History Comeback Republic Flashcards
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Early Republic 509-344 B.C.
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Who were the Etruscans united under?
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Lars Porsenna
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Who was the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus?
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Lucretia
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Who was the husband of Lucretia?
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Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
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What wife of Collatinus did Sextus Tarquinius rape?
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Lucretia
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Who raped Lucretia?
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Sextus Tarquinius
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After the First Secession of the Plebs ended, what office was formed?
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Tribunus Populi
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Where was Lars Porsenna king?
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Clusium
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What year did Coriolanus take the town of Corioli?
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493 B.C.
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Why was Coriolanus banished from Rome?
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Withheld grain from the plebs
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With what people from Antium did Coriolanus march on Rome?
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Volsci
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Where were the Volsci from?
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Antium
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Who marched on Rome with the Volsci?
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Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
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How did Coriolanus die?
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Killed by Volsci
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What year was the Concilium Plebis Tributum established?
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471 B.C.
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Between what two rivers was the Battle of Mt. Algidus fought?
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Anio and Trerus
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What battle was fought between the two rivers Anio and Trerus?
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Mt. Algidus
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What year did Terentilius Harsa propose the codification of the Twelve Tables?
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462 B.C.
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Who proposed the codification of the Twelve Tables in 462 B.C.?
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Terentilius Harsa
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What group of laws did Terentilius Harsa propose the codification of in 462 B.C.?
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Twelve Tables
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What girl did Appius Claudius Crassus lust after?
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Verginia
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What office was originally called praetors?
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Consul
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What year was the position of Military Tribune established?
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444 B.C.
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What office was established in 444 B.C.?
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Military Tribune
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What year was the censorship established?
443 B.C.
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What office was established in 443 B.C.?
Censor
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What body did the Lex Publilia (471 B.C.) establish?
Concilium Plebis Tributum
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What year did the Lex Publilia establish the Concilium Plebis Tributum?
471 B.C.
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What law established the Concilium Plebis Tributum in 471 B.C.?
Lex Publilia
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What city in the corner of Latium did the Romans attempt to seize in 479 B.C.?
Fidenae
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What year did the Romans attempt to seize Fidenae before Cossus came along?
479 B.C.
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Who led the Aequi at the Battle of Mt. Algidus in 458 B.C.?
Cloelius Gracchus
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What tribe did Cloelius Gracchus lead at the Battle of Mt. Algidus in 458 B.C.?
Aequi
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What year was the Comitia Tributa established after the passing of the Lex Valeria-Horatia?
449 B.C.
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Who was the wife of Cincinnatus?
Racilia
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Who refused to receive messengers upon his appointment as dictator until he put on his toga?
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
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Cincinnatus refused to receive messengers with his appointment as dictator until he did what?
Put on his toga
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What two years was Cincinnatus elected dictator?
458 and 439 B.C.
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Racilia was the wife of what man?
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
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Who fought towards Rome on behalf of the Tarquins?
Lars Porsenna
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What two men along with Horatius Cocles defended the Pons Sublicius?
Titus Herminius and Spurius Lartius
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What consul of 471 B.C. was the first of the Quinctian family to achieve great distinction in Rome?
Titus Quinctius Barbatus
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Who was the fiancé of Verginia?
Lucius Icilius
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What fiancée of Icilius was killed by her own father?
Verginia
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What year did Titus Quinctius Barbatus hold his first consulship?
471 B.C.
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What consul captured Antium in 468 B.C.?
Titus Quinctius Barbatus
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What city did Titus Quinctius Barbatus capture in 468 B.C.?
Antium
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What year did Titus Quinctius Barbatus capture Antium?
468 B.C.
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What consul of 472 B.C. advanced into Aeduian territory when, meeting only light resistance, he pushed too far?
Publius Furius Medullinus
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What year did the consul Publius Furius Medullinus advance into the Aeduian territory when, meeting only light resistance, he pushed too far?
472 B.C.
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What tribe's territory did Publius Furius Medullinus push too far into in 472 B.C.?
Aedui
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Who was the son of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus who was defended by Titus Quinctius Barbatus in trial?
Caeso Quinctius
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How many times was Titus Quinctius Barbatus elected consul?
6
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What man was the first to be elected consul 6 times in his life?
Titus Quinctius Barbatus
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What consul of 460 B.C. recaptured the Capitol from Appius Herdonius at the cost of his life?
Publius Valerius Publicola II
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Publius Valerius Publicola II recaptured the Capitol from what man at the cost of his life?
Appius Herdonius
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What year did Publius Valerius Publicola II recapture the Capitol from Appius Herdonius at the cost of his life?
460 B.C.
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What does "Cocles" mean?
One-eyed
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Who thrust his right hand into fire to prove his bravery?
Mucius Scaevola
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What nickname did Mucius Scaevola receive after thrusting his right hand into fire?
Lefty
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After being impressed by Cloelia's bravery, how many of the hostages did Lars Porsenna allow her to free?
Half
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What king of Clusium is said to have captured the city of Rome?
Lars Porsenna
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Who were the first two consuls?
Lucius Iunius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
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Who were the 5 consuls of the year 509 B.C.?
Lucius Iunius Brutus, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus, Publius Valerius Publicola, Marcus Horatius Pulvillus
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How many consuls were there in the year 509 B.C.?
5
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Which of the first two consuls stepped down because his family name was Tarquinius?
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
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What year was the Battle of Silvia Arsia?
509 B.C.
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What year did the Monarchy end?
510 B.C.
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What year did the Republic start?
509 B.C.
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Who died while fighting against each other in the Battle of Silva Arsia, one from the Roman side, and one from the Tarquinii/Veii side?
Lucius Iunius Brutus and Arruns Tarquinius
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Who led the opposing forces at the Battle of Silva Arsia in 509 B.C.?
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus and Arruns Tarquinius
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What two consuls led the Romans at the Battle of Silva Arsia in 509 B.C.?
Lucius Iunius Brutus and Publius Valerius Publicola
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At what battle did Lucius Iunius Brutus and Arruns Tarquinius die while fighting against each other in 509 B.C.?
Silva Arsia
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Which son of Tarquinius Superbus was killed at the Battle of Silva Arsia?
Arruns Tarquinius
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What two sons of Brutus were apart of the rebellion within Rome that tried to reinstall Superbus as king?
Titus and Tiberius
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With the aid of who did the Battle of Aricia encourage Latin towns to revolt?
Aristodemus
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What people were defeated at the Battle of Aricia in 506 B.C.?
Etruscans
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Who led the Etruscans at the Battle of Aricia in 506 B.C.?
Lars Porsenna and Arruns Porsenna
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Who, along with Lucius Iunius Brutus, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, and Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus was instrumental in overthrowing the monarchy?
Publius Valerius Publicola
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Who completely leveled his house located on the Velian Hill because people thought he was trying to become king and instead built a house on the foot of the hill?
Publius Valerius Publicola
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What hill did Publicola build his house on?
Velian
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Who ended the year 509 B.C. as Publius Valerius Publicola's co-consul?
Horatius Pulvillus
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Who was the consul suffectus to Collatinus after his resignation?
Publius Valerius Publicola
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Who were consular colleagues at the end of 509 B.C.?
Publius Valerius Publicola and Horatius Pulvillus
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What famous battle pitted the Romans against the Latin league and Tarquinius Superbus in 496 B.C.?
Lake Regillus
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What year was the Battle of Lake Regillus?
496 B.C.
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Who led the Latins against Rome at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 B.C.?
Tarquinius Superbus and Octavius Mamilius
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Where did Octavius Mamilius serve as princeps?
Tusculum
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Who was the victorious general at the Battle of Aricia in 506 B.C.?
Aristodemus of Cumae
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What did Octavius Mamilius serve as in Tusculum?
Princeps
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Where did Aristodemus rule as a tyrant?
Cumae
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What Syracusan leader of the 4th century established a brief empire in Italy and Sicily?
Dionysius I
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What did Etruscans call themselves?
Rasenna
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What did the Greeks call Etruscans?
Tyrsenoi (Tyrrhenoi)
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What did the Romans call the Etruscans?
Tusci
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In what year does Heichelheim say the Battle of Aricia was fought?
504 B.C.
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According to Heichelheim, what battle was fought in 504 B.C., though conflicting sources say it was fought two years prior in 506 B.C.?
Aricia
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What city and family did Rome fight against at Lake Regillus?
Veii, Tarquinii
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Around 485 B.C., what two tribes did the Romans defeat with the aid of the Hernici?
Aequi and Volsci
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With the aid of what tribe did the Romans defeat the Aequi and Volsci around 485 B.C.?
Hernici
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What principle was evident following the Romans and Hernici's victory over the Aequi and Volsci in 485 B.C.?
Divide and Rule
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In what year did Gaius Marcius Coriolanus march on Rome with the Volsci?
491 B.C.
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In what year did the Sabine chief Appius Herdonius capture the Capitol in Rome which he occupied for a few days?
460 B.C.
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For how many days did Appius Herdonius hold the Capitol?
3
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What Latin neighbors of the Romans crushed the Sabine forces led by Appius Herdonius?
Tusculum
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What Sabine leader was crushed by Tusculum in 460 B.C.?
Appius Herdonius
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Where did Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus go into voluntary exile?
Lavinium
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Who went into voluntary exile at Lavinium?
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
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Who was the wife of Lucius Iunius Brutus?
Vitellia
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What slave was said to be the first to be emancipated when he revealed the conspiracy of Titus and Tiberius to Lucius Iunius Brutus?
Vindicius
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Whose plot did the slave Vindicius reveal to Lucius Iunius Brutus?
(Brutus' sons) Titus and Tiberius
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Who commanded the infantry for the Romans at Silva Arsia?
Publius Valerius Publicola
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After the Battle of Silva Arsia, whose voice was heard in the woods saying that "the Romans had killed one more enemy than the Etruscans"?
Silvanus
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After what battle was Silvanus' voice heard in the woods saying that "the Romans had killed one more enemy than the Etruscans"?
Silva Arsia
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What shrine now stands where Publius Valerius Publicola's house sat at the bottom of the Velian?
Via Pota
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The shrine of Via Pota now stands where what man's house sat at the bottom of the Velian Hill?
Publius Valerius Publicola
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What city was Publius Valerius Publicola sent to fight when Horatius Pulvillus dedicated the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus?
Veii
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Who was sent to fight Veii when Horatius Pulvillus dedicated the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus?
Publius Valerius Publicola
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After what temple was dedicated by Horatius Pulvillus was Publicola sent to fight Veii?
Jupiter Capitolinus
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What news did Horatius Pulvillus ignore when he was in the midst of praying during the dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?
His son died
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Who ignored the news of the death of his son because he was busy praying during the dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus?
Horatius Pulvillus
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Who were the consuls of 508 B.C.?
Publius Valerius Publicola and Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus
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Who was Dictator during the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Aulus Postumius Albinus
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To prove that they were gods, whose beard did Castor and Pollux touch after the Battle of Lake Regillus turning it bronze?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
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Who was told of the victory at Lake Regillus by the Dioscuri?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
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What two mythological brothers appeared to Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus after the Battle of Lake Regillus and touched his beard, turning it bronze?
Castor and Pollux
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What color did Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus' beard turn after the Dioscuri touched it following the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Bronze
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In whose courts did Tarquinius Superbus take refuge after the Battle of Lake Regillus where he then died in 495 B.C.?
Aristodemus
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Who took refuge in Aristodemus' courts in Cumae after the Battle of Lake Regillus where he then died in 495 B.C.?
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
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What year did Tarquinius Superbus die while in exile at Cumae in the courts of Aristodemus?
495 B.C.
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Where did Tarquinius Superbus die while in exile in 495 B.C., in the courts of Aristodemus?
Cumae
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What year did Aristodemus die?
490 B.C.
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What parade of horsemen, held on July 15, celebrated the victory at Lake Regillus and was revived during the reign of Augustus?
Transvectio Equitum
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The Transvectio Equitum was a parade of horsemen which celebrated the victory at which Battle?
Lake Regillus
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What emperor revived the Transvectio Equitum?
Augustus
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What prince of Tusculum was supposedly descended from Ulysses and Circe?
Octavius Mamilius
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What two mythological beings was Octavius Mamilius supposedly descended from?
Ulysses and Circe
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In what naval battle did Hiero I lead the Greeks to victory over the Etruscans in 474 B.C.?
Cumae
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What Syracusan leader led the Greeks to victory over the Etruscans in 474 B.C. at the Battle of Cumae?
Hiero I
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What year did Hiero I lead the Greeks to victory over the Etruscans at the Battle of Cumae?
474 B.C.
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What year was the first secession of the Plebs?
494 B.C.
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What were the years of the 5 secessions of the plebs?
494, 449, 445, 342, and 287 B.C.
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Traditionally, how many secessions of the Plebs were there throughout the history of the republic?
5
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In 494 B.C., where did the Plebs secede to?
Aventine (or Mons Sacer, aka the Holy Mountain)
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Though some say that the plebs seceded to the Aventine in 494 B.C., they may have gone to what place, known in English as "the Holy Mountain"?
Mons Sacer
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Who was the first Magister Equitum?
Spurius Cassius
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What three-time consul proposed the first agrarian law in 486 B.C.?
Spurius Cassius
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Who was Gaius Marcius Coriolanus' wife?
Volumnia
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Who was Gaius Marcius Coriolanus' mother?
Veturia
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Who was the first Roman Dictator, appointed in 501 B.C.?
Titus Lartius
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Who convinced Coriolanus to stop his attack on Rome?
Veturia and Volumnia
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What are two possible dates of the Battle of Cremera?
479, 477 B.C.
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What two cities fought in the Battle of Cremera?
Rome and Veii
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Who was the one Fabii member to survive the Battle of Cremera, only because he was too young to fight?
Fabius Maximus Vibulanus
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For what reason did Fabius Maximus Vibulanus survive the Battle of Cremera?
He was too young to fight
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What gens were consuls from 485-479 B.C.?
Fabii
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What popular council in Rome was changed from a plebeian curiate assembly to a plebeian tribal assembly which indicated that they began organization by tribes?
Concilium Plebis Tributum
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What law backed the seizure of public land in the Aventine district for distribution to the needy in 456 B.C.?
Lex Icilia
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What year was the Lex Icilia established?
456 B.C.
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What law of 454 B.C. limited the size of a fine that a consul could impose?
Lex Aternia-Tarpeia
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What year was the Lex Aternia-Tarpeia established?
454 B.C.
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What year was the office of Military Tribune held by a plebeian for the first time?
422 B.C.
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In what distinguished Volscian's house did Coriolanus take refuge while in exile?
Attius Tullius Aufidius
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Who oversaw the Foedus Cassianum in 493 B.C.?
Spurius Cassius
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What year did Spurius Cassius oversee the Foedus Cassianum?
493 B.C.
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What consul defeated the Volsci at Antium in 493 B.C.?
Postumus Cominius (Auruncus)
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Where did Postumus Cominius Auruncus defeat the Volsci in 493 B.C.?
Antium
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What year did Postumus Cominius Auruncus defeat the Volsci at Antium?
493 B.C.
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What people were defeated by Postumus Cominius Auruncus at Antium in 493 B.C.?
Volsci
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Where did the Volsci take refuge after their defeat by Postumus Cominius Auruncus at Antium in 493 B.C.?
Longula
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What people took refuge at Longula after their defeat at Antium by Postumus Cominius Auruncus?
Volsci
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Coriolanus' victory at Corioli overshadowed what consul who also fought there and is only known through a column?
Postumus Cominius Auruncus
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Who was told by Jupiter in a dream that the Romans had to restart the Ludus Magnus (Great Games) because the god was displeased with the leading dancer?
Titus Latinius
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What games had to be restarted because Jupiter told Titus Latinius he was displeased with the lead dancer?
Ludus Magnus (Great Games)
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What did Jupiter tell Titus Latinius he was displeased with during the Ludus Magnus, prompting the Romans to restart the games?
Lead dancer
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The Volsci marched on Rome in 491 B.C. because they were thrown out of the city during what event?
Ludus Magnus
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What year did the Volsci march on Rome because they were thrown out of the city during the Ludus Magnus?
491 B.C.
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What people marched on Rome when they were thrown out of the city during the Ludus Magnus?
Volsci
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Where did Attius Tullius Aufidius rally the Volsci after they were thrown out of Rome?
Fidenae
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Who rallied the Volsci at Fidenae after they were thrown out of Rome?
Attius Tullius Aufidius
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What town did Coriolanus first take during his march on Rome in 491 B.C.?
Circeii
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What year did Coriolanus take Circeii?
491 B.C.
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Who took Circeii in 491 B.C.?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
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Where did Coriolanus position himself 5 miles outside Rome during his march on the city?
Cluilian Trenches
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Who positioned his army in the Cluilian Trenches, 5 miles outside of Rome, during his march on the city?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
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What class did Coriolanus spare from any destruction during his march on Rome?
Patricians
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Who spared the Patricians from destruction during his march on Rome?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
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Who were the two consuls of 491 B.C. during Coriolanus' siege of Rome?
Nautius and Furius
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Who joined Veturia and Volumnia in their persuading of Coriolanus to cease his attack?
Coriolanus' two sons
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What temple was consecrated to preserve the memory of Coriolanus ceasing his attack on Rome?
Fortuna Muleibris
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The Temple of Fortuna Muleibris was consecrated to preserve the memory of what man ceasing his attack on Rome?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
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What temple was built over Spurius Cassius' destroyed house?
Tellus
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The Temple of Tellus was built over what man's destroyed house?
Spurius Cassius
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Who did the Concilium Plebis Tributum elect?
Plebeian Tribunes and Plebeian Aediles
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What council elected the plebeian tribunes and aediles?
Concilium Plebis Tributum
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What famous battle pitted the Romans against the Aequi?
Mt. Algidus
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Who was nominated dictator and led a relief effort to rescue Lucius Minucius Esquilinus' army which had been trapped?
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
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What consul got trapped at Mt. Algidus and was later saved by Cincinnatus in 458 B.C.?
Lucius Minucius Esquilinus (Augurinus)
199
Who retired his dictatorship and returned to his plow after sixteen days?
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
200
After how many days of being dictator did Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus retire back to his plow?
16
201
What did the name Cincinnatus mean?
Curly haired
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When were the 12 tables written?
451 B.C.
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What group wrote the 12 tables?
Decemviri
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What man lusted after Verginia, a girl whose father, Verginius, was a respected centurion?
Appius Claudius Crassus
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Who killed Verginia?
Verginius
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What year did the plebs secede for the 2nd time?
449 B.C.
207
What law of 449 B.C. ended the second secession of the plebs?
Lex Valeria-Horatia
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What two consuls ended the 2nd secession of the plebs with further laws in favor of the plebs in 449 B.C.?
Lucius Valerius Potitus and Marcus Horatius Barbatus
209
What year was the lex Canuleia made?
445 B.C.
210
Who passed the Lex Canuleia in 445 B.C.?
Gaius Canuleius
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Who ended the 3rd secession of the plebs?
Gaius Canuleius
212
Who won the 2nd spolia opima?
Aulus Cornelius Cossus
213
Who did Aulus Cornelius Cossus slay to win the 2nd Spolia Opima?
Lars Tolumnius
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What people was Tolumnius king of?
Veientes
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What Roman colony allied themselves with Lars Tolumnius of Veii in 439 B.C.?
Fidenae
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What year was the 2nd ever spolia opima awarded?
426 B.C.
217
What year was the Battle of Algidus Pass?
431 B.C.
218
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Algidus Pass in 431 B.C.?
Aulus Postumius Tubertus
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What was the last major Battle against the Aequi?
Algidus Pass
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According to Polybius, what year did Rome negotiate a treaty with Carthage for the first time?
509 B.C.
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According to Polybius, with who did Rome negotiate a treaty for the first time in 509 B.C.?
Carthage
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Where did Lucius Iunius Brutus travel to along with Tarqiunius Superbus and his other sons Titus and Arruns after the Rape of Lucretia?
