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The early principate Flashcards

1
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what does the principate refer to
what does the dominant refer to

A

Principate - part of the imperial era where the emperor is still pretending to be a citizen with a lot of clout

Dominant - the emperor are being referred to as lord and god, where they admit they are emperors

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________ represents an enlightened dictatorship - bringing about social transformations

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augustus

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The people who follow augustus are called what? why?

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the Julio-Claudian

Cause the claudius family intermarried with the julius family
Augustus is julius caesar’s grand nephew

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augustus settles on ________ to be his successor cause the others kept _____

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Tiberius (his step son)

dying

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Augusuts wanted to control beyond his ________, of what things?

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beyond his lifetime

The senate
The equites
The roman people
The provincials
The army (maius imperius)

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the political difficulties of augustus’ successor usually came from neglecting _____ _______ and from alienating Rome’s ______ and _______ elite

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civil consensus

political and military elite

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significant for success of an emporor was their relationship to the _____ and Rome’s _______ traditions

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army, military

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although ugusuts said he wanted rome’s border to remain the same (in his will) the boders were frequently ________ with kings , esp with _______ becaused they separated rome from the Parthians (enemy)

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renegotiated, Armenia

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Augustus forced _______ him to divorce his first wife to marry his daughter _______ (the slut)

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Tiberius, Julia

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where was tiberius become he was called back to rome

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Tiberius has gone to an island to live a secluded life before he was called back to rome

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TIberius was a good ______________ ________ n shit but he had bad ________ skills,

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Military commander, social skills
(introverted, cold and socially clumsy )

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Tiberius’ general distrust combined with his military exp led hi to rely on the ____________ _______

he also built huge ______ at the edge of rome

ensured all future emproror would have ______ ______

A

Praetorian guard

barracks

body guards

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When tiberius takes over after augustus dies, augus’ will makes tiberius his principle heir on what condition

this was _______

A

that he names his (tib’s) nephew germanicus (instead of his son) to be his principle successor

embarassing

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Tiberius follows Augutus’ policy of limited _______ - no _________ wars, _____-_______ analysis

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expansion

pointless, cost-advj

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Germanicus was very successful in quelling the uprising going on in ________, soon he moved to ______

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Germany

Syria

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How does Germanicus die and why was is sus af

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dies of high fever - in his room they found strange symbols that had painted over, sacrificed animals - suspicion he was poisoned

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how did people react to germanicus’ death? what was his funeral like?

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People really liked germanicus so they were sad

When he came back tiberius decided on a small funeral, the people wanted a huge one so they were outraged

People gathered during the moving of his body sobbing

Ugly time for tiberius

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the _____ ______ began claiming that if you’re diminishing the respect for tiberius (leadsing to civil war possibly) you can be persecuted

A

majesty trials

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one dude melted statue of tiberius to repurpose, what did the majesty trials do

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n court they saw this as a direct attack on tiberius, they were punished

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_______ would snitch on people at dinner parties and shit, claiming they talked down on tib

A

informants

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21
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this time was an increase reliance on the _____ __________

Tiberius’ was named _______

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praetorian guard

sejanus

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Tiberius became more of a ________, so he had _______ do his speaking for him

he rent into _____-_____

A

recluse
Sejanus

semi-retirement

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23
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Tib finds out thru Sejanus that his own son was planning to kill him and take over, his daughter in law (wife) confirms

what was actually doing on here

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Sejanus and his daughter in law were actually lovers and planned his to get his son out the way - wanted to take over from tiberius - they got married

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Sejanus was basically running rome, how?

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Sejanus claimed what he said was from tiberius so no one could speak against him

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Sejanus is______, and then _______

The people in ________ are worshipping tiberius for what the roman empire has become - inside rome is a _____ _____

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arrested, killed

provinces, shit show

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how were many emporors killed?

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their own body guards

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in tiberius’ rule, why did many people want to expand north towards germany

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Long border to the north was hard to defend so they wanted to expand to where the border became half the size (north) towards Germany

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Who succeeded Germanicus

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Gaius (Caligula)

his nephew

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29
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why was gaius nicknamed caligula

how did ppl feel abt him

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Nicknames ‘little boots’ which in latin is Calihula

love him

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what did gaius (caligula)’s early policies

(hint - they were opp to tiberius’ )

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Lowered taxes

The games will be paid by govvy

New construction of temples

No more majesty trials - anyone exiled won’t be prosecuted and can return to rome

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They say Gaius had some _________ and completely changed his bahaviour

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madness/illness

32
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gaius ______ the govvy from all the staues n shit he built

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bankrupt

33
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gauius made it a crim for anyone to do what

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Made it a crime from anyone to look down on him (literally
If he was a parade anyone who looked down from an apartment had to not look out

34
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gauis made it illegal to say what

A

goat

35
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gaius impregnated his ______ and ate the _____

A

sister, foetus

36
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gauis invaded where? claiming to conquor it (cwazy mofo)

A

atlantic ocean

37
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who killed gaius

A

this praetorian guard

38
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who was gaius’ successor

A

his uuncle, claudius

39
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claudius was the last of…?

