Dictator - full deck Flashcards
(231 cards)
1
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Tiro’s shorthand system
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Notae Tironianae
2
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Quote at start of part one - “The melencholy of the antique world …”
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Flaubert
3
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Part One - Exile
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58-47BC
4
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always …
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a child
5
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Colour of Cicero’s toga during exile
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Black
6
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Governor of Sicily who refuses Cicero permission to land
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Gaius Vergilius
7
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Distance Cicero has to get from Rome
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400 miles
8
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Shrine to be erected on Cicero’s house
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Liberty
9
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Friend providing sanctuary near Brindisium
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Flaccus
10
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Where does Cicero land in Illyricum
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Dyrrachium
11
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Where does Cicero intend making for
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Epirus - Atticus
12
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Governor denying sanctuary in Macedonia
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Apuleius Saturnius
13
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Quaestor offering sanctuary in Thessalonica
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Gnaeus Plancius
14
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Highway to Byzantium
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Egnatia
15
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Town on border with Macedonia
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Lychnidos
16
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Where had Terentia had to take refuge
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House of the Vestal Virgins
17
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Island annexed by Clodius
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Cyprus
18
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Governor of Cyprus
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Cato, assisted by Brutus (nephew)
19
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King of Armenia lodged with
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Lucius Flavius (by Pompey)
20
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Friend of Pompey’s killed by Clodius’s followers
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Marcus Papirius
21
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Couriers between Rome and Thessalonika provided by
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Epiphanes
22
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Who comes to see Cicero from Rome
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Titus Annius Milo
23
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Milo’s gladiator
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Birria
24
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What is Milo’s profession
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Gladiator school
25
Senior consul in Rome at the time of Cicero's exile
Piso
26
Piso governorship after consul
Macedonia
27
Where does Tiro catch up with Caesar
Mutina
28
Caesar's staff officer who recognises Tiro
Publius Crassus (son of Marcus)
29
Caesar's accounts of his campaign
Commentaries
30
Where does Caesar battle with the Helvetii
Bibracte
31
Caesar's aide-de-camp
Aulus Hirtius (later consul)
32
Word Caesar writes on Cicero's letter
Approved
33
Who is at Brindisium to meet Cicero
Tullia
34
Which villa does Cicero inspect on his way back to Rome
Formiae
35
River Almo
Temple of the Great Mother
36
Cicero makes offerings to
Minerva
37
Consul when Cicero returns from exile
Lentulus Spinther, Metellus Nepos
38
Terentia's steward
Philotimus
39
Cicero family dog - terrier, killed
Myia
40
Cicero's nephew
Quintus jr
41
Right of citizens to demonstrate outside house of people responsible for grievance
Flagitatio
42
"It is human nature that what starts as gratitude quickly becomes dependency and ends as
entitlement
43
Cicero appeals the destruction of his house on Victory Rise to
Pontifical college, old Regia
44
Only absent pontiff
Caesar
45
Senior pontiff hearing Cicero's appeal
Publius Albinovanus
46
Statue puporting to by Liberty, installed by Clodius
Statue of courtesan, stolen from Tanagra by Appius, brother of Clodius
47
Compensation granted to Cicero for damage to property
Palatine - 2mTusculum - 0.5mFormiae - 0.25m
48
Who contributes builders to help Cicero
Pompey
49
House Cicero takes refuge in when attacked by Clodios's followers
Tettius Damio
50
Who has had Terentia whipped
Clodia
51
Where is Quintus appointed grain commissioner by Pompey
Sardinia
52
Murdered philosopher
Dio of Alexandria
53
Where was Dio staying
Titus Coponius
54
Who is the exiled pharaoh behind the murder of Dio
Ptolemy XII - the Flute Player
55
Three candidates to assist Ptolemy XII
Spinther, Crassus, Pompey
56
Reward for the restoration of Ptolemy XII
6,000 gold talents
57
Dogs beloved of Egyptians
Greyhounds
58
Ptolemy's 11 year old daughter
Cleopatra
59
Who is accused of killing Dio
Publius Asicius - Pompey's estate manager
60
Present from Ptolemy to Cicero
Jade statue of Hedj-Wer, god of writing - baboon
61
Who provides Asicius with an alibi for the murder of Dio
Rufus
62
Whose house is attacked by the followers of Clodius
Milo
63
Who is Rufus prosecuting for bribery
Bestia
64
Why does Cicero offer to defend Bestia
He saved Publius Sestia in the forum
65
What is the countersuit against Rufus brought by Bestia and Clodius
Political violence, poisoning of Clodia
66
Who defends Rufus against the suit brought by Bestia and Clodius
Cicero
67
Rufus's trial starts on the festival of the ...
great mother
68
Rufus's other advocate
Crassus
69
Atticus's new wife
Pilia
70
Tullia's new husband
Furius Crassipes
71
The Medea of the Palatine
Clodia (Cicero)
72
Blind ancestor of Clodia who Cicero pretend's to be
Appius Claudius
73
New villa left to Cicero in a will
Cumae - Lucrine Lake
74
Pompey's new suburban villa
Pincian Hills
75
Sybil ...
