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Who was appointed as Nero's tutor in 49 AD?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Who did Claudius marry in 49 AD?
The Younger Agrippina
When did Claudius adopt Nero as his son?
50 AD
What was Nero Granted in 51 AD?
Proconsular Imperium outside of Rome.
When did Claudius die?
October 13th 54 A.D.
Who were Nero's parents?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Younger Agrippina.
Who was murderd in 54 AD, called the 'first casualty of the new reign'?
Marcus Junius Silanus.
Who contrived Marcus Junius Silanus' murder?
Agrippina the younger.
Why was Marcus Junius Silanus murdered?
He was (like Nero) one of Augustus' great great grandsons
Who guided Nero's first years as emperor?
Seneca, Bourus, and Agrippina.
What are the first five years of Nero's reign?
Quinquenium Neronis.
From when to when was the Quinquenium Neronis?
54-58
Who did Nero have poisoned in 55? Who murdered him?
Britannicus, Nero's step-brother and Claudius' son. Locusta.
Who was Nero's mistress in 58?
Poppaea Sabina, the wife of Marcus Salvius Otho
Who was murdered in March 59?
Agrippina.
How was Agrippina murdered?
A collapsable boat and when that didn't work, assassination.
What was the name of the festival in 59 to celebrate the shaving of Nero's beard?
Juvenalia
What was the name of the quinquennial competition similar to the olympics?
Neronia
What were the three parts of the Neronia?
Athletic contests, chariot-racing, and music, poetry and rhetoric.
What is the term for one who loved Greek culture?
Philhellene
What year is considered a turning point in Nero's reign? Why?
62, because Burrus died and was replaced by Faenius Rufus and Gaius Ofonius Tigellinus, Seneca retired, Maestus trials were resumed, the murder of two dynastic rivals: Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix (husband of Claudius' daughter Antonia) and Rubellius Plautus (great grandson of Tiberius), and Nero murdered his wife Octavia.
What was the name of the treason trials that were revived in 62?
Maestus Trials
What two dynastic rivals were murdered in 62?
Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix and Rubellius Plautus.
What is the term for the murder of one's wife?
Uxoricide
What baths did Nero build?
Thermae Neronianae
What Golden House did Nero build? When?
Domus Aurea, 64.
What disastrous event occurred on July 18th 64.
The Great Fire of Rome.
How long did the Great Fire of Rome last?
6 days and 7 nights
What was the capital of Brittania?
Camulodunum
What occurred on June 9th 68?
Nero was forced to commit suicide.
When was Caesar's first dictatorship? How long was it?
December 49. 11 days.
When was Caesar's Second dictatorship? For how long?
48 B.C. One year.
What was special about the dictatorship that Caesar was given in 46 B.C.?
It was renewable annually for 10 years.
When was Caesar named dictator for life?
February 14, 44 B.C.
Who was Caesar's Magister Equitum?
Lepidus.
Where was Caesar's statue displayed?
Temple of Quirinus
Who was the official preist of Caesar's cult?
Antony.
What was the name of the child Caesar had with Cleopatra?
Caesarion.
What was Octavian's original relation to Caesar?
Grandnephew.
When did Caesar adopt Octavian?
Sept. 45 B.C.
On which day was Caesar hailed as 'Rex'?
Jan. 44 B.C.
When was Caesar offered the royal diadem which he refused? Who offered it? Where?
Feb 15th, 44 B.C. Marc Antony. Lupercalia.
Who did Caesar depose in Jan. 44 B.C.?
the tribunes Marullus and Flavus.
In early 44 B.C. who did Caesar prepare campaigns against? Why?
Dacians and Parthians. To avenge disaster at Carrhae in 53.
What did the Sibylline Oracle predict which would have consequences for Caesar?
Only a rex could conquer Parthia.
Who were the main conspirators in the plot to kill Caesar?
Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius, Gaius Trebonius, Decimus Junius Brutus.
Who said 'Beware the Ides of March!'.
