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21 Cards in this Set
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elected dictator for life (never served as an "emperor").
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ceaser.
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assassinated in a conspiracy led by brutus, cassius, and other politicians ( march 15, 44 bc; "the ides of march").
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ceaser.
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first emperor of rome; first emperor of the julio-claudian dynasty.
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augustus.
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defeated antony and cleopatra in the battle of actium (31bc).
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augustus.
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regarded as the best roman emperor; well loved by his people.
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augustus.
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ordered the census recorded in luke 2:1; was ruling rome when jesus was born.
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augustus.
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spent most of his reign on the island of capri; left rome in the hands of the ruthless sejanus.
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tiberius.
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was emperor of rome when jesus was crucified.
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tiberius.
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believed he was a god; wanted the heads of statues in rome replaced with his own likeness.
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caligula.
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his facorite racehorse, incitatus, lived in luxury in the imperial palace; often threw dinner parties in honor of incitatus and even appointed his horse a senator.
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caligula.
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well-educated and literate; wrote an autobiography which was considered a masterpiece of ancient literature.
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claudius.
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drove the jews out of rome.
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claudius.
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his first wife, messalina, was inplicated in an assassination plot and forced to commit suicide.
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claudius.
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died after eating poisoned mushrooms -- agrippian was likely responsible.
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claudius.
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believed to be responsible for the great fire of rome (ad 64); later blamed christians in rome. he had christiand slaughtered in the aftermath of the great fire.
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nero.
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peter and paul were probably victims of this man's persecution.
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nero.
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considered the most moral man to ever rule rome; married to only one woman and was faithful to her.
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vespasian.
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responsible for building the coliseum in rome.
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vespasian.
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during his reign, mount veruvius erupted, burying the cities of pompeii and herculaenum.
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titus.
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believed he was a god and those who did not acknowledge him as a god were executed.
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domitian.
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banished the apostle john to the island of patmos; john wrote revelation there.
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domitian.
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