Military Expansion and its Limits Flashcards
(30 cards)
Institution of the ______ was a law concerning the imperium of vespasian
principate
what did the principate entail
set out the powers of the emperors in detail, including which provinces would belong to them
Subsequent emperors had the same “formula”
why would augustus disagree with the principate
Goes against what augustus stood for because he liked the idea of not having any official imperium, rather just an untold amount of sway
_______ (emperor) becomes an official title rather than a nickname
Also ________ - means the first eliting citizen becomes a little prince
Eventually even ________ becomes a title instead of a nickname because it distinguished you
imperator
princeps
caesar
vespasian came form the ______ and was hailed emporor was able to hold onto it because of the amount of _____ he had
east
soldiers
vespasian was _____ _____ of the ______ family
was also the govenor of _____
novus homo, flavius
judea/thejews
vespasian had to deal with the ____ jewish war
the revolt hadnt been completely dealt with when ______ hailed him to come to rome
1st
nero
to the romans, the destruction of the great ______ signaled the end of the revolt
temple
Vaspasian insisted that only jues be used to transports the ______ form the harbour near rome to build the ________
did this to show _______
stones, coliseum
authority
Since augustus’ revamp, ves added even more regulations such as what
not allowing soldiers to serve in their ethnic homeland - segregate governing force from native population
Limit amount of soldiers allowed in any one reigon
Similar to sulla, vesasian put in reforms to try to stop people from coming into _____ in the same way he did
power
The 4 emperors before spent a lot so the empire did not have a lot of money, what did vespasian do
ensured the empire was economically stable after them
vespasian was seen as a ________ (omans didint like this)
instead of counteracting this he fed into it
Made conservative moves such as raising ______
buisnessman
taxes
what is the meaning behind “it doesnt smell”
Public restrooms were called vespasions cause he charged ppl to use them
vespasian wanted to build the biggest man made ____________ structure in the world
called it the ________
he made going there _____ to better his image
entertainment
colosseum
free
who was the successor of vespasian after he died
titus, his older son
titus was already _______ and groomed for the position
popular
titus “died too soon to become ______”
died within ___ year(s)
he was envolved in supressing the ______ revolt
hated, 2
jawish
who was the successor of titus
domitian
the other son of vespasian (his bro)
domitian was widely disliked by ________
Insisted on being called _____ and ______
Those in his inner circle were ______
Capable military commander, unfairly portrayed as a _____ emporor
aristocract
lord and god
scary
bad
“Everyone calls you paranoid till your assassinated” is was domitian said
what did he do out of paranoia
Had a room covered in mirror so that no one could attack him from behind
Had a list of enemies he wanted put to death
His wife was one of them
domitian Captured _____ and ripped off their limbs
flies
domitian punished ______ ______, put walls around them and let them die in there
vestal virgins
how did domitian die
Executed by one of his own personal attendents