Oracle of Delphi
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What two sons of Tarquinius Superbus went with him and Lucius Iunius Brutus to the Oracle of Delphi after the Rape of Lucretia?
Titus and Arruns
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What consul accompanied Tarquinius Superbus and his two sons to the Oracle of Delphi after the Rape of Lucretia?
Lucius Iunius Brutus
225
Who were the 3 sons of Tarquinius Superbus?
Sextus, Titus, and Arruns
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Which of the young men kissed his mother (the earth) first, gaining the supreme sway of Rome?
Lucius Iunius Brutus
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After travelling to the Oracle of Delphi, the men there were told that the first among them to kiss their mother "shall hold supreme sway in Rome". Which of the men there interpreted "mother" to mean Gaia, and so pretended to trip and kiss the ground?
Lucius Iunius Brutus
228
Where did Sextus Tarquinius flee to after raping Lucretia, where he wished to become king but was later killed for his past actions?
Gabii
229
What office replaced the kings during the Republic?
Consul
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Why did Lucius Iunius Brutus travel to the Oracle of Delphi with Tarquinius Superbus and Superbus' two sons, Titus and Arruns?
He saw a snake in the palace
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What two sons of Brutus were exiled for trying to reinstall Superbus as king?
Titus and Tiberius
232
What year was the Battle of Aricia?
506 B.C.
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What Sabine chieftain was persuaded by Publicola to migrate his clan to Rome in 504 B.C., where he was admitted to the patriciate and his people received Roman citizenship?
Attius Clausus
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What year did Attius Clausus migrate to Rome where he was admitted to the patriciate?
504 B.C.
235
Who became consul in place of Brutus?
Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus
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Who was consul 4 times and received the agnomen "Poplicola" meaning "friend of the people"?
Publius Valerius Publicola
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The money would be a public menace in the hands of any one person, so Publius Valerius Publicola entrusted it to what god thus making his temple in the Roman Forum the Roman treasury?
Saturn
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What brother of Publicola did the people elect as consul?
Marcus Valerius Volusus
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What brother of his did Publius Valerius Publicola go to war with against the Sabines?
Marcus Valerius Volusus
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What city was Attius Clausus originally from?
Regillus
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Who was killed when he charged on horseback at Tarquinius Superbus to "avenge" his brother at Lake Regillus?
Marcus Valerius Volusus
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Marcus Valerius Volusus was killed while charging whom on horseback at Lake Regillus?
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
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With what was Titus Herminius mortally wounded after slaying Octavius Mamilius on horseback?
Javelin
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Who slayed Octavius Mamilius on horseback at the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Titus Herminius
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Who did Titus Herminius slay before being mortally wounded at the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Octavius Mamilius
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Who did Verginius and Vetusius appoint as dictator in 494 B.C. against the plebs?
Manlius Valerius
247
What year was the dictator Manlius Valerius appointed against the plebs?
494 B.C.
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What man suggested to the plebs that they secede to the Mons Sacer?
Sicinius
249
Sicinius suggested to the plebs that they secede to where?
Aventine hill (or Mons Sacer, aka the Holy Mountain)
250
What law of 509 B.C. gave plebeians the right to provocatio?
Lex Valeria
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What year was the first Lex Valeria passed, with which, the plebeians were given the right to provocatio?
509 B.C.
252
What was the term for the plebeians' right to appeal the decision of a magistrate?
Provocatio
253
What name did Attius Clausus take when he arrived at Rome in 504 B.C.?
Appius Claudius
254
Where were laws kept before the Tabularium was built?
Temple of Saturn
255
In what year was the Temple of Saturn built?
496 B.C. (497 B.C.)
256
What temple was built in 497 B.C.?
Temple of Saturn
257
What festival was first made a public holiday in 497 B.C. by Aulus Sempronius and Marcus Minucius?
Saturnalia
258
What year was the Saturnalia festival first made public?
497 B.C.
259
What did the agnomen "Poplicola" mean?
Friend of the people
260
How many times did Publicola serve as consul in all?
4
261
What agnomen, meaning "friend of the people" did Publicola earn?
Poplicola
262
Where did the Romans supposedly see Castor and Pollux in 496 B.C.?
Spring of Juturna
263
Who killed Octavius Mamilius at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 B.C.?
Titus Herminius
264
Who was killed by Titus Herminius at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 B.C.?
Octavius Mamilius
265
According to legend, in what battle did the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) assist Rome?
Lake Regillus
266
What treaty did Spurius Cassius negotiate in 493 B.C. with the Latins which provided for a common defense drawn from both the Latin League and Rome?
Foedus Cassianum
267
What year did Spurius Cassius negotiate the Foedus Cassianum with the Latins?
493 B.C.
268
Who negotiated the Foedus Cassianum in 493 B.C. with the Latins after the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Spurius Cassius
269
What did the Plebs do when they seceded to the Aventine Hill?
Threatened to build a new town
270
During which of the 5 secessions of the plebs did they threaten to build a new town?
First
271
Who convinced the Plebs to return from the secession with his parable of "The Belly and the Limbs"?
Menenius Agrippa
272
What was Menenius Agrippa's parable called?
The Belly and the Limbs
273
What religious office overshadowed the Rex Sacrorum?
Pontifex Maximus
274
What was a dictator originally called?
Magister Populi
275
What law, made in 494 B.C. established the tribuneship?
Lex Sacrata
276
What year was the office of tribune created due to the Lex Sacrata?
494 B.C.
277
What office was formed as a result of the Lex Sacrata in 494 B.C.?
Tribune
278
Who earned his cognomen in 493 B.C. by taking the Volscian town of Corioli?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
279
In what year was Spurius Cassius killed for "regal aspirations"?
485 B.C.
280
Who was killed for "regal aspirations" in 485 B.C.?
Spurius Cassius
281
What did the Nexum state?
A lender could execute a debtor
282
What was the original job of an aedile?
Temple watcher
283
What law of 494 B.C. bound the plebeians to a sworn confederacy?
Lex Sacrata
284
With whom did the Romans establish a divide and conquer technique against the Aedui and the Volsci?
Hernici
285
Who became consul suffectus to Lucius Iunius Brutus when he died at Silva Arsia?
Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus
286
At what battle did Lucius Iunius Brutus die?
Silvia Arsia
287
What year did Lucius Iunius Brutus die at Silvia Arsia?
509 B.C.
288
What consul died at Silvia Arsia in 509 B.C.?
Lucius Iunius Brutus
289
Who was the consul suffectus to Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus after the old man died within a few days of becoming consul?
Horatius Pulvillus
290
After how many days of being consul did Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus die?
3
291
What old man died a few days after becoming consul in the year 509 B.C.?
Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus
292
Where was a statue to Horatius Cocles placed for his honor?
Comitium
293
What year did Gaius Marcius earn the cognomen "Coriolanus" when he took the Volscian town of Corioli?
493 B.C.
294
Who did Horatius Cocles pray to as he fell with the Pons Sublicius?
Tiberinus
295
Who prayed to Tiberinus as he fell with the Pons Sublicius?
Horatius Cocles
296
Who lied 2 miles outside the Gabinian Road in order to drive out Lars Porsenna?
Titus Herminius
297
Titus Herminius lied 2 miles outside the Gabinian Road in order to drive out what man?
Lars Porsenna
298
2 miles outside what road did Titus Herminius lie in order to drive out Lars Porsenna?
Gabinian Road
299
Who was stationed at the Colline Gate in order to drive out Lars Porsenna?
Spurius Lartius
300
Where was Spurius Lartius stationed in order to drive out Lars Porsenna?
Colline Gate
301
Spurius Lartius was stationed at the Colline Gate in order to drive out what man?
Lars Porsenna
302
Who was granted a land west of the river known as the "Mucian Meadows"?
Mucius Scaevola
303
Mucius Scaevola was granted a land west of the river known as what?
Mucian Meadows
304
What two peoples aided the Romans against Arruns Porsenna at Aricia in 506 B.C.?
Cumaeans and Latins
305
At what battle did the Cumaeans and Latins aid Rome against Arruns Porsenna in 506 B.C.?
Aricia
306
How many times was Publius Valerius Publicola elected consul?
4
307
On the further side of what river was Attius Clausus settled?
Anio
308
Who was settled on the further side of the Anio River?
Attius Clausus
309
What consul was so poor that he could not pay for his own funeral?
Publius Valerius Publicola
310
Who was the first Magister Equitum under Titus Lartius in 501 B.C.?
Spurius Cassius
311
What Roman general had to retire from the Battle of Lake Regillus after simultaneously wounding both himself and Octavius Mamilius?
Aebutius Elva
312
Who wounded both Octavius Mamilius and himself, prompting him to retire from the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Aebutius Elva
313
At what battle did Aebutius Elva wound both Octavius Mamilius and himself, prompting him to retire from the battle?
Lake Regillus
314
Who did Aebutius Elva wound along with himself?
Octavius Mamilius
315
What king of Rome was Gaius Marcius Coriolanus descended from?
Ancus Marcius
316
What honorary round wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel did Gaius Marcius Coriolanus earn?
Oakleaf garland
317
What people was Gaius Marcius Coriolanus commander of?
Volsci
318
After his success against the Volsci, who was said to have been very anti-plebeian?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
319
At what battle did Gaius Marcius Coriolanus win his spurs?
Lake Regillus
320
What general won his spurs at the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
321
While in exile, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus was contacted by what Volscian leader?
Attius Tullius Aufidius
322
Who, while in exile, was contacted by the Volscian leader Attius Tullius Aufidius?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
323
When there was a famine in Rome during the time of Coriolanus, what tyrant of Syracuse might have sent grain to Rome to spite the Etruscans with whom he was feuding?
Hiero I
324
Who was the Magister Equitum at the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Aebutius Elva
325
Who did Rome conclude a treaty with in 486 B.C.?
Hernici
326
What year did Rome conclude a treaty with the Hernici?
486 B.C.
327
What clan volunteered to fight in the Battle of Cremera but was nearly wiped out?
Fabii
328
What year was the "Concilium Plebis Tributum"?
471 B.C.
329
At what battle were all but a child of Rome's Fabii family slaughtered by the Etruscan Veientes?
Cremera
330
In what year did Rome sign its first treaty with Carthage?
509 B.C.
331
Rome signed its first treaty with what city in 509 B.C.?
Carthage
332
Who was the son of Lars Porsenna?
Arruns Porsenna
333
What son of Lars Porsenna was defeated at the Battle of Aricia in 506 B.C.?
Arruns Porsenna
334
What tribe slaughtered all but one of the Fabii at the Battle of Cremera in 477 B.C.?
Veientes
335
What law of 471 B.C. recognized the constitutional existence of the Concilium Plebis Tributum?
Lex Publilia
336
What year was the first Lex Publilia passed?
471 B.C.
337
What Sabine captured Rome and occupied the citadel on the Capitoline for a brief period in 460 B.C.?
Appius Herdonius
338
Of what origin was Appius Herdonius?
Sabine
339
What year did Appius Herdonius occupy the Capitoline for a brief period?
460 B.C.
340
What year was the Battle of Mt. Algidus?
458 B.C.
341
What law of 456 B.C. granted land on the Aventine to the plebeians?
Lex Icilia
342
The Lex Icilia granted land upon what hill to the plebeians in 456 B.C.?
Aventine
343
Who was the chief of the Decemviri?
Appius Claudius Crassus
344
What tribune first proposed the 12 tables in 462 B.C.?
Terentilius Harsa
345
What year did Terentilius Harsa first propose the 12 tables?
462 B.C.
346
What law of 445 B.C. made it legal for plebeians and patricians to intermarry?
Lex Canuleia
347
Of what tribe was Lars Tolumnius king?
Veientes
348
What town did Aulus Cornelius Cossus take in 426 B.C. before killing Tolumnius?
Fidenae
349
What year did Aulus Cornelius Cossus take Fidenae before going on to kill Lars Tolumnius?
426 B.C.
350
Who took Fidenae in 426 B.C.?
Aulus Cornelius Cossus
351
Who killed Lars Tolumnius in 426 B.C., earning himself the Spolia Opima?
Aulus Cornelius Cossus
352
In 483 B.C., what Vestal Virgin was condemned by the haruspex of unchastity and was executed?
Oppia
353
What year was the Vestal Virgin Oppia condemned by the Haruspex of unchastity and was executed for it?
483 B.C.
354
What city did the Fabii march against in 477 B.C.?
Veii
355
How many members of Fabii marched against Veii in 477 B.C.?
306
356
What did the Fabii see which led to the ambush by the Veientes at Cremera?
Cattle
357
What gens saw cattle which led to the ambush by the Veientes at Cremera?
Fabii
358
What decree for the suspension of public business did the senate enact in 465 B.C. because of the Aequi?
Justitium
359
Because of what tribe did the Senate enact the Justitium in 465 B.C.?
Aequi
360
What year did the Senate enact the Justitium?
465 B.C.
361
What ceremony did Titus Quinctius Barbatus perform to end the Justitium in 465 B.C.?
Lustrum
362
Who performed the ceremony known as "Lustrum" to end the Justitium in 465 B.C.?
Titus Quinctius Barbatus
363
What decree was ended when Titus Quinctius performed the ceremony known as "Lustrum" in 465 B.C.?
Justitium
364
What general subdued the Aequi in 464 B.C. while saving Furius' army?
Titus Quinctius Barbatus
365
What year did the general Titus Quinctius Barbatus subdue the Aequi while saving Furius' army?
464 B.C.
366
What tribe did Titus Quinctius Barbatus subdue while saving Furius' army in 464 B.C.?
Aequi
367
How many days did the Justitium last in 465 B.C.?
4
368
How many commissioners did the tribune Terentilius Harsa propose the use of in 462 B.C. to control the consuls?
5
369
Who proposed the use of 5 commissioners to control the senate in 462 B.C.?
Terentilius Harsa
370
In 461 B.C., what gigantic Roman warrior did Patricians use to subdue the mobs that were influenced by Terentilius Harsa?
Caeso Quinctius
371
What year did the Patricians use Caeso Quinctius to subdue the mobs that were influenced by Terentilius Harsa?
461 B.C.
372
Who was the father of Caeso Quinctius who pleaded to the people to spare his son?
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
373
Who told the mob that his own brother was killed by Caeso Quinctius which led to the latter's condemnation?
Volscius Fictor
374
Volscius Fictor told the mob that his own brother was killed by whom, which led to the latter's condemnation?
Caeso Quinctius
375
Where did Caeso Quinctius flee to the night before his trial?
Etruria
376
Who were the consuls of 460 B.C. when Appius Herdonius seized the Capitol?
Publius Valerius Publicola II and Claudius Sabinus
377
What man rallied the town of Tusculum to go to the aid of Rome during Appius Herdonius' siege in 460 B.C.?
Lucius Mamilius (son of Octavius Mamilius)
378
What town came to the aid of Rome under Lucius Mamilius (son of Octavius Mamilius) after Appius Herdonius had taken the Capitol in 460 B.C.?
Tusculum
379
Who declared that no one should vote for him for the consulship of 459 B.C. and if anyone did, their vote would be discounted?
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
380
What year did Cincinnatus declare that no one should vote for him for the consulship and that if anyone did, their vote would be discounted?
459 B.C.
381
What consul of 459 B.C. slaughtered a contingent of Aequi on the slopes of Mt. Algidus?
Fabius Maximus Vibulanus
382
What tribe did the consul Fabius Maximus Vibulanus slaughter on the slopes of Mt. Algidus in 459 B.C.?
Aequi
383
What year did the consul Fabius Maximus Vibulanus slaughter a contingent of Aequi on the slopes of Mt. Algidus?
459 B.C.
384
Where did Fabius Maximus Vibulanus camp after defeating the Aequi at Mt. Algidus in 459 B.C.?
Columen
385
Whose headquarters were shaded by an enormous oak tree on Mt. Algidus?
Cloelius Gracchus
386
On what mountain was Cloelius Gracchus' headquarters located, which were shaded by an enormous oak tree?
Mt. Algidus
387
What were Cloelius Gracchus' headquarters shaded by?
An enormous oak tree
388
According to St. Augustine, how many acres large was Cincinnatus' farm?
4
389
Who did Cincinnatus appoint as his Magister Equitum in 458 B.C.?
Lucius Tarquitius
390
What year did Cincinnatus appoint Lucius Tarquitius as his Magister Equitum?
458 B.C.
391
What year did the decemviri take office?
451 B.C.
392
Who many "tables" were originally instituted in 450 B.C.?
10
393
What was the number of "tables" upped to in 449 B.C.?
12
394
What year were 10 tables instituted?
450 B.C.
395
What year were the number of "tables" upped to 12?
449 B.C.
396
What group did the consuls Lucius Valerius Potitus and Marcus Horatius Barbatus compare to "10 Tarquins"?
Decemviri
397
What did the consuls Lucius Valerius Potitus and Marcus Horatius Barbatus compare the Decemviri to?
10 Tarquins
398
What year did Lucius Valerius Potitus and Marcus Horatius Barbatus serve as consular colleagues?
449 B.C.
399
What two consuls compared the Decemviri to "10 Tarquins"?
Lucius Valerius Potitus and Marcus Horatius Barbatus
400
In what year was Verginia killed?
449 B.C.
401
To what ex-tribune was Verginia betrothed?
Lucius Icilius
402
What pimp did Appius Claudius Crassus send to take Verginia as his own slave?
Marcus Claudius
403
Who sent the pimp Marcus Claudius to take Verginia as his own slave? (not as Marcus Claudius' slave)
Appius Claudius Crassus
404
Who was Verginia's uncle?
Numitorius
405
Where did Verginius kill Verginia with a butcher's knife?
Sacrum Cloacina
406
Who was killed by her father at the Sacrum Cloacina?
Verginia
407
In 443 B.C., in what town was there a civil war because of a girl who was loved by a poor man and a nobleman?
Ardea
408
What year was there a civil war in Ardea because of a girl who was loved by a poor man and a nobleman?
443 B.C.
409
What city did the aristocrats of Ardea call in to help them as they were being sieged in 443 B.C.?
Rome
410
What Volscian leader led his tribe on Ardea to aid the popular party in 443 B.C.?
Cluilius
411
What consul marched to Ardea and dug a trench around the Volsci who were sieging the town in 443 B.C.?
Geganius
412
What people inhabited Ardea?
Rutulians
413
Who was Cincinnatus' Magister Equitum in 439 B.C.?
Servilius Ahala
414
What was unusual about Aulus Cornelius Cossus' Spolia Opima victory?
Cavalry duel
415
Who won the Spolia Opima in a cavalry duel?
Aulus Cornelius Cossus
416
What year did Cossus slay Tolumnius?
426 B.C.
417
In 432 B.C., a law was passed making it so what toga was no longer white?
Toga Candida
418
Who did Titus Quinctius Barbatus appoint as dictator in 431 B.C.?
Aulus Postumius Tubertus
419
On what body part was the dictator Aulus Postumius Tubertus wounded at the Second Battle of Mt. Algidus?
Shoulder
420
What Volscian fighter rallied his troops at the Second Battle of Mt. Algidus in 431 B.C. which led to the injuries of many Roman commanders?
Vettius Messius
421
The consul Gnaeus Julius Mento dedicated what temple in 431 B.C. in honor of the victory at the Second Battle of Mt. Algidus?
Temple of Apollo
422
What consul dedicated the Temple of Apollo in 431 B.C. in honor of the Second Battle of Mt. Algidus?
Gnaeus Julius Mento
423
What Military Tribune was stoned to death by the mob in 414 B.C. after he had insulted Rome and been unfaithful to his troops?
Postumius Regillensis
424
Carthaginians were also known as Tyrians because Carthage was at first a colony of what origin?
Phoenician
425
What were Carthaginians known as at first because Carthage was originally a Phoenician colony?
Tyrians
426
What people are also called "Tyrians" because their city was originally a Phoenician colony?
Carthaginians
427
What people originally founded Carthage?
