Friday, December 7, 2007

Two questions about Rome

Please post here. Post only your two most thoughtful questions. Your question log will contain more questions and you should research a few of the more straightforward questions for a few minutes each.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who were the northern and eastern neighbors that the Romans traded with? What did they trade?

What were some of the different honorific titles that the Senate awarded and what had to be done to get these honors?

Anonymous said...

1. Why did most of the Roman leaders get assassinated or commit suicide?

2. Were the Punic wars the only wars that the Romans fought for land?

Anonymous said...

Were there any interactions between the Roman Republic and ATG?

Did the first emperor not born in Italy, Trajan, meet any resistence or lack of support due to his roots?

Anonymous said...

Questions
1. How did Julius Caesars dictatorship lead to "bloody series of civil wars, political crises, and civil disturbances"?

2. What were some of the major differences between Augustus and Julius? (political, character, etc.)

Anonymous said...

Why was Caesar assassinated? Who assassinated him?

What did the Romans trade, with their neighbors?

Anonymous said...

1. Why are some of the reigns of the kings so short such as Vespasian (r. 69–79 A.D.)and Nerva (r. 96–98 A.D.)?
2. Although the Romans had Kings, was it a dictatorial government or was there any influence from the Greek Democracy?

Anonymous said...

It stated, "especially under Augustus and Tiberius, relied more on diplomacy than military force." What did they refer to diplomacy as and how far would they take such a thing just to restore peace?

In the Rome Chronology, it shows that between 235-285 AD that 20 emperors were all killed in succession. What happened to them? Is there any evidence or any reasoning for these coincidental incidents?

Anonymous said...

1) It says that Julius Cesar Died on March 15, which is the Ides of March, but where does this term come from?

2) When it says that Trajan was elevated to the purple, what does that mean? Is it a military or political or other rank?

Anonymous said...

1. I was very confused when the Patricians were described with a status of birthright. What exactly does that mean?

2. How exactly did Rome become a republic?

Anonymous said...

1. How was Rome able to expand from their so called "huts" age to becoming such a grand city state empire.

2. What was the reason for Nero's suicide?

Anonymous said...

1. What are provincials?
2. How did Commodus go from being the one who "successfully made peace on the northern frontier" to causing the "misrule and corruption that were devastating for the empire." ?

Anonymous said...

1. With so many civil wars in Rome did any other area try to intervene and take land from them?

2. What were some of the problems surrounding the switch from a more Greek humanism, to a Catholic religion in Rome? How were the solved?

Anonymous said...

1. If there was a Senate in Imperial Rome, what did it do?

2. How did Caeser ascend to his absolute power when Rome was a Republic?

Anonymous said...

"He [Trajan] had a distinguished military career before being elevated to the purple by Nerva." What does it mean to be elevated to the purple? I would think that it means something good, because purple was very expensive and royalty wore it.


Who were equestrian officers and imperial freedmen, and what did they do? Were they very important?

Anonymous said...

1.What made Hannibal go and do this massive invasion?
2.What made the Romans make such amazing art work for their time?

Anonymous said...

How was the political situation affected by the 20 murders in a short period of 50 years? What was the point of these murders?

It states that Germanic tribes were recruited as mercinaries for the Roman army. Who were the Romans attacking in such full force that it required outside help?

Anonymous said...

At the end of the second article in mentions the Germanic tribes who were hired as mercenaries began to become gain importance politically. What would this entail? (Other than their resettlement and eventual ascension upon the Roman Empire?) Their invasion seems rather circumstantial given the own invasion they were forced to deal with.

How did the concept of an Augustus come about? What does that name mean?