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Galba
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First in the year of the 4 emperors. June 68 - Jan 69. Refused to bribe praetorians.
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Vitellius
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3rd of 4 emperors (apr - dec'69). Proclamied by the armies of the Rhine. Had to fight Otho for rome. Disbanded praetorian guard.
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OTHO
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2/4. (Jan - Apr 69) Killed Galba. was defeated by Vitellus
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VESPASIAN
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4/4 (69 - 79). First of the flavians. Helped invade britan. Helped put down jews in 66. Had M. Antonius Primus defeate vitellius in NE italy. Reformed the tax system. Created discipline and security after the civil wars. Finished the jewish war and put donw a revolt in Gaul.
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IMPERATOR
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word for the emperor. if declared by your soliders - you have started a revolt
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PRINCIPATE
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title for the ceasar
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TITUS
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79 - 81. Flavian. Ended Jewish Rebellion for Vespasian. Son of Vespasian.Stopped treason trials - good empereor.
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FIRST JEWISH WAR
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Vespasian then Titus. Burned down the temple - Jews lost centrality/state.
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MASADA
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- Pleatau the Zealots (jews) defended. Used to make raids.
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FLAVIANS
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Vespasian, titus, domitian - 69 -96
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FLAVIAN AMITHEATER
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the collesum - started under vespasian (70/2) finished under titus(80). 45,000 - 50,000 capacity. Gladiators.Big fire in rome in 64
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DOMITIAN
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Last flavian. 81-96. Economic recession. raised taxes. Public works. Weak militarialy All around bad emperor. Regin of terror - assissination
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TACITUS
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Annals (agustus - nero) and the Histories (4 emperors and flavians).
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DACIA
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Modern day romania. conquered 85-89. (domitian)
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IUS LATII
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Latin right. Intermediate between citizenship and nothing. Protection of law but could not vote.
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NERVA
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1st of 5 good emperors 96-98. Ended reign of terror. Got sick and died.
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TRAJAN
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98-117 - fought in dacia. 2/5. Selected due to capabilities. Conquered Nabatea and Armenia and Parthia. 116 Max extent of the empire. Had to stop due to failing health and internal revolts.
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PLINY
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he younger. Got a letter told not to kill Christians. first time not considered a sect of judaisim.
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HADRIAN
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117 - 138. Massive wall in britan. 3/5 good. Subdued jewish revolt. Antoher revolt (132-5) Fortified borders. Hellenophile. Travelled - Improved infrastructure.
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ANTONINUS PIUS
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138 - 161. 4/5. Never left italy. Some unrest - but peaceful.
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MARCUS AURELIUS
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Obiwan. 161 - 169 (verus)- 177(solo) - 180 (commodus). 5/5 good emperors- stoic - Fought parthia and germany and gaul -almost constatnly at war. needed two emporos to deal with 2 wars.
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COMMODUS
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177-192 little crazy - thought of himself as hurculues.
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BAR KOKHBA
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led the second jewish revolt
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SEUTONIUS
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Lives of the 12 ceasars - Ceasar - Domitian. Appearnce, omens, family history, quotes, then hisotry.
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HADRIANS WALL
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80 miles. 122-130 Guard posts and gates in intervals. part of a bigger program.
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ANTONINES
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Pius and Aurelius - Super good and skilled.
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ATELLAN FARCE
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buffonish comedy. Atella an oscan town in campania.
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CIRCUS MAXIMUS
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Hippodrome - Chariots, hugley popular, 250k spectators.
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GLADIATORS
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professional fighters, not as much death as you'd think (unless tehy were slaves). Sometimes animals fought in the collesum.
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TRAJAN'S BATHS
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begun 104. massive baths and leisure complex. built over nero's golden palace.
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QUINTILLIAN
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rhetoric, education,
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SECOND SOPHISTIC
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Greek writers popular from Nero until 230AD.
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JUVENAL
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roman poet. dactylic hexameter. Satire.
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MEDITATIONS
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Aurelius. denial of emaiton which will free man.logical benevolent force orginized the universre. NO EMOTION. - allows others to over power you.
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PARTHIA
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conquers a lot by trajan.
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DAMNATIO MEMORAIE
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damnation of memeory - given to traitros by the senate. makes it so the person never existed. ex posfacto on unpopular emperors.
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PERTINAX
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192-193 (86 days) - Didn't bribe the praetorian guard enough. sold off commodus' stuff to pay them eventually. was killed over pay issues
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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
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193-197(competition)-211(alone and with sons) - soldier, had to fight off others claiming to be emperor.poor relations with the senate. new preatorian gaurd. stamped out curruption under commodus. Figurehead for various praefecti.
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SASSANID
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last big persian empire before islam.
