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Empire: Julio-Claudian Emperors Flashcards

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Name the Julio-Claudian Emperors in order.

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Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

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In what year does the Roman empire begin with the reign of Augustus as the first Julio-Claudian Emperor?

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27 BC

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In what year does the Julio-Claudian Dynasty end?

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68 AD

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Give the years of Augustus’s reign.

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27 BC-14 AD

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Give the years of Tiberius’s reign.

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14-37 AD

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Give the years of Caligula’s reign.

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37-41 AD

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Give the years of Claudius’s reign.

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41-54 AD

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Give the years of Nero’s reign.

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54-68 AD

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Locusta’s poisoned mushrooms were the cause of what emperor’s death in 54 AD?

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Claudius

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Who was the son of Claudius and Messalina?

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Britannicus

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What emperor is said to have “found Rome a city of brick, [and] left it a city of marble”?

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Augustus

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In what province was Claudius born?

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Cisalpine Gaul

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With a collapsable boat, who had his mother Agrippina the Younger murdered in 59 AD?

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Nero

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Who becomes Praetorian Prefect of Tiberius in 15 AD?

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(Aelius) Sejanus

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Who served as Praetorian Prefect early in the reign of Nero before Tigellinus replaces him?

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(Afranius) Burrus

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Agrippa Postumus, Agrippina the Elder, Lucius Caesar, Gaius Caesar, and Julia the Younger are all children of what couple in the early empire?

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Agrippa & Julia (the Elder)

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What wife of Claudius was the sister of Caligula?

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Agrippina the Younger

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Why was Caligula called “little boot”?

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He would run around his father’s (Germanicus’s) camp wearing soldier’s armor

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During the reign of Nero, what general restores order in Parthia and Armenia?

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(Gnaeus Domitius) Corbulo

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The Anio Novus and the Aqua Claudia were both aqueducts constructed by what emperor?

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Claudius

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Who puts down the revolt of Queen Boudicca and the Iceni during the reign of Nero?

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Suetonius Paulinus

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How did Claudius die?

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Poisoned mushrooms

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What general under Claudius puts down the rebellions of Mauretania in 41 AD?

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Suetonius Paulinus

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Aulus Plautius led the invasion of what province under Claudius?

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Brittania

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What emperor banishes then brutally kills his first wife Octavia?
Nero
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In 26 AD, Tiberius retires to his villa on what island, never to return?
Capri
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What general of Augustus built the Pantheon?
Agrippa
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What Roman emperor celebrated Rome's 800th anniversary?
Claudius
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What woman, his mother, did Nero kill with a collapsable boat in 59 AD?
Agrippina the Younger
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What horse did Caligula attempt to make a consul?
Incitatus
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In 60 AD, what queen of the Iceni revolts in Britain until she's put down by Suetonius Paulinus?
Boudicca
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What emperor was assassinated in 41 AD?
Caligula
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Who replaces Sejanus as Praetorian Prefect in 31 BC?
Macro
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What son of Claudius did Nero have poisoned in 55 BC?
Britannicus
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Tiberius was always jealous of what man, his nephew and adoptive son?
Germanicus
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Which emperor of Rome was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder?
Caligula
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Who assassinates Caligula in 41 AD?
Cassius Chaerea
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What temple to "all the gods" was built by Agrippa during the reign of Augustus?
Pantheon
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What Roman author tutored Nero?
Seneca the Younger
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What wife of Claudius was killed by the praetorians after a supposed conspiracy against Claudius with her lover Gaius Silius?
Messalina
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Against what emperor did Calpurnius Piso lead a conspiracy in 65 AD?
Nero's
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What emperor commits suicide in 68 AD?
Nero
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What nephew was Augustus's first choice as heir until he dies in 23 BC?
Marcellus
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Who dies in 19 AD by poison by Calpurinus Piso, the governor of Syria?
Germanicus
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What general under Claudius leads the invasion of Britain?
Aulus Plautius
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Where did Caligula "fake invade" and instruct his soldiers to collect seashells off the coast?
Britain
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What wife of Claudius was the mother of Nero?
Agrippina the Younger
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Narcissus (the secretary of correspondence), Pallas (the secretary of the treasury), and Callistus (the secretary of justice) were all freedmen who served under what emperor?
Claudius
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Who was Augustus's 2nd wife with whom he had a daughter named Julia?
Scribonia
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What does Caligula's name mean?
Little boot
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What emperor builds the **Domus Aurea** following the Great Fire of 64 AD?
Nero
52
Where did Augustus die in 14 AD?
Nola
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What did Nero build following the Great Fire of 64 AD?
**Domus Aurea** (Golden House)
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What emperor tries to make his horse Incitatus a consul?
Caligula
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In what year was the disaster of Teutoberg forest?
9 AD
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Who is found hiding behind a curtain in the imperial palace only to then be named emperor by the Praetorian guard in 41 AD?
Claudius
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Who poisons Britannicus in 55 AD?
Nero
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Who leads a conspiracy against Nero's life in 65 AD?
(Calpurnius) Piso
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Where were the ashes of many of the Julio-Claudian emperors?
Mausoleum of Augustus
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Who was Augustus's 3rd and final wife, the mother of Tiberius?
Livia
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What Praetorian Prefect replaces Burrus as Nero's Praetorian Prefect in 62 AD?
Tigellinus
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Who was the first Roman emperor born outside of Italy?
Claudius
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What two sons of Agrippa and Julia (the daughter of Augustus) were adopted by Augustus but died in 2 and 4 A.D.?
Lucius & Gaius Caesar
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What woman was Claudius's third wife who bore him a son named Britannicus?
(Valeria) Messalina
65
What emperor began the actual conquest of Britain?
Claudius
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What emperor is said to have "fiddled" while Rome burned during the Great Fire of 64 AD?
Nero
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During what emperor's reign did Queen Boudicca and the Iceni revolt in Britain?
Nero's
68
What Praetorian Prefect tries to kill or exile all members of the family of Agrippina the Elder until he was executed in 31 BC?
(Aelius) Sejanus
69
What nickname does Octavian receive from the Senate in 27 BC, marking the beginning of the empire?
Augustus
70
What emperor was the son of Livia?
Tiberius
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Of what tribe was Boudicca the queen?
Iceni
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What emperor rules from 27 BC-14 AD?
Augustus
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What governor of Syria poisons Germanicus in 19 AD right before killing himself?
Calpurnius Piso
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What wife of Claudius instigated his death with poisoned mushrooms prepared by Locusta?
Agrippina the Younger
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Who was forced to marry his beloved wife Vipsania to marry Augustus's daughter Julia before his recognition as Augustus's heir?
Tiberius
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To what island did Tiberius exile himself in 6 BC?
Rhodes
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What future emperor is sent to restore order in Judaea in 66 AD?
Vespasian
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At the beginning of his reign, Caligula executes what man who was also in line to become emperor and the grandson of Tiberius?
Tiberius Gemellus

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