year of 4 emperors Flashcards
who were the 4 emperors?
General Galba, Otho, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian
gen Galba characteristics and marched on who?
led march on nero, time reached rome nero was dead, his soldiers proclaimed him as new ruler/emp.
gen. otho characteristics and what did he refuse to accept?
otho marched with gal. on nero, he refused to accept gal’s rule of rome
otho vs gal:
otho challenged gal. and killed gal.
what did otho’s soldiers proclaim him as ?
as a new ruler
who was gen. vespasian and who did he challenge ?
a gen. on asia minor, he challenged vitellius, and vesp. won, and vitell. was torn apart, and was 1st to rule
who established the Flavian Dyn?
Gen. Vespasian
who was gen titus and who did he destroy?
one of vesp.’s son and destroyed the jewish temple
who was domitian/domitian and what happened to him?
vesp’s son and was asasinated
flavian(domi) dyn characteristics:
built colosseum and demanded to be addressed as emperors
what whappened after flav. died?
had a period of “good emperors”
how were the good emperors elected ?
were “hand-picked” by the senate
