AR105 Final: roman civ exam notes.doc
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Reorganized the army into 10 cohorts of 500-600. Anyone not part of the war was granted citizenship: 89 bc lex plautia. Anyone who let down their arms upon the first call was granted. How did he set the stage fro the imperial period: caesar become consul and dictator 10 years, reforms. 44 bc people name him dictator for life: senate 600-900, forgave interest on loans, wiping out of the debt, recolonizing and colonizing, revised the calendar to 365, encouraged public building. 1st wood amphitheatre: the ides of march, the death of caesar 44 bc, stabbed to death by 60 senators led by brutus, end of the republic, mark antony consul, kept his reforms. Police, firefighters, temple forces, postal: pax romana, the ara pacis, reforms. Julio claudians: tiberius, caligula, claudius, 14 -37 ad, 37- 41 ad, 41-54 ad, instigated by praetorian guard, expansion, possibly poisoned by argippina, buildings, 54-68 ad, great fire 64 ad, death civil war, nero.