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15 Cards in this Set
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Who was augustus?
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Octavian, Caesar’s adopted son, emerged victorious from civil conflict senate awarded him the tittle of Augustus.
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Define the term principate.
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The system of rule that Augustus established, conveying the idea of constitutional monarch as coruler with the senate.
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Define the term maius imperium.
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The greatest imperial government of all.
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How many soldiers constituted a legion? How many soldiers did Augustus have at his disposal?
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150,000 men in a whole legion, but only 5,400 soldier in each. There were 280,000 disposal men. 130,000 auxillary
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Who were the praetorian guards?
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“nine cohorts of elite troops”, roughly 9,000 guarded the person of the princeps.
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How much property did one have to possess to be a Roman senator?
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Their land must value at 400,000 sesterces.
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What changes or reforms did Augustus make to the Roman senate?
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Religious cut and social legislation.
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List four (4) Roman literary figures of this time and their respective work(s).
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Virgil- The Aeneid
Horace- Satives and Epitsles Ovid- Aomes, The Art of Love, and Metamorphoses Livy- History of Rome (142 books) |
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What was the Julio-Claudian dynasty?
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Augustus established a designated family member as princeps the next 4 rulers were related.
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What were the major tendencies that emerged during the reign of the four Julio- Claudians?
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Senate tended to be taken over by the emperors.
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Who were the Flavians?
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Vespasian, commander of the legions in the east, established himself as sole ruler and made his family the new dynasty.
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Define the term Pax Romana.
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The peace of Romans.
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Who were the five good emperors widely praised for by their subjects?
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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.
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What were the five good emperors widely praised for by their subjects?
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For extensive building programs.
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What was the advice of Augustus to his successors regarding expansion?
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Curb expansion and remains with in natural frontiers of the empire.
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