and reliving a corn-shortage, who died returning to Syria?

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Germanicus

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Who was said to have poisoned Germanicus in 19ad?

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Calpurnius Piso

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16
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What wife of Drusus 2 bore him twins?

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Livilla

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17
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Whose death in 23ad led Tiberius no successor to the throne?

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Drusus II

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What praetorian prefect did Tiberius give blind trust?

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Lucius Aelius Sejanus

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What widow of Germanicus was accused by Sejanus of trying to become or appoint her son as emperor?

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Agrippina the elder

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20
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Who did Tiberius banish in 29ad?

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Agrippina the elder and Nero

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Though only of equestrian rank, who paved a path for himself to become emperor after Tiberius?

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Sejanus

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22
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Where did Tiberius go in self-exile in 26ad?

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Capri

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23
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Who told Tiberius of his praetorian prefects secret plan to assume power?

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Antonia minor, widow of Drusus

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24
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Who did Tiberius appoint as praetorian prefect to assume command of the cohorts?

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Sutorius Macro

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What man in 31bc read a portentously long letter from Tiberius, where, in the last paragraph denounced Sejanus as a traitor?

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Memmius Regulus

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26
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What third son of Agrippina was the only relative of hers Tiberius didn’t kill?

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Gaius

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Who killed Tiberius’ son, Drusus II, from poison?

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Sejanus

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28
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Why were many corrupt politicians accusing people of treason?

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Because the law was ill defined, so they would get 1/4 of the man’s estate if they were successful

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29
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How many accused men were put to death in 32ad?

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7 (9 were put to death but Tacitus says 2 we’re innocent)

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30
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Who were the two choices as successor when Tiberius died?

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Tiberius Gemellus and Caligula

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Who twice refused the title of Pater Patriae and never took the title imperator?

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Tiberius

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32
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Who did macro want appointed as emperor after Tiberius’ death?

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Caligula

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33
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Who was nicknamed by his father’s soldiers because of the boots he wore as a small boy in Germanicus’ camp?

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Caligula

34
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Who abolished sales taxes, paid double rates to bounties, entertained the people of Rome circus shows and beast hunts, adopted his cousin Gemellus, and recalled exiled citizens?

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Caligula

35
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Why did we believe that Caligula was a megalomaniac and tyrant?

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Because he got sick and recovered but it messed up his brain

36
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Name two men Caligula put to death without trial?

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Macro and Tiberius Gemellus

37
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What commander of the legions in upper Rhine made a plot to appoint someone else as emperor in 39bc?

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Lentulus Gaetulicus

38
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What member of the old republican nobility did Lentulus Gaetulicus try to appoint to the throne?

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Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

39
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Who did Caligula exile because of Lentulus’ plot against him?

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Agrippina II and Julia

40
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Who killed Caligula in a quiet corner with a rain of dagger-blows?

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Cassius Chaerea

41
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What was the birth name of Claudius?

A

Tiberius Claudius Drusus

42
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How was Claudius related to Caligula?

A

He was his uncle

43
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How old was Claudius when he was appointed to the throne?

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Over 50

44
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What emperor was known for his many novels he wrote on the Etruscan life?

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Claudius

45
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What position did Claudius appoint Callistus to?

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Praepositus a libellis(examiner of positions)

46
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What rank was Narcissus during the reign of Claudius?

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Positus ab epistulis(chief secretary)

47
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What was the job of Pallas during the reign of Claudius?

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Praepositus a rationibus(chief accountant)

48
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What did Narcissus, Callistus, and Pallas have in common?

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They were all emancipated slaves

49
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What two wives of Claudius were known for stirring up trouble?

A

Valeria Messalina and Agrippina the younger

50
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What two men led a plot similar to Lentulus Gaetulicus during the reign of Claudius; one the governor of Dalmatia and the other a nobleman?

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Camillus Scribonianus and Annius Vinicianus

51
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What nobleman, along side Messalina, coveted Claudius’ palace in 48ad?

A

Gaius silius

52
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What freedman of Claudius summoned the guards to execute Gaius Silius and Messalina?

A

Narcissus

53
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Who were the two kids of Claudius and Messalina?

A

Octavia and Britannicus

54
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Who were the parents of Nero?

A

Agrippina the younger and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus

55
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What praetorian prefect appointed Nero as emperor as of the request of Agrippina the younger?

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Afranius Burrus

56
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What aqueduct did Claudius build?

A

Aqua Claudia

57
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What lake did Claudius drain during his reign?

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Fucine Lake

58
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In what year did Claudius celebrate the secular games to because of Romes 800th anniversary

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47ad

59
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Name all the provinces that Claudius added?

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Mauretania, Britain, Thrace, and Lycia

60
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What was the colony at cologne, established during Claudius’ reign, named?

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Colonia Agrippinensis

61
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How old was Nero at his accession?

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16 years old

62
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What prominent man in Roman history died in 55ad?

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Brittanicus

63
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Who was the wife of Nero and Otho?

A

Poppaea Sabina

64
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What freedman, an admirable of a fleet at Misenum carried out an attempt to kill Agrippina the younger?

A

Anicetus

65
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Where did Anicetus attempt to drown the ship of Agrippina the younger?

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Bay of Naples

66
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How did Anicetus actually kill Agrippina the younger?

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Broke into her house and battered her to death

67
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What women does in 59ad?

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Agrippina the younger

68
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What festival did Nero create to celebrate the clipping of the imperial beard?

A

Iuvenalia

69
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What festival did Nero great which had charioteers, music, and dancing?

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Neronia

70
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What praetorian prefect died in 62ad?

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Burrus

71
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What wife did Nero have banished for having her falsely confess of hooking up with Anicetus?

A

Octavia

72
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What praetorian prefect of Nero proved “Nero’s evil genius?”

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Ofonius Tigellinus

73
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Who toured Greece in 67-68, during he collected a bouquet of 1800 crowns?

A

Nero

74
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What ex-consul and Stoic philosopher was condemned to death for an occasional veiled criticism of the emperor in 66ad?

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Publius Thraesea Paetus

75
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Who did Nero force to take their own life?

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Seneca the younger and Gaius Petronius

76
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Between what two hills was the Domus Aurea built?

A

Esquiline and Palatine

77
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What commander of Nero did he have killed because his son-in-law, Annius Vinicianus, led a revolt?

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Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo

78
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What was the 15 year reign of Nero called?

A

Quinquennium Neronis

79
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In what year did Nero crown Tiridates, who was worshipped by him as Mithras?

A

66ad

80
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Who won a crown of victory at a race in Olympia although he had fallen from his chariot and not finished the race?

A

Tiridates

81
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Where did Nero finally put down the revolt of Boudicca?

A

Randeia

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