Self-Mastery Quiz—Roman Empire and Christianity

1. The heir to power after the Civil Wars of the Second Triumvirate was the nephew of Caesar who changed his named from Octavian to the semi-divine title of __________________.

2. Although Augustus controlled very aspect of the government of Rome, he pretended to be just the first among equals by adopting the title of ________________________.

3. The title that gave him absolute authority over all affairs of Rome, which was previously a power reserved only to commanders of Roman troops outside Roman land, is_____________________.

4. Rome’s incredible success in bringing peace and prosperity under Augustus’ reign led to his boast the Rome would give the world 1,000 years of peace called the ___________________.

5. The paranoid and even mentally unstable dynasty of emperors who first ruled in Rome as descendants from the bloodline of Julius Caesar were called the ________________julian claudian

6. The last straw for the Senate and the populace of Rome with this line of emperors was the one who “fiddled while Rome burned” named ____nero

7. The second dynasty established by Vespacian, who was crowned emperor because of his military victory against the Goths in Dacia (today’s Hungary) are the Flavian

8. The second of those emperors, who successfully stamped out a rebellion in Palestine and punished the Jewish people by destroying the temple and dispersing them throughout Europe is Titus

9. The next group of emperors, who were all capable men with proven leadership capabilities because they were all elected by the Senate, and who gave Rome 150 years of peace and prosperity, are called the the five good emperors

10. The most important of these emperors was the one who first toured the Empire and made the important decision to stop trying to expand its borders but to