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History quiz
Roman Emperors
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |