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res gestae
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runerary inscription of Augustus, 1st person record of life/accomplishments
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patria potestas
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power of father to expose child, arrainge marriage/divorce,etc.
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tiberius
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emperor after augustus, son of augustus' wife livia, adopted nephew Germanicus who died soon
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capri
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where tiberius retired to in AD 26
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sejanus
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took over power when tiberius retired, had a conspiracy w/ praetorian prefect and was arrested & executed
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gaius
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CALIGULA- son of germanicus (tiberius' nephew), very popular, but had illness (weird behavior?), assassinated on palace grounds
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claudius
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emperor w/ limp/stutter, was invested by praetorians
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nero
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emperor @ 16, killed mother, scapegoated christians for fire in 64, was oppressive, suicide in 68
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epicurus
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greek philosopher, taught in athens.... epicureanism= don't have pain/fear
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lucretius
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roman epicurean that wrote About the Nature of the Universe (free mind from fear of death)
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summum bonum
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life in harmony w/ nature... goal of epicureanism
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zeno
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founded stoicism, taught in athens, taught self-discipline, perseverance, steadfastness
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stoa poikile
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giant porch in athens where stoics met
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seneca the younger
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nero's tutor, best source of stoic literature
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epictetus
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epicurean slave of nero's freedman, wrote The Discourse and The Handbook
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Galba, Otho, Vitellus
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year of 4 emperors;
Galba- general in spain, marched on rome, murdered in forum Otho- backed by legions in East & Africa, defeated by vitellus Vitellus-supported by rhine, ruled until rival vespanasius took over |
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vespian
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recovered most of judean territories (except jerusalem), proclaimed emperor after that, left son titus to finish job after death
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titus
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son of vespian, conquered jerusalem, eruption of Vesuvius happened, died young
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flavian ampitheter
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colosseum dedicated by titus around 70
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arch of titus
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constructed by his brother domitian shortly after death to commemorate sack of jerusalem
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domitian
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hailed emperor by praetorian guard, ruthless, assassinated by household member
DAMNATIO MEMORIAE |
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pompeii
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vesuvius erupts in 79; buried under 15-20ft of debris, 10% died
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herculaneum
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buried under 50-60ft of boiling mud, almost all escaped; organic material preserved
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pliny the elder
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naturalist/historian that commanded fleet @ misenum when vesuvius erupted, went towards it to document & died
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petra
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remote area of jordan, tombs cut into rock walls, capital of nabataeans
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vindolanda
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border fort in britain near hadrian's wall, had perserved garbage dump
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cicilia
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territory from turkey to cyprus, birthplace of st. paul, important enough to be governed by proconsul
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bithynia-pontus
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2 provinces united for admin. purposes, taught us great deal about roman administration; @ time of trajan pliny the younger was governor
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pliny the younger
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governor of bithynia-pontus; lawyer, writer, philosopher, naturalist
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calgacus
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leader of caledonian confederacy, fought roman army of agricola in scotland around 84
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hasmonean kingdom
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kingdom of jewish high preists and kings descended from judas
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herod the great
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went to rome during parthian war w/ jews, was made king of judea in 37 BC by antony & senate
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herod antipas
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inhereted kingdom from father herod the great; pontius pilate handed jesus to him
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sandhedrin
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23 judges mandated by jewish law to be in every city
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caiaphas
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high preist/chairman of court in jerusalem, persecuted jesus
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barabas
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person freed @ passover feast by pontius pilate instead of jesus
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felix
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governor of judaea, favored violent sect to put down disquiet in judaea
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festus
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governor of judaea, sent paul to rome
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osiris
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egyptian god of life, death, fertility
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set
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egyptian god of storms, deserts, chaos-->demonized around 100
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nerva
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emperor where revolt by praetorian guard forced him to adopt trajan as heir, was good and wise
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trajan
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emperor, was made successor to nerva by praetorian guard, had extensive public building programs, conquered dacians, nabataens, parthians
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trajan column
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monument erected to emperor trajan for his military victories --> winged victory
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hadrian
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stoic/epicurean emperor, cousin of trajan
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hadrian's wall (time?)
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built in 122, stone and turf wall across england
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tivioli
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city outside rome, housed temple to sibyl of tibur
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antonius pius
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adopted by hadrian, never left city, had "clean conscience"
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marcus aurelius
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wrote stoic treatise meditations, succeeded by son commodus
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commodus
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son of marcus aurelius, avoided wars & assassination attempt, renamed rome colonia commodiana
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septimus severus
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from africa, restored n. mesopotamia to rome, popular bc he stamped out corruption of commodus' reign
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lepcis magna
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hometown of severus, part of roman empire under tiberus
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caracalla
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eldest son of severus, passed constitutio antoniniana (citizenship)
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AD 212
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caracalla enacts constitutio antoniniana, granting full citizenship to all in empire
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diocletian
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passed Edict on Maximum Prices, held "last stand" on christianity, abdicated
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edict on maximum prices
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diocletian--> raised coin value, heavy penalty for profiteering, set limit on prices
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constantine
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ruled 306-324, passed Edict of Milan, moved capital from Rome to Byzantium
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Milvian Bridge
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battle b/w constantine and Maxentius, ended tetrarchy to make constantine sole ruler
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edict of milan (date)
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313 by constantine, ended diocletian persecution
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romulus augustus
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475-476, marked fall of roman empire & beginning of middle ages
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