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EURO CIV fall 2011
Unit 1
17
History
Undergraduate 1
08/24/2011

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What year did Marcus Aurelius die?
Definition
180 A.D.
Term
Who was Aurelius's less capable son?
Definition
Commodus
Term
Who assassinated Commodus and what year did he die?
Definition
His bodyguards, 192 A.D.
Term
When did the West and East divide?
Definition
260's
Term
When did Diocletian take the throne?
Definition
284
Term
When did Diocletian retire?
Definition
305
Term
What was the Praetorian Auction?
Definition
Commodus's body guards selling the throne
Term
Who bid to become the emperor and how much did they offer?
Definition

1) Sulpicianus - 20,000 sesterces

 

2) Didius Julianus - 25,000 sesterces (became emperor)

Term
What kingdoms did the empire fragment into?
Definition
Gallic Empire & Palmyra(260-273)
Term
To what percentage of silver were coins devalued and in what year did this occur?
Definition

70% silver in 190 A.D.

 

5% silver in 270 A.D.

Term
Who conquered the 2 broken-away kingdoms, built a wall, and died after 5 years of rule?
Definition
Aurelian
Term
Where was Diocletian born?
Definition
Croatia
Term
What were Diocletian's 4 main solutions?
Definition

1) Divine Majesty

 

2) The Tetrarchy

 

3) Reorganization of map

 

4) Edict on Maximum Prices

Term
How many dioceses and provinces existed under Diocletian?
Definition
12 dioceses & 100 provinces
Term
When was the Edict on Prices?
Definition
301
Term
Where were the two western rulers during Diocletian's reign?
Definition

 

  1. Mediolanum (west) - Home of co-Emperor Maximian

 

  1. Trier (west) - Home of Constantius 1 , Maximian's Caesar
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Who were the two eastern rulers during Diocletian's reign?
Definition

 

  1. Byzantium & Nicomedia (east) - Home of Emperor Diocletian

  1. Thessalonica (east) - Home of Galerius, Diocletian's Caesar
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