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Who was the son of Livia and Tiberius Claudius Nero?

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Tiberius

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In what year was Tiberius born?

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42bc

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What does the quote from Tiberius, oderint dum probent, mean?

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Let them hate me, provided that they approve of what I do

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What emperor was know for his distrustfulness because he was ‘a mere pawn on a chess board’?

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Tiberius

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Who toyed with conspiracy against Tiberius in 16ad?

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Scribonius Libo Drusus

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What conspirator after Libo Drusus plotted against him in 24ad?

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Gaius Silius

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What nephew of Tiberius did Augustus force him to adopt as his successor?

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Germanicus

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Who was the son of Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania?

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Drusus 2

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Who launched attacks on the Rhine which developed into a 3 year campaign in Germany?

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Germanicus

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Who was given a magnificent triumph in 17ad and maius imperium over all eastern provinces?

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Germanicus

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In what year did Tiberius and Germanicus share a consulship?

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18ad

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In what year did Calpurnius Piso and Tiberius share a consulship?

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7bc

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Who did Tiberius appoint as governor Syria to keep a watch on the vainglorious young man, Germanicus?

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Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso

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After illegally going to Egypt and reliving a corn-shortage, who died returning to Syria?

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Germanicus

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Who was said to have poisoned Germanicus in 19ad?

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Calpurnius Piso

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What wife of Drusus 2 bore him twins?

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Livilla

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Whose death in 23ad led Tiberius no successor to the throne?

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Drusus II

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What praetorian prefect did Tiberius give blind trust?

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Lucius Aelius Sejanus

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What widow of Germanicus was accused by Sejanus of trying to become or appoint her son as emperor?

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Agrippina the elder

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Who did Tiberius banish in 29ad?

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Agrippina the elder and Nero

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Though only of equestrian rank, who paved a path for himself to become emperor after Tiberius?

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Sejanus

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Where did Tiberius go in self-exile in 26ad?

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Capri

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Who told Tiberius of his praetorian prefects secret plan to assume power?

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Antonia minor, widow of Drusus

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Who did Tiberius appoint as praetorian prefect to assume command of the cohorts?

