78 BC - 62 BC Flashcards
(246 cards)
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When was the War against Sertorius?
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80-73 BC
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What war was from 80-73 BC?
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War against Quintus Sertorius
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Was Sertorius pro- or anti-Sullan?
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Anti-Sullan
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Sertorius was governor of what region during the war against him?
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Spain
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Who claimed a white fawn, a gift of Diana, gave him advice and followed him?
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Quintus Sertorius
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Sertorius claimed he received this gift from Diana, giving him advice and following him
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A white fawn
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Sertorius claimed he received a white fawn as a gift from what deity, which gave him advice and followed him?
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Diana
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Who received the command against Sertorius first in 79 BC?
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus
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Metellus received command against what man in 79 BC?
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Quintus Sertorius
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When did Metellus Pius receive his command against Sertorius?
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79 BC
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Who shared the command against Sertorius with Metellus?
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Pompey shared command against Sertorius with what man?
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus
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Pompey and Metellus shared the command against what man?
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Quintus Sertorius
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What man ultimately killed Sertorius?
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Marcus Perperna
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Perperna killed what Roman, leader of a rebellion against Rome from 122-73 BC?
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Quintus Sertorius
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Who willed Bithynia to Rome in 74 BC?
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Nicomedes IV
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When did Nicomedes IV will Bithynia to Rome?
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74 BC
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What kingdom of his did Nicomedes IV will to Rome in 74 BC?
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Bithynia
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Mithridates VI allied with what son-in-law of his during the Third Mithridatic War?
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Tigranes II
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Name the father-in-law of Tigranes II that he allied with during the Third Mithridatic War
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Mithridates VI
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What kingdom did Tigranes II rule over?
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Armenia
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Who ruled the kingdom of Armenia during the Third Mithridatic War?
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Tigranes II
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Who first received the main command against Mithridiates VI during the Third Mithridatic War?
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Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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Lucullus first received the command against what king of Pontus during that king’s rebellion against Rome?
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Mithridates VI
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Name the co-consul of Lucullus the year he received the command against Mithridates VI (74 BC)
Marcus Aurelius Cotta
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Cotta was co-consul with what man in 74 BC, the start of the Third Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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When was the Battle of Tigranocerta?
69 BC
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What battle was in 69 BC?
Battle of Tigranocerta
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Name the victorius Roman commander at Tigranocerta?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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Lucullus invated what city in Armenia in 69 BC, notably without senatorial permission?
Tigranocerta
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When was the First Battle of Zela?
67 BC
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What battle was in 67 BC?
First Battle of Zela
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Name the victor and loser at the First Battle of Zela
Mithridates VI defeats Gaius Triarius (legate of Lucullus)
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Who took command against Mithridates VI after Lucullus during the Third Mithridatic War?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Pompey took command from who against Mithridates VI during the Third Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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What Roman commander brought back the apricot and cherry to Rome?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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What two fruits did Lucullus bring back to Rome from fighting with Mithridates VI?
Apricot and Cherry
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What fruit was known as the *malum armeniacum*?
Apricot
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What would the Romans have called an apricot?
Malum Armeniacum
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What fruit was known as the *cerasus*?
Cherry
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What would the Romans have called a cherry?
Cerasus
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When was the Third Servile War?
73 - 71 BC
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What war was from 73 - 71 BC?
Third Servile War
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What Thracian slave led the rebellion in the Third Servile War?
Spartacus
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Where was Spartacus from?
Thrace
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Who did the Senate appoint in order to defeat Spartacus?
Marcius Licinius Crassus
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Crassus was appointed by the Senate in order to defeat what man during his rebellion from 73-71 BC?
Spartacus
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What triumvir was famous for his willingness to defend anyone in court?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
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To what ciry did Crassus pursue Spartacus before Pompey ended things?
Bruttium
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Who crucified 5000 of Spartacus' slaves along the *Via Appia*, allowing him to take credit for ending the Third Servile War?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Pompey crucified 5000 of Spartacus' slaves along what Roman road?
Via Appia
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Who did Pompey steal credit from for ending the Third Servile War?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
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Pompey crucified how many of Spartacus' slaves along the Via Appia?
5000
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Who lived from 106-43 BC?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
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Give the lifespan of Cicero
106-43 BC
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Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
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What famous Roman orator was born at Arpinum?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
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Who prosecuted Verres, a corrupt governor of Sicily, on a charge of extortion 70 BC?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
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Who did Cicero prosecute, a corrupt governor of Sicily, on a charge of extortion in 70 BC?
