Lesson test: The system Augustus left

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The system Augustus left

1.[3p]
What was the legal basis of the emperorship as Augustus left it?

A bundle of existing republican powers held permanently by one man

Correct

A law of 27 BC creating the office of emperor

The answer is: A bundle of existing republican powers held permanently by one man

A revived kingship with a coronation and regalia

The answer is: A bundle of existing republican powers held permanently by one man

A lifetime dictatorship voted by the Senate

The answer is: A bundle of existing republican powers held permanently by one man

2.[3p]
Which of these did Augustus hold?

Select all that apply

Tribunician power, without holding the office of tribune

Correct

Proconsular imperium that did not lapse when he entered Rome

Correct

The office of pontifex maximus, from 12 BC

Correct

The dictatorship, from 22 BC

The answer is: Tribunician power, without holding the office of tribune, Proconsular imperium that did not lapse when he entered Rome, The office of pontifex maximus, from 12 BC

3.[2p]
Augustus counted his tribunician power annually. For how many years did he count it?

CorrectNot quite: 37

4.[2p]
A legionary was paid 900 sesterces a year and received 12,000 on discharge. How many years of pay is the bounty?

CorrectNot quite: 13.33

5.[3p]
Twenty-eight legions of 5,000 men on twenty-year terms discharge one twentieth each year, at 12,000 sesterces a head. What is the annual bill, in millions of sesterces?

CorrectNot quite: 84

6.[3p]
Match each power to what it gave him.

tribunicia potestas
proconsular imperium
pontifex maximus

authority over the state religion
a veto and legal standing inside the city
command outranking every provincial governor

Show the answer

tribunicia potestas: a veto and legal standing inside the city proconsular imperium: command outranking every provincial governor pontifex maximus: authority over the state religion

7.[2p]
The Res Gestae names Mark Antony as Augustus's opponent.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

8.[3p]
Put Augustus's intended heirs in the order they died or were adopted.

Tiberius is adopted
Lucius Caesar dies
Agrippa dies
Marcellus dies

Show the answer

a, b, c, d

9.[2p]
Why did Augustus refuse the dictatorship in 22 BC?

The word carried Sulla's proscriptions and Caesar's murder with it

Correct

He was legally barred from holding it

The answer is: The word carried Sulla's proscriptions and Caesar's murder with it

The Senate had abolished the office

The answer is: The word carried Sulla's proscriptions and Caesar's murder with it

He already held it under another name

The answer is: The word carried Sulla's proscriptions and Caesar's murder with it

1.[3p] What was the legal basis of the emperorship as Augustus left it?

2.[3p] Which of these did Augustus hold?

3.[2p] Augustus counted his tribunician power annually. For how many years did he count it?

4.[2p] A legionary was paid 900 sesterces a year and received 12,000 on discharge. How many years of pay is the bounty?

5.[3p] Twenty-eight legions of 5,000 men on twenty-year terms discharge one twentieth each year, at 12,000 sesterces a head. What is the annual bill, in millions of sesterces?

6.[3p] Match each power to what it gave him.

7.[2p] The Res Gestae names Mark Antony as Augustus's opponent.

8.[3p] Put Augustus's intended heirs in the order they died or were adopted.

9.[2p] Why did Augustus refuse the dictatorship in 22 BC?

1.[3p]
What was the legal basis of the emperorship as Augustus left it?

2.[3p]
Which of these did Augustus hold?

3.[2p]
Augustus counted his tribunician power annually. For how many years did he count it?

4.[2p]
A legionary was paid 900 sesterces a year and received 12,000 on discharge. How many years of pay is the bounty?

5.[3p]
Twenty-eight legions of 5,000 men on twenty-year terms discharge one twentieth each year, at 12,000 sesterces a head. What is the annual bill, in millions of sesterces?

6.[3p]
Match each power to what it gave him.

7.[2p]
The Res Gestae names Mark Antony as Augustus's opponent.

8.[3p]
Put Augustus's intended heirs in the order they died or were adopted.

9.[2p]
Why did Augustus refuse the dictatorship in 22 BC?