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History quiz
Roman Emperors
Term | Definition |
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Tiberius | the second emperor of Rome |
Tiberius | born in 42 B.C. to Tiberius Claudius Nero |
Tiberius | retired to Rhodes to live a quiet life as a private citizen |
Tiberius | When he died in 37 AD, Rome welcomed the news |
Caligula | He was joyfully welcomed by the people, and gave promise of a successful reign |
Caligula | was a very popular choice to serve as the next emperor since most citizens believed or hoped he possessed the same qualities as his esteemed late father |
Caligula | was stabbed 30 times and his body was unceremoniously dumped into a shallow grave |
Claudius | Disfigured, awkward and clumsy |
Claudius | poor taste in women and advisers would prove his undoing |
Claudius | She called her son “a monster, a man whom Mother Nature had begun work upon but then flung aside” |
Claudius | Crazy Like a Fox |
Claudius | worked hard at his job, starting work just after midnight every day |
Claudius | made major improvements to Rome’s judicial system |
Claudius | passed laws protecting sick slaves |
Claudius | extended citizenship and increased women's privileges |
Claudius | constructed the Claudian aqueduct |
Nero | was the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors |
Nero | his mother controlled all of his emperor things |
Nero | tried to kill his mother |
Nero | was interested in chariot racing and dramas and the lyre |
Nero | forced people to watch his plays and lose at chariot racing so he could win |
Nero | Hated the Christians |
Nero | set the Christians on fire |
Nero | died by a stabbing |
Nero | was going to be flogged but he killed himself instead |