Fact Sheet for Test in History 223

I. Objective: (Be able to identify all of the following)

A. Names:

Julius Caesar

Cleopatra

Mark Antony

Octavian

Maecenas

Lepidus

Agrippa

Varus

Livia

Tiberius

Julia (either one)

Caligula

Germanicus

Claudius

Messalina

Sejanus

Seneca

Nero

Agrippina

Piso

Otho

Galba

Vitellius

Vespasian

Domitian

Titus

Nerva

Trajan

Tacitus

Hadrian

Antoninus Pius

Marcus Aurelius

Commodus

Septimius Severus

Julia Domna

Caracalla

Elagabulus

Severus Alexander

Diocletian

Constantine

Julian

Justinian

Heraclius

B. Places:

1. Provinces:

Italia

Cisalpine Gaul

Gallia Narbonensis

Gallia Lugdunensis

Hispania

Lusitania

Illyricum

Macedonia

Thracia

Asia

Bithynia

Cilicia

Galatia

Cappadocia

Brittania

Mesopotamia

Arabia

Syria

Judaea

Lycia/Pamphylia

Aegyptus

Numidia

Cyrenaeca

Africa

Mauretania

Pannonia

Moesia

Noricum

Raetia

2. Cities and Islands:

Rome

Carthage

Jerusalem

Antioch

Rhodes

Athens

Actium

Lugdunum

Corsica

Massilia

Mediolanum

Pharsalus

Nicomedia

Syracuse

Alexandria

Damascus

Ephesus

Crete

Cyprus

Vindobona

Sardinia

Londinium

Byzantium/Constantiople

Phillipi

Brundisium

Ctesiphon

3. Rivers, Seas, Mountains:

Alps

Pyrenees

Danube

Po

Nile

Rubicon

Aegean Sea

Bosphorus

Atlas Mountains

Appennines

Carpathians

Rhine

Tigris

Euphrates

Black Sea

Adriatic Sea

Caspian Sea

C. Dates:

753: "mythical" date of the founding of Rome

509: Brutus deposes kings, beginning of republic

450: twelve tables established

48: Caesar defeats Pompey in civil war

44: Caesar is assassinated

43: second triumvirate--Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus

42: Battle of Phillipi

31: Battle of Actium

27: Octavian receives title of Augustus

14-37 (AD): Tiberius emperor

37-41: Caligula emperor

41-54: Claudius emperor

54-68: Nero emperor

68-69: civil war (Galba, Otho, Vitellius)

69-79: Vespasian emperor

79-81: Titus emperor

81-96: Domitian emperor

96-98: Nerva emperor

98-117: Trajan emperor

117-138: Hadrian emperor

138-161: Antoninus Pius emperor

161-180: Marcus Aurelius emperor

180-192: Commodus emperor

193-211: Septimius Severus emperor

211-217: Caracalla emperor

212: universial citizenship declared

218-222: Elegabulus

222-235: Severus Alexander emperor

235-284: period of civil war with near constant revolt (3rd cent. Roman Emperors)

284-305: Diocletian emperor (chief Augustus--tetrarchy)

306-337: Constantine emperor

312: Battle of Milvian Bridge

337-361: Constantius II emperor

361-363: Julian emperor

364-384: Jovian, Valentinian, Valens, Gratian, Valentinian II

384-395: Theodosius emperor

410: Rome sacked by Goths

476: Traditional date for the fall of Rome

527-565: Justinian emperor

610-641: Heraclius emperor

II. Essay/Outline:

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