The soothsayer Spurinna.
Who was consul in 44 B.C.?
Marc Antony.
When was Caesar assassinated?
March 15th 44B.C.
What happened to the conspirators?
The were granted amnesty on March 17th.
When was Caesar's funeral?
March 20th.
What tragic case of mistaken identity lead to the death of an innocent?
The poet Helvius Cinna was mistaken for the conspirator Cornelius Cinna.
Which conspirator was sent to Cisalpine Gaul?
Junius Decimus Brutus.
Which conspirator was sent to Asia?
Trebonius.
Which conspirator was sent to Crete?
Brutus.
Which conspirator was sent to Cyrene?
Cassius.
When was Gaius Octavius born?
Sept. 63 B.C.
Which province was Marc Antony governor of?
Macedonia.
Which province was Lepidus governor of?
Nearer Spain.
Which province was Cornelius Dolabella governor of?
Syria
After the death of Caesar who were the Cesarians?
Marc Antony, Lepidus, Octavian, Dolabella.
After the death of Caesar who were the Anti-Cesarians?
Brutus, Cassius, Decimus Brutus, Trebonius, Sextus Pompey.
To which provinces did Marc Antony transfer from Macedonia?
Cisalpine Gaul and Transalpine Gaul.
What was the result of Marc Antony's transfer from Macedonia to the Gauls?
2 legions defected to Octavian.
When did Antony criticize Cicero. What did he criticize him for?
Sept. 44 B.C. He criticized him for being absent from Senate meetings.
Which speeches did Cicero recite in reply to Antony's criticism?
Philippics.
When did the siege of Mutina occur. Who besieged who?
Dec. 44 - April. 43 B.C. Antony besieged Decimus Brutus.
What were Brutus and Cassius granted in 44-43?
Imperium Maius, supreme military authority.
What occurred at the Conference at Bononia?
The formation of the 2nd Triumvirate.
Where was the 2nd Triumvirate created?
Conference at Bononia.
Who comprised the 2nd Triumvirate?
Octavian, Lepidus, Antony.
What law was formed on Nov, 27th 43 B.C.? what did it stipulate?
Lex Titia. It legalized the second triumvirate. Also, Antony was given Cisalpine Gaul and Gallia Comata, Lepidus was given the 2 Spains and Transalpine Gaul, Octavian was given Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and North Africa.
When was the Lex Titia formed?
Nov. 27th 43 B.C.
What occurred on Dec 7, 43 B.C.? What was it a result of?
Cicero was murdered as a result of the proscriptions of the second triumvirate.
What famous battle occurred in 43 B.C.?
Battle of Philippi.
In what year did the battle of Philippi occurr?
43 B.C.
Who were the two sides of the Battle of Philippi?
Cesarians (Antony and Octavian) vs. Republicans (Brutus and Cassius).
What was the result of the first Battle of Phillippi?
Antony defeated Cassius (wo committed suicide), Brutus defeated Octavian.
What was the result of the second Battle of Phillippi?
Antony defeated Brutus (who committed suicide).
After the battle of Philippi, which provinces were given to Antony? Which province did he give up? What happened to it?
He was given all of the East and the western Gallic provinces. He gave up Cisalpine Gaul which was annexed to Italy.
After the battle of Philippi, which provinces were given to Octavian?
Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, 2 Spains.
In which year did Antony meet Cleopatra?
41 B.C.
In which year did Cleopatra bear Antony twins? What were their names?
40 B.C. Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selena.
Who acted as patron for Vergil?
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas
What war occurred in 40 B.C.?
The Perusine War.
In which year did the Perusine War occur?
40 B.C.
Who were the two sides of the Perusine war?
Octavian and his legates (Agrippa and Salvidienus) vs. Fulva and Lucius Antonius.
What was the result of the Perusine war.
Octavian acquired Gaul and became the sole master of the west.
Who was Octavian's first wife?
Claudia.
What did Octavian do in 40 B.C. to win Sextus Pompey over?