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CARACALLA
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211-217 - killed Geta. paied legionares better. 212 granded citizenship to freemen increased taxes to pay soliders.
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CASSIUS DIO
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roman history - 80 books 983 years (took 22 to write), arrival of aneas to 229. More detail after ceasear.
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ELAGABALUS
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218 -222. disregard for tradition. eccentirc, contrversial. sex crazy
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SEVERUS ALEXANDER
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222 - 235 - Last of the syrian emperors. Moral. encouraged culture, reduced taxes.
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CORPUS JIRIS CIVILIS
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body of civil law - codex justininanus 529-534, byzantine.
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Constitutio Antoniniana
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Caracalla. Full citizenship to freemen. increase tax revenue and legion avalibility.
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PERPETUA
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3rd century Christian martyr w/ felicitas (slave). Carthage,22yearold.
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DIOCLETIAN
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284 - 286 - 305 (in the east) - End to the crisis of the 3rd century. Dominate (as opposed to principate), Tetrarcy. Rhine and Egypitian invasions, split empire in two. Augusts in the east/west Caesar in the east/west. Capitol no longer in rome.
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AGE OF CIRSIS
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economic collapse, invasions, civil awr.
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BARRACKS EMPERORS
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Low class commoners. Border commanders. Paid troops with public seziure of propers - hurt economy. Maximinus thrax, gordian I Gordian ii, Pupienus and Balbinus, Gordian III, etc.
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GALLIENUS
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Ruled with Valerian. Junior emperor from 253 - 260. Secession of Gaul. Mobile cavalry
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AURELIAN
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270 - 275, Took over Palmyrene (transpalestine), and Gallic empriers
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POSTUMUS
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Gallic emperor. Almost conqured by Gallienus.
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SOL INVICTUS
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"Undefeated sun god" Worshiped by Aurelian and Constantine.
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TETRARCHY
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293-313 (MILVIAN bridge), rule of 4 people, Diocletian. Auguststs and Ceasar in the west and in the east. Safe military delegation. Foundation of church and modern burcracy. Diocises.
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DOMINATE
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27 bc - 476. Diocletian. Importance of Principate and imperial cult. Mirrored persian rule (knelling and such).
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FRANKS/ALAMANNI
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Group of German tribes (allegedly) defeated by Cracalla Repeated conflicts with Gallienus, and others.
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MAXIMIAN
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285-6 Ceasar under Diocletian. 286-305 Augustus of hte west. 206- 310, sole agustusts. Froced to retire with Diocletian, Came back when son became Augustus. Allied with constantine.
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CONSTANTINIUS
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Ceasar in the west under Maximian. Augustus in the west after Maximian's forced retirement.
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GALERIUS
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Augustus in the East w/ Contantinius. Retired after Maximinus and Constantine I took over and he couldn't conquer italy.
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DIOCESE
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Imperial division run by a vicarius.
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VICARIUS
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"deputy" ran a diocese.
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MAGISTER
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2nd most powerful civilian post. beuracrat for the empire. postal systme, court officer, etc.
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GNOSTICISM
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light/dark. god as enlightenment. sort of like buhddisim.
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MANICHAEANS
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iranian religion. dualistic. included many apocriphal christian teachings.
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SEVERUS
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Was supposed to be Augustus in the west after Constantinus. killed for trying to stop the max's
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LICINIUS
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On the death of Galerius, in May 311, Licinius shared the entire empire with Maximinus Daia. Went to war with constatnine, prob lost.
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MAXENTIUS
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Son of Maximian. Ruled with ime. Repelled Galarius. Repelled father. Lost to constantine at battle of Milvian Bridge.
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MILVIAN BRIDGE
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October 28, 312, Constantine defeats Maxentius with the help of a christian god.
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CONSTANTINE
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Inappropriately Agustus in 306. Ruled the west. 324 - Sole Agusutus. Constantinople - Christian Rome, new capitol. Edict of Milan, officalized Christianity (sole state religion)
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EUSEBIUS
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275-339. Historian of the Early Church.
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EDICT OF MILAN
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declared that the Empire would be neutral with regard to religious worship, officially removing all obstacles to the practice of Christianity and other religions.
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DONATISTS
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Sect of Christianity that has was harsh on the people who rejected their faith under diocletians persecution.
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COUNCIL OF NICENE
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Yardstick of Belief. Church Authroity.
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CONSTANS
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3rd child of constantine. defeated brothers. sole ruler.
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CONSTANTINE II
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eldest son. defeated by constans at aquileia.
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CONSTANTIUNIUS II
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second son. killed extended fam after fathers death. died of a fever.
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Romulus Augustus
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Last western emperor.
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Theodoric
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took over western empire. leader of visigoths
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