Phoenicians
428
Who bestowed Gaius Marcius Coriolanus with an oak-leaf crown for his bravery during the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Postumus Cominius Auruncus
429
Who was bestowed with an oak-leaf crown, by Postumus Cominius, for his bravery in the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
430
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus was bestowed with an oak-leaf crown by Postumus Cominius for his bravery in what battle?
Lake Regillus
431
What Roman consul was awarded the first Triumph of the Republic after commanding the infantry at the Battle of Silva Arsia in 509 B.C.?
Publius Valerius Publicola
432
What two consuls led the Romans at the Battle of Silva Arsia?
Lucius Iunius Brutus and Publius Valerius Publicola
433
For his victory in what battle was Publius Valerius Publicola awarded the first Triumph of the Republic?
Silva Arsia
434
What year did Publius Valerius Publicola die?
503 B.C.
435
What was the fate of Appius Claudius Crassus?
Committed suicide
436
How did Appius Claudius Crassus die?
Suicide
437
What was the Latin term for the office which was created from the 1st Plebeian Secession?
Tribunus Plebis
438
What is another name for the office of Magister Populi?
Dictator
439
Which law affected the replacement of consuls with military tribunes?
Lex Canuleia
440
Although the dictator Mamercus Aemilius was granted a triumph, who claimed the Spolia Opima?
Aulus Cornelius Cossus
441
What dictator was granted a triumph, though Aulus Cornelius Cossus claimed the Spolia Opima?
Mamercus Aemilius
442
What Roman general argued that grain should only be distributed if pro-plebeian legislation was reversed?
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
443
What official established the calendar for the year?
Pontifex Maximus
444
Which comitia elected the consuls?
Comitia Centuriata
445
What word did a tribune use to proclaim his veto?
Intercedo
446
Which official had the right of intercedo?
Tribune
447
How many enemy soldiers did a Roman army have to kill in battle to win its commander a triumph?
5000
448
What council did the Lex Valeria-Horatia create?
Concilium Plebis
449
What law created the Concilium Plebis?
Lex Valeria-Horatia
450
From the years 444-367 B.C., what office was not held in Rome?
Consul
451
Tarquinius Superbus secured the aid of Lars Porsenna after what indecisive battle against Rome?
Silva Arsia
452
Whose aid did Tarquinius Superbus secure after the indecisive Battle at Silva Arsia in 509 B.C.?
Lars Porsenna
453
Which magistrate managed the contracts of the publicani and for building viae?
Censor
454
What was the position of consul originally called?
Praetor
455
For most of the years between 444-367 B.C., which magistrates were elected in place of consuls?
Tribuni Militum Consulari Potestaste
456
What man of the early republic was made prefect of the city when Brutus left for Ardea?
Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus
457
Spurius Cassius was the first to hold what position in Rome?
Magister Equitum
458
From what city did the Romans adopt the gods Castor and Pollux, after the Battle of Lake Regillus?
Tusculum
459
To where did Coriolanus flee, after which he brought the Volsci to the gates of Rome?
Antium
460
Who was the only man to serve on both commissions of the decemviri legibus scribundis?
Appius Claudius Crassus
461
In what year did Titus Lartius become Rome's first dictator?
501 B.C.
462
After he relieved a grain shortage out of his own pocket, who was denounced by Lucius Minucius Augurinus as a tyrant and later killed by Gaius Servilius Ahala in 439 B.C.?
Spurius Maelius
463
Who alerted the senate of Spurius Maelius' uprising in 439 B.C.?
Lucius Minucius Augurinus
464
What year did Spurius Maelius buy up a large amount of grain and sell it at low prices during a severe famine?
439 B.C.
465
An ox with golden horns was presented to Lucius Minucius Augurinus at what location in 439 B.C.?
Porta Trigemina
466
The presentation of an ox with golden horns was presented to what man at the Porta Trigemina in 439 B.C.?
Lucius Minucius Augurinus
467
For what reason was Spurius Maelius arrested in 440 B.C.?
Bought up a large amount of grain and sold it at low prices during a severe famine
468
Who was arrested for buying up a large amount of grain and selling it at low prices during a severe famine?
Spurius Maelius
469
Who relieved a grain shortage out of his own pocket in 439 B.C., but was later killed because he was suspected of wanting to become tyrant?
Spurius Maelius
470
What Magister Equitum assassinated Spurius Maelius in 439 B.C.?
Gaius Servilius Ahala
471
What position did Gaius Servilius Ahala hold when he assassinated Spurius Maelius?
Magister Equitum
472
During whose consulship was Spurius Maelius killed in 439 B.C.?
Titus Quinctius Barbatus
473
In what year was Cincinnatus appointed to the dictatorship for a second time to combat the uprising of Maelius?
439 B.C.
474
The house of Spurius Maelius was destroyed and now possesses what name as a reminder of the plot that failed?
Aequimaelium
475
Whose house was destroyed and is now known as Aequimaelium as a reminder of the plot that failed?
Spurius Maelius
476
Where was Aulus Postumius Albinus said to have built a temple in Castor and Pollux's name?
Forum Romanum/Where their horses watered
477
How many consulships did Fabius Maximus Vibulanus hold in all?
3
478
What law provided for the election of tribuni militum consulari potestate?
Lex Canuleia
479
What legislation had barred plebeians from marrying patricians?
Twelve Tables
480
To what temple was a man's goods consecrated if he harmed a tribune or aedile after he was put to death? (Iovi Sacrum)
Temple of Ceres, Liber, Libera
481
Resolutions of the senate or "senatus consultus" were put in what temple under the care of the aediles?
Temple of Ceres
482
In what year was the Temple to Ceres, Liber, and Libera constructed on the Aventine?
495 B.C.
483
On what hill was the Temple of Ceres, Liber, and Libera located?
Aventine
484
How did Lucretia die?
Suicide
485
Who was the mother of Lucius Iunius Brutus?
Tarquinia (daughter of Tarquinius Priscus)
486
Upon what hill was a statue of Lucius Iunius Brutus placed following his death?
Capitoline
487
Who persuaded Attius Clausus to migrate his clan to Rome in 504 B.C.?
Publius Valerius Publicola
488
Whose accomplishment did Livy call "more famous than credible"?
Horatius Cocles
489
What son of Attius Clausus served as Titus Quinctius Barbatus' consular colleague in 471 B.C.?
Appius Claudius
490
Titus Quinctius Barbatus once ordered that what consular colleague of his be removed from the forum, by force, if need be, as he was haranguing the mob which was threatening to tear him to pieces in 471 B.C.?
Appius Claudius (son of Attius Clausus)
491
What veteran general's pleas allowed Caeso Quinctius to escape into exile?
Titus Quinctius Barbatus
492
Who was the consular colleague of Titus Quinctius Barbatus in 439 B.C.?
Menenius Agrippa
493
Titus Quinctius Barbatus fought the Etruscans under what military tribune of 438 B.C.?
Mamercus Aemilius
494
Who were the two sons of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus?
Caeso and Lucius
495
Who set up home in an abandoned cottage near the city after he sold everything in order to bail out his son Caeso?
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
496
Who was appointed to replace the consul Publius Valerius Publicola II following his death at the hands of the Sabines in 460 B.C.?
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
497
What does Livy suggest Cincinnatus was doing when a delegation went to summon him?
Digging a ditch
498
Around 454 B.C., before the 12 tables were established, a delegation of Romans traveled to Athens to study that city's laws which had previously been codified by what lawmaker around 590 B.C.?
Solon
499
What year did the Romans send a delegation to Athens to study that city's laws which had previously been codified by Solon, in order to better prepare themselves for the writing of the 12 tables?
454 B.C.
500
A delegation of Romans was sent in 454 B.C. to study the laws codified by Solon in Athens in order to better prepare themselves for the writing of what code of laws?
Twelve Tables
501
After Verginius fought his way out of the city following his murder of Verginia, the populace withdrew from the city in disgust and camped on what hill?
Janiculum
502
What had Appius Claudius Crassus called the prison in which he was thrown, prior to his suicide?
The working men's quarters
503
Who had called the prison in which he was thrown "the working men's quarters"?
Appius Claudius Crassus
504
Appius Claudius Crassus committed suicide following the failed impassioned plea by what uncle (or brother) of his?
Gaius Claudius
505
What soldier and statesman was responsible for the capturing of Veii in 396 B.C.?
Marcus Furius Camillus
506
Who brought the large statue of Juno Regina to Rome from Veii?
Marcus Furius Camillus
507
A large statue of what patron goddess of Veii was brought to Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus in 396 B.C. after he pillaged the city?
Juno Regina
508
What year was the Temple of Juno Regina finally completed on the Aventine, where the Romans set up the statue of her which they discovered in Veii in 396 B.C.?
392 B.C.
509
Upon what hill was the Temple of Juno Regina constructed in 392 B.C.?
Aventine
510
What year did Marcus Furius Camillus capture the city of Falerii?
394 B.C.
511
Who captured the city of Falerii in 394 B.C.?
Marcus Furius Camillus
512
What people inhabited the city of Falerii?
Faliscans
513
While Marcus Furius Camillus was in exile at Ardea, which of the Fabii felt free to join the Clusians in fighting the Gauls?
Fabius Maximus Ambustus
514
During the Gallic attack, what man is said to have helped in the evacuation of the Vestal Virgins?
Lucius Albinius
515
During the Gallic attack, Lucius Albinius is said to have helped what group in evacuating?
Vestal Virgins
516
At what battle of 361 B.C. did the dictator Quinctius Pennus Capitolinus fight a group of Gauls who had encamped near the Via Salaria?
Anio River
517
What year was the Battle of Anio River?
361 B.C.
518
What dictator fought a group of Gauls in the Battle of Anio River who had encamped near the Via Salaria in 361 B.C.?
Quinctius Pennus Capitolinus
519
What were the dates of the 10-year siege over Veii?
405-396 B.C.
520
Who was proclaimed "Pater Patriae" and "Second Founder of Rome"?
Marcus Furius Camillus
521
What Senonian chieftain lead the Gauls to defeat the Romans at the Battle of Allia River then advanced to Rome and captured all of it except for the Capitoline Hill?
Brennus
522
After Brennus defeated the Romans at Allia River, he then advanced into Rome and captured all of it except for what part?
Capitoline Hill
523
Along with the unending feud with the Volsci, Rome suffered both a plague and a famine so severe that what tyrant of Sicily supposedly sent relief supplies of grain to Rome around 412 B.C.?
Dionysius I
524
Where was Dionysius I tyrant?
Sicily
525
According to legend, who was awoken by the sacred geese of Juno and rallied the Romans on the Capitoline Hill?
Marcus Manlius Capitolinus
526
What did Brennus say after the Romans tried to pay him off with 1,000 pounds weight in gold?
Vae victis
527
What does the infamous saying "vae victis" mean?
Woe to the conquered
528
For how long did Brennus occupy Rome?
7 months
529
The dispute over the scales used to measure the gold gave time for who to rally an army and save the city from Brennus?
Marcus Furius Camillus
530
The dispute over what gave Marcus Furius Camillus time to rally an army and save the city from Brennus?
The scales used to measure the gold
531
What year was the Battle of Veii?
396 B.C.
532
What color did Marcus Furius Camillus paint himself, like Jupiter, for his triumph?
Red
533
What year was the Lex Licinia-Sextia passed?
367 B.C.
534
What two tribunes passed the Lex Licinia-Sextia?
Licinius Stolo and Sextius Lateranus
535
Who was the first plebeian military tribune?
Licinius Stolo
536
What did the Lex Licinia-Sextia do?
One of the two consuls could be a plebeian
537
What year was the Battle of Allia River?
390 B.C.
538
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Allia River in 390 B.C.?
Marcus Manlius Torquatus
539
At what battle of 390 B.C. did Marcus Manlius Torquatus lead the Romans?
Allia River
540
Who was the first praetor of Rome?
Marcus Furius Camillus
541
Where did Marcus Furius Camillus go into exile in 395 B.C.?
Ardea
542
What famous Roman general was exiled to Ardea but returned to help combat the invasion of Gauls?
Marcus Furius Camillus
543
What year did Marcus Furius Camillus go into exile at Ardea?
395 B.C.
544
What town other than Veii did Marcus Furius Camillus take?
Falerii
545
How many times was Marcus Furius Camillus dictator?
5
546
What city did Brennus threaten before the Battle of Allia River?
Clusium
547
What Gallic chieftain threatened Clusium before going on to defeat the Romans at Allia River?
Brennus
548
Of what tribe was Brennus the chief?
Senones
549
What city during the Gallic attack provided refuge for the Vestal Virgins?
Caere
550
What city helped pay the Gallic ransom for Rome?
Massilia
551
What city became the first Roman municipium in 381 B.C.?
Tusculum
552
What year did Tusculum become the first Roman municipium?
381 B.C.
553
What Roman statesman lived long enough to vow a temple to Concord?
Marcus Furius Camillus
554
What year is Marcus Furius Camillus said to have vowed the Temple of Concord?
367 B.C.
555
What temple is said to be the earliest vowed?
Temple of Concord
556
Who vowed the Temple of Concord in 367 B.C.?
Marcus Furius Camillus
557
What temple did Marcus Furius Camillus vow in 367 B.C.?
Temple of Concord
558
Who was the first to institute payment for soldiers?
Marcus Furius Camillus
559
What city did the Romans take by digging tunnels under the walls of it?
Veii
560
Who was the first plebeian consul?
Sextius Lateranus
561
What year was the first plebeian consul, Sextius Lateranus, in office?
366 B.C.
562
What were the dates where military tribunes with consular power were elected?
444-367 B.C.
563
The years 444-367 B.C. were the years where what were elected with consular power?
Military tribunes
564
Who was the first plebeian to hold the office of dictator?
Marcius Rutilus
565
Who was the first plebeian to hold the office of censor?
Marcius Rutilus
566
Marcius Rutilus was the first plebeian to hold what two offices?
Dictator and Censor
567
Who earned his cognomen by defeating a giant Gallic warrior in single combat who was wearing an ornamental neck-chain called a "torques" in 361 B.C.?
Marcus Manlius Torquatus
568
What ornamental neck-chain was a giant Gallic warrior wearing when Marcus Manlius Torquatus defeated him in single combat in 361 B.C.?
Torques
569
What year did Marcus Manlius Torquatus defeat a giant Gallic warrior in single combat?
361 B.C.
570
What year was the first plebeian dictator, Marcius Rutilus, in office?
356 B.C.
571
What year was the first plebian censor, Marcius Rutilus, in office?
351 B.C.
572
Who was the first plebeian to hold the office of praetor?
Publilius Philo
573
What year was the first plebian praetor, Publilius Philo, in office?
337 B.C.
574
Who was the first plebeian to hold the office of Pontifex Maximus, though this feat wasn't achieved until the year 254 B.C.?
Tiberius Coruncanius
575
What nearly impregnable town was located on a steep rock but eventually fell to Camillus in 396 B.C.?
Veii
576
Upon what was Veii located?
Steep rock
577
Who was responsible for capturing Veii in a siege that lasted from 405-396 B.C.?
Marcus Furius Camillus
578
From what years did the siege of Veii last?
405-396 B.C.
579
Who was exiled in 395 B.C. following accusations of the misappropriation of spoils and the disappearance of the Bronze Gates of Veii?
Marcus Furius Camillus
580
Marcus Furius Camillus was exiled for the disappearance of what?
Bronze Gates of Veii
581
What Senonian chieftain led the Gauls to victory over the Romans at Allia River in 390 B.C.?
Brennus
582
What exiled dictator returned to Rome and saved the city from the Gauls?
Marcus Furius Camillus
583
What thing, other than making it so one of the two consuls could be a plebeian, did the Lex Licinia-Sextia do?
Limited public land ownership
584
What was the term for a military disaster?
Dies Ater
585
What was the land limit set by the Lex Licinia-Sextia?
500 iugera
586
What temple was built in honor of Rome being saved after the attack of Brennus and the Gauls?
Juno Moneta
587
Why was Marcus Manlius Capitolinus executed in 384 B.C.?
Tried to make himself popular
588
Who was executed in 384 B.C. for trying to make himself popular?
Marcus Manlius Capitolinus
589
What year was Marcus Manlius Capitolinus executed?
384 B.C.
590
What three cities came to the aid of Veii during Camillus' siege?
Capena, Falerii, Tarquinii
591
In Rome's first offer to repay it's debt to Greece, what spoil of Veii did they dedicate to Pythian Apollo at Delphi?
Golden bowl
592
Who gave up his property to redeem debtors?
Marcus Manlius Capitolinus
593
The Lex Licinia-Sextia also limited the number of what farm animals on public pastures?
Sheep and cattle
594
What Greek colony did the Romans give citizenship to because they helped pay the ransom by Brennus and even helped Rome build their walls?
Massilia
595
What Greek colony helped the Romans to build their walls?
Massilia
596
In what year did Rome seize Tusculum, thereby absorbing them into the ranks of Roman citizens?
381 B.C.
597
What city did Rome seize in 381 B.C., thereby absorbing its population into the ranks of Roman citizens?
Tusculum
598
From 370-367 B.C., what Latin town did Rome siege?
Velitrae
599
From what years was Velitrae seized?
370-367 B.C.
600
What year did the siege of Velitrae start?
370 B.C.
601
In what year were Tibur and Praeneste subdued by the Romans?
354 B.C.
602
What two cities were subdued by the Romans in 354 B.C.?
Tibur and Praeneste
603
What was the meaning of the Greek cognomen "Philo"?
Lover
604
Before taking Veii, at what battle did Marcus Furius Camillus defeat the forces of Falerii and Capena in 396 B.C.?
Nepete
605
What two cities' forces did Marcus Furius Camillus defeat at the Battle of Nepete in 396 B.C.?
Capena and Falerii
606
What year did Marcus Furius Camillus defeat Capena and Falerii at Nepete?
396 B.C.
607
Who defeated the forces of Capena and Falerii at the Battle of Nepete in 396 B.C.?
Marcus Furius Camillus
608
Under what Etruscan city did the Romans dig tunnels in order to capture it?
Veii
609
How did the Romans capture Veii?
Dug tunnels underneath the walls
610
What ceremony was first performed in 399 B.C. by the duumvirs which is known as the "Draping of Couches"?
Lectisternium
611
What year was the ceremony "Lectisternium" first performed by the duumvirs?
399 B.C.
612
In what year was Camillus appointed dictator for the first time?
396 B.C.
613
A prophecy said that what lake had to be drained in order for the Romans to have victory over Veii in 396 B.C.?
Alban Lake
614
A prophecy stated that the Romans wouldn't be able to capture what city until the Alban Lake was drained?
Veii
615
What temple, originally consecrated by Servius Tullius, did Marcus Furius Camillus swear to restore if he conquered Veii?
Mater Matuta
616
What king originally consecrated the temple of Mater Matuta?
Servius Tullius
617
Who swore that if he conquered Veii he would restore the Temple of Mater Matuta?
Marcus Furius Camillus
618
Marcus Furius Camillus swore that he would restore the Temple of Mater Matuta if he conquered what city?
Veii
619
Who said that he would restore the Votive Games if he captured Veii?
Marcus Furius Camillus
620
What games did Marcus Furius Camillus say that he would restore if he conquered Veii?
Votive Games
621
What man said "whoever wants spoils from Veii should go and claim it themselves" in 396 B.C.?
Licinius
622
To what deity did Marcus Furius Camillus pray and grant a tenth of the spoils of Veii in 396 B.C.?
Pythian Apollo
623
How much of Veii's spoils were dedicated to Pythian Apollo?
A tenth
624
In 391 B.C., what plebeian man told the tribunes that he had heard a voice saying, "tell the magistrates that the Gauls are coming!"?
Caedicius
625
WHAT is said to have lured the Gauls into Italy in 391 B.C.?
Wine and fruit
626
What man of Clusium is said to have suggested to the Gauls that they attack Clusium in 391 B.C.?
Arruns
627
Who caused the Gauls' attack on Rome when he killed a Gallic chieftain who had requested that Clusium grant them a portion of their land in 391 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Ambustus
628
What did Fabius Maximus Ambustus do to cause the Gauls' attack on Rome in 391 B.C.?
