Rome And It's Emperors Flashcards

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Augustus

  • # emperor?
  • Adopted by who?
  • Built what?
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  • First emperor
  • Adopted by Julius Caesar
  • Best emperor
  • Built aqueducts and roads
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Nero

  • What kind of emperor at first?
  • Loved what?
  • Did he go crazy?
  • Killed who?
  • Sang during what?
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  • Friendly emperor at first
  • Loved arts and performance
  • Went crazy
  • Killed his mom and family and later himself
  • Sang during the great fire 🔥
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Trajan

  • From were?
  • What did he do for Rome?
  • What was his nickname what did it mean?
  • Who did he help
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  • Born in Spain 🇪🇸
  • Expanded Rome to its largest
  • nicknamed Optimus meaning best
  • Helped teach orphans assisted farmers and returned property
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Hadrian

  • Constructed what were and for what?
  • What kind of leader?
  • Loved what?
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  • Constructed the Hadrian wall by Britain 🇬🇧 to secure borders
  • Peaceful leader
  • Loved Greek architecture
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Commodus

  • Son of what kind of person
  • Loved and participated in what?
  • Ordered who to fought to the death 💀?
  • Killed how many of what?
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  • Son of a great ruler
  • Loved gladiator fights and fought in some himself
  • Ordered all crippled to fight to the death 💀
  • Killed 100 lions 🦁 in one day
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Diocletian

  • Divided what and why
  • Persecuted who for what
  • ordered what on who?
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  • divided Rome in two to better administer it
  • Persecuted Christians
  • Ordered crucifixion
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Constantine

  • First what emperor?
  • Made what an official religion?
  • Moved what were?
  • Began the fall of what?
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  • First Christian emperor
  • Made Christianity an official religion
  • Moved the capital to Byzantium
  • Began the fall of the Western Roman Empire
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