Administration Flashcards
(22 cards)
Augustus - Courts
- ex consul in charge of business in each province
- thorough & leniant with administering justice -> may have based decisions on personal opinion
- SUET
Tiberius’ crackdown on crime
stationed more soldiers throughout the city & punished revolters harshly
-SUET
Claudius’ reforms on courts
gave more power to the senate and ensured cases were decided fairly by employing qualified people
-TACITUS
How did Vespasian deal with over load of court cases?
chose commissioners by lot to deal with it and used court of 100 as emergency solution
-SUET
Domitians brutality
- could be called out for anything under his rule
- killed any threats
- degraded friends of father & brother
- DIO
what did Augustus focus on in terms of adoring the city?
functionality over beauty
- ensured water supply, sewage system etc
- STRABO
Augustus’ reforms on the water supply?
-put Agrippa in charge
-couldn’t take water from public supply without licence
-gang of slaves maintained water sources
FRONTINUS
How did Augustus deal with famine?
- sent senators out of city
- rationed food supply
- forbid public banquets
- had ex consuls distribute food
- DIO, RG
What did Augustus give to the plebeians?
Grain and money, at his own expense
-RG
what did Gaius do with the water supply?
Extended it into the hills
-PLINY
what happened to claudius during a drought and how did he deal with it?
mobs abused him and threw bread at him
- he built harbour at Ostia, drained fucine lake, payed merchants lost profits and built more trade ships
- SUET
How did Domitian deal with grain shortage?
stopped distribution of grain to citizens and ordered destruction of vineyards to focus on grain (didn’t go through with it)
-SUET
How did Augustus deal with fire prevention?
- divided city into regions&wards each under control of officials
- nightwatch men
- restored destroyed areas
- SUET
Tiberius’ dealing with fire?
- funded revival & re embursed home owners
- SUET
How did Claudius deal with fires?
- offered money for help
- cohorts at Putoli and Osita
- SUET
Main source for Nero and the great fire of Rome
TACITUS
how did Vespasian deal with fire?
allowed anyone to build on destroyed areas and helped clear debris
-SUETONIUS
What did Domitian do after a fire?
restored buildings, rebranded with own name
-SUET
How well did Tiberius keep public order?
neglected state affairs, left spain and syria without consular governments
-SUET
Caligulas frivolity with money?
- generous
- funded interests (such as acting)
- drained public treasury
- DIO
Domitians treatment of immorality
- harsh with justice
- aimed to ‘correct public morals -> brutal punishments
- SUET
How did Domitian get money to put on balls and banquets?
- murdered men
- falsely charged men
- forcefully took taxes
- DIO