Lives in a jar in Cumae
76
Who brings news of the meeting at Luca to Cicero
Lucius Vibullius Rufus - officer of Pompey's
77
What is the message from the triumvirate in Luca to Cicero
Shut up
78
Where do the Triumvirate meet
Luca (Luca accord)
79
Five year governorships ...
Pompey to Spain, Crassus to Syria
80
What does Cicero call his long letter to Pompey
Palinode
81
Who returns from Cyprus at this time
Cato and Brutus
82
Who grants Quintus a commission at Cicero's request
Caesar
83
Which empire does Crassus attack
Parthian
84
Governor of Syria who restores Ptolemy XII
Gabinius
85
Crassus's wife
Tertulla
86
Publius Crassus's new bride
Cornelia - daughter of Scipio Nasica
87
Who has Milo married
Faustus - twin sister of Sulla
88
Manuscripts in Sulla's library
Aristotle's Politics
89
Cicero's reworking of Aristotle
On the Republic
90
Where does Tiro fall ill
Arpinium
91
Greek doctor sent by Cicero to treat Tiro
Andricus
92
Praetor who frees Tiro
Caius Marcellus
93
Month renamed July
Quintilus
94
Where is Crassus killed
Carrhae
95
Crassus's legate who sends news of his death
Cassius (Longinus)
96
Parthian king
Orodes II
97
Parthian capital
Seleucia
98
Parthian commander
Sillaces
99
Play Crassus's head is used as a prop during
The Bacchae
100
Crassus's mouth filled with
molton gold
101
Elections that year
Clodius as praetor, Milo for consul
102
Fasces of missing consuls placed in ...
Temle of Libitina, goddess of the dead
103
Why does Milo travel to Lanuvium
New priest for the Temple of Juno the Saviour
104
Milo and Clodius fight at
Bovillae, Via Appia
105
Who throws a javelin at Clodius
Birria
106
Who kills Clodius
Milo
107
Senator who brings Clodius's body home
Sextus Tedius
108
Where is Clodius's funeral pyre
Senate chamber
109
In the absence of consuls, who is the interrex
Lepidus
110
Where does the Senate meeting after the chamber is burnt down
Pompey's theatre
111
Who owns the eating house of the eating house plot
Licinius (near Circus Maximus)
112
Who is given the task of selling Milo's assets to help his wife
Philotimus
113
Who marries Cornelia, the widow of Publius Crassus
Pompey
114
Pompey's father in law now ...
Scipio Nasica
115
Province drawn by Cicero
Cilicia (including Cyprus)
116
Cilicia borders ...
Syria
117
Current governor of Cilicia
Appius Clodius Pulcher (Clodius's brother)
118
Standing army for Cicilian governor
14000
119
Praetors Cicero appoints with him for Cilcia
Caius Pomptinus and Quintus
120
Tullia has just been divorced by ...
Crassipes
121
Pompey's summer villa
Tarentum
122
Final victory of Caesar's in Gaul
Uxellodunum (capture of Vercingetorix)
123
What does Caesar do to two thousand gallic fighters at Uxellodunum
Cuts their hands off
124
Principle professor at the Athens academy, Epicurean
Aristus
125
First town in Cilicia
Laodicea
126
Cassius besieged by the son of the King of Parthia at
Antioch
127
Revolting fortress in Cicilia
Pindessium
128
Tullia's new (third) husband
Publius Cornelius Dolabella
129
Greek merchant Tiro stays with while sick in Patrae
Lyso
130
Greek doctor attendingto Tiro in Lyso
Asclapo
131
House Tiro moves to in Patrae
Manius Curius
132
Where does Cicero withdraw to when Caesar invades Italy
Formiae
133
Boys' tutor in Cicilia (informant)
Dionysus
134
Cicero tells Tiro he'll meet "Where I was first visited by Tiro"
Thessalonica
135
Port Caesar seizes in Illyricum
Apollonia
136
Caesar's deputy in the civil war
Mark Anthony
137
Pompey's camp in Illyricum
Apsos
138
Cicero's tent next to Cato's nephew
Brutus
139
Battle won by Pompey
Dyrrachium
140
Via Egnatia
Road to Byzantium
141
Pompey's naval commander in civil war
Caius Coponius
142
Rhodian quniquereme where oarsman has a dream
Europa
143
Decisive battle of civil war, Pompey's defeat
Pharsalus
144
Where do Senate make for following defeat at Pharsalus
Corcyra (Corfu)
145
Temple senate meets in on Corcyra
Zeus
146
Son of Pompey who attacks Cicero
Gnaeus
147
Who saves Cicero from Gnaeus Pompey
Cato
148
Who does Cicero find when he returns to Curius's house in Patrae
Quintus, Marcus, Quintus Jr
149
Where has Pompey fled to meet his wife following defeat at Pharsalus
Lesbos
150
Ex-Tribune who puts Cicero under house arrest when he returns to Italy
Vatinius (ugliest man in Rome)
151
New Master of Horse
Mark Anthony
152
Kill stirring up trouble in Campania
Tiro and Rufus
153
Pompey killed in
Egypt - Pelusium
154
Pompey killed by
Achillas - Egyptian general and Lucius Septimus - military tribune
155
Anthony's wife, later divorced
Antonia
156
Anthony's new wife
Fulvia - widow of Clodius
157
Anthony's mistress
Volumnia Cytheris - nude actress
158
Caesar in Egypt with
Cleopatra
159
Cato raising an army in
Egypt
160
Ceasar returns to Italy via
Tarentum
161
Part Two
Redux - 47BC-43BC
162
Cicero and Terentia divorce at
Tusculum
163
Library at Tusculum
Lyceum (Aristotle)
164
Garden at Tusculum
Academy (Plato)
165
Cicero's favourite statue
Hermathena - gift fromAtticus
166
Book of oratory
Brutus
167
Brutus son of
Servilia - Caesar's old mistress
168
Companion volume to Brutus
Orator
169
Lucullus's property next door now owned by
Hirtius
170
Cassius married to ...
