The Empire & Emperors Test - 2/3/23 Flashcards
Roman Vow #3
No More Civil War
Augustus incrementaly gains
power
Augustus gives full power back to the senate expecting
to give it back due to overwhelmed
Dominate era
era where emperors used brute strength
Principal era
era when emperors played nice
Pax Romana means
roman peace
Pax Romana or golden age lasted
200 years
Augustus’s death
age, 75 “Have I played the part well?”
Caligula
-insulted senate regularly
-wanted a horse consul
The year of the 4 emperors
Gatta
Otho
Vitellius
Vespasian
The Flavian Dynast events
Vespasian destroys Neros house for the colleseum
and dies
Titus opens the colleseum to the people
Nerva-Atonine Dynasty
5 good emperors
5 good emperors:
Trajan - a great soldier, reaches maximum territory span
Hadrian - good leader yet focused on defending the border
Marcus Aurelius - philosopher emperor
Commodus - really messes up rome
Victor of the year of 5 emperors
Severius
Severius
-doesn’t do much
-leads to crisis of 3rd century