He divorced Claudia and married Scribonia, Sextus' relative.
Who lead an invasion into Syria, Palestine and Asia Minor in 40 B.C.?
Labienus.
Who did Antony go to Greece to consult in 40 B.C.? What did this person advise?
His wife Fulvia. She urged an alliance with Sextus Pompey.
What occurrence in 40 B.C. renewed the second Triumvirate?
The pact of Brundisium.
What did the pact of Brundisium result in? When was it?
It renewed the Second Triumvirate in 40 B.C.
After the pact of Brundisium what did Octavian control?
The entire west of the empire: 2 Spains, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Gallic provinces, Illyricum.
After the pact of Brundisium what did Antony control?
The East.
After the pact of Brundisium what did Lepidus control?
Africa.
Who did Antony marry in 40 B.C. Who was her famous relative?
Octavia, Octavian's sister.
What occurrence in 39 B.C. created a peace between the triumvirs and Sextus Pompey?
The Treaty of Misenum.
What was the treaty of Misenum? When did it happen?
it was a treaty between the triumvirs and Sextus Pompey.
What did the triumvirs give Sextus Pompey in exchange for ending the blockade of Rome's grain supply?
Control of Sicily and Sardinia, Corsica, Achaea, the promise of a future consulship and augurship, and compensation for his father's confiscated property.
What did Sextus Pompey give to the triumvirs in the treaty of Misenum?
An end to the blockade of Rome's grain supply.
What problem resulted in a shortage of coinage during Caesar's dictatorships?
Hoarding.
How did Caesar deal with the debt problems during his time as dictator?
He reintroduced an old law that stated that no one could hold more than 60,000 sesterces in cash, he cancelled interest payments, and he permitted tenants to live rent free for one year.
How did Caesar reform the calendar?
He adopted the egyptian solar calendar which had 365 days with one day added every four years in between February 23rd and 24th.
What was Caesar's most admiral trait?
his clementia.
How did Caesar deal with the problem of settling his vetrans without proscribing and confiscating land as Sulla had?
He settled them (as well as the poor of Rome) overseas.
What were Caesar's most ambitious settlement projects?
Colonies founded on the ruins of Corinth and Carthage.
How did Caesar reform the tax system in Asia?
He abolished the publicani system and allowed the communities to collect the money themselves.
Which new buildings did Caesar erect to reduce unemployment?
the Forum Julium, the Saepta Julium, and a new senate house.
What was the purpose of the Forum Julium?
to provide more space for the Law courts.
What was the purpose of the Saepta Julium?
To provide space for voting.
What was the purpose of building new impressive buildings?
To make Rome a center of culture and education.
How did Caesar change the senate?
He increased its numbers from 600 to 900.
Why did Caesar increase the senates size?
To include men he wanted to reward.
Why did the conspirators choose to kill Caesar on the ides of march?
It was the last senate meeting that Caesar would attend before setting off on his Parthian campagne on March 18th.
Who became Pontifex Maximus after the death of Caesar?
Lepidus.
How did Antony take over the governorship of Cisalpine Gaul?
He laid siege to the city of Mutina where Decimus Junius Brutus (the current governor of Cisalpine Gaul) was.
Who convinced the senate to embue Octavian with authority in order to diminish Antony's power and prevent the emergence of another dictator?
Cicero.
What did Octavian do in August 43 B.C. Why?
He marched on Rome when the Senate wouldn't grant him a consulship due to his young age (19).
What was the motto of the second triumvirate?
Triumvirs for the restoration of the state.
How long was the first pact of the second triumvirate good for?
Five years.
Who came over with Octavian from Apollonia after Caesar's death?
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
What was the purpose of the second triumvirate?
To pursue and punish Caesar's assassins.
Why did the triumvirs decide to exact the proscriptions that Sulla had created?
To finance their vendetta.
What title did Octavian receive upon Caesar's deification?
Divi filius, son of a god.