Gaius Verres
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When did Cicero prosecute Verres for extortion?
70 BC
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What did Cicero prosecute Verres for in 70 BC?
Extortion
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Who was Cicero's opponent, defending Verres on a charge for extortion?
Hortensius Hortalus
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Hortenius Hortalus went up against who when defending Verres on a charge of extortion in 70 BC?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
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Who was called the "first foreign king at Rome since the Tarquins"?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
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What nickname was given to the *novus homo* from Arpinum, Cicero (other than *pater patriae*)?
First foreign king at Rome since the Tarquins
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Who lived from 100-44 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
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Give the lifespan of Caesar
100-44 BC
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Name the aunt of Caesar, who was also the husband of Marius?
Julia
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Caesar's aunt Julia was the wife of what famous *novus homo* from Arpinum?
Gaius Marius
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Give the name of Caesar's first wife, also the daughter of Cinna
Cornelia Cinnae
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Cornelia Cinnae was the first wife of what famous Roman dictator?
Gaius Julius Caesar
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Name the father of Cornelia Cinnae, the first wife of Caeasar
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
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Name the tribune that removed Lucullus from his command in Bithynia
Aulus Gabinius
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What law was passed in 67 BC?
Lex Gabinia
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When was the Lex Gabinia passed?
67 BC
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Who passed the Lex Gabinia?
Aulus Gabinius
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Gabinius removed what man from his command in Bithynia?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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What did the Lex Gabinia do?
Made Pompey supreme commander over the Meditteranean in order to defeat the pirates that had attacked Ostia
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What law made Pompey supreme commander over the Meditteranean in order to defeat the pirates that had attacked Ostia?
Lex Gabinia
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In how much time did Pompey rid the Meditteranean of its pirates?
40 days
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Who rid the Meditteranean of the pirates that had attacked Ostia in 40 days, during 67 BC?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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When was the Lex Manilia passed?
66 BC
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What law was passed in 66 BC?
Lex Manilia
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Who passed the Lex Manilia?
Gaius Manilius
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Manilius passed what law in 66 BC?
Lex Manilia
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What did the Lex Manilia do?
Gave Pompey supreme command of all forces in Asia Minor, to fight Mithridates VI
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What law gave Pompey supreme command of all forces in Asia Minor, to fight Mithridates VI?
Lex Manilia
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After his subjects turned on him, what Roman enemy commander killed himself in 63 BC?
Mithridates VI
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When did Mithridates VI die?
63 BC
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Name the son of Mithridates VI who allied with Rome (Pompey) to gain the kingdom of Bosporus
Pharnaces II
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Name the father of Pharnaces II
Mithridates VI
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What kingdom did Pharnaces II get by giving his father Mithridates VI's body to Pompey (aka allying with Rome)?
Bosporus
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Name the three people that ran for consul in 63 BC
Lucius Sergius Catilina, Gaius Antonius Hybrida, Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Cicero, Antonius Hybrida, and Catiline all ran for consul in what year?
63 BC
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Who were the consuls of 63 BC
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Gaius Antonius Hybrida
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Cicero and Hybrida were consuls of what year?
63 BC
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In 63 BC, what tribune proposed a land law that would set up a commission regulating land distribution?
Publius Servillius Rullus
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Whose laws in 63 BC was portrayed as a plot against Pompey by Cicero?
Publius Servillius Rullus
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Rullus' laws of 63 BC was portrayed by Cicero as a plot against what man, because they achieved something he had been promising his soldiers?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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When were Rullus' laws passed?
63 BC
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At Caesar's instigation, what elderly knight was prosecuted for murdering Saturninus (ally of Marius)?
Rabirius
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Rabirius was prosecuted for murdering what man, who was subject to the second *senatus consultum ultimum*?
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus
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When was the Second Catilinarian Conspiracy?
63 BC
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Whose conspriacy was in 63 BC?
Catiline's
| It was considered the second because Cicero *thought* there was a first
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Who ran for consulship for the second time in 62 BC, losing because of Cicero once again?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
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When did Catiline try running for consul for the second time, losing again due to the efforts of Cicero?