A

the julio-claudisn

40
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claudius had been in ________ due to fear from the guard that killed guius

A

hiding

41
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thye found claudius hiding behind a _______ and praised him as an emporor

A

curtain

42
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why was claudius still alaive throught the rule of the other emporor

A

The reason he was still alive is cause everyone thought he was a retard - was partially deaf( talked weird), had a limp

43
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people thought claudius was dummy, was he?

A

Turns out he was pre smart
He was a scholar

44
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When claudius became emperor, oversaw invasion of _______

A

britain

45
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claudius brought back finacial _______ and fixed the ________ in rome

A

responsibility, bankruptcy

46
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claudius Insisted the ________ bids (who would build a harbour) that he would oversee, checked expenses to ensure no _________

A

harbour, embezzelment

47
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when the pratorian guard nominated claudius, he gave him a ton of money

what did this cause

A

caused other praetorian guard to assume they got a bonus every time they joined

48
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Since claudius was isolated from his family, his close circle of ______, including some _____ were his main entourage

this annoyed the __________ cause they had to go to non-___________ to ask for favours

A

friends, slaves

aristocrats, aristocrats

49
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__________ was claudius’ first wife, he didint seem to care that she was ______

he loved her so much that everyone was ____ to ___ him

A

messelina, unfaithful

afraid to tell him

50
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Messelina had an illegitimate ___________ ________ with one of her lovers

how did she make people attend?

A

wedding ceremony

(if they dont shell find a way to rpocecutethme

51
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how did ppl tell clauius that messelina was unfaithful

A

got him drunk

52
Q

who was claudius’ second wife

She was his niece and the sister of ________

Fell madly in love again

A

They chose Agripina to be the next

She was his niece and the sister of Caligula

53
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Agripina turned out to be super _____ ______ - convinced him to bypass his own _____ to instead favour her ______ and to _______ her son to his daughter

A

strong willed

son,son

marry

54
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who was claudius’ successor

A

Nero
Agrapina’s son takes over

55
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nero was a _____ boy

Had ______ with his and his mothers face

A

mama’s boy

coins

56
Q

At a dinner party, Nero’s step brother __________ (the _______ son of claudius) chokes and dies

A

britannicus

natural

57
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nero didnt want to do the things necessary to be an emporor, he liked it only enough to remain in the position

what did he wanna be

A

wanted to be a performer - wrote plays and shows

58
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nero’s ______ chose eveyrthing for him

such as his ______ and his ______

nero want to do what

A

mother

mistress, wife

get rid of her

59
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how did nero plan to get ride of agripina (mummy)

A

he puts her on a boat with water soluble glue

Planning for her to die on boat

As they drown, a slave claims to be agripina and is killed when she says that

Agripina sees this and catches on

Swims to shore

60
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after the boat plan failes, what does nero claim

what does she reply

A

he claims that she throws a knife at her

She says “kill me now and stab me where i gave birth to this snake”

61
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nero sets up an ______ _______ named the Neronia - which he_____

A

athletic festival

enters

62
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they called nero the _______

A

performer

63
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nero goes on a tour and enters over 1000 contests across the area in acting, athletics, etc

howd this go for him

A

wins all fo em
When he gave performances, you were not allowed to leave, and people HAD to clap, whoever stopped clapping first was killed

64
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Massive fire in rome destroys 3?4 of the city

_______ started that ______ set it

he blamed it on the _______

A

rumours, nero

christians

65
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as report of ______ in gaul and germany came about, the ______ finally disowned nero
they names him a _____ _____

A

revolts

senate

public enemy

66
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how did nero die

A

suicide

67
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where was nero most popular

A

outside of rome, namely greede

68
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In year after Nero’s death, 4 diff commanders in _____, _____, _____, and ______ are named by their own commanders as _______

cause a ______ war in rome as they were all marhing on them

who wins and why

A

spain, germant, rome and judaea

emporor

civil

Judea bc thay had the biggest army

69
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the Julio-Claudian continuation of augustus’ principate had many ______, _____, and ______ changes

A

economic, social, military

70
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Military limited to ____,00 legionaries plus auxiliaries plus navy

A

150

71
Q

Switch from agrarian to commodity economy

what does this mean

A

Agrarian = farmers
commodity = more workshops

Factories start to arise
Much more mass production

72
Q

peace had been gained by Augustus’ elimination of his rivals, it was maintain by ________ ______

A

benificial ideaology

73
Q

what kinds of beneficial ideaologies were gained

A

Became seen as the job of the emperors to ensure everyone is secure
Not enough to pacify them, you now must assist them and protect them

74
Q

what did the cirtics of beneficial ideaologies say

A

Critics - this is a world of “bread and circuses”
Thought the job of the empire was to supply basic needs and entertain you

75
Q

throughout italy (outside of rome) who was resposible for the colection of taxes, census, supply of men for armies?

A

local magistrates, and councilors

augustus established a system that didnt rely on bureaucracy imposed by central govvy, but on communities self administration

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