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Emperors - Julio-Claudian

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Who was Augustus' 3rd wife?Livia
What are Augustus' dates of reign?27 B.C. - 14 A.D.
Which emperor started the praetorian guard?Augustus
What are Nero's dates of reign?54-68
What are Calgula's dates of reign?37-41
What are Claudius' dates of reign?41-54
What are Tiberius' dates of reign?14 - 37
Which emperor instituted the praetorian guard?Augustus
Who was the queen of the Iceni who led a rebellion against Rome?Boudica
To what island did an embarrassed Tiberius go into exile in 6 B.C.?Rhodes
Which emperor was an amateur historian?Claudius
What title did Augustus prefer?princeps
Which emperor is sometimes referred to as Gaius?Caligula
Under which emperor were the lost standards of Crassus recovered?Tiberius
Which prefect helped Caligula to the throne?Macro
Who was Nero's first wife?Octavia
How many wives did Nero have?3
How many wives did Augustus have?3
How many wives did Claudius have?4
Who was the Roman commander at the Teutoberg Forest disasterVarus
Which close friend of Augustus is closely associated with patronage?Maecenas
Who was Augustus friend and son-in-law?Marcus Agrippa
In what year was the First Settlement?In 27 B.C. - Augustus first year of office
After what event was Augustus' Second Settlement?In 23 B.C. when Augustus became deathly ill
Under which emperor was the Portus built?Claudius
Who was Claudius 3rd wife?Messalina
How many legions were lost at Teutoberg Forest?3
Which emperor expelled the Jews?Claudius
On which island did Tiberius spend the last part of his reign?Capri
Who was the ambitious prefect under Tiberius who was executed for treason?Sejanus
Who was the prefect who supposedly smothered Tiberius?Macro
Under which emperor did freedman rise to great heights in the Roman government?Claudius
How many districts did Augustus divide Rome into?14
Who was the German leader at Teutoberg Forest?Arminius/Hermann
Who supposedly poisoned Claudius?Agrippina the Younger
Which emperor added Britain to the empire?Claudius
Who was the Roman commander who conquered Britain and became it first Roman governor?Aulus Plautius
Which emperor was the brother of Germanicus?Claudius
Which emperor was the youngest to rise to the throne?Nero
What is the Latin term for treason?maiestas
Which emperor pushed family values?Augustus
Which famous poet was banished for "a poem and an error" by Augustus?Ovid
Who said "I found Rome a city of bricks and let it a city of marble?Augustus
What are the years of the Pax Romana?27 B.C. to 180 A.D.
Which of the Julio-Claudians had been an an accomplished army commander in Germanian and Pannonia before becoming emperor?Tiberius
Which emperor had a mysterious illness the first year of his reign which drastically affected his character?Caligula
Under which emperor were two of the lost standards of Varus recovered?Tiberius
To what town was Ovid banished?Tomi(s)
Whom did Tiberius intend to co-rule with Caligula?Gemellus
Which emperor tried to make his horse Incitatus a consul?Caligula
Who was the beloved wife of Tiberius whom he was forced to divorce for JuliaVispania
Which emperor had his soldiers collect seashells as spoils of war?Caligula
Who was the ruthlessly ambitious prefect under Nero?Tigellinus
Whom did Nero make governor of Lusitania so he could steal his wife?Otho
Who were the two tutors of Nero in his early years?Seneca the Younger & Burrus
In what year was the Great Fire?64
Which pregnant woman did Nero kick to death?Poppaea Sabina
Which Britain led an uprising which almost succeededBoudica
Which emperor built enormous pleasure boats?Caligula
Whom did Agrippina the Elder accuse of causing the death of her husband Germanicus?Tiberius and Livia
During whose reign did the Iceni stage a serious rebellion?Nero
Who succeeded Sejanus as prefect.Macro
Who wrote the Metamorphoses?Ovid
Which emperor was a singer, actor and chariot racer?Nero
Who was the mother of Tiberius?Livia
Who built the Domus Aurea?Nero
Who wrote "The Art of Love"Ovid
Who wrote "The Res Gestae"?Augustus
Who said: "Let them hate so long as they fear"?Caligula
What were the "Vigiles"Rome' fire department
Who started the Vigiles?Augustus
Whom did Nero exile to the island of PandateriaOctavia


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