Roman History Final Exam

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first african emperor. i establish the severan dynasty

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septimius severus

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first emperor from the provinces (hispania or spain)

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constantine

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the first christian emperor

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constantine

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the emperor who retired to campri, and reign was marred by maiestas trials

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tiberius

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first emperor who takes the title princeps

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augustus

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first emperor of the flavian dynasty

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vespasian

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first of the good emperors to appoint his son heir

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marcuz aurelius

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the inventor of the tetrarchydiocletian

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diocletian

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diocletian invented a form of elaborate court ceremonial which transformed the way the emporer was viewd: the new model of this is called the

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dominate

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the first emperor to murder his mother and the last member of the julio claudian dynasty

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nero

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this poet addresses his elegiac verses to a woman named cynthia

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propertius

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vergils putative prophetic powers prompted the forentine poet _____________ to make him the guide through hell in his inferno

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dante alighieri

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vergil was also the poet of the ______ which tells the story of aenas' journey from troy to found lavinium to the south of rom

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aeneid

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The poet who publishes three books of odes in 23 bc one of which celebrates the defeat of cleopatra

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horace

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first appears an able ruler, but after illness unfortunate rumores fly: he believes himself a god, is said to be sleeping with his sister

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Gaius

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The soldiers of his father germanics give him the following nickname after the boots worn by soldiers

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caligula

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soon after messalinas death, claudius marries ______ the younger caligulas sister

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agrippina

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the author of the ecclesiastical history and associate of constantine who records the story of the martydrom of peter and paul

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eusebius of caesarea

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writes a nostalgic epic about the civil wars under caesar, with a bias, and is later executed by nero

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lucan

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another author executed by nero is the author of a latin novel called the satyricon

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petronius

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we read an episode from this work about the dinner of a rich freedman named

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trimalchio

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at this dinner, the freedman _____ tells a story about a soldier turned into a werewolf

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niceratus

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the narrator of novel whos name means "the crotch"

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encolpius

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the emperor ____ rules only a few years and has the misfortune to preside over the eruption of mt vesuvius

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titus

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figure at center right of prima porta breastplate is holding a legionary standard or aquila lost to the ______ at carrhae

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parthians

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the altar of peace vowed in 13 upon augustus' return from gaul and spain and dedicated in 9 bc

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ara pacis

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the burial place of the emperor hadrian is commonly reffered to as the

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Castel Sant' Angelo

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the shadow of an _____ near the ara pacis pointed at the altar on augusts' birthday

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Obelisk

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The ara pacis, the theater of pompey, the pantheon, are all lovated on a plain originally located outside the city walls, where the army would be marshaled. this is called the ____

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campus martius

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The ara pacis contains images of scrificed cow skills or ____

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bucrania

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Priestess at pempeii who constructed an important building which borders on the forum of pompeii

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eumachia

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wourd for the starting gates at the circus maximus

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carceres

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office of the pontifex maxmimus where the ancilia and palladium were kept

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regia

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the ancilia were _____ sacred to mars

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shields

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the temple in which treasury was kept

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temple of saturn

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septimius severus makes it possible for soldiers to do this for the fist time since augustus

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marry

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the son of septimius wseverus who declares all free inhabitants of the empire citizens

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caracalla

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the reason he declares them citizens

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pay taxes

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the name of the decree which made them citizens

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constitutio antoniniana

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the place where the gladiators fight

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arena

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the imperial box seats at the colosseum and the circus maximus

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pulvinar

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the large statue of nero in his golden house later gives this name to the flavian amphitheater next door

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colosseum

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criminals condemned to death were condemned __________

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ad bestias

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at either end of the circus were turning posts or _____

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metae

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down the center of the _____ ran the spina

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circus maximus

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laps were marked by ______ or by dolphins

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eggs

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emperor who restored order after the chaos of the third century

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diocletian

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he did this by redividing the empire into 101 provinces and appointing four emperors called the

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tetrarchs

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Diocletian took the title of

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jovius

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his coregent who took the titles herculius was

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maximian

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the two head emperors were called

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augusti

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the son of maximian _____ sets himself up as ruler at rom

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maxentius

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before taking him on in battle, constantine sees a vision of a sign that says __________ or "in this sign you shall conquer"

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in hoc signo vinces

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the ensuing battle takes place at the ________

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milvian bridge

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constantine must deal with the results of the arian heresy and calls the council of ________

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nicaea

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author of the jewish history who recounts the fall of masada in 73

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josephus

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the dining room of a roman house was called a

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triclinium

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the bedroom of a roman house was called a

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cubiculum

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in a roman house one entered through a passage called

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fauces

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the first room one entered containing an impluvium or cistern in the floor

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atrium

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the office of the household

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tablinum

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the inhabitants of masada take their own lives rather than be captured

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true

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mother of constantine who located the true cross

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helena

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father of constantine who became an augustus when diocletian willingly retired in 305

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costantius chlorus

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nephew of constantine who staged a pagan revival

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julian the apostate

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syrian author who is part of the second sophistic

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lucian of samosata

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name of the book in which we read a parody of the lying tales of alexander historians

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verae

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planet to which the protagonist of verae historiae

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moon

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in august mau's classification of wall painting, THIS STYLE is characterized by blank colored panels meant to resemble marlbles

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first

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THIS STYLE is characterized by realistic architectural vistas

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second

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THIS STYLE columns become spindly and candelabra-like

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third

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north african author of the second century ad who writes the story of a man turned into a donkey

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apuleious of madaura

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apuleious madaura was brought up on charges of witchcraft for seducing the widow ________

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pudentilla

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aristomenes tells of how his friend ______ was excoriated and zombified by the witch

