CLST 201 Lecture Notes - Valerius Severus, Aurelius Victor, Last Roman Emperor
15 Apr 2014
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Exam: out of 100 mc questions 60 are augustus or later, general questions about emperors, events ex. what makes nero famous. Danube frontier, east emperor wanted to be here. Later roman empire: sources, sextus aurelius victor (caesars, eutropius (breviary, eusebius (life of constantine, history of the church, transition from imperial roman history to late roman history, in the east this refers to. Was in rome only twice in 20 years: realized empire too big for one man, still problems on the frontiers therefore he created a new system to ensure empire"s survival. 285 diocletian (east): senior partner aka the augustus. Maximian (west): junior partner aka the caesar. Diocletian realized maximian was weak and therefore appointed 2 other. Now: diocletian = east (asia, syria, egypt), maximian (italy, africa), This is known as a tetrarchy (4 man rule) Capitals: diocletian = nicomedia, maximian = milan, constantius = trier, Galerius and constantius moved up to augusti, need to pick 2 new.