Killed a Gallic chieftain
629
What man drove the Vestal Virigins in his cart to Caere after having his wife and sons step out?
Lucius Albinius
630
Who did Camillus replace as commander at Veii after being called in to serve?
Caedicius
631
With what people did the Romans sign a treaty in 354 B.C.?
Samnites
632
Why did the Romans recall Marcus Furius Camillus from exile in Ardea?
Invasion of Gauls
633
What did Camillus convince the Romans not to do during the invasion of Gauls?
Abandon Rome and move to Veii
634
Who convinced the Romans not to abandon Rome, rather than move to Veii, during the invasion of Gauls?
Marcus Furius Camillus
635
After driving the Celts from Rome, Camillus gave the Senate an impassioned speech to dissuade them from abandoning Rome and resettling in which city which had been conquered years before?
Veii
636
What temple was built to celebrate the end of class struggle between the patricians and plebeians?
Temple of Concord
637
What honest action of Camillus caused the besieged people of Falerii to peacefully capitulate rather than continue their resistance?
He returned the children who had been handed over by their schoolteacher
638
What goddess did Camillus transplant to Rome amid the spoils of Veii after the men witnessed an omen of the statue nodding its approval?
Juno Moneta
639
What two titles was Marcus Furius Camillus awarded with following the conflict with Brennus?
Pater Patriae, "Second Founder of Rome"
640
After what year did 1 consul have to be plebeian?
342 B.C.
641
What patrician office was made in 367 B.C.?
Curule Aedile
642
Who set a bad example for future Roman generals by slaughtering and selling the citizens of Veii?
Marcus Furius Camillus
643
According to Livy, what year was the construction of the Servian Wall begun?
387 B.C.
644
What structure was begun in 387 B.C.?
Servian Wall
645
Why did Camillus go into exile at Ardea?
Accused of hiding the spoils of Veii
646
Who was appointed consul for the first time at age 23 in 346 B.C.?
Marcus Valerius Corvus
647
At what age was Marcus Valerius Corvus elected consul for the first time in 346 B.C.?
23
648
What year was Marcus Valerius Corvus elected consul for the first time at age 23?
346 B.C.
649
What general took the city of Satricum in 346 B.C., later burning it to the ground to remove it forever from enemy hands?
Marcus Valerius Corvus
650
What year did Marcus Valerius Corvus take the city of Satricum and later burn it to the ground to remove it forever from enemy hands?
346 B.C.
651
What city did Marcus Valerius Corvus take in 346 B.C. and later burn to the ground?
Satricum
652
In 368 B.C. patricians upped the number of officials responsible for religious ceremonies from 2 to 10. What was this group of 10 officials called?
Decemviri Sacris Faciundis
653
What year did the Patricians up the number of officials responsible for religious ceremonies from 2 to 10?
368 B.C.
654
What was the fate of the population of Veii after Camillus' siege of the city in 396 B.C.?
Sold into slavery
655
How was Fabius Maximus Rullianus related to Fabius Maximus Cunctator?
Great-grandfather
656
What tribe captured the town of Melpum in 396 B.C.?
Insubres
657
What year did the Insubres capture the town of Melpum?
396 B.C.
658
What town near Mediolanum did the Insubres capture in 396 B.C.?
Melpum
659
Conquest of Italy-Republic
660
What were the dates of the First Samnite War?
343-341 B.C.
661
What law of 312 B.C. formalized the automatic admission of ex-magistrates to the senate for life?
Lex Ovinia
662
What law of 312 B.C. granted censors the right to revise the Senate list?
Lex Ovinia
663
Who first made, in convenient form, the procedures and official calendar necessary to give the average citizen better access to the courts?
Gnaeus Flavius
664
In what year was the Patrician right to vote canceled by the Lex Publilia?
339 B.C.
665
The Patrician right to vote was canceled by what law of 339 B.C.?
Lex Publilia
666
Instead of consuls, what 3 officials with consular powers reigned from 444-367 B.C. on 22 different occasions?
Military Tribune (Tribunus Militum)
667
On how many different occasions from 444-367 B.C. did the office of Military Tribune reign?
22
668
What was the term for a military tribune with consular powers?
Tribuni Militum Consulari Potestate
669
Who was the first king that the Tarentines gained the support of during the First Samnite War?
Archidamus of Sparta
670
Who executed his son for disobeying his order to not engage an enemy in single handed combat in 340 B.C. at the Battle of Mt. Vesuvius?
Titus Manlius Torquatus
671
What year did Titus Manlius Torquatus execute his son for disobeying his order to not engage an enemy in single handed combat at the Battle of Mt. Vesuvius?
340 B.C.
672
Around what city was the First Samnite War fought?
Capua
673
What year was the Lex Genucia passed?
342 B.C.
674
What two things did the Lex Genucia do?
Prohibited loans and usury, Made it so one of the two consuls had to be plebeian
675
What law made it so one of the two consuls had to be plebeian?
Lex Genucia
676
What were the dates of the Great Latin War?
340-338 B.C.
677
With what people did the Romans ally to defeat a contingent of Latins and Campanians at Suessa Aurunca in 340 B.C.?
Samnites
678
What year was the Battle of Suessa Aurunca?
340 B.C.
679
What year was the Fourth Secession of the Plebs?
342 B.C.
680
What title was given to towns as an inferior grade of Roman citizenship during the Great Latin War?
Municipium
681
During what war would the title of "Municipium" be given to towns as an inferior grade of Roman citizenship?
Great Latin War
682
What year was the Battle of Mt. Vesuvius?
340 B.C.
683
At what battle did Publius Decius Mus I perform devotio in 340 B.C.?
Mt. Vesuvius
684
Who led the Romans in the Battle of Mt. Vesuvius in 340 B.C.?
Titus Manlius Torquatus and Publius Decius Mus I
685
At what battle did Titus Manlius Torquatus and Publius Decius Mus I lead the Romans in 340 B.C.?
Mt. Vesuvius
686
What year did the Romans capture the town of Antium?
338 B.C.
687
What did the Romans take from the town of Antium and attach to the speaker's platforms in the Forum?
Rostra
688
What year did the Romans secure control of central Italy?
338 B.C.
689
What year did the Latin League break up?
338 B.C.
690
What league broke up in 338 B.C.?
Latin League
691
Where, to secure Capua against further Samnite raids, did the Romans post a Latin colony in 334 B.C.?
Cales
692
What year did Rome post a Latin colony at Cales to further secure Capua against Samnite raids?
334 B.C.
693
During the Second Samnite War, what two valleys were untraversable due to the Romans' many outposts?
Liris and Volturnus
694
During what war were the Liris and Volturnus valleys nearly untraversable due to the Romans' many outposts?
Second Samnite War
695
What two years are possible dates that the Lex Poetelia was passed?
326, 313 B.C.
696
What year does Livy say the Lex Poetelia was formed?
326 B.C.
697
What city did Livy call Palaeopolis?
Neapolis (Naples)
698
What year does Varro say the Lex Poetelia was passed?
313 B.C.
699
What did the Lex Poetelia do when it was passed in 326 (or 313) B.C.?
Eliminated nexum (debt bondage)
700
What was "nexum", which the Lex Poetelia abolished?
Debt bondage
701
What were the dates of the Second Samnite War?
326-304 B.C.
702
What small Campanian town did the Samnites attack in 343 B.C.?
Sidicini
703
What year did the Samnites attack the Sidicini on the northern border of Capua?
343 B.C.
704
At what Battle of 343 B.C. did the dictator Marcus Valerius Corvus defeat an enormous Gaul in combat with the help of a raven which landed on an opponent's helmet?
Mt. Gaurus
705
What dictator defeated an enormous Gaul in combat with the help of a raven which landed on the opponent's helmet at the Battle of Mt. Gaurus in 343 B.C.?
Marcus Valerius Corvus
706
What dictator was widely known for living 100 years, and in that time, served as consul 6 times?
Marcus Valerius Corvus
707
How many years is Marcus Valerius Corvus said to have lived?
100
708
What year was the Battle of Mt. Gaurus?
343 B.C.
709
What did Carthage send to Rome after the Battle of Mt. Gaurus in congratulations to be put in the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?
A golden crown
710
Where was the golden crown, which Carthage sent to Rome after the Battle of Mt. Gaurus, meant to be placed?
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
711
What man had been consul 6 times, second only to (Titus Quinctius Barbatus and) Marius?
Marcus Valerius Corvus
712
When there was a strange disease in 331 B.C. a slave girl revealed to the senior statesman of the day, a Quintus Fabius Maximus, the source of the mysterious sickness and led investigations to a group of women led by what two people who were preparing potions?
Cornelia and Sergia
713
What year were Cornelia and Sergia discovered making potions when there was a strange disease going around?
331 B.C.
714
What consul defeated the Latins at the Battle of Antium in 338 B.C.?
Gaius Maenius
715
At what battle did Gaius Maenius lead the Romans to victory in 338 B.C.?
Antium
716
What is an alternate name for the Battle of Antium?
Pedum
717
What was the dispute over the Samnites which began the 2nd Samnite War?
Neapolis (Naples)
718
What year was a Roman colony founded at Tarracina?
329 B.C.
719
Who carried out the siege of Neapolis from 327-326 B.C.?
Publilius Philo
720
What were the dates that Publilius Philo carried out the siege of Neapolis?
327-326 B.C.
721
What year was the Battle of Caudine Forks?
321 B.C.
722
How many Romans were slaughtered at the Battle of Caudine Forks in 321 B.C.?
20000
723
What Samnite chieftain trapped the Romans under a mountain pass and forced the Roman soldiers to shamefully pass under the yoke following the Battle of Caudine Forks?
Gavius Pontius
724
What father of Gavius Pontius advised him at the Battle of Caudine Forks?
Herennius Pontius
725
What Roman took command after the Battle of Caudine Forks?
Papirius Cursor
726
After what Battle did Papirius Cursor take command?
Caudine Forks
727
Who was leading the Romans during the Battle of Caudine Forks?
Titus Veturius Calvinus and Spurius Postumius Albinus
728
What did the Romans have to pass under at the Battle of Caudine Forks in 321 B.C.?
Yoke
729
What was the yoke?
Crossed spears
730
What year was the Battle of Lautulae?
315 B.C.
731
What Roman general was defeated at the Battle of Lautulae?
Fabius Maximus Rullianus
732
What city revolted and turned to the Samnites as a result of the loss at Lautulae?
Capua
733
At what battle of 314 B.C. did the Romans drive the Samnites away and receive a surrender from Capua?
Tarracina
734
What year was the Battle of Tarracina?
314 B.C.
735
What censor of 312 B.C. built the Via Appia?
Appius Claudius Caecus
736
What is an alternate name for the Via Appia meaning "queen of the roads"?
Regina Viarum
737
What road of Rome was known as "queen of the roads" or "Regina Viarum"?
Via Appia
738
What law of 311 B.C. provided for the establishment of two men to be in charge of the equipping and repairing of the fleet?
Lex Decia
739
What year was the Lex Decia formed?
311 B.C.
740
Perhaps influenced by their Greek allies at Naples, what naval board did the Romans establish in 311 B.C., along with a little squadron to patrol the Tyrrhenian coast?
Duoviri Navales
741
In what year were the Duoviri Navales established?
311 B.C.
742
What law established the Duoviri Navales in 311 B.C.?
Lex Decia
743
What year was the First Battle of Lake Vadimo?
310 B.C.
744
What battle, fought in 305 B.C., ended the Second Samnite War?
Bovianum
745
What colleague of the censor Appius Claudius Caecus resigned in disgust of Caecus' manipulation of the electoral roles?
Gaius Plautius Venox
746
When Gaius Plautius Venox resigned in disgust towards his co-censor Appius Claudius Caecus, Caecus should have too but did not, nor did he when the 18 months had expired for his censorship. What tribune tried to arrest Caecus for this but failed?
Sempronius
747
What year was the Battle of Bovianum?
305 B.C.
748
What aedile of 304 B.C. published a handbook of procedures to give the average citizen better access to the courts?
Gnaeus Flavius
749
What year was Gnaeus Flavius elected as aedile and published a handbook of procedures to give the average citizen better access to the courts?
304 B.C.
750
What position did Gnaeus Flavius hold in 304 B.C.?
Aedile
751
What does the name "Caecus" mean?
Blind
752
What city did the Via Appia end at originally, after its contruction in 312 B.C.?
Capua
753
What censor built the Aqua Appia in 312 B.C.?
Appius Claudius Caecus
754
How many times was Papirius Cursor elected consul?
5
755
How many times was Fabius Maximus Rullianus elected consul?
5
756
At what battle of 315 B.C. did Fabius Maximus Rullianus get trapped in a low mountain pass which led to Rome suffering a second major disaster in the Second Samnite War?
Lautulae
757
Who was dictator during the First Battle of Lake Vadimo in 310 B.C.?
Papirius Cursor
758
The First Samnite War ended in a Roman victory under what commander?
Marcus Valerius Corvus
759
After allying themselves with the Samnites and descending through the valley of the Liris towards Campania, where did the Romans and Samnites defeat a contingent of Latins and Campanians in 340 B.C.?
Suessa Aurunca
760
Where did the Romans defeat a Volscian fleet in 338 B.C., where they then took the prows of the enemy ships and decorated the rostra in the Roman Forum?
Antium
761
What people did the Romans defeat at Antium in 338 B.C.?
Volsci
762
What year was the Battle of Antium?
338 B.C.
763
What town asked for help from the Romans against the Samnites in 327 B.C.?
Capua
764
What consul defeated the Etruscan League at the First Battle of Lake Vadimo?
Fabius Maximus Rullianus
765
What dictator aided Fabius Maximus Rullianus at Lake Vadimo in 310 B.C.?
Papirius Cursor
766
What Roman commander was defeated by the Samnites at Lautulae in 315 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Rullianus
767
What did the Lex Ogulnia do?
Opened the priesthood to plebeians
768
Who were the two tribunes of 300 B.C. who carried out a law that established 8 pontiffs and 9 augurs?
Gnaeus and Quintus Ogulnius
769
What law established 8 pontiffs and 9 augurs?
Lex Ogulnia
770
What law of 300 B.C. opened various priesthoods to plebeians?
Lex Ogulnia
771
During what war was the "municipia" established which granted towns citizenship "sine suffragio"?
Great Latin War
772
In what year did Alexander the Great die?
323 B.C.
773
After the defeat at Lautulae in 315 B.C., what town switched sides from Rome to the Samnites?
Capua
774
What five-time consul and two-time dictator led the Romans to start the Second Samnite War?
Papirius Cursor
775
What year could plebeians become augurs and pontiffs?
300 B.C.
776
What colony protected Campania from the Samnites?
Fregellae
777
After Lautulae, what changes did the Romans make in their formation?
Phalanx to legion
778
After what battle did the Romans change their formation from phalanx to legion?
Lautulae
779
What two years was Gaius Maenius, victor at Antium in 338 B.C., elected dictator?
320, 314 B.C.
780
What was the area of Volscian land that was distributed for settlement in Northern Campania in 318 B.C.?
Ager Falernus
781
The Great Latin War was precipitated by a treaty between Rome and Carthage signed in what year?
349 B.C.
782
The Great Latin War was precipitated by a treaty in 349 B.C. between Rome and whom?
Carthage
783
Who did Rome conclude a treaty with in 349 B.C.?
Carthage
784
In 349 B.C., Rome threatened to withhold aid against the Gauls for what people?
Latins
785
After the Battle of Suessa Aurunca in 340 B.C., with whom did the Romans come to terms?
Campanians
786
After coming to terms with the Campanians during the Great Latin War, what people did the Romans twice defeat?
Latins
787
Who did the Romans defeat at Antium in 338 B.C. after defeating the Latins twice?
Volsci
788
In a treaty following Caudine Forks, what town in Latium did the Samnites receive?
Fregellae
789
Following what battle did the Samnites receive possession of Fregellae?
Caudine Forks
790
What town surrendered to the Romans in 314 B.C. after the Romans drove the Samnites out of Tarracina?
Capua
791
Where did the Romans defeat the Samnites in 314 B.C., which led to the town of Capua's surrender?
Tarracina
792
What two consuls led the Romans at Tarracina in 314 B.C.?
Marcus Poetelius and Sulpicius Longus
793
In what year did Rome renew its treaty with Carthage which had been signed in 348 B.C.?
306 B.C.
794
Where was the first ever battle fought between the Romans and the Samnites in 343 B.C.?
Mt. Gaurus
795
What ally of Rome sent a 25-pound golden crown to the Temple of Jupiter to congratulate their victory over the Samnites at Mt. Gaurus in 343 B.C.?
Carthage
796
What father of Gavius Pontius advised him to either accept the Romans as allies or to kill them all?
Herennius Pontius
797
What two cities did the Via Appia connect when it was first built in 312 B.C.?
Rome and Capua
798
What two architectural structures did Appius Claudius Caecus build?
Via Appia and Aqua Appia
799
What political office was first proposed in 326 B.C. to meet specific military needs?
Proconsul (Propraetor)
800
What was the name of the Roman treasury?
Aerarium
801
What road was the main passageway through the Apennines?
Via Valeria
802
In 334 B.C., what brother-in-law of Alexander the Great was employed by Tarentum and then beat off Lucanian, Bruttian, and Samnite raiders?
Alexander of Epirus
803
In what year did Tarentum employ King Alexander of Epirus to fight the Lucanians, Bruttians, and Samnites?
334 B.C.
804
What tribe slew Alexander of Epirus after the Tarentines withdrew support of him because they suspected him of becoming too powerful?
Lucanians
805
Which formation came about in direct response to Rome losing several engagements in the Second Samnite War?
Maniple
806
The formation of the Maniple came about in direct response to Rome losing several engagements in what war?
Second Samnite War
807
What conflict is translated into Latin as "Furculae Caudinae"?
Caudine Forks
808
What is the Latin name for the Battle of Caudine Forks?
Furculae Caudinae
809
Upon what mountain range did the Samnites live?
Apennines
810
What people lived in the Apennines?
Samnites
811
The Romans adopted the legion in order to defeat what people?
Samnites
812
What term refers to being sold into slavery to satisfy one's debts?
Nexum
813
What military colony protected Campania from the Samnites?
Fregellae
814
What ancient Italian region did Fregellae protect from the Samnites?
Campania
815
Fregellae protected Campania from what people?
Samnites
816
What Roman colony, built in 328 B.C., disallowed the Samnites from entering the Liris valley and cut them off from the western seaboard?
Fregellae
817
The obstruction of Fregellae disallowed the Samnites from entering what valley, cutting them off from the western seaboard?
Liris Valley
818
What Roman colony was established in 328 B.C.?
Fregellae
819
What year was the colony at Fregellae built?
328 B.C.
820
Where was the first Roman victory in the Great Latin War?
Suessa Aurunca
821
Suessa Aurunca was the first victory for the Romans in what conflict?
Great Latin War
822
What year was the Lex Ovinia passed?
312 B.C.
823
What colleague of Publilius Philo gave him the dictatorship in 339 B.C. while he was also serving as consul?
Tiberius Aemilius
824
What year did Tiberius Aemilius give Publilius Philo the dictatorship?
339 B.C.
825
Who was given the dictatorship by his colleague Tiberius Aemilius in 339 B.C.?
Publilius Philo
826
Who was the first plebeian praetor in 337 B.C.?
Publilius Philo
827
What year did Publilius Philo serve as the first plebeian praetor?
337 B.C.
828
Publilius Philo was the first plebeian to hold what position?
Praetor
829
What Plebeian dictator of 339 B.C. passed a law requiring at least one censor to be plebeian?
Publilius Philo
830
What was the casus belli of the First Samnite War?
Rome granted protection to Capua (the Samnites were also interested in Campania)
831
How many times was Papirius Cursor elected dictator?
2
832
What title did Gavius Pontius hold?
Meddix
833
Whose dictatorship was extended by the proconsulship for the siege of Neapolis in 326 B.C.?
