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History midterm
History midterm people up to fall of rome
| people | about |
|---|---|
| Octavian "Augustus" | -closes the gates of the temple of sejanus -known as "princeps" but not emporer -part of second triumverate -first in julio-claudian dynasty -step son is Tiberius |
| Tiberius | -part of julio-claudian dynasty -no interest in being a ruler -spends lots of time on Capri -delegates duty to praetorian prefect: Sejanus -has Sejanus executed -spends rest of life paranoid |
| Gaius "Caligula" | -part of julio-claudian dynasty -nephew of tiberius -at first good, then goes crazy -names his horse as the next consul -praetorian guard turn on him |
| Claudius | -part of julio-claudian dynasty -Caligula's uncle -slobbers and has a lisp -extends citizenship to people in provinces -marries Agrippina names son, Nero, as successor |
| Nero | -part of julio-claudian dynasty -Agripinna thinks she will rule as regent -Nero plots against her -has his wife murdered, marries mistress -ruled during Great Fire of Rome, blamed it on christians -persecuted christians |
| Vespasian | -first of Flavian Dynasty -taxes urinals -begins building collosseum -expands military enlistment to provinces |
| Titus | -part of flavian dynasty -Vespasians son -finishes colosseum -mt. vesuvius erupts -dies mysteriously |
| Domitian | -part of flavian dynasty -Titus' brother -paranoid, pursues any suspected conspirators -eventually gotten rid of by praetorian guard -praetorian guard and senate choose successor |
| Nerva | -first of five good emporers -trained a successor, who was not his son |
| Trajan | -second of five good emporers -first spanish emporer -rome reaches greatest territorial extent -bathes sword in the persian gulf |
| Hadrian | -third of five good emporers -also spanish -has a beard -decides rome should contract -builds a wall in england to keeps tribes out -Hadrians wall |
| Antonius Pius | -fourth of five good emporers -continues hadrians policy -builds another wall -amtonius' wall -prosperous time for rome |
| Marcus Aurelius | -last of five good emporers -"philosopher king" -considered himself a stoic -wrote meditations -constantly at war with Germanic tribes -plague kills him |
| Septimus Severus | -from africa -military dictator -reconstitutes praetorian guard, now not purely italian -raised pay of legions -names 2 sons as co-emporers |
| Caracalla | -Septimus' son, kills brother and takes over -declares all free men in provinces Roman Citizens -built baths of caracalla -assassinated |
| Diocletian | -285-305 -divides empire into 2 -West and East -after 20 years the "Augustus" would step down and the "Caesar" would assume power |
| Constantine | -wins battle of milrian bridge -issues edict of milan, grants religious freedom -moves capital to byzantium (Constantinople) -leaves empire to 3 sons, falls apart quickly |
| Huns | -invade Europe -causes germanic tribes to seek refuge in roman empire |
| Visigoths | -sack rome in 410 |
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