What were the two factors angered Sextus Pompey after the treaty of Misenum?
Octavian divorced Scribonia and Antony delayed handing Achaea to him.
When did Octavian divorce Scribonia?
39 B.C.
Who did Octavian marry in 39 B.C.?
Livia.
When did Octavian marry Livia?
39 B.C.
Who did Octavian appeal to for help in the battle against Sextus Pompey?
Antony.
What renewed the second triumvirate? When?
The treaty of Tarentum. 37 B.C.
What did the treaty of Tarentum stipulate?
Octavian would give 20,000 men to Antony to help in the East in exchange for 120 warships.
What navel battle did Agrippa lead against Sextus Pompey? When?
Naulchus. 36 B.C.
Where and when did Sextus Pompey die?
Asia Minor in 35 B.C.
In which year was Lepidus stripped of all power?
36 B.C.
When did Lepidus die?
12 B.C.
When did Antony renew his romance with Cleopatra?
37 B.C.
When was Antony and Cleopatra's second son born? What was his name?
36 B.C. Ptolemy Philadelphus.
What were the 'Donations of Alexandria?'
Marc Antony named Cleopatra 'Queen of Kings' and ruler of Egypt, Cyprus, Crete and part of Syria, he named Caesar's son Ptolemy Cesarion 'king of kings', he gave his son Alexander Helios Armenia, Media, and Parthia, his son Ptolemy Philadelphus Syria, Phoenicia and Cilicia, and his daughter Cleopatra selene Cyrene.
Why was Lepidus stripped of power?
He posed a threat to Octavian during the power vacuum that was created after Sextus Pompey's death.
Who defeated the Illyrians?
Asinius Pollio.
Which ally withdrew from the Parthian campagns thus causing Antony's defeat.
Artavasdes, the King of Armenia.
How many men did Antony lose during the Parthian campagns?
20,000.
When did Antony get his revenge on Artavasdes?
34 B.C.
When did Antony divorce Octavia?
32 B.C.
When and where did Antony and Cleopatra assemble their army and fleet?
In the fall of 33 B.C. in Ephesus.
What type of war did Octavian declare against Cleopatra.
Bellum Iustum.
Where did the final battle between Octavian and Antony and Cleopatra take place?
Actium.
When was the Battle of Actium?
Sept 2, 31 B.C.
How did the battle of Actium end?
Antony and Cleopatra fled to Egypt and Antony's troops surrendered to Octavian.
When did Octavian invade Egypt? What were the results?
Summer 30 B.C. Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide. Caesarion was killed as a potential rival to Octavian's claim to Caesar's legacy.
What happened to Egypt in 30 B.C.
It was annexed as a Roman province.
Who was the new province of Egypt administrated by?
An imperial prefect.
Who was the first imperial prefect of Egypt?
Cornelius Gallus.
What occurred on January 11th, 29 B.C. What did it symbolize?
The doors of the Temple of Janus were closed, signifying Peace.
When were the doors of the Temple of Janus closed?
Hanuary 11, 29 B.C.
When did Octavian finally return to Rome?
August 29 B.C.
What did Octavian effectively become in 30 B.C. after the death of Antony?
Master of the Roman world.
How long was Octavian council for?
31-23 B.C.
What was Octavian called after he gained supreme power over Rome? What does it mean?
Princeps, first citizen.
What did he do at the Senate meeting on January 13th, 27 B.C.? What was this referred to as?
He gave his power back to the senate and the people and took responsibility for Spain, Gaul, Cilicia, Cyprus, Syria, and Egypt. This was Octavian's first constitutional settlement.
What power did Octavian receive in 30 B.C.?
Tribunicia Potestas, power of the tribuneship without actually holding the office of tribune.
When was Octavian named Augustus?
January 16th, 27 B.C.
What was Augustus' infuence known as?
Auctoritas.
What was the time during Augustus' reign called?
Pax Augusta
When was the Ara Pacis Augustae built?
13-9 B.C.
What title did Augustus take over in 12 B.C.? Who did he take it over from?
Pontifex maximus from Lepidus when he died.
What was build between 13-9 B.C.? What was it?
Ara Pacis Augustae, an alter celebrating the peace Augustus brought to Rome.
When was Augustus' second constitutional settlement? What did it entail?
23 B.C. He resigned the consulship, his proconsular imperium (power) was made greater (maius), and he gained the tribunicia potestas for life.
What sort of powers did the second constitutional settlement impose on Augustus?
The power to summon the senate and the power to impose veto.
What title was Augustus given in 2 B.C.?
Pater Patriae, 'father of the country'.
Where was the Ara Pacis Augustae built?
in the Campus Martius
How was Augustus' decision to name a successor justified?
To avoid a power struggle upon Augustus' death and because of the importance Roman culture put on familial pride.
What was the result of Augustus' first senate review? When?
It reduced the number of Senators from 1000 to 800 in 29 B.C.
What was the result of Augustus' second senate review? When?
it further reduced the numbers from 800 to 600 in 18 B.C.
Under Augustus' reign, what was the minimum age for the quaestorship, praetorship, and consulship and how many positions were available per year?
20 quaestors: 25 years, 12 Praetors: 32 years, 2 consuls: 35 years.
What six areas made up the civil service that Augustus created?
Grain supply (Cura Annonae), Grain dole (Frumentatio), Water supply (Cura Aquae), Flood control (Cura Riparum et alvei Tiberis), Mint (Moneta), and Military treasury (Aerarium Militare).
What was the name of the equites who represented Augustus in the courts and provinces? Why was this position beneficial to Augustus?
Procurators. He hired from the Equestrian class who did not have the same political ambitions as the senatorial class.
What were the three positions open to Equestrians?
Procurators (Augustus' agents), the prefect of Egypt, one of 2 Praefecti Praetorio (prefects in commmand of the praetorian guard).
In what way did augustus reform the army?
He made it a career option.
How many cohorts made up the Praetorian guard?
9
How many cohorts made up the police force?
3
How many men in one cohort?
1000-1500.
Who commanded the police force?
Praefectus Urbi.
Who was eligible to be the Praefectus Urbi and what was he in charge of?
Any senator of Consular rank, in charge of the police.
Who commanded the praetorian guard?
2 Praetorian prefects.
How many cohorts made up the Fire brigade?
7
Who commanded the Fire brigade?
Praefectus Vigilum.
Who was eligible to be Praefectus Vigilum, and what was he in charge of?
Any man of Equestrian rank, in charge of the nightwatch/Fire Brigade.
When was the Vigiles created? What was it for?
6 A.D., night watchmen in charge of crime and fire.
Who commanded the Navy?
Praefectus Classis (Prefect of the fleet)
Who was eligible to be Praefectus Classis? What was he in charge of?
Any man of Equestrian rank, in charge of the Navy.
Where was the Navy stationed?
Misenum and Ravenna.
Who was in charge of the Grain supply?
Praefectus Annonae.
Who was eligible to be Praefectus Annonae? What was he in charge of?
Any equestrian, in charge of the grain supply.
What were Augustus' Judicial reforms?
He added two new standing courts and he introduced a new judicial process?
What were the two standing courts that Augustus created?
De Adulteriis (for Adultery) and De Annona.
What new judicial process did Augustus introduce?
Cognitio Extraordinaria, trials before the emperor or the senate.
What replaced the provocatio ad populum (appeal to the population of Rome)?
the appellatio ad Caesarem (appeal to the Emperor).
What famous phrase described Augustus' most popular reforms?
Bread and circuses (Panem et Circenses).
What role could freedman hold in Rome?
Vicomagistri.
What role could freedman hold outside of Rome?
Seviri Augustales.
Who administered the military treasury?
Ex-praetors.
What does Patrimonium Caesaris refer to?
The assets of the Roman empire.
What was the Aerarium Saturni?
