Chapter 2: Emperors and Madmen Quiz

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus

The name of

A literary form that cleverly ridicules human vices and folly:

Gaius Valerius Diocletianus

The name of

Marcus Aelius Aurelius Verus Caesar

The name of

Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus

The name of

A government official appointed by a ruler who takes care of the day-to-day workings of government:

An upper class of persons though to be the 'best' or most able to govern:

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus

Name of

The name of a division of the Roman army, numbering about five thousand soldiers:

The "Roman Peace" a long period of relative peace in the Mediterranean world:

First Roman emperor to order the persecution of the Christians:

Author of 'Meditations' - a collection of stoic wisdom:

The body of elected aristocrats or patricians that governed Rome:

Established the principate, the imperial system of government:

Title given by the Roman Senate to Octavian, nephew of Julius Caesar and founder of the principate:

A division or small group of believers within a larger religious group:

"Commander in chief", "supreme commander"; the title of a commander of several legions, given by the Senate first to Augustus and then held by all his successors:

A government run by bureaucrats:

Emperor who was a reformer of the just treatment of the poor:

"first citizen":

A philosophy that teaches that happiness can only be found by one who practices self-control and follows the natural law:

Emperor when Christ was crucified:

One of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built:

Publius Aelius Hadrianus

The name of

Marcus Ulpius Trajanus

The name of

The new organization of government begun by Augustus, giving real power to the emperor or princeps:

Counselor to Hadrian who later became emperor:

A writer of satire:

Nero Claudius Caesar

Name of

General of the Danube regions before becoming emperor:

Family name of Gaius Julius Caesar:

"General" who commanded several legions combined into an army: