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2nd king of Rome, peaceful reign

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Numa Pompilius

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1st king of Rome

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Romulus

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Nymph and prophetess who advised Numa Pompilius

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Egeria

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3rd king of Rome

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Tullus Hositilius

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4th king of Rome

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Ancus Marcius

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5th king of Rome, Etruscan

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Tarquinius Priscus

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6th king of Rome

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Servius Tullius

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7th and final king of Rome

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Tarquinius Superbus (the proud)

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Where did Spartacus train?

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Capua

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The women raped by Romulus were of which tribe?

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Sabines

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Which emperor built the Theater of Amman?

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Marcus Aurelius

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Which emperor was Caracella’s father?

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Lucius Septimius Severus

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Who does Caesar have to thank for Pompey’s death?

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Ptolemy XIII

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Who was Constantine fighting when he had a vision compelling him to paint crosses on his army’s shields?

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Emperor Maxentius

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What words did Constantine see painted across the sky next to a cross in his dream?

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In hoc signo vinces = in this sign you will conquer

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Which king destroyed Alba Longa?

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Tullius Hositilius

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Which king built the seaport at Ostia?

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Ancus Marcius

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Which king built the Cloaca Maxima, the Circus Maximus, and the Temple of Jupiter?

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Tarquinius Priscus

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Which king created social classes based on wealth?

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Servius Tullius

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The son of which king raped Lucretia?

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Tarquinius Superbus

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In the first century AD, Emperor Vespasian introduced what unusual tax?

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The urine tax

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Which emperor killed his mother Agrippina and his wife Octavia?

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Nero

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What were Nero’s last words?

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Qualis artifex pereo! = What an artist I die!

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The wife of which emperor was executed for entering into a contest with a prostitute over who could get the most clients in one night?

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Emperor Claudius

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In what year did Spartacus lead the slave revolt?
73 BC
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Who did Cinncinatus fight as dictator?
The Aequi and the Vosci
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Who were Romulus' adoptive parents?
Faustulus and Galerentia
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Who was Romulus's mother?
Rhea Silvia
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Which king is Ancus Marcius's grandfather?
Numa Pompilius
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How did Tullus Hostilius die?
He was struck by lightning (by performing the rites of Jupiter Elicius incorrectly)
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How did Tarquinius Priscus become king?
The previous king's sons were on vacation, and there was no available heir
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Who was Tarquinius Priscus's wife?
Tanaquil
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What omen caused Tanaquil to think Servius Tullius would become king?
His head burst into flame
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How did Servius Tullius die?
His daughter conspired with Tarquinius Superbus to take the throne and run him over with a chariot
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Where was Catullus born?
Verona
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Who is "Lesbia" most likely?
Clodia Metelli
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Who pioneered the neoteric style of poetry in the Alexandrian school?
Callimachus
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Where was Vergil born?
Andes, in Cisalpine Gaul
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Who wrote the Bucolics/Ecolgues?
Vergil
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Who wrote the Georgics?
Vergil
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Vergil's full name?
Publius Vergilius Maro
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Who coined the saying "tempus fugit"?
Vergil, in the Georgics
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How many books are in the Aeneid?
12
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What is Horace's full name?
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Where was Horace born?
Venusia
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Who wrote two books of ten satires each, one in 33 BC and another in 30 BC?
Horace
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Who pioneered a new form of verse with the Epodes and Odes?
Horace
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Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare are part of what collection?
Horace's epistles (moral essays written as letters in hexameter)
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What is Ovid's full name?
Publius Ovidius Naso
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Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
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Who wrote the Amores?
Ovid
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Who wrote Ars Amatoria?
Ovid
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Who wrote the Heroides/Epistulae Heroidum?
Ovid
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Who wrote the Metamorphoses?
Ovid
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What is Seneca's full name?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba, in Hispania
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Second wife of Claudius and mother of Nero
Agrippina
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From which Greek playwrights did Seneca adapt Oedipus and Agamemnon?
Sophocles and Aeschylus, respectively
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Who pioneered the Roman tragedy, with scenes of horror and use of asides and soliloquies?
Seneca the Younger
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Who wrote Pharsalia/De Bello Civile?
Lucan
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What nephew of Seneca the Younger was also a friend of Nero and a successful poet in his own right?
Lucan
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Who wrote five books of Satire in dactylic hexameter circa 110 AD?
Juvenal
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What is Juvenal's full name?
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
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Who wrote Naturalis Historia?
Pliny the Elder
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What was Pliny the Younger's full name?
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
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Who wrote the Lives of the Twelve Caesars?
Suetonius
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Who wrote De Viris Illustribus?
Suetonius
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What four men claimed the throne in 69 AD?
Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian
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Who wrote the Germania?
Tacitus
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Who wrote the Annals, about the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero?
Tacitus
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Who wrote Ab Urbe Condita?
Livy
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What is Livy's full name?
Titus Livius
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What is the first Gallic tribe Caesar faces in 58 BC?
Helvetii, formerly led by Orgetorix
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Which coastal tribe rebels in 56 BC and is ultimately defeated in a naval battle by Caesar?
Veneti
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At what battle does Caesar defeat Vercingetorix and his fourteen tribe revolt?
Alesia
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At what battle are Caesar's forces almost defeated by Vercingetorix's Gallic rebellion?
Gergovia
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Who wrote De Senectute about the advantages of old age?
Cicero
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Cicero's lifelong friend and publisher
Atticus
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Who ended all of his speeches with Carthago Delenda Est?
Cato the Elder
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Who wrote Cato Maior?
Cicero
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What is the full name of the Roman general who destroyed Carthage?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
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Trustworthy pig-herder in the Odyssey
Eumaeus
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Odysseus's dog
Argus
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What three groups occupy Gaul in Caesar's time?
Belgi (Belgians), Aquitani (Aquitanians), Celts/Gauls
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Who wrote Commentarii De Bello Gallico?
Caesar
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What tribe executed a mass migration in Gaul?
Helvetians
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Who burned off his right hand in an Etruscan camp to prove his bravery?
Mucius Scaevola
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Which king was the son of a slave?
Servius Tullius
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Who built the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?
Tarquin Kings
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Which deities were worshipped at the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?
Jupiter, Juno, Minerva
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Who wrote in historical monographs?
Sallust
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Who was responsible for starting the third Punic War?
Cato the Elder

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