It was the place of the official Roman treasury located in the temple of Saturn.
What was Augustus' fiscal reform? When was it implemented?
He added two new praetors to manage the Aerarium Saturni in 23 B.C.
What worshiped Roma and Augustus as gods in the east?
The Imperial Cult.
Who did the Imperial Cult worship? Where?
Roma and Augustus in the east.
Where were temples erected to Roma and Augustus in the East? When?
in 29 B.C. in Pergamum and Nicomedia.
Where was Nicomedia?
Bithynia.
Where and when were alters first erected to Roma and Augustus in the West?
In Gaul in 12 B.C.
Where and when were alters to Roma and Augustus erected in the West the second time?
At Oppidum Ubiorum in Cologne from 9 B.C. - 4 A.D.
What were held in 17 B.C.?
Ludi Saeculares, secular games.
When were the Ludi Saeculares held?
17 B.C.
Who was a patron of the arts during the Augustan age?
Maecenas.
What three laws did Augustus enact for his social reforms? When?
2 Leges Iuliae (Julian Laws) in 18 B.C. and the Lex Papia Poppaea in A.D. 9.
What does Ius Trium Liberorum mean?
The right of three children. Refers to the status and perks given to men who fathered three children and eventually came to be given to men who didn't even have children.
How many temples did Augustus have restored in 28 B.C.?
82.
Who was Augustus' first choice for successor?
His nephew and son in law Marcellus who died in 23 B.C.
Who was Augustus' second choice for successor?
His close friend and son-in-law Agrippa who dies in 12 B.C.
Who were Augustus' third and fourth choices for successor?
His grandsons Gaius Caesar who dies in 4 A.D and Lucius Caesar who died in 2 A.D.
Who did Augustus adopt as his heir in 4 A.D.?
His stepson and son-in-law Tiberius.
Who was Augustus' successor and when was he adopted as such?
Tiberius in 4 A.D.
Who was Tiberius forced to marry and why?
Augustus's daughter Julia to form a dynastic marriage.
Where and when was Juila banished?
Pandateria in 2 B.C.
Who was Tiberius required to adopt?
Germanicus.
What was Tiberius granted on the occasion of his adoption?
Imperium Proconsulare and a 10 year Tribunicia Potestas.
Who did Augustus battle with in spain and Gaul? When? When did Agrippa take over?
The Cantabrians and the Asturians from 27-26 B.C. and Agrippa from 20-19 B.C.
When was there campaigning in the Alpine districts?
25-14 B.C.
When was there campaigning in Pannonia?
14 B.C. - 6 A.D.
When was there campaigning in Germany?
12 B.C. - 9 A.D.
How were the provinces of Spain changed during Augustus' reign?
Further Spain was split into Baetica (governed by the senatorial class) and Lusitania (an imperial province) and Nearer Spain became Terraconensis (also and imperial province)
How was Gaul divided during Augustus' reign?
Gallia Narbonensis became a senatorial province and Gallia Comata was split into Aquitania, Lugdunensis and Belgica.
WHat two new provinces were created in the Alpine Districts? When?
Noricum in 16 B.C. and Raetia in 15 B.C.
What was Illyricum renamed when it was expanded?
Dalmatia.
What two provinces were created in the area that is now eastern Europe? When?
Pannonia in 14 B.C. - 6 A.D. and Moesia in 6 A.D.
Who attacked in Germany in 16 B.C.? What happened?
Sugambri. The legionary standard was lost.
Who was in charge of the legions during the disaster in Teutoberg forest?
Publius Quinctilius Varus.
Who ambushed the legions in the Teutoberg forest?
Arminius, chief of the Cherusci.
What was the result of the disaster of Teutoberg forest?
three legions were annihilated.
What did the unification of Africa Nova and the old province of Africa and the eastern part of Numidia create?
Africa Proconsularis.
What was the capital of Africa Proconsularis.
Carthage.
What became a Roman imperial province in 25 B.C.?
Galatia.