62 BC
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After losing consulship for the 2nd time in 62 BC, who formed an army under Manlius in Etruria and Sura, hoping to get rid of Cicero?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
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Catiline formed an army under Manlius and Sura against what man due to losing consulship twice due to him?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
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What two people gave Cicero information about the Second Catilinarian Conspiracy?
- A conspirator's wife, Fulvia
- The tribe of the Allobroges
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Fulvia and the Allobroges tribe gave Cicero information about whose conspiracy?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
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When was the Battle of Pistoria?
62 BC
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What battle was in 62 BC?
Battle of Pistoria
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Who died fighting at Pistoria against Antonius Hybrida and Petreius?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
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Catiline died at Pistoria fighting against what two men?
Antonius Hybrida, Marcus Petreius
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During what battle did Catiline die?
Battle of Pistoria
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Who died in 62 BC?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
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When did Catiline die?
62 BC
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When was the Bona Dea Scandal?
62 BC
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What famous scandal occurred in 62 BC?
Bona Dea Scandal
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Who was the subject of the Bona Dea Scandal?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
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Clodius Pulcher was the subject of what famous scandal of 62 BC?
Bona Dea Scandal
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What did Clodius Pulcher do in the Bona Dea festival of 62 BC?
Snuck in using the guise of a woman
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Who snuck into the Bona Dea festival under the guise of a woman?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
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Who was the alleged lover of Clodius Pulcher, the second wife of Caesar?
Pompeia
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Pompeia, the second wife of Caesar, was the alleged lover of who?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
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Who lived from 122-73 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
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How long did Sertorius live for?
122-73 BC
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What two people are appointed as Roman commanders against Sertorius?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Metellus Pius
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Pompey the Great and Metellus Pius were made commanders against what rebel in Spain, from 80-73 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
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Name the capable legate of Sertorius who is defeated by Metellus Pius at Segovia
Lucius Hirtuleius
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Hirtuleius was a capable legate under what rebel, who was killed by Perperna Vento in 72 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
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What Roman commander defeatd Sertorius' legate Hirtuleius at Segovia?
Metellus Pius
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Where does Metellus Pius defeat Hirtuleius?
Segovia
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When was the battle of Lauro River?
76 BC
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What battle was in 76 BC?
Battle of Lauro River
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At what battle in 76 BC did Sertorius defeat Pompey in hand to hand combat?
Battle of Lauro River
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Who did Sertorius defeat in hand to hand combat at Lauro River in 76 BC?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Who defeated Pompey in hand to hand combat at Lauro River in 76 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
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What was unique about the way Sertorius defeated Pompey at the Lauro River in 76 BC?
It was through hand-to-hand combat
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Name the granddaughter of Sulla, the second wife of Caesar
Pompeia
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Pompeia, the second wife of Caesar, was the granddaughter of what notable Roman dictator?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
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Name the father of Mark Antony, who gained a humiliating cognomen because of his failure to clear the Mediterranean Sea of pirates by losing at Crete in 68 BC
Marcus Antonius Creticus
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Creticus was the father of what famous Roman, a 2nd *triumvir*?
Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony)
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Where did Creticus get decisively defeated by the Meditteranean pirates in 68 BC?
Crete
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Who decisively defeated Creticus at Crete in 68 BC?
Meditteranean pirates
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When did the Meditteranean pirates decisively defeat Creticus at Crete?
68 BC
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Name the *lanista* of Spartacus in Capua, who he escaped from to start the 3rd Servile War?
Lentulus
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Lentulus was the *lanista* of what Thracian slave, who escaped from him to start the Third Servile War?
Spartacus
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Where was the *lanista* Lentulus' gladiator school located?
Capua
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What Gaul aids Spartacus during his revolt?
Crixus
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The Gaul Crixus aided what Thracian slave in his revolt, the third of its kind?
Spartacus
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Name the consuls of 74 BC, the start of the 3rd Mithridatic War
Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Marcus Aurelius Cotta
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When was the Third Mithridatic War?
74-63 BC
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What war was from 74-63 BC?
Third Mithridatic War
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Lucullus and Aurelius Cotta were consuls of what year, the start of the Third Mithridatic War?
74 BC
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What war was caused by Rome annexing Bithynia, having been bequeathed to them by Nicomedes IV in 74 BC?
Third Mithridatic War
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The Third Mithridatic War was caused by Rome annexing what kingdom, having been bequeathed to them by Nicomedes IV in 74 BC?