Brutus's sister
171
Woman Tiro encounters in Dolabella's house
Metella
172
Cato commits suicide after battle of
Thaspus
173
Cato dies at
Utica
174
Gaulish chief strangled after Caesar's triumph
Vercingetorix
175
Senate meeting at
Pompey's theatre, Field of Mars
176
Pompey's sons leading uprising in Spain
Gnaeus and Sextus
177
Cicero's new properties
Astura (island) and Puteoli
178
Cicero marries again
Publilia
179
Tullia's sone
Publius Lentulus
180
Tullia dies of
Consumption
181
Cicero's work on grief
Consolation
182
Cicero's work on death
Tusculum Disputations
183
Dolabella wounded at
Munda
184
Ceasar circulates a riposte to Cicero's eulogy of
Cato
185
Client who leaves estate at Puteoli to Cicero
Cluvius
186
Engineer that dies when Caesar is in Puteoli
Mamurra - apoplexy
187
Ceasar has seventh month renamed
July
188
New Master of Horse stationed on Tibur Island on Ides of March
Lepidus
189
Gladiators nearby on the Ides of March provided by
Decimus
190
Caesar first struck by
Tillius Cimber and Publius Casca
191
Who knifes Brutus in the hand
Cassius
192
Caesar's last words
Even you?
193
Brutus cries out
Long Live Cicero
194
Assassins flee to
Capital
195
Who summons the Senate following the assassination
Mark Anthony
196
Lepidus married to
Junia Secunda (Brutus's sister)
197
Anthony convenes Senate at
Temple of Tellus
198
Consul's appointed by Caesar before assassination
Mark Anthony and Dolabella
199
Where did Caesar make a new will
Lavicum
200
Who is now living in Pompey's old house
Mark Anthony
201
Appointed Caesar's heir
Octavius - now Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
202
Octavian is son of
Caesar's niece Atia
203
How much to every citizen in Caesar's will
300s, public park along the Tibur
204
Caesar's eulogy delivered by
Mark Anthony
205
Poet mistakenly killed by mob
Helvius Cinna
206
Who bring Octavian to see Cicero
Balbus
207
New Pontifex Maximum
Lepidus
208
Brutus's current position
Urban Praetor - Games of Apollo
209
"I have put out my books and now my house has
a soul"
210
Cicero gives Tiro ...
On Friendship
211
Agathe owns the bathhouse in
Baiae
212
Natural phenomenon following the death of Caesar
Comet
213
Senate now meeting at
Temple of Concordia
214
Cicero's denounciations of Mark Anthony
Philippics (five)
215
Philippics named after
Demonthenes's oratons against Philip II
216
Atticus's new villa
Lake Volsinii
217
New consuls
Hirtius and Pansa - both die in battle
218
Hirtius suffering from what Hippocrates calls
Carcino
219
Decimus besieged by Mark Anthony at
Mutina (Modena)
220
Cicero says Octavian will be ...
Raised, Praised and Erased
221
Peace delegation sent to Mark Anthony
Piso, Philippus and Servius Sulpicius (who dies)
222
Spartan warriors
"I shall return either with my shield, or on it"
223
Assassin tortured and killed by Dollabella
Trebonius
224
Battle at which Hirtius and Pansa both die
Forum Gallorum
225
"Will the Dog Star still rise on the same date?"
"It will do as it is told"
226
Who does Atticus lend money
Fulvia - Anthony's wife
227
Tiro acquires some ...
Hemlock
228
Elderly neighbour killed in Rome
Caesetius Rufus
229
Where do Octavian, Anthony and Lepidus meet
Bononia
230
Cicero killed at
Formiae
231
Cicero killed by
Caius Popillius Laenas (parricide defendant)