What became a Roman imperial province in 6 A.D.?
Judea.
When was Herod the I king of Judea?
37 - 4 B.C.
What happened to Judea when it became a province?
it was incorporated into Syria.
What did Armenia become during Augustus' reign?
A Roman Protectorate to act as a buffer zome
What occurred in 20 B.C. as a diplomatic settlement?
King Phraates IV of Parthia returned the Roman standards and prisoners captured a Carrhae in 53 B.C.
What forum did Augustus build? What temple was it dominated by?
The Forum Augustum with the Temple to Mars Ultor (the Avenger).
What group made the city of Rome a safer place? Who commanded it?
Three Urban cohorts commanded by the City Prefect (a senior senator).
What was called the first crime of the new principate?
The murder in 14 A.D. of Augustu's grandson Argippa Postumus.
When did Augustus die?
14 A.D.
When were Germanicus' German campiagns. What were some of his successes?
14-16 A.D. he crossed the Rhein river, he ravaged the region between the Rhein and the weser rivers, and he avenged the disaster in Teutoburg forest by defeating Arminius.
What two new Roman imperial provinces were created in 17 B.C.?
Upper and Lower Germany.
When where the provinces of Upper and Lower Germany created?
17 B.C.
When did Germanicus go to the East?
17-19 A.D.
Where did Tiberius move to in 26 A.D.?
Capreae.
When did Tiberius move to Capreae?
26 A.D.
Why was Germanicus sent to the East in 17 A.D.?
Because the Parthian king had expelled the Roman nominee from the Armenian throne.
What happened when Germanicus went to Egypt in 19 B.C.?
He dies, allegedly poisoned by the governor of Syria Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso.
Who allegedly poisoned Germanicus?
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso.
Who was Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso.
The governor of Syria who allegedly poisoned Germanicus.
What does Maiestas mean?
Treason.
Who was Lucius Aelius Sejanus?
the Preatorian Prefect allegedly responsible for the death of Tiberius' son Drusus the younger.
How was Caligula related to Tiberius?
He was his grandnephew.
Why was Caligula called such?
it was a nickname meaning little boots.
Why was Caligual's lineage so impressive?
He was the great grandson of Augustus and Scribonia on his mother's side and Livia and Tiberius Claudius Nero on his father's.
When was Claudius born?
August 1st, 10 B.C.
What post did Claudius reach in 47 A.D.?
Censor.
Who were Claudius' parents?
Drusus the Elder and Antonia.
How did Claudius loosen the Praetorian guard's influence over the Princeps?
He appointed two Preatorian Prefects.
Who did Claudius appoint as government magistrates?
Imperial Freedmen.
What portfolios were the imperial freedman that Claudius appointed in charge of?
Imperial correspondence, accountancy, examiner of petitions, judicial investigations, and the imperial library.
When did Britannia become a roman province?
43 A.D.
What 2 provinces were created in 42 A.D.?
Mauritania Caesariensis (east) and Mauritania Tingitana (west).
What became a province in 46 A.D.?
Thrace.
What was the capital of Britain?
Camulodunum (Colchester).
What early British king fought against the Roman invaders? In which play was he immortalized?
King Cunobelinus. Cymbeline.
Who was the son of King Cunobelinus?
Caratacus.
What were the three mandates of creating a Roman Province?
Colonization, Urbanization, Romanization.
How many children did Claudius have?
Five: Drusus (died in teens), Claudia (Illigitimate), Antonia, Octavia, and Britannicus.
What were the younger Agrippina's schemes to ensure Nero's succession as Princeps?
1. The appointment of Lucius Annaeus Seneca as Nero's tutor in 49 A.D. 2. Claudius' adoption of Nero as his son in 50 A.D. 3. The grant of Proconsular imerium outside Rome to Nero in 51 A.D. 4. The appointment of Sextus Afranius Burrus (Agrippina's friend) as Praetorian Prefect in 51 A.D. 5. Nero's marriage to Claudius' daughter Octavia in 53 A.D.
