Lesson test: Making an emperor

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Making an emperor

1.[2p]
Claudius paid each praetorian 15,000 sesterces. At a legionary's 900 a year, how many years of pay is that?

CorrectNot quite: 16.67

2.[3p]
What did Tacitus say the year 69 let out of the bag?

That an emperor could be made somewhere other than Rome

Correct

That the praetorian guard could be bribed

The answer is: That an emperor could be made somewhere other than Rome

That the Senate had no power to vote imperial powers

The answer is: That an emperor could be made somewhere other than Rome

That the legions would not fight one another

The answer is: That an emperor could be made somewhere other than Rome

3.[2p]
Put the four emperors of 69 in the order they held Rome.

Vitellius
Otho
Vespasian
Galba

Show the answer

a, b, c, d

4.[3p]
Match each emperor to who made him.

Claudius
Vitellius
Vespasian
Didius Julianus

the armies of the Rhine
the praetorian guard, after Caligula's murder
the eastern and Danubian armies
the highest bid at the guard's auction

Show the answer

Claudius: the praetorian guard, after Caligula's murder Vitellius: the armies of the Rhine Vespasian: the eastern and Danubian armies Didius Julianus: the highest bid at the guard's auction

5.[2p]
Didius Julianus bought the throne in 193. For how many days did he hold it?

CorrectNot quite: 66

6.[2p]
The lex de imperio Vespasiani defined the emperor's powers by listing what previous emperors had done.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

7.[3p]
What does the run of five adoptive emperors after 96 actually show?

Five rulers with no surviving son, followed at once by one who had one

Correct

A constitutional rule that the best man should be chosen

The answer is: Five rulers with no surviving son, followed at once by one who had one

A law passed by Nerva requiring adoption

The answer is: Five rulers with no surviving son, followed at once by one who had one

That the Senate had recovered the right to choose

The answer is: Five rulers with no surviving son, followed at once by one who had one

8.[3p]
Why could a reigning emperor rarely pass over an adult son?

Select all that apply

Passing him over created a rival with the best possible claim

Correct

Disaffected officers would gather around the excluded son

Correct

Roman law forbade adopting outside the family

The answer is: Passing him over created a rival with the best possible claim, Disaffected officers would gather around the excluded son

The Senate had a veto over the succession

The answer is: Passing him over created a rival with the best possible claim, Disaffected officers would gather around the excluded son

9.[2p]
In the second-century sequence of acclamation, donative, senatorial recognition and vote of powers, what did the vote do?

Confirmed a choice already made by the army

Correct

Selected between rival candidates

The answer is: Confirmed a choice already made by the army

Conferred powers the army could not otherwise grant

The answer is: Confirmed a choice already made by the army

Set the length of the reign

The answer is: Confirmed a choice already made by the army

1.[2p] Claudius paid each praetorian 15,000 sesterces. At a legionary's 900 a year, how many years of pay is that?

2.[3p] What did Tacitus say the year 69 let out of the bag?

3.[2p] Put the four emperors of 69 in the order they held Rome.

4.[3p] Match each emperor to who made him.

5.[2p] Didius Julianus bought the throne in 193. For how many days did he hold it?

6.[2p] The lex de imperio Vespasiani defined the emperor's powers by listing what previous emperors had done.

7.[3p] What does the run of five adoptive emperors after 96 actually show?

8.[3p] Why could a reigning emperor rarely pass over an adult son?

9.[2p] In the second-century sequence of acclamation, donative, senatorial recognition and vote of powers, what did the vote do?

1.[2p]
Claudius paid each praetorian 15,000 sesterces. At a legionary's 900 a year, how many years of pay is that?

2.[3p]
What did Tacitus say the year 69 let out of the bag?

3.[2p]
Put the four emperors of 69 in the order they held Rome.

4.[3p]
Match each emperor to who made him.

5.[2p]
Didius Julianus bought the throne in 193. For how many days did he hold it?

6.[2p]
The lex de imperio Vespasiani defined the emperor's powers by listing what previous emperors had done.

7.[3p]
What does the run of five adoptive emperors after 96 actually show?

8.[3p]
Why could a reigning emperor rarely pass over an adult son?

9.[2p]
In the second-century sequence of acclamation, donative, senatorial recognition and vote of powers, what did the vote do?