CLST 103 Chapter 2 Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2024 (Graded A+)
2 September, 31 B.C. - Answers Battle of Actium, point where Octavian held all the power of the state
Res Gestae Divi Augusti - Answers the funerary inscription of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, giving a firs...
2 September, 31 B.C. - Answers Battle of Actium, point where Octavian held all the power of the state
Res Gestae Divi Augusti - Answers the funerary inscription of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, giving
a first-person record of his life and accomplishments
Augustus' Accomplishments - Answers Conquest:
- Maintained the largest standing army, stabilized the frontiers of the Roman Empire, and added new
areas such as Asia Minor.
Rebuilt the City of Rome:
- "I found Rome a city of brick, and I left it a city of marble."
Organization of Government:
- Paid workers to manage the affairs of the government
Begins Pax Romana:
- 200 year period of relative peace; people think it's because of him
January, 27 BC - Answers Octavian hand over power to the decision of the senate
23 BC - Answers Octavian resigns his consulship
19 BC - Answers Octavian is given the power of consul without holding the consulship
tribunicia potestas - Answers power of a tribune
auctoritas - Answers acknowledged influence gained because of success
Augustus - Answers Name associated with being holy or associated with the gods
Prouincia - Answers large provinces granted to Octavian and his imperium
imperium sine fine - Answers rule without bounds
Golden Milestone - Answers located in Rome; told how far you were from Rome
Augustus' Rome - Answers - filled with large monuments
- huge sundial in the piazza to commemorate Egypt's conquer and the arrival of Ra in Rome
- a large statue of himself in the center
Altar of Peace - Answers Proclaimed the benefits of Augustus' wars
, Ludi Saeculares - Answers 17 BC
"Century Games" Games to mark a new period of peace
Poet Horace composes Carmen Saeculare in honor of them
August - Answers named for Augustus in his new calendar
Praetorian Guard - Answers the military unit that served as the personal bodyguard of the Roman
emperors
Augustus Army reforms - Answers - 28 legions
- 5500 men per legion
- 10 cohorts
- served for 20 paid years and land was kept safe
Second Settlement - Answers 23 BC
Augustus resigns the consulship, keeps his provincea, upgrades to maius imperium, and is given
tribunicia potestas
First Settlement - Answers 27 BC
Reinstated the Roman government of res publica
Presented himself as:
- The saviour of the State
- The Restorer of Peace
Concessions to Octavian - Answers Senate confirms his authority as a consul
Gives him a province where he could exercise imperium:
Gallia, Spain and Syria (most problematic in terms of rebellions)
Egypt's government -- (where he puts a puppet)
14 AD - Answers Death of Augustus
military treasury - Answers established by Augustus in 6 AD
used for discharge fees
Julia - Answers Augustus' daughter
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