Table of Contents
- 1 What was the main feature of the reform program of Tiberius?
- 2 What was one of Augustus’s important military reforms group of answer choices?
- 3 What was Tiberius known for?
- 4 What was Caligula known for?
- 5 What was the result of the Gracchus brothers Tiberius and Gaius public land reforms?
- 6 Was Tiberius Gracchus a patrician?
- 7 What did Marcus Fulvius Flaccus do to solve the Gracchan problem?
- 8 What was the maximum number of sheep that Gracchus could graze?
What was the main feature of the reform program of Tiberius?
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (163/162–133 BC) was a Popularis Roman politician best known for his agrarian reform law entailing the transfer of land from the Roman state and wealthy landowners to poorer citizens.
What was one of Augustus’s important military reforms group of answer choices?
What was one of Augustus’s important military reforms? He began a permanent standing army. What was one of the advantages of the huge estates, or villas, created in the fourth century? They offered protection in an unsettled world.
What was an important achievement of the Emperor Hadrian?
He was a powerful ruler committed to strengthening the Empire. Hadrian oversaw several important building projects, including the Temple of Venus and Roma and Hadrian’s Wall. Hadrian was one of the ‘Five Good Emperors’ of Rome, a termed coined by philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli in 1503.
What was the central issue in the social war 91 88 BCE?
The Italian Social war (91-88 BC) was a conflict between Rome and her Italian allies, triggered by the refusal of the Romans to give their allies Roman citizenship, and with it a say in the government of the empire that the allies had helped create and defend.
What was Tiberius known for?
Tiberius was a great commander, and historians have neglected his accomplishments. He annexed two new provinces, established a frontier on the Danube that was not penetrated by invaders for almost two centuries. Tiberius’ greatest military achievement was his role in the suppression of the Great Illyrian Revolt.
What was Caligula known for?
Caligula is often remembered as a selfish and capricious ruler whose ineptitude weakened the Roman empire during his four-year reign.
What was a product of Tiberius and Gaius attempted reforms?
World History Ch. 7 The Romans
Question | Answer |
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What was a product of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus’s attempted reforms? | instability and the assassination of Tiberius and Gaius |
From which group did the Romans borrow their style of dress? | Etruscans |
In 53 B.C., the First Triumvirate ended with the death of? | Crassus |
What is emperor Justinian remembered for?
Justinian I served as emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 565. Justinian is best remembered for his work as a legislator and codifier. During his reign, Justinian reorganized the government of the Byzantine Empire and enacted several reforms to increase accountability and reduce corruption.
What was the result of the Gracchus brothers Tiberius and Gaius public land reforms?
Tiberius Gracchus Under Tiberius’ proposal, no one citizen would be able to possess more than 500 iugera of public land (ager publicus) that was acquired during wars. Any excess land would be confiscated to the state and redistributed to the poor and homeless in small plots of about 30 iugera per family.
Was Tiberius Gracchus a patrician?
The boys were the only surviving sons of a tribune, Tiberius Gracchus the Elder (217–154 BCE), and his patrician wife, Cornelia Africana (195–115 BCE), who saw that the boys were educated by the best available Greek tutors and military training.
How did Gaius Gracchi contribute to the reform movement?
He had served on Tiberius’ land commission and had supported Flaccus’ plan. Making the most of his martyred brother’s name, Gaius embarked on a scheme of general reform in which, for the first time in Rome, Greek theoretical influences may be traced.
What did Gaius Attalus do to increase public revenue?
Regarding the increase of public revenue, Gaius put the publicani (public contractors, hitherto chiefly concerned with army and building contracts and with farming minor taxes) in charge of the main tax of Asia—a rich province formed out of Attalus’ inheritance, which would henceforth provide Rome with the major part of its income.
What did Marcus Fulvius Flaccus do to solve the Gracchan problem?
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, chairman of the commission and consul in 125, tried to solve the problem by offering the Italians the citizenship (or alternatively the right to appeal against Roman executive acts to the Roman people) in return for bringing their holdings of public land under the Gracchan law.
What was the maximum number of sheep that Gracchus could graze?
Gracchus’ bill was even more generous than this original allotment, as it allowed for “in addition to placing a maximum of 500 jugera under cultivation, an individual could exploit further areas of ager publicus to graze his livestock,” so that “the maximum of 500 sheep [allowed] was additional to the maximum of 100 cattle” (Tipps, 334).