Vocab
An upper class of persons thought to be the “best” or most able to govern.
What is aristocracy?
A division or small group of believers within a larger religious group.
What is a sect?
Augustus’ (Octavian’s) famous uncle.
Who was Julius Caesar?
The emperor who faced the Jewish rebellion & the destroying of the temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 71.
Who was Vespasian?
The role officials in the bureaucracy play in governing the empire during Augustus’ reign.
What was day-to-day governance?
A government official, appointed by a ruler, who takes care of the day-to-day workings of government.
What is a bureaucrat?
The “Roman Peace”, a long period of relative peace in the Mediterranean world, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180.
What was the Pax Romana?
The name of the government set up by Octavian, Marc Antony, & Marcus Lepidus.
What was the First (or Second) Triumvirate?
The name given to the emperors who brought the Roman Empire to the height of its prosperity & power.
Who were the Good Emperors?
This emperor ruled when Jesus Christ was crucified.
Who was Tiberius?
Philosophy that teaches happiness can only be found by one who practices self-control & follows the natural law.
What is Stoic Philosophy?
The name of a division of the Roman army, numbering about 5,000 soldiers.
What was a legion?
The name for the government set up by Augustus over the Roman Empire.
What was the Principate?
The emperor who built the first wall separating Britain from what is now Scotland.
Who was Hadrian?
This means the rule of three men.
What is the “triumvirate”?
“Commander in chief”, “Supreme commander”; title of a commander of several legions.
What is an emperor?
This emperor ended Augustus’ principate & set up a new form of government to rule the empire.
Who was Diocletian?
The Julian emperor who added Britain to the empire.
Who was Claudius?
This emperor is better known for his work, the Meditations, than for what he did as emperor.
Who was Marcus Aurelius?
The head of government in the principate.
Who was the emperor?
The new organization of government begun by Augustus, giving real power to the emperor or princeps (“first citizen”).
What was Principate?
In Augustus’ Caesar’s principate, this group was supposed to advise the emperor & consent to laws.
Who was the Senate?
This Julian emperor blamed the burning of Rome on the Christians.
Who was Nero?
This emperor brought the Roman Empire to its greatest territorial extent.
Who was Trajan?
These people made up the Second Triumvirate?
Who were Octavian, Marc Antony, and Marcus Leidus?