Bithynia
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Name the victorious and losing commanders at the Battle of Chalcedon, in the Third Mithridatic War
Victor: Mithridates IV
Loser: Marcus Aurelius Cotta
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At what battle was Aurelius Cotta decisively defeated by Mithridates VI, in the early Third Mithridatic War?
Battle of Chalcedon
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When was the Battle of Cyzicus?
74 BC
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What battle was in 74 BC?
Battle of Cyzicus
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Name the victorious and losing commanders at Cyzicus in 74 BC?
Victorious: Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Loser: Mithridates VI
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When was the battle of Lemnos?
73 BC
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What battle was in 73 BC?
Battle of Lemnos
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Name the victorious and losing commanders at Lemnos in 73 BC?
Victorious: Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Loser: Mithridates VI
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When was the battle of Cabira?
72 BC
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What battle was in 72 BC?
Batle of Cabira
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Name the victorious and losing commanders at Cabira in 72 BC
Victorious: Lucius Licinius Lucullus + Deitoraurus of Galatia
Losing: Mithridates VI
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At what three battles in 74, 73, and 72 BC respectively did Lucullus defeat Mithridates VI, during the Third Mithridatic War?
Battle of Cyzicus, Battle of Lemnos, Battle of Cabira
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What Galatian chieftain assisted Lucullus in defeating Mithridates VI at Cabira in 72 BC?
Deiotarus
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Who did Deitoarus of Galatia assist in defeating Mithridates VI at Cabira in 72 BC?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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What kingdom did Deiotarus rule over?
Galatia
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Name the captial of Armenia that Lucullus approached after Mithridates VI fled to its ruler, Tigranes II
Artaxata
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Artaxata was the captial of what kingodm?
Armenia
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At what battle did Mithridates VI annihilate two legions under Gaius Triarius, a legate of Lucullus, in 67 BC?
1st Battle of Zela
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Gaius Triarius was the legate of what Roman commander?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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Name the legate of Lucullus who got annihilated by Mithridates VI at Zela in 67 BC?
Gaius Triarius
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Who replaced Lucullus to be the second person put in charge against Mithridate VI, during the Third Mithridatic War?
Manius Acilius Glabrio
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Glabrio replaced what person to be the second person put in charge against Mithridates VI, during the Third Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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Glabrio replaced Lucullus to be the second person put in charge against what foreign enemy?
Mithridates VI
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Who is put in charge against Mithridates VI after Glabrio, being the third person to be put in that position?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Pompey replaced what man to be the third person put in charge against Mithridates VI?
Manius Acilius Glabrio
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Pompey replaced Glabrio to be the third person put in charge against what foreign enemy?
Mithridates Vi
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When was the Battle of Nicopolis?
63 BC
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What battle was in 63 BC?
Battle of Nicopolis
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What battle ends the Third Mithridatic War, in 63 BC?
Battle of Nicopolis
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The Battle of Nicopolis (63 BC) ends what war?
Third Mithridatic War
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Name the victorious and losing commanders at Nicopolis, in 63 BC
Victorious: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Losing: Mithridates VI
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At what battle in the Third Mithridatic War did Pompey decisively defeat Mithridates VI, in 63 BC?
Battle of Nicopolis
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Where did Mithridates VI commit suicide in 63 BC?
Panticapaeum
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Who commtited suicide at Panticapaeum in 63 BC?
Mithridates VI
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Where did Verres flee after being convicted of embezzlement, despite Cicero defending him?
Massilia
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What corrupt Sicilian governor fled to Massilia after being convicted of embezzlement, despite Cicero defeinding him in 70 BC?
Lucius Verres
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Who is said to have wept at a statue of Alexander the Great while serving his questorship in Spain, in 69 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
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Caesar is said to have wept at a statue of what man, while serving his quaestorship at Spain in 69 BC?
Alexander the Great
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Where did Caesar spend his quaestorship in 69 BC?
Spain
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Who spent his quaestorship in Spain during 69 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
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When was Caesar quaestor?
69 BC
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Who was quaestor in 69 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
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What two Jewish brothers fought for the throne of Judean kingship in 67 BC?
John Hyrcanus and Aristobulus
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Hyrcanus and Aristobulus fought for the throne of what kingdom in 67 BC?
Judean
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When were Hyrcanus and Aristobulus fighting for the throne of Judean kingship?
67 BC
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When was Cato the Younger quaestor, prosecuting corrupt quaestors?