Publilius Philo
834
Whose dictatorship was extended by the proconsulship in 307 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Rullianus
835
What despot of Syracuse all but succeeded in reducing Carthage itself after invading Africa from 310-306 BC?
Agathocles
836
From what years did Agathocles invade Africa?
310-306 B.C.
837
Who was the first Roman to attain the proconsulship, which was achieved in 326 B.C.?
Publilius Philo
838
At what battle of 339 B.C. did the Romans under the command of Titus Manlius Torquatus win a victory over the Latins?
Trifanum
839
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Trifanum in 339 B.C.?
Titus Manlius Torquatus
840
What year did Titus Manlius Torquatus defeat the Latins at the Battle of Trifanum?
339 B.C.
841
List, in order, the 4 battles of the Great Latin War.
Suessa Aurunca (340), Mt. Vesuvius (340), Trifanum (339), Antium (338)
842
Following the disaster at Lautulae during the Second Samnite War, the Romans were able to recover lost resources in part by establishing several colonies, such as one on the site of what Samnite stronghold in Apulia which they captured in 314 B.C.?
Luceria
843
What year did the Romans capture the Samnite stronghold of Luceria?
314 B.C.
844
What Spartan king was employed by Tarentum during the First Samnite War, though he eventually perished in a battle against the Lucanians in 338 B.C.?
Archidamus
845
Archidamus of Sparta eventually perished in a battle against what southern-Italian people in 338 B.C.?
Lucanians
846
What year did Archidamus of Sparta perish in a battle against the Lucanians?
338 B.C.
847
During what war did Tarentum employ Archidamus against the Lucanians?
First Samnite War
848
Of what origin was Archidamus?
Spartan
849
What woman, the first plebeian Vestal Virgin, was buried alive after being accused of incest in 337 B.C.?
Minucia
850
What year was the Vestal Virgin Minucia accused of incest and later buried alive for her crime?
337 B.C.
851
What woman became the first plebeian Vestal Virgin in 337 B.C.?
Minucia
852
After a march through the Ciminian Mountains, where did Fabius Maximus Rullianus redeem himself, of the disaster at Lautulae, in 310 B.C. by defeating the Etruscans, who had allied themselves with the Samnites?
Lake Vadimo
853
After a march through what mountain pass did Rullianus defeat the Etruscans at Lake Vadimo in 310 B.C.?
Ciminian Mountains
854
What man led a march through the Ciminian Mountains in order to fight the Etruscans at Lake Vadimo in 310 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Rullianus
855
600 hostage equites were handed over following the defeat at what battle of the late 4th century B.C.?
Caudine Forks
856
Following the defeat at Caudine Forks, how many hostage equites were handed over?
600
857
How many hostage equites were handed over following the defeat at Caudine Forks?
600
858
What group had a federal sanctuary at the Fanum Voltumnae?
Etruscan League
859
Where did the Etruscan League have a federal sanctuary near Volsinii?
Fanum Voltumnae
860
When fighting the Samnites in 296 B.C., Appius Claudius Caecus received his only significant victory in his campaigns due to the fortunate arrival of what fellow consul, who inspired Appius' army with a brilliant speech?
Lucius Volumnius
861
What law of 300 B.C. gave plebeians access to the priesthood?
Lex Ogulnia
862
What was the effect of the Lex Ogulnia?
Opened priesthood to Plebeians
863
What were the dates of the 3rd Samnite War?
298-290 B.C.
864
At what battle of 298 B.C. did Scipio Barbatus win a victory against the Etruscans?
Volaterrae (Volterra)
865
What year did Scipio Barbatus win a victory over the Etruscans at Volaterrae?
298 B.C.
866
Who won a victory over the Etruscans at Volaterrae in 298 B.C.?
Scipio Barbatus
867
Who claimed to have subdued all of Lucania during the Third Samnite War?
Scipio Barbatus
868
Scipio Barbatus won a victory over what people at Volaterrae in 298 B.C.?
Etruscans
869
While he was fighting the Samnites, what year did Appius Claudius Caecus earn his only significant victory in his campaigns due to the fortunate arrival of Volumnius?
296 B.C.
870
Where did the Third Samnite War begin?
Camerinum
871
What year was the Battle of Camerinum?
298 B.C.
872
Who was consul and commander at the Battle of Camerinum?
Scipio Barbatus
873
Who precipitated the beginning of the 3rd Samnite War?
Scipio Barbatus
874
What Italian region did Scipio Barbatus drive the Samnites out of to start the Third Samnite War?
Lucania
875
What year was the Battle of Sentinum?
295 B.C.
876
What were the elephants that fought with Pyrrhus referred to as by the Romans?
Lucanian/Grey oxen
877
Whose elephants were referred to as "Lucanian oxen"?
Pyrrhus
878
Where had Pyrrhus once been king before Epirus?
Macedon
879
Who ruled as king in Macedon before ruling over Epirus?
Pyrrhus
880
In 274 B.C. Pyrrhus stole the throne of what region from Antigonus II?
Macedon
881
Who stole the throne of Macedon from Antigonus II in 274 B.C.?
Pyrrhus
882
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Sentinum?
Publius Decius Mus II and Fabius Maximus Rullianus
883
Who led the Samnites at the Battle of Sentinum?
Gellius Egnatius
884
At what battle did Publius Decius Mus II perform devotio?
Sentinum
885
What year was the Battle of Aquilonia?
293 B.C.
886
What man heard rumors that Rome wanted to fight the Linen Legion but was promptly killed by a javelin?
Gaius Papirius
887
What battle of 293 B.C. essentially ended the third Samnite War after the Romans sacked the city of its gold and decorated their public temples with it?
Aquilonia
888
When the Romans sacked Aquilonia in 293 B.C., they decorated what buildings of theirs with the gold of the city?
Temples
889
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Aquilonia in 293 B.C.?
Papirius Cursor
890
What group led the Samnites at the Battle of Aquilonia in 293 B.C.?
Linen Legion
891
What consul of 290 B.C. ended the Third Samnite War?
Manius Curius Dentatus
892
What Roman's name meant "toothy"?
Dentatus
893
What did Manius Curius Dentatus' name mean?
Toothy
894
Where did Pyrrhus rule as king?
Epirus
895
How was Pyrrhus related to Alexander the Great?
Cousin
896
What consul of 284 B.C. fell in the war against the Senones and was succeeded by Manius Curius Dentatus?
Caecilius Metellus Denter
897
What year was Caecilius Metellus Denter consul?
284 B.C.
898
Who preceded Publius Cornelius Dolabella as commander and consul?
Caecilius Metellus Denter
899
What year was the Battle of Heraclea?
280 B.C.
900
After the Battle of Heraclea, who did Pyrrhus conduct negotiations with?
Gaius Fabricius
901
After what battle did Pyrrhus conduct negotiations with Gaius Fabricius?
Heraclea
902
The negotiations with Gaius Fabricius were done through what agent of Pyrrhus?
Cineas
903
What Carthaginian ambassador negotiated the treaty between Carthage and Pyrrhus in 280 B.C.?
Mago
904
At what battle of 284 B.C. did the Romans rout the Gallic Senones who were led by Britomaris?
Arretium
905
Who led the Gauls at the Battle of Arretium in 284 B.C.?
Britomaris
906
Of what tribe was Britomaris the chief?
Senones
907
At what battle of 282 B.C. did Rome end the Etruscan resistance to its rule in Italy?
Populonia
908
What year was the Battle of Arretium?
284 B.C.
909
What year was the Battle of Populonia?
282 B.C.
910
Who did the Tarentines gain the support of in 303 B.C.?
Cleonymus of Sparta
911
What Syracusan tyrant did the Tarentines gain the support of in 298 B.C.?
Agathocles
912
What year did Tarentum gain the support of Cleonymus of Sparta?
303 B.C.
913
What year did Tarentum gain the support of Agathocles of Syracuse?
298 B.C.
914
What town was affiliated with the likes of Cleonymus and Agathocles?
Tarentum
915
What temple was dedicated in 303 B.C.?
Temple of Salus
916
The Temple of Salus is said to have been the handiwork of what Roman nobleman?
Fabius Pictor
917
What year was the Temple of Salus dedicated?
303 B.C.
918
What Roman ambassador was said to be unbribable?
Gaius Fabricius
919
What were the dates of the Pyrrhic War?
280-275 B.C.
920
Who gave a rousing speech to the Romans at the Battle of Heraclea?
Appius Claudius Caecus
921
At what battle did Appius Claudius Caecus give a rousing speech to the Romans?
Heraclea
922
What year was the Battle of Ausculum?
279 B.C.
923
At what battle did Publius Decius Mus III perform devotio?
Ausculum
924
What were both of Pyrrhus' losses known as?
Pyrrhic victories
925
What southern Italian city did the Romans attempt to aid in the Pyrrhic War, though by doing so, they ticked off the Tarentines as they had to sail past Tarentum's harbor which was forbidden in Rome's treaty with them?
Thurii
926
What year was the victor at Lake Vadimo (283), Publius Cornelius Dolabella, killed under the command of Lucius Valerius Laevinus by the Tarentines?
282 B.C.
927
What year was the Battle of Beneventum?
275 B.C.
928
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Beneventum?
Manius Curius Dentatus
929
What year did Tarentum surrender for good?
272 B.C.
930
Where did Pyrrhus die?
Argos, Greece
931
What year was the Lex Hortensia passed?
287 B.C.
932
Where did the plebs secede to for the fifth and final time?
Janiculum Hill
933
Who passed the Lex Hortensia in 287 B.C.?
Quintus Hortensius
934
What man arguably ended the Conflict of Orders when he proposed legislation that gave plebiscita the ability to affect all citizens?
Quintus Hortensius
935
What year was the Second Battle of Lake Vadimo?
283 B.C.
936
Who led the Romans at the Second Battle of Lake Vadimo in 283 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Dolabella
937
What year was the Amicitia with Egypt?
273 B.C.
938
What year did the plebs secede for the fifth and final time?
287 B.C.
939
What did the Lex Hortensia do?
Made all resolutions passed by the Concilium Plebis binding on all citizens
940
What king of Epirus' help did Tarentum gain before the First Punic War?
Pyrrhus
941
At what battle of 280 B.C. did Rome first encounter elephants?
Heraclea
942
What enemy of Rome was the first to use elephants in battle?
Pyrrhus
943
How many elephants did Pyrrhus use at the Battle of Heraclea?
20
944
Who is known for saying "one more such victory, and I will be ruined", following the battle of Ausculum in 279 B.C.?
Pyrrhus
945
After what battle did Pyrrhus comment "one more such victory and I will be ruined"?
Ausculum
946
What did Pyrrhus comment upon winning a Pyrrhic victory at the Battle of Ausculum?
One more such victory, and I will be ruined
947
Who did Pyrrhus defeat at the Battle of Ausculum in 279 B.C.?
Publius Decius Mus III
948
What did Curius Dentatus rename Malventum to?
Beneventum
949
What was the original name of Beneventum, before Curius Dentatus changed it?
Malventum
950
Who renamed Malventum to Beneventum?
Manius Curius Dentatus
951
What year did Pyrrhus die?
272 B.C.
952
What was the Amicitia of Egypt?
Rome established friendly ties with Ptolemy II
953
With which king of Egypt did Rome establish friendly ties, forming the Amicitia of Egypt in 273 B.C.?
Ptolemy II
954
What year was the Amicitia of Egypt formed?
273 B.C.
955
What law of 300 B.C. confirmed the right of appeal or "provocatio" and shared the name of laws passed in 509 and 449 B.C.?
Lex Valeria
956
What people killed Lucius Valerius Laevinus and Publius Cornelius Dolabella in 282 B.C.?
Terentines
957
What precipitated the Third Samnite War?
Scipio Barbatus drove the Samnites out of Lucania
958
What three tribes were defeated by the Romans at Sentinum?
Samnites, Gauls, Etruscans
959
What leader of the Samnites was defeated by the Romans at Sentinum in 295 B.C.?
Gellius Egnatius
960
What act did Publius Decius Mus II perform to save the right wing at Sentinum after an onslaught of Greek chariots?
Devotio
961
What consul defeated the Samnites and Sabines in 290 B.C., thus ending the Third Samnite War?
Manius Curius Dentatus
962
What Roman ambassador did Cineas try to negotiate peace with, though he was ultimately unsuccessful because the ambassador was "unbribable"?
Gaius Fabricius
963
Where did the Romans first witness the use of war elephants in battle?
Heraclea
964
Who was the agent of Pyrrhus who attempted to negotiate peace with Gaius Fabricius?
Cineas
965
What aged censor gave a rousing speech against Cineas and encouraged the Romans to keep fighting Pyrrhus?
Appius Claudius Caecus
966
What year did Appius Claudius Caecus die?
273 B.C.
967
How was Pyrrhus killed?
Old lady dropped a floor tile on his head
968
What tribe did Publius Cornelius Dolabella defeat at the Second Battle of Lake Vadimo in 283 B.C.?
Boii
969
Who did the Romans make friendly ties with in 273 B.C.?
Ptolemy II
970
What general defeated the Senones and reduced their country to the Ager Gallicus?
Curius Dentatus
971
What is the name of the land that Curius Dentatus reduced the Senones' country to?
Ager Gallicus
972
To what Greek city did Rome send a relief force which led to immediate hostilities between Rome and Tarentum, resulting in the Pyrrhic War?
Thurii
973
Where is Heraclea located?
Gulf of Otranto
974
What people signed a military alliance with the Romans against Pyrrhus in 279 B.C.?
Carthaginians
975
What year did Carthage sign a military alliance with the Romans against Pyrrhus?
279 B.C.
976
Who famously ate turnips when Samnite envoys came with expensive gifts?
Manius Curius Dentatus
977
What did Curius Dentatus famously eat when Samnite envoys came with expensive gifts?
Turnips
978
In what year did Rome take Rhegium, the last free city in Magna Graecia?
270 B.C.
979
What city did Rome take in 270 B.C., the last free city in Magna Graecia?
Rhegium
980
What was Pyrrhus' nickname?
Eagle
981
What did the Romans call Pyrrhus' elephants?
Grey oxen
982
Whose elephants were called "grey oxen" by the Romans?
Pyrrhus
983
Where did Pyrrhus go after the Battle of Ausculum to fight Carthage?
Sicily
984
What was the name of Rome's second aqueduct which was constructed in 272 B.C.?
Anio Vetus
985
What year was the Anio Vetus, Rome's second aqueduct, constructed?
272 B.C.
986
Appius Claudius Caecus offended the nobility in revising the list of the senate, a right which recently had been transferred to the censors from the consuls by what law?
Lex Ovinia
987
Whose dictatorship was extended by the proconsulship in 307 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Rullianus
988
At what battle of 298 B.C. did Gellius Egnatius and the Samnites defeat Scipio Barbatus?
Camerinum
989
Who led the Samnites at the Battle of Camerinum in 298 B.C.?
Gellius Egnatius
990
Who led the Roman forces at the Battle of Camerinum against Gellius Egnatius in 298 B.C.?
Scipio Barbatus
991
In 284 B.C. the Senones sieged what town after they began their invasion of Etruria?
Arretium
992
Who turned the land of the Senones into a desert for their attacks on Etruria?
Manius Curius Dentatus
993
What was the desert land made by Curius Dentatus of the Senones called?
Ager Gallicus
994
What Spartan in 303 B.C. didn't accomplish anything for the Tarentines after being employed?
Cleonymus
995
Of what origin was Cleonymus?
Spartan
996
In what year did Tarentum employ Cleonymus of Sparta?
303 B.C.
997
What tyrant of Syracuse in 298 B.C. did nothing for the Tarentines after being employed?
Agathocles
998
What year was Agathocles employed by Tarentum?
298 B.C.
999
During the Pyrrhic War, what Carthaginian ambassador came to Rome twice, succeeding in making a treaty the second time?
Mago
1000
From what years was there essentially a Fourth Samnite War fought?
283-272 B.C.
1001
Who did the Samnites call upon for aid in 276 B.C., leading to this man giving up on his Sicilian expedition?
Pyrrhus
1002
Along with the Via Appia, what road was an alternative route for communicating with Capua?
Via Latina
1003
What Roman general was defeated at Heraclea in 280 B.C., earning Pyrrhus his first victory?
Publius Valerius Laevinus
1004
At what battle was Publius Valerius Laevinus defeated by Pyrrhus, winning him his first victory?
Heraclea
1005
Who was Publius Valerius Laevinus' consular colleague in 280 B.C.?
Tiberius Coruncanius
1006
What year did Tiberius Coruncanius serve as Publius Valerius Laevinus' consular colleague before becoming the first plebeian Pontifex Maximus in 254 B.C.?
280 B.C.
1007
Where did Pyrrhus' march on Rome come to an end?
Praeneste
1008
What rebellious Etruscan city did Rome destroy in 264 B.C. from which they brought back 2,000 statues to place in the Forum Boarium?
Volsinii
1009
What year did Rome destroy the Etruscan city of Volsinii, capturing 2,000 statues to place in the Forum Boarium in the process?
264 B.C.
1010
Who is said to have taken more cities in Greece by diplomacy than his advisee, Pyrrhus, did through arms?
Cineas
1011
What year was Publius Cornelius Dolabella elected consul?
283 B.C.
1012
Who was the chieftain of the Senones during the battles of Arretium (284) and in a preliminary to Lake Vadimo (283)?
Britomaris
1013
In what two years was Appius Claudius Caecus consul?
307 and 296 B.C.
1014
Who was the first to permit plebeians into the senate?
Appius Claudius Caecus
1015
In what year did Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla attempt a siege of Syracuse?
265 B.C.
1016
Who attempted a siege of Syracuse in 265 B.C.?
Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla
1017
In 265 B.C., Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla attempted a siege of what city?
Syracuse
1018
In what year had the Mamertines first inhabited Sicily?
288 B.C.
1019
What people first inhabited Sicily in 288 B.C.?
Mamertines
1020
What province did the Mamertines capture in 288 B.C.?
Sicily
1021
From what region were the Mamertines?
Campania
1022
What tyrant of Syracuse originally hired the Mamertines to help against Carthage and whose successor had to appeal to Pyrrhus of Epirus for against them?
Agathocles
1023
Who originally hired the Mamertines as mercenaries?
Agathocles
1024
What people did Agathocles hire as mercenaries?
Mamertines
1025
What law gave every Roman citizen the right of appeal to the people if he had been given the death penalty in Rome?
Lex Valeria
1026
What man called the Roman Senate an "assembly of kings"?
Cineas
1027
What group did Cineas call an "assembly of kings"?
The Roman Senate
1028
What did Cineas call the Roman Senate?
An assembly of kings
1029
Cineas was the agent of what king?
Pyrrhus
1030
What year did the Romans mint their first silver coins in Rome?
269 B.C.
1031
What Greek town called for Rome's help against the Terentines in 282 B.C., which can be viewed as the casus belli for the Pyrrhic War?
Thurii
1032
What year did Thurii call for Rome's help against the Terentines?
282 B.C.
1033
Thurii called to Rome for help against what people in 282 B.C.?
Terentines
1034
What Latin colony was established in 298 B.C. during the construction of the Via Valeria?
Carseoli
1035
What year was the Latin colony of Carseoli established?
298 B.C.
1036
At what site did Pyrrhus earn a "Pyrrhic Victory" over the Romans?
Ausculum
1037
Who passed the Lex Valeria of 300 B.C., guaranteeing the right to appeal, or "provocatio" from a magistrate's sentence of death or whipping within the city?
Marcus Valerius Maximus
1038
In what year did Atilius Regulus hold his first consulship?
267 B.C.
1039
What tribe did Atilius Regulus defeat during his first consulship in 267 B.C.?
Sabellians
1040
Who defeated the Sabellian tribe in 267 B.C. during his first consulship?
Atilius Regulus
1041
What port city did Atilius Regulus capture during his first consulship in 267 B.C.?
Brundisium
1042
What Roman general refused the bribes of the Samnites, preferring to rule the rich rather than having riches himself?
Manius Curius Dentatus
1043
What year did Manius Curius Dentatus hold his first consulship?
