Challenges to Augustus' Rule Flashcards
What is an Aedile?
Either of two (later four) Roman magistrates responsible for public buildings and originally also for the public games and the supply of corn to the city.
Define Quaestor.
Any of a number of officials who had charge of public revenue and expenditure.
What is a Legate?
A governor of a Roman province.
What does Princeps Iuventutis mean?
The best of the young.
What was the As in Roman currency?
A bronze, and later copper, coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, worth 1/16th of a sestertii.
What does the term Numen refer to?
A Latin term for ‘divinity’, ‘divine presence’, or ‘divine will’.
What is a Genius in the context of Roman culture?
The soul or spirit of a person.
Who was the Pontifex Maximus?
The chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome.
What is Tribunicia potestas?
The power to veto certain laws.
True or False: There was significant formal opposition to Augustus’s rule according to Pliny.
False
Which conspiracy is mentioned regarding Augustus’s reign in 23BC?
A supposed plot by Fannius Caepio and Varro Murena.
What advice did Livia give Augustus in response to Cinna’s plot?
To react mercifully.
What does Tacitus say about the culture during Augustus’s reign?
It was increasingly one of flattery towards the emperor.
What was Augustus’s greatest challenge in establishing a dynasty?
Creating a hereditary dynasty within a society that hated sole power.
Who was Tiberius?
Augustus’s stepson and successor.
What happened to Marcellus in 23BC?
He died suddenly, marking the first of many setbacks for Augustus’s succession plans.
Who was Julia married to after Marcellus’s death?
Marcus Agrippa.
Fill in the blank: Julia was exiled in _____ for adultery.
2BC
What happened to Julia after Augustus’s death?
She died from starvation in AD14.