65 BC
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Whose quaestor-ship was in 65 BC, which he spent prosecuting corrupt quaestors?
Cato the Younger
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What did Cato the Younger do during his quaestor-ship of 65 BC?
Prosecuted other, corrupt quaestors
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Who sought to buy the consulship of 65 BC with the help of Crassus, a censor that year, but failed?
Lucius Sergius Catalina
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Catiline sought to buy the consulship of what year with the help of Crassus a censor, but failed?
65 BC
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Catiline sought to buy the consulship of 65 BC with the help of what censor, failing regardless?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
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When was Crassus censor?
65 BC
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Who was censor in 65 BC?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
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Who had an affair with Servilia from 64 BC to his death, in 44 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
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Who did Caesar have an affair with from 64 BC to his death?
Servilia
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When did Caesar start having an affair with Servilia?
64 BC
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Name the mother of M. Iunius Brutus, half-sister of Cato the Younger, and mother-in-law of Cassius Longinus, the mistress of Caesar?
Servilia
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Servilia was the mother of what man, one of the assassins of Caesar?
Marcus Iunius Brutus
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Servilia was the half-sister of what man, who was forced to Cyprus temporarily by Clodius Pulcher?
Cato the Younger
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Servilia was the mother-in-law of what man, an assassin of Caesar?
Gaius Cassius Longinus
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What two people helped Catiline build an army to march on Rome to get rid of Cicero?
Gaius Manlius, Lentulus Sura
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Where did Gaius Manlius get people from to fuel Catiline's army to march against Rome?
Etruria
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Who got people from Etruria to help fuel Catiline's march against Rome?
Gaius Manlius
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Where did Sura get people from to help fuel Catiline's March against Rome?
Rome
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Who got people from Rome to help fuel Catiline's march against Rome?
Lentulus Sura
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Sura was the step-father of what man, a 2nd *triumvir*?
Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony)
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Who was the step-father of Mark Antony, helping Catiline by enlisting Romans to March against Rome with him?
Lentulus Sura
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What nickname did Cicero receive for stopping the Catilinarian conspiracy?
*Pater Patriae*
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Who received the title *Pater Patriae* for stopping the Catilinarian conspiracy?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Letters intercepted at what location by the Allobroges were brought to Cicero, informing him of the Catilinarian conspiracy forming under him?
Milvian Bridge
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What tribe intercepted letters at the Milvian Brdige, bringing them to Cicero to inform him of the Catilinarian conspiracy forming under him?
Allobroges
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During the trial of Clodius Pulcher for the Bona Dea Scandal, who was the prosecutor of Clodius?
Cato the Younger
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Cato the Younger was the prosecutor of what man on his trial for the Bona Dea Scandal?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
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Name the notable testifier at Clodius Pulcher's trial, which sparked a huge rivalry between them
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Cicero was a testifier against what man on his trial for the Bona Dea Scandal?
Publuis Clodius Pulcher
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Clodius Pulcher was acquitted from his trial for the Bona Deal Scandal thanks to the bribery of what *triumvir*?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
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Who was acquitted from his trial thanks to the bribery of Crassus, looking over his part in the Bona Dea Scandal?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
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Name the 4 slave leaders who helped Spartacus during the Third Servile War
Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, Oenomaus
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Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus all helped what man revolt against Rome from 73-71 BC?
Spartacus
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Who was the sole-consul of 68 BC?
Marcius Rex
| Think of him as the guy who was consul a year before Gabinius
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In what year was Marcius Rex sole-consul?
68 BC
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Who finally managed to complete what Creticus failed to do by clearing pirates from Crete and subsequently establishing it as a province?
Quintus Metellus Creticus
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Metellus Creticus established what region as a province for Rome by clearing the pirates from it, an endeavor Antonius Creticus failed to do?
Crete
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What man was a legate under the rebel M. Lepidus, but was more well-known for murdering Sertorius?
Marcus Perperna
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Perperna, the murderer of Sertorius, was a legate under what previous Roman rebel?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
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Who was the first to climb over the walls of the Temple of Jerusalem when it was stormed by Pompey in 63 BC?
Faustus Sulla
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Faustus Sulla was the first to climb over the walls of what structure when it was stormed by Pompey in 63 BC?
Temple of Jerusalem
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What Roman commander stormed the Temple of Jerusalem in 63 BC?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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When did Pompey storm the Temple of Jerusalem, against the wishes of Aristobulus II?
63 BC
