A) His reign of forty-one years was so long that by his death very few Romans had a firsthand memory of the old republic.
B) His extensive military conquests later in life allowed him to distribute the spoils of war to his army and to the citizens of Rome, thereby ensuring acceptance of his new system.
C) He abolished the hallmark institutions of the republic, including the assemblies, the consulships, the tribunes, and the Senate.
D) His heavy reliance on brute military force and his extravagant demeanor allowed him to terrify not only his political opponents but also the entire population into submission.
F) B) and C)
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A) Augustus died before he could designate a successor.
B) Since the Roman Empire was not formally a monarchy, no successor could automatically inherit the previous emperor's power without the Senate's approval.
C) He feared that establishing a hereditary monarchy would incur divine wrath.
D) He did not wish to limit the powers of the institutions from the republic that were still functioning, including the assemblies and the Senate.
F) B) and C)
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A) Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Alexander the Great
B) Septimius Severus and his sons Caracalla and Geta
C) Antony, Octavian, and Agrippa
D) Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus
F) None of the above
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A) creating inflation, because merchants raised prices to make up for the coins' lower value.
B) stabilizing the economic situation, because there was more money to go around.
C) lowering prices, because people could now afford to buy more goods.
D) reassuring people that the government had sufficient money to maintain peace.
F) A) and B)
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A) Nero
B) Titus
C) Vespasian
D) Caligula
F) A) and C)
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