abeka history 10 section 8.3

i am caligula, caligula is me

caesar augustus

common name for octavian

caesar augustus

Jesus was born during his reign

pax romana

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the ____ ________ began during caesar augustus’s rule

tiberius

emperor during the life and death of Jesus

tiberius

first ruler of the claudian dynasty

caligula

second claudian emperor

caligula

insane and murdered by his bodyguards

claudius

caligula’s uncle; third claudian ruler

claudius

briton (england) was conquered during his rule

nero

claudius’ stepson; last claudian emperor

nero

rome burned during his rule and Christians were blamed

vespasian

first of the flavian emperors

vespasian

his son titus destroyed the temple in jerusalem

titus

vespasian’s oldest son; second flavian emperor

titus

mt. vesuvius destroyed pompeii during his reign

domitian

vespasian’s second son; third flavian emperor

domitian

considered himself a god and persecuted the Christians

five “good” emperors

good in rome’s eyes because they upheld the law; greatly persecuted Christians

army

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after the pax romana, the ______ became the true power of rome

general

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a _________ would rule over rome for a short period only to be assassinated

diocletian

came to power in AD 284; divided the empire into eastern and western sections

1. diocletian

2. maximian

two answer fill in the blank

__________ ruled in the east while _______ ruled the west