Test Review

• Who was the first official emperor? 
• Caesar Augustus 
• begins the Pax Romana (roman peace and prosperity) 
• Caligula 
• Tiberius' adopted grandson 
• next in line for emperor 
• started well 
• "completely blissful" in the first 7 months 
• bad finish
• began to fight with senate
• claimed to be a God and had statues 
• assassinated by his own aides AD 41
• spent lots of money (the empire's money) 
• tried to make his horse a consul and priest (that's what his critics say at least)

Claudius 

• ostracized by his own family because of disabilities
• he was the last adult male in his family when Caligula was killed 
• he conquered Britain 
• renovated the Circus Maximus
• bad marriage to Messalina (unfaithful) 
• Claudius has her killed  

Religion 

• Christianity and Judaism: monotheistic (one God)
• Romans had many gods, emperor was sometimes viewed as a god
• Zealots tried to rebel, but Roman troops put them down and burned their temple
• the Western Wall today is the holiest of all Jewish shrines 
• half a million Jews died in the rebellion 
• Romans were harsh toward those who did not worship the emperor 
• Often used for "entertainment" purposes in the Colosseum
• Christianity grew quickly (10% Rome were Christians by AD 100) 

Nero 

Test Questions 

• Who was the first group to settle in Italy 
• Latins 
• This Latin phrase means "public affairs" 
• Res publica 
• Rome was centrally and strategically located on this river
• Tiber