290 B.C.
1044
What group did the Romans establish in 289 B.C. to supervise an official mint?
Triumviri Monetales
1045
What year did the Romans establish the Triumviri Monetales to supervise an official mint?
289 B.C.
1046
How was Fabius Maximus Rullianus related to Fabius Maximus Cunctator?
Great-grandfather
1047
What Etruscan city did the Romans annex and grant "civitas sine suffragio" to in 273 B.C.?
Caere
1048
What year did the Romans annex and grant "civitas sine suffragio" to Caere?
273 B.C.
1049
Pyrrhus of Epirus fancied himself as a descendant of what mythological hero?
Achilles
1050
What king of Epirus fancied himself as a descendant of Achilles?
Pyrrhus
1051
At what battle of 297 B.C. did both Fabius Rullianus and Decius Mus reverse the course of the war with a rousing victory?
Tifernum
1052
What year was the Battle of Tifernum, at which Fabius Maximus Rullianus and Publius Decius Mus II won a rousing victory?
297 B.C.
1053
What two consuls of the year won a decisive victory at the Battle of Tifernum in 297 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Rullianus and Publius Decius Mus II
1054
The Roman envoy Postumius addressed what Apulian city in its native language in 282 B.C.?
Tarentum
1055
In 282 B.C., what Roman envoy addressed Tarentum in their native language?
Postumius
1056
What year did the Roman envoy Postumius address Tarentum in their native language?
282 B.C.
1057
First Punic War-Republic 264 - 241 B.C.
1058
What were the dates of the First Punic War?
264-241 B.C.
1059
What Syracusan leader attacked the Mamertines from Messana?
Hiero II
1060
Who did the Mamertines appeal to for help against the Carthaginians?
Romans
1061
Who was the first commander for the Romans during the First Punic War?
Appius Claudius Caudex
1062
Appius Claudius Caudex was the first commander for the Romans in what war?
First Punic War
1063
How was Appius Claudius Caudex related to Appius Claudius Caecus?
Grandson
1064
What Roman consul seized Messana in 264 B.C.?
Appius Claudius Caudex
1065
What people were Campanian mercenaries?
Mamertines
1066
What tactic did Xanthippus use against Marcus Atilius Regulus at Bagradas Valley in 255 B.C.?
Encirclement
1067
What Carthaginian commander, with the aid of Hannibal Gisgo, defeated Scipio Asina at Lipari Islands in 260 B.C.?
Boodes
1068
Who was defeated by the Carthaginian commander Boodes and Hannibal Gisgo at the battle of Lipari Islands in 260 B.C.?
Scipio Asina
1069
What does the name "Asina" mean?
The ass
1070
Where was Scipio Asina defeated in 260 B.C. by the Carthaginian commander Boodes and Hannibal Gisgo?
Lipari Islands
1071
Who used encirclement to defeat Marcus Atilius Regulus at Bagradas Valley in 255 B.C.?
Xanthippus
1072
Who gained the first triumphal cognomen in Roman history by aiding Messana against Syracuse and Carthage?
Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla
1073
Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla earned his cognomen by aiding Messana against what two cities?
Syracuse and Carthage
1074
A dispute over what city began the First Punic War?
Messana
1075
What was the cause of the First Punic War?
Messana was being attacked by Syracuse and then Carthage
1076
Who was the first to earn a triumphal cognomen?
Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla
1077
What year did Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla earn his cognomen?
263 B.C.
1078
Who negotiated a peace treaty with Hiero II of Syracuse?
Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla
1079
What year was the Siege of Agrigentum?
262 B.C.
1080
What island was the base of the Carthaginians made on?
Sicily
1081
What Syracusan tyrant had hired the Mamertines, a group of Campanian mercenaries, though they eventually deserted him in 289 B.C. and seized Messana?
Agathocles
1082
What year did the Mamertines desert Agathocles and seize Messana?
289 B.C.
1083
What people killed Messanan men, took their women, and plundered Syracusan territory?
Mamertines
1084
What year was Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla consul?
263 B.C.
1085
Who is said to have brought the first sundial to Rome?
Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla
1086
Where was the first battle of the First Punic War?
Agrigentum
1087
Who did Rome defeat at the battle of Agrigentum?
Hanno and Hannibal Gisgo
1088
What year was the battle of Lipari Islands?
260 B.C.
1089
What Greek ex-slave was believed to have set up the first school at Rome in 250 B.C. and was the first to introduce the Hellenic tongue into Roman schools?
Spurius Carvilius
1090
What year did Spurius Carvilius set up the first school at Rome?
250 B.C.
1091
Spurius Carvilius is said to have set up the first school in Rome and implemented with it what language to teach the Romans?
Greek
1092
Spurius Carvilius set up the first of what building in Rome in 250 B.C.?
School
1093
What small cluster of islands right off of Sicily's northern coast was the location of a battle in 260 B.C.?
Lipari Islands
1094
What Roman consul was given an agnomen following his defeat and capture after a Carthaginian naval ambush at the Battle of Lipari Islands?
Scipio Asina
1095
Who is said to have brought gladiatorial fights to Rome in 264 B.C.?
Iunius Brutus Pera
1096
What year were gladiator fights brought to Rome?
264 B.C.
1097
What was the meaning of the name "Mamertini"?
Sons of Mars
1098
What year was the Battle of Mylae?
260 B.C.
1099
What battle was Rome's first naval victory?
Mylae
1100
Who led the Romans at the battle of Mylae in 260 B.C.?
Gaius Duilius
1101
What Roman made his fleet after a Carthaginian ship crashed on the Italian shore?
Gaius Duilius
1102
Who did Gaius Duilius defeat at the battle of Mylae in 260 B.C.?
Hannibal Gisgo
1103
What was the grappling hook called which was used for boarding ships at the battle of Mylae?
Corvus
1104
What did the Romans set up in the Forum in honor of Gaius Duilius and his victory at Mylae?
A column
1105
What year was the battle at Cape Ecnomus?
256 B.C.
1106
What two generals led the Romans to victory at the battle of Cape Ecnomus?
Marcus Atilius Regulus and Manlius Vulso
1107
What year was the battle of Bagradas Valley during the first Punic War?
255 B.C.
1108
After the battle of Cape Ecnomus what city did Marcus Atilius Regulus attack and capture before Carthaginian reinforcements could arrive in 256 B.C.?
Aspis
1109
What year did Marcus Atilius Regulus attack and capture Aspis before Carthaginian reinforcements could arrive?
256 B.C.
1110
Who attacked and captured Aspis before Carthaginian reinforcements could arrive in 256 B.C.?
Marus Atilius Regulus
1111
What year was the battle of Aspis?
256 B.C.
1112
What victory made Marcus Atilius Regulus believe it was a good idea to invade mainland Africa?
Cape Ecnomus
1113
At what battle were the Romans defeated by the Spartan mercenary Xanthippus and Marcus Atilius Regulus captured in 255 B.C.?
Bagradas Valley
1114
What Roman was captured at the battle of Bagradas valley in 255 B.C.?
Marcus Atilius Regulus
1115
What year was the battle of Sulci (Sardinia)?
258 B.C.
1116
What year was the battle of Tyndaris?
257 B.C.
1117
After Marcus Atilius Regulus won at the battle of Tyndaris in 257 B.C., what Syracusan became an ally of Rome?
Hiero II
1118
Who did Marcus Atilius Regulus and Manlius Vulso defeat at the battle of Cape Ecnomus in 256 B.C.?
Hanno and Hamilcar (not Barca)
1119
What was another name for the battle of Bagradas Valley, fought in 255 B.C.?
Tunis
1120
What Spartan mercenary captured Marcus Atilius Regulus at the battle of Bagradas Valley in 255 B.C.?
Xanthippus
1121
What general was captured by the Carthaginians and later returned to convince the Romans to surrender?
Marcus Atilius Regulus
1122
What did Marcus Atilius Regulus tell the Romans after being sent by the Carthaginians to Rome to negotiate a peace treaty?
Fight on
1123
What year was the Battle of Cape Hermaeum?
255 B.C.
1124
At what battle was the Carthaginians' navy wiped out by a storm when they tried to counter-attack the Romans during the first Punic War?
Cape Hermaeum
1125
How many ships did the Romans lose at the Battle of Cape Hermaeum?
80
1126
How many ships did the Carthaginians lose at the Battle of Cape Hermaeum?
250
1127
What year was the Battle of Panormus?
254 B.C.
1128
Who led the Romans to victory at the Battle of Panormus in 254 B.C.?
Scipio Asina
1129
Scipio Asina's victory at Panormus in 254 B.C. can be viewed as redemption for a previous humiliation at what site in 260 B.C.?
Lipari Islands
1130
Where did Scipio Asina later redeem himself in 254 B.C. for his loss at Lipari Islands?
Panormus
1131
What year did Rome try to raid Tripoli?
253 B.C.
1132
The Romans suffered more casualties due to storms when raiding what coast in 253 B.C.?
Tripoli
1133
What year did the Romans fail in capturing Lilybaeum during the First Punic War?
249 B.C.
1134
What year was the battle of Drepana?
249 B.C.
1135
Before what battle did Claudius Pulcher throw the sacred chickens overboard because they wouldn't eat?
Drepana
1136
What does the name "Pulcher" mean?
Beautiful
1137
After the loss at Drepana in 249 B.C., Claudius Pulcher was ordered to appoint a new dictator and attempted to use his consular position to force the Romans to appoint what son of one of his former slaves?
Claudius Glicia
1138
After the loss at Drepana in 249 B.C., what man attempted to use his consular positions to force the Romans to appoint as dictator the son of one of his former slaves, Claudius Glicia?
Claudius Pulcher
1139
Which dictator during the First Punic War became the first to lead Roman troops out of the Italian mainland?
Aulus Atilius Calatinus
1140
After which Roman naval defeat was Aulus Atilius Calatinus made dictator?
Drepana
1141
In what province did Aulus Atilius Calatinus command Roman troops?
Sicily
1142
After the battle of Cape Passaro, Iunius Pullus managed to capture the city of Eryx and what temple?
Temple of Aphrodite
1143
Who threw sacred chickens overboard before the battle of Drepana?
Claudius Pulcher
1144
What did Claudius Pulcher say before throwing the sacred chickens overboard?
If they won't eat, let them drink
1145
Who defeated Claudius Pulcher at Drepana?
Adherbal
1146
At what battle of 249 B.C. was the consul Iunius Pullus defeated?
Cape Passaro
1147
What battle was fought a few days after Drepana in 249 B.C.?
Cape Passaro
1148
Who were the consuls of 249 B.C.?
Claudius Pulcher and Iunius Pullus
1149
What year were Claudius Pulcher and Iunius Pullus serving as consular colleagues together?
249 B.C.
1150
Who defeated Iunius Pullus at Cape Passaro?
Carthalo
1151
Who became dictator after the disasters at Drepana and Cape Passaro in 249 B.C.?
Aulus Atilius Calatinus
1152
What year was Aulus Atilius Calatinus elected dictator?
249 B.C.
1153
What year was the battle of Adys?
255 B.C.
1154
Who gained chief command in Sicily in the year 247 B.C.?
Hamilcar Barca
1155
What two strongholds did Hamilcar capture in 247 B.C.?
Mt. Eryx and Mt. Hercte
1156
What year did Hamilcar capture Mt. Eryx and Mt. Hercte?
247 B.C.
1157
Who used Guerrilla warfare to capture Mt. Hercte and Mt. Eryx in 247 B.C.?
Hamilcar Barca
1158
What consul along with Lutatius Catulus in 242 B.C. was a priest of Mars, and as such, was forbidden to leave the city?
Postumius Albinus
1159
Lutatius Catulus and Postumius Albinus were serving as what in 242 B.C., which meant that they were forbidden to leave the city?
Priests of Mars
1160
What year was the battle of Aegates Islands?
241 B.C.
1161
What battle ended the first Punic War?
Aegates Islands
1162
Who led the Romans at the battle of Aegates Islands in 241 B.C.?
Lutatius Catulus and Valerius Falto
1163
Who did Lutatius Catulus and Valerius Falto defeat in 241 B.C. at Aegates Islands?
Hanno
1164
What Carthaginian stronghold did Lutatius Catulus conquer after the Battle of Aegates Islands in 241 B.C.?
Lilybaeum
1165
What year did Lutatius Catulus capture Lilybaeum?
241 B.C.
1166
How was Gaius Duilius honored for his victory at Mylae?
A column was placed in the Forum
1167
What Carthaginian was defeated at the battle of Aegates Islands?
Hanno the Great
1168
Where did Hamilcar Barca defeat the Romans after raiding Italy, occupying it from 247-242 B.C.?
Mt. Hercte
1169
What Spanish town did Hamilcar Barca found?
Barcino (Barcelona)
1170
What were the ships called that the Romans built a fleet of in the First Punic War?
Quinqueremes
1171
During what conflict did the Romans build a fleet called the "quinqueremes"?
First Punic War
1172
What is the meaning of Hamilcar's name "Barca"?
Blitz, Lightning
1173
What battle off the coast of Drepana, where Lutatius Catulus cut off Hamilcar Barca's supplies, ended the First Punic War?
Aegates Islands
1174
What Carthaginian admirals won the battle of Lipari Islands in 260 B.C.?
Hannibal Gisgo and Boodes
1175
What were the two chief magistrates of Carthage called?
Suffetes
1176
Who was given an Eastern Sicilian strip from Cape Passaro to Mt. Etna following Syracuse aligning themselves with Rome?
Hiero II
1177
What were the three Punic strongholds of the First Punic War?
Panormus, Drepana, Lilybaeum
1178
The Spartan condottiere Xanthippus employed the use of what animals at Bagradas Valley?
Elephants
1179
While on land before being defeated at Cape Passaro, Iunius Pullus was able to capture what city and take the temple of Aphrodite on the mountain behind Drepana?
Eryx
1180
Who captured Eryx and took the Temple of Aphrodite before being defeated at Cape Passaro?
Iunius Pullus
1181
How did Quintus Ennius describe the Carthaginians' policy of half-measures during the First Punic War?
Peddling war
1182
Where did Hiero II aid the Romans in 262 B.C.?
Agrigentum
1183
What Syracusan king aided the Romans at the Battle of Agrigentum in 262 B.C.?
Hiero II
1184
What Carthaginian leader was crucified by his own troops after their loss at Sulci (Sardinia) in 258 B.C.?
Hannibal Gisgo
1185
Following what battle was Hannibal Gisgo crucified by his own troops for the loss?
Sulci (Sardinia)
1186
How was Hannibal Gisgo killed after the battle of Sulci (Sardinia) in 258 B.C.?
Crucifixion
1187
What Roman general won the naval battle of Sulci (Sardinia) in 258 B.C.?
Paterculus
1188
Who led the Romans at the battle of Sulci (Sardinia) in 258 B.C.?
Paterculus
1189
What Carthaginian was defeated at Mylae by Gaius Duilius?
Hannibal Gisgo
1190
What temple did Lutatius Catulus construct in the Campus Martius following his victory at Aegates Islands?
Temple of Juturna
1191
Who constructed the Temple of Juturna after his success at Aegates Islands?
Lutatius Catulus
1192
After his success at what battle did Lutatius Catulus construct the Temple of Juturna in the Campus Martius?
Aegates Islands
1193
What was the name of Lutatius Catulus' co-consul of 241 B.C. who also fought at the battle of Aegates Islands?
Valerius Falto
1194
Where did Marcus Atilius Regulus win a battle in 257 B.C., taking the town, resulting in a Roman alliance with Hiero II?
Tyndaris
1195
Who led the Romans at the battle of Tyndaris in 257 B.C.?
Marcus Atilius Regulus
1196
After what battle did the Romans sign a treaty with Hiero II?
Tyndaris
1197
With whom did Rome sign a treaty following the battle of Tyndaris in 257 B.C.?
Hiero II
1198
What peoples' incursion into Sicily hastened the First Punic War?
Mamertines
1199
The Mamertines' incursion into what province hastened the First Punic War?
Sicily
1200
Of what origin was Xanthippus?
Spartan
1201
After what victory was the 1st major Roman fleet constructed?
Agrigentum
1202
Who commanded the Carthaginian army during the latter portion of the First Punic War?
Hamilcar Barca
1203
Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla invaded and failed to capture the territory of Hiero II in what year?
263 B.C.
1204
In 263 B.C., Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla invaded and failed to capture the territory of what man?
Hiero II
1205
What was the last Carthaginian stronghold on Sicily?
Lilybaeum
1206
Lilybaeum was the last Carthaginian stronghold on what province?
Sicily
1207
In 262 B.C., what important Carthaginian base did the Romans capture?
Agrigentum
1208
Who persuaded Hiero II of Syracuse to join the Romans against Carthage?
Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla
1209
In what year did Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla lay siege to Syracuse?
263 B.C.
1210
What city did Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla lay siege to in 263 B.C.?
Syracuse
1211
From what years did Hamilcar Barca hold chief command of the Carthaginian forces in Sicily?
247-242 B.C.
1212
What Carthaginian stronghold in Sicily had a shrine sacred to Aphrodite?
Eryx
1213
The Carthaginian stronghold of Eryx had a shrine sacred to what deity?
Aphrodite
1214
After what war was an indemnity of 3,200 euboic talents placed upon the Carthaginians for 10 years?
First Punic War
1215
For how long was the indemnity of 3,200 euboic talents placed upon the Carthaginians after the First Punic War?
10 years
1216
How many total tribes were represented in the Comitia Tributa after the addition of the last tribes in 241 B.C.?
35
1217
What year was Tiberius Coruncanius made the first plebeian Pontifex Maximus?
254 B.C.
1218
Who was made the first plebeian Pontifex Maximus in 254 B.C.?
Tiberius Coruncanius
1219
Tiberius Coruncanius was the first plebeian to hold what office?
Pontifex Maximus
1220
What discharged Campanian mercenaries had been holding Messana since 288 B.C.?
Mamertines
1221
Since what year had the Mamertines been holding Messana before the Romans seized it?
288 B.C.
1222
What city had the Mamertines been holding since 288 B.C.?
Messana
1223
In 259 B.C., the Romans lost their fleet while trying to take what Carthaginian colonies?
Corsica and Sardinia
1224
What year did the Romans lose their fleet while trying to take the Carthaginian colonies of Corsica and Sardinia?
259 B.C.
1225
How many galleys did Marcus Atilius Regulus and Manlius Vulso set out with to "conquer Africa"?
230
1226
What landowner succeeded Hamilcar Barca in the fight against Rome in the First Punic War?
Hanno the Great
1227
Where were the Carthaginian ships heading with supplies when they were intercepted and destroyed at Aegates Islands?
Lilybaeum
1228
What conflict began when the populace voted to send an army overseas for the first time?
First Punic War
1229
What elitist woman was fined heavily after she commented that it was too bad her brother (Claudius Pulcher at Drepana) was not around to lose another fleet and thin out the plebeian population a little more?
Claudia Pulchra
1230
What year was the Via Appia extended from Capua to Brundisium?
264 B.C.
1231
What was the route of the Via Appia after it was extended from Capua in 264 B.C.?
Rome to Brundisium
1232
What year was Marcus Atilius Regulus tortured and killed in Carthage?
250 B.C.
1233
What man's torturous death perhaps included having been enclosed in a barrel or box with spikes driven through it?
Marcus Atilius Regulus
1234
In 242 B.C., what did Rome adopt to complement the Praetor Urbanus, deciding cases involving foreigners?
Praetor Peregrinus
1235
What international law was developed following the institution of the Praetor Peregrinus in 242 B.C.?
Ius Gentium
1236
In what year did Rome adopt the Praetor Peregrinus?
242 B.C.
1237
After 242 B.C., the office of the Praetor Peregrinus handled what?
Lawsuits involving foreigners
1238
Prior to the Battle of Drepana, the Romans failed to besiege what Carthaginian stronghold and remained the last stronghold in Sicily, until finally being taken by the Romans in 241 B.C.?
Lilybaeum
1239
Who was governing Lilybaeum during the attempted siege in 249 B.C.?