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Sutorius Macro

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What man in 31bc read a portentously long letter from Tiberius, where, in the last paragraph denounced Sejanus as a traitor?
Memmius Regulus
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What third son of Agrippina was the only relative of hers Tiberius didn’t kill?
Gaius
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Who killed Tiberius’ son, Drusus II, from poison?
Sejanus
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Why were many corrupt politicians accusing people of treason?
Because the law was ill defined, so they would get 1/4 of the man’s estate if they were successful
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How many accused men were put to death in 32ad?
7 (9 were put to death but Tacitus says 2 we’re innocent)
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Who were the two choices as successor when Tiberius died?
Tiberius Gemellus and Caligula
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Who twice refused the title of Pater Patriae and never took the title imperator?
Tiberius
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Who did macro want appointed as emperor after Tiberius’ death?
Caligula
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Who was nicknamed by his father’s soldiers because of the boots he wore as a small boy in Germanicus’ camp?
Caligula
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Who abolished sales taxes, paid double rates to bounties, entertained the people of Rome circus shows and beast hunts, adopted his cousin Gemellus, and recalled exiled citizens?
Caligula
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Why did we believe that Caligula was a megalomaniac and tyrant?
Because he got sick and recovered but it messed up his brain
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Name two men Caligula put to death without trial?
Macro and Tiberius Gemellus
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What commander of the legions in upper Rhine made a plot to appoint someone else as emperor in 39bc?
Lentulus Gaetulicus
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What member of the old republican nobility did Lentulus Gaetulicus try to appoint to the throne?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
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Who did Caligula exile because of Lentulus’ plot against him?
Agrippina II and Julia
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Who killed Caligula in a quiet corner with a rain of dagger-blows?
Cassius Chaerea
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What was the birth name of Claudius?
Tiberius Claudius Drusus
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How was Claudius related to Caligula?
He was his uncle
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How old was Claudius when he was appointed to the throne?
Over 50
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What emperor was known for his many novels he wrote on the Etruscan life?
Claudius
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What position did Claudius appoint Callistus to?
Praepositus a libellis(examiner of positions)
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What rank was Narcissus during the reign of Claudius?
Positus ab epistulis(chief secretary)
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What was the job of Pallas during the reign of Claudius?
Praepositus a rationibus(chief accountant)
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What did Narcissus, Callistus, and Pallas have in common?
They were all emancipated slaves
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What two wives of Claudius were known for stirring up trouble?
Valeria Messalina and Agrippina the younger
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What two men led a plot similar to Lentulus Gaetulicus during the reign of Claudius; one the governor of Dalmatia and the other a nobleman?
Camillus Scribonianus and Annius Vinicianus
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What nobleman, along side Messalina, coveted Claudius’ palace in 48ad?
Gaius silius
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What freedman of Claudius summoned the guards to execute Gaius Silius and Messalina?
Narcissus
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Who were the two kids of Claudius and Messalina?
Octavia and Britannicus
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Who were the parents of Nero?
Agrippina the younger and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
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What praetorian prefect appointed Nero as emperor as of the request of Agrippina the younger?
Afranius Burrus
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What aqueduct did Claudius build?
Aqua Claudia
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What lake did Claudius drain during his reign?
Fucine Lake
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In what year did Claudius celebrate the secular games to because of Romes 800th anniversary
47ad
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Name all the provinces that Claudius added?
Mauretania, Britain, Thrace, and Lycia
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What was the colony at cologne, established during Claudius’ reign, named?
Colonia Agrippinensis
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How old was Nero at his accession?
16 years old
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What prominent man in Roman history died in 55ad?
Brittanicus
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Who was the wife of Nero and Otho?
Poppaea Sabina
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What freedman, an admirable of a fleet at Misenum carried out an attempt to kill Agrippina the younger?
Anicetus
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Where did Anicetus attempt to drown the ship of Agrippina the younger?
Bay of Naples
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How did Anicetus actually kill Agrippina the younger?
Broke into her house and battered her to death
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What women does in 59ad?
Agrippina the younger
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What festival did Nero create to celebrate the clipping of the imperial beard?
Iuvenalia
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What festival did Nero great which had charioteers, music, and dancing?
Neronia
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What praetorian prefect died in 62ad?
Burrus
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What wife did Nero have banished for having her falsely confess of hooking up with Anicetus?
Octavia
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What praetorian prefect of Nero proved “Nero’s evil genius?”
Ofonius Tigellinus
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Who toured Greece in 67-68, during he collected a bouquet of 1800 crowns?
Nero
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What ex-consul and Stoic philosopher was condemned to death for an occasional veiled criticism of the emperor in 66ad?
Publius Thraesea Paetus
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Who did Nero force to take their own life?
Seneca the younger and Gaius Petronius
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Between what two hills was the Domus Aurea built?
Esquiline and Palatine
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What commander of Nero did he have killed because his son-in-law, Annius Vinicianus, led a revolt?
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
78
What was the 15 year reign of Nero called?
Quinquennium Neronis
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In what year did Nero crown Tiridates, who was worshipped by him as Mithras?
66ad
80
Who won a crown of victory at a race in Olympia although he had fallen from his chariot and not finished the race?
Tiridates
81
Where did Nero finally put down the revolt of Boudicca?
Randeia
82
What emperor resuscitated the censorship in 47ad?
Claudius
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Because Tiberius was stingy during a gladiator event in what city lead to 50,000 people dying?
Fidenae
84
What two aqueducts did Caligula start and Claudius complete?
Aqua Claudia and Anio Novus
85
Absorbing the labors of 30,000 men for 11 years…..
Fucine lake
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From where did Nero intend to build a canal from Ostia, planning to make it 125 miles long?
Lake Avernus
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Between what to hills was Nero’s Donus Aurea built?
Esquiline and Caelian
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Who assembled a force at Gesoriacum and made progress across Gaul?
Caligula

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