the adoptive emporors Flashcards
what was the “new better era?”
adoptive era
(characterised by adoption)
Coming out the second failed dynasty, we got prosperity
who was the first of the adoptive emproros
nerva
nerva was an _______ ex-______
Lifelong ________ decided to put himself forward as emperor, got accepted by soldiers even though he had no ______ _______
elderly ex-consul
politician
military experience
nerva brought ______
prosperity
nerva annouced that he was adopting ______, and making him his successor
______ would be the first non-_______ emperor
Nerva ______ not long after
Trajan
Trajan, non-italian
dies
the _______ ______ complained when trajan got adopted as an emporor cause it was a weird was to get power
praetorian guard
who was the successor of nerva
trajan
trajan was a spaniard, with the nickname ______ ______
he had military compaigns thater were ______ as fuck
expanded ________ to the ______ it would ever get
Optimus princeps
successful
borders, largest
trajan just for ___years
____ compared to toehrs
20
long
tajan’s reforms
_________ (means nourishment)
Gave out low _____ _____ to businesses in need
Took the interest to pay for the _______ of poor children
______
_______s in every province whose jobs it was to look after the ____-_____ of the people
Designed to deal with _____ ______ the governor did not address
Alimenta (means nourishment)
Gave out low interest loans to businesses in need
Took the interest to pay for the education of poor children
Curator
Curators in every province whose jobs it was to look after the well-being of the people
Designed to deal with specific problems the governor did not address
the 2nd jewish revolt had 2 sides
what were they
That they were radical terrorists that harassed non-jews and jews that collaborated with non-jews
That they were trying to get back the integrity of their land
Trajan sdopts _______ on his deathbed as the next emperor
hardien
the adoptive era was different because
Not that they didn’t have children of their own, but that they looked for….?
for the best fit for the position
what was trajan’s market
Huge marketplace like a mall
Had stores, banks, coin weighing
what were the baths of trajan
Built the largest baths of trajan
Vaulted ceilings
Called baths but you could swim, hot tub, play games, and other free leisure complexes
tajan had a column, what did it display
trajan’s Column
Long band displaying his vast military success
hardian was the first emproro to the rock the _____
beard
hardian was condiered a _______ emporor
spent more time in diff _______ than being in ____
wandering
provinces
rome
hardian had a lovers ____
he was in love with a man and named a _____ after him
cult, city
in response to local difficulties, _____ hade special appointments to oversee cities and whole regions for limited periods
trajan
trajan left hardian with an insane amount of _______ to defend
what did hardian do
just gave some of it back
trjan died on his way back to rome, after his _______ campaigns
parinthian
trajan was the first emproror to expand int ______
dacia
hardian focused more in bettering the empire _______
internally
hardian had a big _____ built for _____
wall, protection
the 3rd jewish revolt was the ______ and happened uner ______’s rule
during it, judaea was renamed _____ _______ and ______ werent allowed entry into jerusalem
largest, hardian
jews
Syria palaestina
hadrian preposed to rename jerusalem ________
also that jews couldnt be ______
the jews _____ causing a _____
hadrianopolis
circumsized
protested, revolt
when the 3rd jewsish revolt ends, hadrian says that _____ is DONE and renames it _______
teachings of the ______ forbidden in some parts of there
judea, palistine
torah
Some say this time was when they were their ______
Roman empire was at its largest sie and highest population under______ and _____
saw a sharp increase in _____ _____, notably in cities were 20% of ppl lived
happiest
trajan and hardien
social mobility
one way imperial families affected roman subjects was throughthe demonstration of ______, particularly in _______
images
theatres
going to ______ was a favourite passtime of romans following the imperial era
