Quiz Tomorrow

• Who was the first emperor?
• Caesar Augustus
• Caligula 
• He was Tiberius' adopted grandson and great-nephew 
• Putting him next in line for emperor 
• Started off well: 
• Bonuses to military
• No more treason
• Bad finish
• Fight with Senate
• Claimed to be a god
• Put statues of himself in Jewish temple 
• Slept with other men's wives, and bragged about it 
• Indulged in too much spending and sex
• Tried to make a horse a consul and a priest (not positively true)
• Killed him 
• Claudius 
• Ostracized by his family because of his disabilities 
• had either cerebral palsy or polio
• Rose to the occasion: conquered Britain, built roads, canals, and aqueduct; he renovated it 
• Had an awful marriage to Messalina 
• Unfaithful to him 
• Made a plot to have Claudius and her lover Silius the new emperor 
• Claudius had them killed 
• Religious troubles 
• Christianity and Judaism: monotheistic 
• Romans had many gods, plus emperor was viewed as a god
• A group of Jews, Zealots, tried to rebel 
• Roman troops put them down and burned their temple (except for one wall)
• Holiest of all Jewish shrines 
• Half a million Jews died in the rebellion 
• Persecution of Christians 
• Romans were harsh toward those who would not worship the emperor 
• Used for "entertainment" purposes 
• Despite oppression, Christianity grew quickly