the adoptive emporors

Question 1

what was the “new better era?”

Answer 1

adoptive era
(characterised by adoption)
Coming out the second failed dynasty, we got prosperity

Question 2

who was the first of the adoptive emproros

Answer 2

nerva

Question 3

nerva was an _______ ex-______
Lifelong ________ decided to put himself forward as emperor, got accepted by soldiers even though he had no ______ _______

Answer 3

elderly ex-consul
politician
military experience

Question 4

nerva brought ______

Answer 4

prosperity

Question 5

nerva annouced that he was adopting ______, and making him his successor
______ would be the first non-_______ emperor
Nerva ______ not long after

Answer 5

Trajan
Trajan, non-italian
dies

Question 6

the _______ ______ complained when trajan got adopted as an emporor cause it was a weird was to get power

Answer 6

praetorian guard

Question 7

who was the successor of nerva

Answer 7

trajan

Question 8

trajan was a spaniard, with the nickname ______ ______

he had military compaigns thater were ______ as fuck
expanded ________ to the ______ it would ever get

Answer 8

Optimus princeps
successful
borders, largest

Question 9

trajan just for ___years

____ compared to toehrs

Answer 9

20

long

Question 10

tajan’s reforms

_________ (means nourishment)
Gave out low _____ _____ to businesses in need
Took the interest to pay for the _______ of poor children

______
_______s in every province whose jobs it was to look after the ____-_____ of the people
Designed to deal with _____ ______ the governor did not address

Answer 10

Alimenta (means nourishment)
Gave out low interest loans to businesses in need
Took the interest to pay for the education of poor children

Curator
Curators in every province whose jobs it was to look after the well-being of the people
Designed to deal with specific problems the governor did not address

Question 11

the 2nd jewish revolt had 2 sides
what were they

Answer 11

That they were radical terrorists that harassed non-jews and jews that collaborated with non-jews

That they were trying to get back the integrity of their land

Question 12

Trajan sdopts _______ on his deathbed as the next emperor

Answer 12

hardien

Question 13

the adoptive era was different because

Not that they didn’t have children of their own, but that they looked for….?

Answer 13

for the best fit for the position

Question 14

what was trajan’s market

Answer 14

Huge marketplace like a mall
Had stores, banks, coin weighing

Question 15

what were the baths of trajan

Answer 15

Built the largest baths of trajan

Vaulted ceilings

Called baths but you could swim, hot tub, play games, and other free leisure complexes

Question 16

tajan had a column, what did it display

Answer 16

trajan’s Column
Long band displaying his vast military success

Question 17

hardian was the first emproro to the rock the _____

Answer 17

beard

Question 18

hardian was condiered a _______ emporor

spent more time in diff _______ than being in ____

Answer 18

wandering
provinces
rome

Question 19

hardian had a lovers ____

he was in love with a man and named a _____ after him

Answer 19

cult, city

Question 20

in response to local difficulties, _____ hade special appointments to oversee cities and whole regions for limited periods

Answer 20

trajan

Question 21

trajan left hardian with an insane amount of _______ to defend

what did hardian do

Answer 21

just gave some of it back

Question 22

trjan died on his way back to rome, after his _______ campaigns

Answer 22

parinthian

Question 23

trajan was the first emproror to expand int ______

Answer 23

dacia

Question 24

hardian focused more in bettering the empire _______

Answer 24

internally

Question 25

hardian had a big _____ built for _____

Answer 25

wall, protection

Question 26

the 3rd jewish revolt was the ______ and happened uner ______’s rule

during it, judaea was renamed _____ _______ and ______ werent allowed entry into jerusalem

Answer 26

largest, hardian
jews
Syria palaestina

Question 27

hadrian preposed to rename jerusalem ________
also that jews couldnt be ______
the jews _____ causing a _____

Answer 27

hadrianopolis
circumsized
protested, revolt

Question 28

when the 3rd jewsish revolt ends, hadrian says that _____ is DONE and renames it _______

teachings of the ______ forbidden in some parts of there

Answer 28

judea, palistine

torah

Question 29

Some say this time was when they were their ______

Roman empire was at its largest sie and highest population under______ and _____

saw a sharp increase in _____ _____, notably in cities were 20% of ppl lived

Answer 29

happiest
trajan and hardien

social mobility

Question 30

one way imperial families affected roman subjects was throughthe demonstration of ______, particularly in _______

Answer 30

images
theatres

Question 31

going to ______ was a favourite passtime of romans following the imperial era