Hamilco
1240
The Carthaginians were able to gain intelligence of the Roman navy at Drepana due to the efforts of what ship captain, who used a specially designed ship to break through the blockade enforced by the Romans at Lilybaeum in 249 B.C.?
Hannibal the Rhodian
1241
What city in Sicily was saved from a siege when the Roman troops under Appius Claudius Caudex snuck across the straits in darkness and defeated both the Carthaginians and Syracusans?
Messana
1242
What king of Syracuse, originally an ally of the Carthaginians, decided to switch his allegiance to Rome after the Carthaginians neglected to stop Caudex's troops from crossing the strait of Messana?
Hiero II
1243
A victory at what site resulted in the adoption of the elephant?
Panormus
1244
What year was Brundisium colonized?
244 B.C.
1245
What Roman town was colonized in 244 B.C.?
Brundisium
1246
Second Punic War - Republic 218 - 201 B.C.
1247
What year was the Lex Claudia passed?
218 B.C.
1248
In 216 B.C., Philip V assembled a fleet of light ships for whose usage, however this plan was abandoned at the mere mention of an approaching Roman fleet?
Demetrius of Pharos
1249
Whose assembled fleet was abandoned at the mere mention of an approaching Roman fleet?
Philip V
1250
What year did Philip V assemble a fleet of light ships for Demetrius of Pharos, yet this plan was abandoned at the mere mention of an approaching Roman fleet?
216 B.C.
1251
Who swore at age 9 to forever hate the Romans?
Hannibal
1252
At what age did Hannibal swear to forever hate the Romans?
9
1253
What law of 218 B.C. said that senators and their sons could not partake in overseas trade?
Lex Claudia
1254
Who was the only senator to support the Lex Claudia?
Gaius Flaminius Nepos
1255
What were the dates of the Second Punic War?
218-201 B.C.
1256
How was Hasdrubal the Fair related to Hamilcar Barca?
Son-in-law
1257
How was Hasdrubal the Fair related to Hannibal Barca?
Brother-in-law
1258
What was the base of Carthage which was established during the Second Punic War called?
Carthago Nova
1259
The siege of what city in 219 B.C. broke the rules of the Ebro Treaty?
Saguntum
1260
What treaty did the Siege of Saguntum break?
Ebro Treaty
1261
What politician tried to prevent Carthaginian expansion in Spain but failed?
Hanno
1262
Hanno tried to prevent Carthaginian expansion in where?
Spain
1263
What town did Carthage lay siege to, sparking the start of the Second Punic War?
Saguntum
1264
What year did Carthage lay siege to Saguntum, thus starting the Second Punic War?
219 B.C.
1265
What was the cause of the Second Punic War?
Hannibal crossed the Ebro River and laid siege to Saguntum
1266
What year was the battle of Ticinus River?
218 B.C.
1267
Who did Hannibal defeat at the battle of Ticinus River in 218 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder
1268
At what battle did Hannibal defeat Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder?
Ticinus River
1269
Who saved Publius Scipio the Elder's life in 218 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1270
What year was the battle of Trebia River?
218 B.C.
1271
At what battle of 218 B.C. did Scipio Africanus save his father?
Ticinus River
1272
What battle was said by Livy to have been fought on the right bank of the river and was alternatively said by Polybius to have been fought on the left bank?
Trebia River
1273
What pass did Hannibal probably use during the battle of Trebia River?
Pass of Colina
1274
Hannibal probably used the Pass of Colina during what battle of 218 B.C.?
Trebia River
1275
Near what river was the battle of Cannae fought?
Aufidus River
1276
What battle was fought near the Aufidus River?
Cannae
1277
What was the first battle of the Second Punic War?
Lilybaeum
1278
What year was the naval battle at Lilybaeum during the Second Punic War?
218 B.C.
1279
What battle came directly after the battle at Lilybaeum and was the second battle of four fought in 218 B.C.?
Cissa
1280
What was the third battle of 218 B.C.?
Ticinus River
1281
What was the fourth and final battle of the year 218 B.C.?
Trebia River
1282
Who were Hannibal's brothers?
Hasdrubal Barca and Mago Barca
1283
What year was the battle of Cissa?
218 B.C.
1284
What uncle of Scipio Africanus was victorious at the battle of Cissa?
Gnaeus Scipio Calvus
1285
How was Gnaeus Scipio Calvus related to Scipio Africanus?
Uncle
1286
For how many years did Hannibal fight Rome?
16
1287
What year did Hannibal cross the Alps?
218 B.C.
1288
How many elephants did Hannibal take with him over the Pyrenees and Alps in 218 B.C.?
37
1289
How many of Hannibal's elephants survived the march through the Alps?
All 37 of them
1290
After a severe ice storm hit northern Italy following the Battle of Trebia River, how many elephants of Hannibal survived?
1
1291
Following the Battle of Trebia River, what was the name of the only elephant to survive the severe ice storm who would later become Hannibal's personal war elephant?
Surus
1292
What was the meaning of the name "Surus", Hannibal's personal war elephant?
The Syrian
1293
Who did Hannibal defeat at the Battle of Trebia River in 218 B.C.?
Tiberius Sempronius Longus
1294
At what battle did Hannibal defeat Tiberius Sempronius Longus in 218 B.C.?
Trebia River
1295
What year was the battle of Lake Trasimene?
217 B.C.
1296
Who did Hannibal defeat and kill at the battle of Lake Trasimene?
Gaius Flaminius Nepos
1297
At what battle of 217 B.C. did Hannibal have one of the most successful ambushes in military history?
Lake Trasimene
1298
Which of Hannibal's famous victories involved the ambush of the consul Gaius Flaminius' army under thick fog that ended in the consul's death in 217 B.C.?
Lake Trasimene
1299
What natural occurrence aided Hannibal in his ambush of the consul Gaius Flaminius at Lake Trasimene in 217 B.C.?
Thick fog (along with an earthquake)
1300
Who was elected dictator after the disaster at Lake Trasimene in 217 B.C.?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1301
Who defeated Antiochus III at Raphia in 217 B.C.?
Ptolemy IV
1302
Who was defeated by Ptolemy IV at Raphia in 217 B.C.?
Antiochus III
1303
Where was Antiochus III defeated by Ptolemy IV in 217 B.C.?
Raphia
1304
What year was Antiochus III defeated by Ptolemy IV at Raphia?
217 B.C.
1305
Who led the Romans against Hannibal at the battle of Ager Falernus in 217 B.C.?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1306
Whose accension to the Roman dictatorship was fueled in part by daily meetings of the senate?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1307
At what battle of 217 B.C. did Fabius Maximus Verrucosus almost capture Hannibal before he escaped by tying torches to the horns of cattle to scare the Romans away?
Ager Falernus
1308
How did Hannibal escape capture at the hands of Fabius Maximus Verrucosus at Ager Falernus in 217 B.C.?
Tied torches to the horns of cattle
1309
Whose election for dictator was very unique?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1310
Who received the agnomen "Cunctator" for the delaying tactics he used against Hannibal?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1311
Who was known as "Shield of Rome"?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1312
Whose Magister Equitum was Minucius Rufus?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1313
Who was Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus' Magister Equitum?
Minucius Rufus
1314
What year was the battle of Cannae? (worst Roman defeat up to that point)
216 B.C.
1315
What proconsul of 216 B.C. fought at Cannae along with Varro and Paullus?
Gnaeus Servilius Geminus
1316
What was Gnaeus Servilius Geminus serving as while he fought at the battle of Cannae in 216 B.C.?
Proconsul
1317
What two Roman commanders did Hannibal defeat at the battle of Cannae?
Gaius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Paullus died in battle)
1318
What tactic did Hannibal use at the battle of Cannae?
Encirclement
1319
Who returned from the battle of Cannae to a warm reception despite the disaster?
Terentius Varro
1320
What were the disgraced soldiers sent to do for 10 years after the battle of Cannae?
Labor on Sicily
1321
For how many years were the soldiers of Varro sent to labor on Sicily, following the disaster at Cannae?
10
1322
According to Livy, at what battle did an earthquake occur in 217 B.C.?
Lake Trasimene
1323
At what site did Gnaeus Scipio Calvus have a victory in 217 B.C.?
Ebro River
1324
At what battle did Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus almost capture Hannibal before he escaped by tying torches to the horns of cattle to scare the Romans in 217 B.C.?
Ager Falernus
1325
What year was the battle of Ager Falernus?
217 B.C.
1326
What was Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator's original cognomen which meant "warty" referring to a wart above his upper lip?
Verrucosus
1327
Where did Cunctator have a wart which is what gave him the original agnomen "Verrucosus" meaning "warty"?
Above his upper lip
1328
Who was named "Ovicula" meaning "Little Sheep" in his childhood for his mildness and willingness to follow others about?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1329
What nickname meaning "Little Sheep" did Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus earn for himself for his mildness and willingness to follow others about?
Ovicula
1330
What did Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus' nickname "Ovicula" mean?
Little Sheep
1331
What were the dates of the revolt of Capua?
216-211 B.C.
1332
Though they controlled it in 217, the Romans lost what town to Hannibal but later won it back due to the efforts of Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus in 215 B.C.?
Casilinum
1333
What were the dates of the siege of Casilinum?
216-215 B.C.
1334
Due to the efforts of what two men were the Romans able to recapture Casilinum in 215 B.C.?
Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1335
What year were Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus finally able to recapture Casilinum?
215 B.C.
1336
What year was Capua recaptured after its revolt?
211 B.C.
1337
Who were the Romans under during the revolt of Capua?
Fulvius Flaccus
1338
What were the dates of the revolt of Tarentum?
212-209 B.C.
1339
What year was Tarentum recaptured after its revolt?
209 B.C.
1340
Until what year did Hiero II rule Syracuse?
215 B.C.
1341
What grandson of Hiero II succeeded him and supported Carthage instead of Rome which is who Hiero II supported?
Hieronymus
1342
What year did Hieronymus die?
214 B.C.
1343
What year was Syracuse recaptured after the Romans laid siege to it?
211 B.C.
1344
Who was responsible for the design of the weapons for Syracuse, but died during the siege in 211 B.C.?
Archimedes
1345
What year did Archimedes die during the Siege of Syracuse?
211 B.C.
1346
Who defeated Claudius Marcellus during his siege of Syracuse by his creative inventions?
Archimedes
1347
Who did Archimedes defeat during the siege of Syracuse by his creative inventions?
Claudius Marcellus
1348
Who were the Romans carried on by during the siege of Syracuse?
Claudius Marcellus
1349
Who was known as "Sword of Rome"?
Claudius Marcellus
1350
What famous scientist was accidentally killed after the Romans rushed the city?
Archimedes
1351
How old was Scipio Africanus when he saved his father at Ticinus River in 218 B.C.?
17
1352
What does the agnomen "Cunctator" mean?
Delayer
1353
Following the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal came within sight of Rome but turned back for what reason?
Lack of troops
1354
Although outnumbered in ships, 35-40, where in 217 B.C. did Gnaeus Scipio Calvus defeat the Carthaginians led by Hamilco and Hasdrubal Barca?
Ebro River
1355
Who led the Carthaginians at the battle of Ebro River in 217 B.C.?
Hasdrubal Barca and Hamilco
1356
What year was there a battle fought at Ebro River?
217 B.C.
1357
Who led the Romans to victory over Hasdrubal Barca and Hamilco at the battle of Ebro River in 217 B.C.?
Gnaeus Scipio Calvus
1358
What 3 men were collectively known as "The Lion's Brood"?
Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago (3 Barca brothers)
1359
What were Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago collectively known as?
The Lion's Brood
1360
Who led the anti-Barcan faction in Carthage during the Second Punic War?
Hanno the Great
1361
What coin was introduced during the Second Punic War?
Denarius
1362
Who was the first man to be proconsul without being consul in 209 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1363
What year did Scipio Africanus become proconsul?
209 B.C.
1364
What Carthaginian politician proposed venturing into Africa rather than Italy during the Second Punic War?
Hanno the Great
1365
What year did the siege of Saguntum start?
219 B.C.
1366
For how long did the Siege of Saguntum last?
8 months
1367
How many Romans were there at Cannae, of which almost all were lost?
50000
1368
How many Carthaginians were there at Cannae, of which only 6,000 were lost?
40000
1369
What was Varro thanked for by the senate after returning from Cannae?
Not despairing of the Republic
1370
Who was thanked for "not despairing of the Republic"?
Terentius Varro
1371
In 213 B.C., what frontier post did Claudius Marcellus capture where he slaughtered a great number of people?
Leontini
1372
Who captured Leontini in 213 B.C.?
Claudius Marcellus
1373
What year did Claudius Marcellus capture Leontini?
213 B.C.
1374
Syracuse responded to Claudius Marcellus' slaughter at Leontini by renewing their treaty with Carthage that had first been enacted by what successor of Hiero II?
Hieronymus
1375
Who designed cranes for Syracuse that could drop weights on warships or lift a lesser craft out of the water?
Archimedes
1376
What floating siege tower with grappling hooks did the Romans attempt to capture the city of Syracuse with?
Sambuca
1377
The Romans attempted to capture what city in 211 B.C., using siege towers with grappling hooks called "sambuca"?
Syracuse
1378
Around 213 B.C., where did the Punic government establish a base, however in 210 B.C., it was given back to Rome by mutinous Carthaginians?
Agrigentum
1379
Where were citizens slaughtered by a Roman commander which led to most of the Sicilian towns allying themselves with Carthage?
Enna
1380
What Roman province saw a revolt in 215 B.C. which led to the Carthaginians sending an envoy to reclaim it, however, both of these uprisings were stopped by the Romans?
Sardinia
1381
Where was Gnaeus Scipio Calvus based to begin the Second Punic War?
Emporiae
1382
Who was based at Emporiae at the start of the Second Punic War?
Gnaeus Scipio Calvus
1383
At what age did Hannibal gain command in 221 B.C.?
25
1384
What year did Hannibal gain command at age 25?
221 B.C.
1385
After the battle of Ebro River, Publius Scipio the Elder arrived with reinforcements to aid Gnaeus Scipio. Where did they camp which still has traces of it left today?
Saguntum
1386
Who did Hannibal leave in command of Carthago Nova when he marched on Italy?
Hasdrubal Barca
1387
After the defeat at Trebia River, Tiberius Sempronius Longus was recalled from his planned invasion of what country?
Africa
1388
Who were the consuls of 218 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder, Tiberius Sempronius Longus
1389
Who were the consuls of 217 B.C.?
Gaius Flaminius Nepos, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus
1390
What assembly appointed Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus' Magister Equitum instead of letting him choose?
Comitia Centuriata
1391
The Comitia Centuriata appointed what man's Magister Equitum (Minucius Rufus) instead of letting him choose?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1392
Who were the consuls of 216 B.C.?
Gaius Terentius Varro, Lucius Aemilius Paullus
1393
What two young Roman leaders escaped Cannae?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Marcus Claudius Marcellus
1394
How many attacks from Hannibal did Claudius Marcellus repel at Nola?
3
1395
On what road was Gnaeus Servilius Geminus and 4,000 cavalrymen ambushed and killed as they were on their way to aid Flaminius at Lake Trasimene?
Via Flaminia
1396
What general was ambushed along with 4,000 cavalrymen as he was on his way to aid Flaminius at Lake Trasimene in 217 B.C.?
Gnaeus Servilius Geminus
1397
Who was said to be rash, impulsive, and headstrong and would always disagree with Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus?
Minucius Rufus
1398
In what year was Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus quaestor?
237 B.C.
1399
In what year was Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus censor?
230 B.C.
1400
How many times was Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus consul?
5
1401
Where did Claudius Marcellus repel three separate attacks from Hannibal in the Second Punic War?
Nola
1402
What praetor of Sicily led the Romans at the battle of Lilybaeum in 218 B.C.?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
1403
The Po Valley fell into the possession of Carthage after what battle of 218 B.C.?
Trebia River
1404
What valley fell into the possession of Carthage after the Battle of Trebia River?
Po Valley
1405
Cornus, Silaria, and Herdonia were all sites of minor battles during what conflict?
Second Punic War
1406
What uncle of Scipio Africanus won a victory at Cissa in 218 B.C.?
Gnaeus Scipio Calvus
1407
Who recaptured Capua for the Romans in 211 B.C. with trenches because Hannibal was at Tarentum?
Fulvius Flaccus
1408
How did Fulvius Flaccus capture Capua in 211 B.C.?
Trenches
1409
Who recaptured Tarentum for the Romans in 209 B.C.?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1410
Who defeated Hasdrubal at Dertosa?
Publius and Gnaeus Scipio
1411
What year was the battle of Dertosa?
215 B.C.
1412
Who did Publius and Gnaeus Scipio defeat at the Battle of Dertosa in 215 B.C.?
Hasdrubal Barca
1413
At what battle of 215 B.C. did Publius and Gnaeus Scipio defeat the Carthaginians under Hasdrubal Barca?
Dertosa
1414
Who did Scipio Africanus defeat at Baecula?
Hasdrubal Barca
1415
Who defeated Hasdrubal Barca at Baecula in 208 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1416
What Roman admiral was sent to the Adriatic in 214 B.C. to wage a domestic war against Philip V?
Marcus Valerius Laevinus
1417
What year was Marcus Valerius Laevinus sent to the Adriatic to wage a domestic war against Philip V?
214 B.C.
1418
What Roman admiral was stationed at Brundisium and later sailed to Greece and landed at Apollonia to break up the alliance between Philip V and Hannibal during the First Macedonian War?
Marcus Valerius Laevinus
1419
Who served as praetor in 215 B.C. before landing at Apollonia to break up the alliance between Philip V and Hannibal?
Marcus Valerius Laevinus
1420
What year did Marcus Valerius Laevinus serve as praetor?
215 B.C.
1421
What position did Marcus Valerius Laevinus hold in 215 B.C.?
Praetor
1422
Who did the Romans ally with in 212/211 B.C. during the First Macedonian War?
Aetolians and Attalus I
1423
After which battle in 216 B.C. did Hannibal's cavalry commander, Maharbal, remark, "You, Hannibal, know how to gain a victory; you do not know how to use it."?
Cannae
1424
What cavalry commander remarked after the battle of Cannae, "You, Hannibal, know how to gain a victory; you do not know how to use it."?
Maharbal
1425
Under whom did Maharbal serve as cavalry commander?
Hannibal
1426
Which dictator advocated not confronting Hannibal directly, but rather to delay and hinder him whenever possible?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1427
What Roman general stayed behind in Spain after Hannibal reached the Alps?
Gnaeus Scipio Calvus
1428
What tribe opposed Hannibal's march through the Alps?
Allobroges
1429
Whose march through the Alps did the Allobroges oppose?
Hannibal
1430
What man was killed within minutes at the Battle of Lake Trasimene in 217 B.C.?
Gaius Flaminius Nepos
1431
What general was so successful in Spain that his Spanish allies tried to hail him as king?
Gnaeus Scipio Calvus
1432
After 3 unsuccessful attacks in Campania, what town did Hannibal take by siege in 212 B.C.?
Tarentum
1433
Which of the consuls of 216 B.C. was a novus homo?
Terentius Varro
1434
After his success at Cannae, Hannibal incited which city in southern Italy to revolt by promising that it would replace Rome as the most important Italian town?
Capua
1435
What two Vestal Virgins became scapegoats for the disaster at Cannae on the ground that they had been unchaste?
Floronia and Opimia
1436
The Vestal Virgins Floronia and Opimia became scapegoats for the disaster at what battle on the grounds that they had been unchaste?
Cannae
1437
What was another name for the Battle of Dertosa?
Ibera
1438
What battle is also referred to as the Battle of Ibera?
Dertosa
1439
The Carthaginians won their only land battle without being led by Hannibal in the Second Punic War at what site in Spain c. 211 B.C., at which Publius Scipio the Elder and Gnaeus Scipio Calvus were killed?
Upper Baetis
1440
Gnaeus Scipio died after engaging Hasdrubal Barca in battle in the hinterland of what Spanish port city?
Carthago Nova
1441
What year was Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus elected curule aedile?
