Terms Test #2

Question 1

Ambarvalia

Answer 1

an archaic celebration of the crops and Dea Dia

Question 2

Ara Pacis

Answer 2

Augustus completed and and dedicated the Altar, visual tribute to Augustan social programs and the pax romana. Made of white Marble with intricate carved refliefs

Question 3

Ariminium

Answer 3

Arch of Augustus at Rimini (Ariminium)

Question 4

Arval Brethren

Answer 4

an ancient religious society that led the people each year in the Ambarvalia

Question 5

Auxilium

Answer 5

to give aid to fellow plebians and their property was traditionally a key function for the tribunes to perform

Question 6

Colonia

Answer 6

Colony or settlement, founded to settle discharged veterans, at the top of the hierarchy, many were exempt from taxes

Question 7

Dea Dia

Answer 7

Goddess of the Fields

Question 8

Delatores

Answer 8

a class of informers who turned in those in contravention of the laws

Question 9

Destinatio

Answer 9

provision for control of popular assemblies

Question 10

Fasces

Answer 10

Bundle of rods surmounted by an ax-head carried by official attendants before a Roman magistrate as a symbol of his authority

Question 11

Genius

Answer 11

Augustus connected the worship of the Lares to the worship of the Genius of him. His protective spirit that guarded the individual worshiper and promoted their well-being

Question 12

Imperial province

Answer 12

military provinces with legions, controlled by the emperor

Question 13

Imperium maius

Answer 13

Supreme authority of emperors, specifically made maius, “greater”, so that it outranked that of all other holders, gave control of the armies of all the provinces

Question 14

Julio-Claudians

Answer 14

Line of emperors, descended from the Julian and Claudian families, ruling starting with Augustus

Question 15

Junian Latins

Answer 15

Individuals with Intermediate Latin status between slave and freedman with limited rights could not receive inheritances or legacies and could not make wills. Children of Junian Latins had full Latin status – with the right of conubium with a Roman citizen

Question 16

Lares

Answer 16

Household or family god, usually worshiped at domestic shrines

Question 17

Legate

Answer 17

Governor chosen by emperor to govern imperial province

Question 18

Lictors

Answer 18

Official attendant who escorted and assisted a Roman Magistrate by carrying the Faces in front of him

Question 19

Ludi Saeculares

Answer 19

Augustus re-instituted, a public religious thanksgiving and expiation ceremony celebrated with public games, women and children were encouraged to participate, celebration of family values

Question 20

Municipium

Answer 20

Descriptive term for the legal status of an autonomous city located in Roman territory, but governed by it’s own laws and city council, while obligated to assist Rome as an ally. 2nd in the hierarchy, provincial towns whose population were given blanket citizenship

Question 21

Numen

Answer 21

In 14 AD Tiberius dedicated an altar to the Numen Augusti, which was the deified spirit of Augustus

Question 22

Pater Patriae

Answer 22

a special title awarded to an individual for extraordinary service to the state. Bestowed on Augustus 2 BC, almost all subsequent emperors took it, with an exception to Tiberius. Role of father of the state and power over the Roman citizens.

Question 23

Pax Romana

Answer 23

Long period of general peace of Rome

Question 24

Pietas

Answer 24

piety/ loyalty the most important trait for Romans

Question 25

Potestas tribunicia

Answer 25

giving Octavian civil authority and the power to initiate legislation

Question 26

Praetorian Guard/Praetorians

Answer 26

Elite military force formed to serve as the emperor’s bodyguard, Augustus instituted it. Comprised of 9 infantry cohorts, 3 in Rome, 6 in various other towns. Mandated to keep order and the protect the body of the emperor and his family, cherished and influential in the imperial court, no active service unless the emperor campaigned

Question 27

Prefect

Answer 27

equestrian governor of Egypt

Question 28

Princeps

Answer 28

First Leader of the Senate

Question 29

Principate

Answer 29

the descriptive term for the two and a half centuries during which the ideal of his nonauthoritarian style of rule was maintained

Question 30

Proconsul

Answer 30

ex-consul who, at the end of his term in office, accepts an assignment that continues, or prorogues, his magistrate’s authority for a set period. Chosen by senate to govern senatorial province

Question 31

Procurator

Answer 31

an individual appointed by the emperor to manage property or to represent him in court. Special imperial agents in the provinces as governors they were called prefects

Question 32

Res Gestae

Answer 32

the deeds of the divine Augustus, first-person account of Augustus’ successes

Question 33

Senatorial province

Answer 33

Octavian renounced all of his powers and handed over his provinces to the senate, placing them at the free disposal of the senate and the Roman people. Provinces governed by the senate and by magistrates who would be chosen by and responsible to the senate. Unarmed controlled by the senate

Question 34

Severi Augustales

Answer 34

looked after the Italian towns’ Cult of Lares

Question 35

Subject stipendiary

Answer 35

lowest on the hierarchy of cities, subject allies

Question 36

Vicomagistri

Answer 36

Supervised worship of the cult of the Lares, freedmen