When did Claudius die?
October 13th 54 A.D.
How old was Nero when he became emperor?
16.
When was Nero born?
December 15th 37 A.D.
What was called the first casualty of the new reign after Claudius' death?
The murder of Junius Silanus in 54 A.D.
Who was sent to murder Agrippina after she survived the boating accident?
Anicetus.
WHat Praetorian Prefect can be seen as a second Sejanus?
Tigellinus.
Who killed Sulla and Plautus?
Tigellinus.
What did Nero allegedly sing while rome burned?
"The Sack of Ilium".
Where did the Great fire of Rome start?
Tigellinus' estate?
Who did nero blame the fire on?
The Christians.
What three stereotypes were attributed to the Christians?
That Christianity was a "deadly superstition', and that Christians were "notoriously depraved" and had "anti-social tendencies".
When was the first persecution of the Christians?
64 A.D.
When was Neros' Golden Palace built? What was it called?
64-68 A.D. Domus Aurea
What were the two main spots of trouble during Nero's Reign?
Britain and Armenia.
Who was the governor of Britain from 58-61 A.D?
Paulinus.
Of which Roman province was Gaius Suetonius Paulinus governor? When?
Britain. 58-61 A.D.
What British tribes rebelled in 60 A.D.?
Iceni and Trinovantes.
When did the Iceni and Trinovantes tribes rebell? Where were they from?
60 A.D., Britain.
Who was the king of the Iceni?
Prasutages.
Who was Prasutages king of?
the Iceni tribe.
Who was the wife of King Prasutages?
Queen Boudicca.
Where did Queen Boudicca attack during her rebellion? Why did she rebell?
Camulodunim. She rebelled because the Roman army sacked her territory after the death of her husband.
Who did Queen Boudicca's forced slaughter during their attack on Camulodunum?
The 9th legion.
Where did Boudicca march after her successful attack on Camulodunum?
Londinium and Verulamium.
Who was the King of Parthia in 51 A.D.?
Vologeses.
Who did King Vologeses put on the Armenian throne?
His brother Titidates.
Who was given command of Armenia during Nero's reign?
Corbulo.
What regions did Corbulo capture during his Armenian Campagns? When?
Artaxata and Tigranocerta. 58-60 A.D.
Who did Corbulo put on the Armenian throne? When?
Tigranes. 60 A.D.
What province did Corbulo become governor of after his success in Armenia? When?
Syria. 60 A.D.
When did Vologese invade Armenia?
62 A.D.
Who invaded Armenia in 62 A.D.?
The Parthian King Vologese.
Who was given command of Armenia after Corbulo? When?
The Governor of Cappadocia, Paetus. 62 A.D.
Where was Paetus defeated after he invaded Armenia?
Rhandeia.
What was Corbulo given command of in 63 A.D.?
All Eastern Operations.
When was Corbulo given command of all Eastern Operations?
63 A.D.
What happened in Armenia in 64 A.D.?
The Conference at Rhandeia.
When was the Conference at Rhandeis?
64 A.D.
What was the conclusion of the Conference at Rhandeia?
Tiridates was named king of Armenia under Roman rule.
What was the name of the plot hatched to overthrow Nero in 65 A.D.?
The Pisonian Conspiracy,
When was the Pisonian Conspiracy?
65 A.D.
Who were implicated in the Pisonian Conspiracy?
Piso, Faenius Rufus (one of the Praetorian Prefects), the younger Seneca, the poet Lucan, and the author Petronius.
Who revolted in Gaul in 68 A.D.?
Vindex.
When was Augustus' reign?
16 January 27 BC – 19 August AD 14.
When was Tiberius' reign?
18 September 14 AD – 16 March 37 AD.
When was Caligula's reign?
28 March 37 AD - 24 January 41 AD.
When was Claudius' reign?
24 January 41 AD – 13 October 54 AD.
When was Nero's reign?
13 October 54 – 9 June 68