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socrates

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goddess who cures lucius of his assification

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Isis

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servant and lover who inadvertently turns lucius into a donkey

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fotis

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author of a history of the fourth century AD of which julian is the hero

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ammianus marcellinus

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emperor captured and ultimately executed by shapur I in the tumult of the third century

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valerian

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augustus dedicates a temple int he forum of julius caesar to

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venus genetrix

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in the forum of augustus the emperor dedicated a temple to ________ where he kept the recovered parthian standards

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mars ultor

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antony, octavian, and lepidus are appointed triumviri rei publicae constituendae or ________

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triumvirs

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august relinquished power to senate who promptly gave it back to him in the form of position of ______

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consul

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to show his devotion to caesar, augustus puts the letters DF or divi filius on his coins. this phrase means

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son of a god

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augustus also designs an elaborate ______ with an egyptian obelisk transported from heliopolis in egypt to serve as the gnomon

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sundial

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as part of the same complex augustus also builds an altar of peace containing scenes of the goddess _________

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pax or tellus

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augustus prevents soldiers from

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getting married

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augustus' sister who marries antony in the year 40 bs

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octavia

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this poet writes poems like the ars amatoria which give instructions in the art of seduction

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ovid

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one of the people who suffers more harsh punishment than the aforementioned poet is augustus' daughter ________ who cheats on her husband tiberius

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julia

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augustus' daughter is first married to her first cousin ______

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marcellus

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nero is noteworthy for his _____ imperial portraiture; he has himself portayed not as an idealized hero but as he actually appeared

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veristic

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during the lead up to actium octavian spreads rumors that antony plans to build his tomb and establish a new capital for the empire in _______

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egypt

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octavian often identifies with this god

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apollo

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antony represents himself as this god

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dionysus

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cleopatra appears on a barge on the river cudnus decked out like this goddess

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aphrodite/venus

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augustus' daughter marries her fathers sat general ______

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agrippa

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augustus gives titles like princeps iuventutis and this superpower _______

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tribunicia potestas

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augustus composes an autobigraphy known to modern scholars as the

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res gestae

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this poets family loses their farm at mantua when octavian comes home and sets about redistributing land to veterans

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vergil

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vergils ________ _________ inspired the founding fathers with the phrase Novus Ordo Seclorum seen on the dollar bill

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fourth eclogue

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the poet who publishes three books of odes and celebrates the defeat of cleopatra

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horace

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the river which caesar crosses

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rubicon

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Historian that lives in the late first/early second century wrote histories and annales

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tactitus

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Tiberius gets along well with senate

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false

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ttiberius life is saved by the prefect of his guard named ___________

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sejanus

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tiberius' son that got poisoned

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drusus

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tiberius retires to the __________ on the island of capri

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villa jovis

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tiberius' brother drusus has two important sons: claudius, and the father of caligula and agrippina whos name is

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germanicus

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germanicus is married to

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agrippina

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germanicus' son is given the name ________ because his parents dressed him in soldiers boots as a child

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caligula

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the governer of syria suspected of poisoning germanicus

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Piso

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emperor who built massive pleasure boats to sail around the land locked lake nemi

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caligula

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caligula makes incitatus a senator. incitatus is a

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horse

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caligula erects a statue of himself in the monotheistic temple at __________

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jerusalem

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after caligulas death, his uncle ___________is made emperor

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claudius

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claudius is the first emperor to give a donative to the praetorian guard: this means that he....

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gives a gift for making him emperor

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caludius' wife who was claimed by later historians to have had extensive affairs

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messalina

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claudius' daughter who marries nero

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octavia

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claudius' final wife, the mother of nero

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agrippina

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agrippina murders claudius by putting poison in the emperors favorite dish which is....

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mushrooms

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neros famous tutor

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seneca

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nero was famous for fancying himself a .....

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poet

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his last words, "qualis artifex pereo" mean

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what an artist dies in me!

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nero attempts to murder agrippina at baiae by

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sinking her in a boat

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when rome burns to the ground, nero spreads rumors that this new religious sect is to blam

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christians

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after the great fire nero buys up land and property and builds a city sized palace called the GOLDEN HOUSE or....

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domus aurea

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Nero accidentally does away with the pregnant poppaea by means of...

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a kick

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the arch of __________ depicts titus' sack of the temple here

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titus

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when nero is expelled in 68, galba, ________, and vitellius are emperor in quick succession

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otho

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vespasian begins the __________ dynasty

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flavian

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vespian builds an amphitheater called the __________

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flavian amphithteater

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vespasian's last words - vae, puto deus fio - mean....

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i think i feel myself becoming a god

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the word vespasiennes in french comes from vespasians tax on _________

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toilettes

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domitian is so unpopular that upon his passing the senate condemns his memory - a _____

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damnatio memoriae

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domitians successor, ______, reigns only 2 years

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nerva

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the emperor appointed by nerva as his successor; born in spain; expands the empire to its greatest geographical extent

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trajan

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hadrian executes trajans architect ____________ because he makes fun of my "pumpkins" (domes"

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apollodorus of damascus

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appolodorus of damascus had helped to design a market, basilica, and 2 ______ for trajan

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libraries

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hadrian rebuilds thi TEMPLE TO ALL THE GODS originally built by agrippa

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the pantheon

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hadrions little boyfriend named ______

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antinoos

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marcus aurelius' stoic reflections titled eis heauton are known in english as ____

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meditations

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the emperor of the movie gladiator, i am fond of dressing up as heracles, and am known for my erratic behavior

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commodus

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pliny says the cloud of ash rising from vesuvius resumbles a

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mediterranean pine