213 B.C.
1442
What famous scientist was responsible for the defense of Syracuse?
Archimedes
1443
What king did Philip V sign a treaty with in 203 B.C.?
Antiochus III
1444
What year did Philip V sign a treaty with Antiochus III?
203 B.C.
1445
What does the name "Barca" mean?
Lightning, Blitz
1446
With what group did Philip V sign a treaty in 206 B.C.?
Aetolian League
1447
What year did Philip V sign a treaty with the Aetolian League?
206 B.C.
1448
Where had Quinctius Flamininus been made propraetor in 205 B.C.?
Tarentum
1449
What year was Quinctius Flamininus made propraetor in Tarentum?
205 B.C.
1450
With what group did Valerius Laevinus sign a treaty in 211 B.C. which weakened Philip V's land power?
Aetolian League
1451
What year did Marcus Valerius Laevinus sign a treaty with the Aetolian League?
211 B.C.
1452
Who was made propraetor in Tarentum in 205 B.C.?
Quinctius Flamininus
1453
After what battle did the Romans flee to Canusium where they were provided with clothes, money, and provisions at huge expense of the noble woman Busa?
Cannae
1454
At what battle of 203 B.C. did Scipio Africanus along with Gaius Laelius and Masinissa defeat Hasdrubal Gisgo and Syphax?
Campi Magni
1455
Where did the Romans flee to after the battle of Cannae in 216 B.C.?
Canusium
1456
What was the name of the wealthy woman who provided the Romans with provisions at Canusium after the battle of Cannae in 216 B.C.?
Busa
1457
What were the dates of the Siege of Syracuse?
213-212 B.C.
1458
What year was the Battle of Dertosa?
215 B.C.
1459
What two brothers defeated Hasdrubal in 211 B.C.?
Publius Scipio the Elder and Gnaeus Scipio Calvus
1460
What were the dates of the Siege of Nola?
216-214 B.C.
1461
Cornus, Silarus, and Herdonia were all battles fought in what war?
Second Punic War
1462
What were Archimedes' last words?
Don't disturb my circles
1463
What Roman general denied Hannibal the city of Nola?
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
1464
What year did Publius Scipio the Elder and Gnaeus Scipio Calvus die?
211 B.C.
1465
Where were Publius Scipio the Elder and Gnaeus Scipio Calvus killed by Hasdrubal (son of Gisgo) and Mago Barca in 211 B.C.?
Upper Baetis
1466
What year was the battle of Castullo?
211 B.C.
1467
What year was the battle of Ilorica?
211 B.C.
1468
What enterprising knight was elected commander by the remnants of the Scipio brothers' army and managed to stabilize the situation with Hannibal north of the Ebro?
Marcius
1469
According to Polybius, who, when he arrived in Rome in 210 B.C., questioned everyone he met about the country and its people and integrated this information into his plans?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1470
What year did Scipio Africanus arrive in Rome?
210 B.C.
1471
What famous commander arrived in Rome in 210 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1472
Who was given proconsular imperium in 210 B.C. after his father and uncle died?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1473
Who was the first Privatus to be given proconsular imperium?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1474
What year was the capture of new Carthage?
209 B.C.
1475
What city was captured in 209 B.C.?
Carthago Nova
1476
Where was Scipio Africanus' first victory in Spain?
Carthago Nova
1477
What year did Scipio Africanus have his first victory in Spain at Carthago Nova?
209 B.C.
1478
What year was the battle of Baecula?
208 B.C.
1479
What city's capture in 210 B.C., with the help of treacherous Carthaginian auxiliaries, ended the Sicilian resistance to the Romans?
Agrigentum
1480
What year, during the Second Punic War, was Agrigentum captured?
210 B.C.
1481
What was Scipio Africanus' first major battle after he took over Spain, at which he defeated Hasdrubal Barca?
Baecula
1482
Who led the Romans at Baecula in 208 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1483
Who did Scipio Africanus defeat at Baecula in 208 B.C.?
Hasdrubal Barca
1484
What year was the battle of Metaurus River?
207 B.C.
1485
At what battle did Hasdrubal Barca die in 207 B.C.?
Metaurus River
1486
Who defeated Hasdrubal Barca at the battle of Metaurus River?
Gaius Claudius Nero and Marcus Livius Salinator
1487
How did Hasdrubal Barca die?
Decapitation
1488
Where did the Romans throw Hasdrubal Barca's decapitated head?
Carthaginian camp
1489
What year was the battle of Ilipa?
206 B.C.
1490
At what battle was Hasdrubal Gisgo and Mago Barca defeated by Silanus in 206 B.C.?
Ilipa
1491
What Barcid did Scipio Africanus defeat at Ilipa in 206 B.C.?
Mago Barca
1492
At what battle did Scipio Africanus defeat Mago Barca in 206 B.C.?
Ilipa
1493
Who defeated Mago Barca at Ilipa in 206 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Marcus Iunius Silanus
1494
What two Carthaginians did Silanus defeat in 206 B.C. at Ilipa?
Hasdrubal Gisgo and Mago Barca
1495
Who defeated Hasdrubal Gisgo and Mago Barca at Ilipa in 206 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Marcus Iunius Silanus
1496
What surviving brother of Hannibal Barca was commissioned to raise fresh troops and launch an invasion on northern Italy, which ultimately failed?
Mago Barca
1497
What was Scipio Africanus' full name?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1498
Who cut off Iberia from the Carthaginians?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1499
At what Spanish city did Scipio Africanus receive the Carthaginians' official surrender, following the Battle of Ilipa?
Gades (Cadiz)
1500
What Roman general received the Carthaginians' official surrender at Gades, following the Battle of Ilipa?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1501
What was the collective name which was given to the battles of Illorica and Castullo?
Upper Baetis
1502
What year was the battle of Cartagena?
209 B.C.
1503
At what battle of 207 B.C. had Cato the Elder been praised for his efforts as a military tribune?
Metaurus River
1504
Who was praised for his efforts as a military tribune at the battle of Metaurus River in 207 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
1505
What year was the battle of Campi Magni? (Great Plains)
203 B.C.
1506
Who wanted to take the war to Africa, though his request for resources was refused by the senate?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1507
Who did Scipio Africanus and Masinissa fight at the battle of Campi Magni in 203 B.C.?
Hasdrubal Gisgo and Syphax
1508
When Scipio landed at Utica in 204 B.C. he became involved in the quarrels between what two Numidian kings?
Masinissa and Syphax
1509
What Numidian king won the hand of Sophonisba, deposed Masinissa, and allied himself with Carthage?
Syphax
1510
Who was the daughter of Hasdrubal Gisgo?
Sophonisba
1511
Who was the father of Sophonisba?
Hasdrubal Gisgo
1512
Where was Syphax's capital?
Cirta
1513
What beautiful daughter of Hasdrubal Gisgo were Masinissa and Syphax competing to marry?
Sophonisba
1514
How did Sophonisba die?
Suicide (poison)
1515
What year was Scipio Africanus' request for resources refused?
205 B.C.
1516
Who relied on volunteers including the soldiers who had been sent to Sicily after Cannae after his request for resources was refused in 205 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1517
In 204 B.C., Scipio Africanus was severely criticized in the Senate for secretly allowing the misconduct of what officer who had been guilty of sacrilege and other crimes in the Italian town of Locri?
Quintus Pleminius
1518
What Roman general was severely criticized in the Senate in 204 B.C. for secretly allowing the misconduct of the officer Quintus Pleminius who had been guilty of sacrilege and other crimes in the Italian town of Locri?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1519
What year was Scipio Africanus severely criticized in the Senate for secretly allowing the misconduct of the officer Quintus Pleminius who had been guilty of sacrilege and other crimes in the Italian town of Locri?
204 B.C.
1520
In 204 B.C., Scipio Africanus was severely criticized for secretely allowing the misconduct of the officer Quintus Pleminius who had been guilty of sacrilege and other crimes in what Italian town?
Locri
1521
What was Quintus Pleminius guilty of in the Italian town of Locri, which Scipio Africanus ignored in 204 B.C.?
Sacrilege
1522
Scipio Africanus along with what two other men defeated Hasdrubal Gisgo and Syphax at the battle of Campi Magni in 203 B.C.?
Gaius Laelius and Masinissa
1523
Who were the enemy leaders at the battle of Campi Magni in 203 B.C.?
Hasdrubal Gisgo and Syphax
1524
What year was the battle Zama?
202 B.C.
1525
What 3 men defeated Hannibal at Zama?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Laelius, Masinissa
1526
What battle ended the Second Punic War?
Zama
1527
What name does Livy give to the battle of Zama?
Naragarra
1528
What author gives the battle of Zama the name "Naragarra"?
Livy
1529
Who was nominated dictator in 202 B.C. for the formal business of holding elections and attempted to prolong his term of office in defiance of established usage, thereby giving the finishing stroke to a moribund institution?
Gaius Servilius Geminus
1530
What year was Gaius Servilius nominated dictator for the formal business of holding elections and attempted to prolong his term of office in defiance of established usage, thereby giving the finishing stroke to a moribund institution?
202 B.C.
1531
Who was the final dictator for over 100 years until Sulla came along?
Gaius Servilius Geminus
1532
What province did Carthage lose forever after the battle of Zama?
Hispania
1533
What Numidian king aided Scipio Africanus in defeating Hannibal at Zama?
Masinissa
1534
Who was a famous mid-republic figure for his conservative, anti-Greek mindset?
Cato the Elder
1535
What law made in 215 B.C. limited some laws?
Lex Oppia
1536
What year was the Lex Oppia passed?
215 B.C.
1537
What law forbade any woman to possess more than half an ounce of gold, to wear a multi-colored garment (particularly those trimmed in purple), or to ride in an animal-drawn vehicle in the city or any town or within a mile thereof, except in the case of public religious festivals?
Lex Oppia
1538
What law forbade women to wear a multi-colored garment except in the case of public religious festivals?
Lex Oppia
1539
What politician was initially a staunch supporter of the Lex Oppia, though his opinion changed following the Second Punic War?
Cato the Elder
1540
What name does Polybius give to the battle of Zama?
Margaron
1541
What author gives the battle of Zama the name "Margaron"?
Polybius
1542
What name does Appian give to the battle of Zama?
Killa
1543
What author gives the battle of Zama the name "Killa"?
Appian
1544
Who was the wife of Scipio Africanus?
Aemilia Tertia
1545
What alternate name did Scipio Africanus' only wife, Aemilia Tertia, have?
Aemilia Paulla
1546
Who was the brother of Aemilia Tertia (Scipio Africanus' wife)?
Aemilius Paullus
1547
In 204 B.C. what supposed granddaughter of Appius Claudius Caecus is said to have been instrumental in bringing the goddess Cybele, "Great Mother" of the gods, from her shrine at Pessinus, Asia Minor to Rome and vindicated herself by single-handedly freeing the ship bearing the black stone that embodied her when it got stuck in the riverbed?
Claudia Quinta
1548
How did Claudia Quinta help to get the goddess Cybele, "Great Mother", from her shrine at Pessinus to Rome?
Single-handedly freed the ship bearing the black stone that embodied her when it got stuck in the riverbed
1549
What year did Claudia Quinta help to bring the goddess Cybele from her shrine at Pessinus, Asia Minor to Rome?
204 B.C.
1550
From where was the cult of Cybele brought to Rome in 204 B.C.?
Pessinus (Asia Minor)
1551
By the good offices of what king was a Roman deputation able to bring home Cybele from her sanctuary at Pessinus in the form of a black fetish-stone?
Attalus I
1552
How was Claudia Quinta said to be related to Appius Claudius Caecus?
Granddaughter
1553
What Numidian cavalry commander aided the Romans at Campi Magni in 203 B.C.?
Masinissa
1554
What Carthaginian was defeated at Campi Magni in 203 B.C.?
Hasdrubal Gisgo
1555
What Numidian was defeated at Campi Magni?
Syphax
1556
What city defected after the disaster at Cannae?
Capua
1557
Who was the Italian cavalry commander who, along with Masinissa, outflanked Hannibal at Zama?
Gaius Laelius
1558
What lieutenant of Scipio Africanus defeated Mago and Hanno at Ilipa, dispersing Mago's troops, and leading to the capture of Hanno?
Marcus Iunius Silanus
1559
After the defeat at Ilipa and giving up of Spain by the Carthaginians in 206 B.C., where did Hannibal go into exile for 4 years?
Bruttium
1560
What year did Hannibal go into exile at Bruttium?
206 B.C.
1561
Who went into exile at Bruttium in 206 B.C.?
Hannibal
1562
For how many years did Hannibal go into exile at Bruttium?
4
1563
Who brought the Cult of Cybele to Rome in the form of a black stone?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica
1564
Who established Italica (modern Santiponce) in Spain in 206 B.C., out of which came the future emperors Trajan and Hadrian?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1565
Who led the Carthaginians against the Romans at Upper Baetis in 211 B.C.?
Hasdrubal Gisgo and Mago Barca
1566
What was the first African city to join the Romans during the Second Punic War in 204 B.C.?
Utica
1567
What Carthaginian was mortally wounded in 203 B.C. while raiding Northern Italy?
Mago Barca
1568
In 210 B.C., what 25 year-old ex-aedile was given chief command of the Roman army after the defeats of Gnaeus and Publius Scipio?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1569
How old was Scipio Africanus when he was given chief command in 210 B.C.?
25
1570
What year was Scipio Africanus given command of the Roman army?
210 B.C.
1571
What Carthaginian raided the Balearic Islands?
Mago Barca
1572
Who opposed Scipio Africanus' plan to invade Africa in 206 B.C.?
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
1573
Whose plans to invade Africa did Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus oppose in 206 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1574
What Numidian cavalry commander had taken part in the destruction of Gnaeus Scipio Calvus' army at Carthago Nova in 211 B.C.?
Masinissa
1575
Scipio Africanus was able to capture what base when a strong north wind pushed the waters back so they could take the outside walls in 209 B.C.?
Carthago Nova
1576
Who captured Carthago Nova for the Romans in 209 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1577
How were the Romans under Scipio Africanus able to capture Carthago Nova in 209 B.C.?
A strong north wind pushed the waters back so they could take the outside walls
1578
What title did Scipio Africanus receive after capturing Carthago Nova when a strong north wind pushed the waters back so he could take the outside walls?
Neptune's general
1579
Who possessed the title "Neptune's general"?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1580
Where did Mago land with an army in 205 B.C.?
Genua
1581
What Carthaginian general landed at Genua in 205 B.C.?
Mago Barca
1582
In what year was Cato the Elder assigned to Scipio as quaestor in Sicily?
204 B.C.
1583
In 204 B.C., Cato the Elder was assigned to Scipio as quaestor in what province?
Sicily
1584
Who was assigned to Scipio as quaestor in Sicily in 204 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
1585
Who was the Carthaginian governor of Numidia close to the end of the Second Punic War?
Hasdrubal Gisgo
1586
Where did Scipio Africanus surround and burn the camp of Syphax in 204 B.C.?
Utica
1587
What year did Scipio Africanus surround and burn Syphax's camp at Utica?
204 B.C.
1588
What did Masinissa provide Sophonisba with so she would not be shamed in Scipio's parade?
Poison
1589
Who asked for peace with the Romans in 201 B.C.?
Hannibal
1590
What year did Hannibal ask for peace, following the Battle of Zama?
201 B.C.
1591
To what Carthaginian position was Hannibal elected in 196 B.C.?
Sophet (Judge)
1592
What year was Hannibal elected Sophet (Judge)?
196 B.C.
1593
What was the Carthaginian position of a judge?
Sophet
1594
Who led Mago's cavalry at Ilipa in 206 B.C.?
Masinissa
1595
Who did Hasdrubal Gisgo betroth his daughter, Sophonisba, to at first?
Masinissa
1596
Who was the second man that Hasdrubal Gisgo betrothed his daughter Sophonisba to?
Syphax
1597
Of what origin was Sophonisba?
Carthaginian
1598
Of what origin was Hasdrubal Gisgo?
Carthaginian
1599
Of what tribe was Syphax the king?
Masaesyli
1600
Who did Sophonisba end up marrying after this man defeated his rival?
Masinissa
1601
After the Second Punic War, Carthage was forced to accept what man as the legitimate Numidian king?
Masinissa
1602
In what year was the cult of the Great Mother (Cybele) formally established in Rome?
204 B.C.
1603
Whose cult was formally established in Rome in 204 B.C.?
Great Mother (Cybele)
1604
What Carthaginian defeat led to the recall of Hannibal to Africa?
Campi Magni
1605
The Carthaginian loss at Campi Magni led to the recall of what man to Africa?
Hannibal
1606
What Carthaginian leader in the Second Punic War died on a voyage back home from Genua in 205 B.C.?
Mago Barca
1607
Mago Barca died on a voyage back home from what Italian city in 205 B.C.?
Genua
1608
Mago Barca died on a voyage back home from Genua in what year?
205 B.C.
1609
In what year was the denarius first introduced into Roman currency?
212 B.C.
1610
What Roman coin was first introduced in 212 B.C.?
Denarius
1611
Many Romans attributed victory in the Second Punic War to the arrival of what cult in 204 B.C.?
Magna Mater (Cybele)
1612
What Punic commander raised fresh troops in the Balearic Islands and attempted to invade northern Italy as Scipio Africanus was invading mainland Africa?
Mago Barca
1613
On what western islands did Mago Barca raise fresh troops before attempting to invade northern Italy?
Balearic Islands
1614
Mago Barca was recalled to Carthage after he was defeated and wounded at what site in 205 B.C.?
Genua
1615
What year was Mago Barca recalled to Carthage after he was defeated and wounded at Genua?
205 B.C.
1616
At what battle did the Romans capture Sophonisba?
Campi Magni
1617
Who did the Romans capture at the battle of Campi Magni in 203 B.C.?
Sophonisba
1618
The Roman victory at what battle can be partially credited to an intercepted message of Hasdrubal Barca, which asked his brother to meet him in Umbria?
Metaurus River
1619
The victory at Metaurus River can be partially credited to an intercepted message written by what man?
Hasdrubal Barca
1620
In a letter from Hasdrubal Barca which was intercepted prior to the Battle of Metaurus River, Hasdrubal asked his brother to meet him in what Italian reigon?
Umbria
1621
In the peace treaty that followed the battle of Zama, what were the 3 terms that the Carthaginians had to abide by?
Pay an indemnity, Fleet downsized and limited to 10 ships, Carthage could not wage war without Rome's consent
1622
Paying an indemnity, the limiting of the Punic fleet to 10 ships, and Carthage not being allowed to wage war without Rome's consent were the terms set forth in the peace treaty following what war?
Second Punic War
1623
Third Punic War-Republic 149-146 B.C.
1624
What were the dates of the Third Punic War?
149-146 B.C.
1625
What was the casus belli of the Third Punic War?
Numidia was raiding Carthaginian territory
1626
What did Rome do once the Third Punic War started in 149 B.C.?
Laid siege to Carthage
1627
By whom was Carthage defended during the Third Punic War?
Hasdrubal the Boetharch
1628
How did Rome further humiliate Carthage after the Third Punic War?
Sewed their fields with salt
1629
Who stormed Carthage in 146 B.C. and destroyed it?
Scipio Aemilianus
1630
Who was the first Roman to shave daily?
Scipio Aemilianus
1631
Scipio Aemilianus was the first Roman to bring what form of self-care into fashion?
Shaving daily
1632
What year did Africa become a province of Rome?
146 B.C.
1633
What Roman province was created with Carthage and its surrounding territory in 146 B.C.?
Africa
1634
What Roman general is said to have wept as he watched Carthage burn and feared that the same fate would come to Rome one day?
Scipio Aemilianus
1635
What is Scipio Aemilianus said to have done while watching Carthage burn as he feared that the same fate would come to Rome one day?
Wept
1636
Who was Scipio Aemilianus' biological father?
Aemilius Paullus
1637
Who was the king of Numidia at the time of the Third Punic War?
Masinissa
1638
What historian accompanied Scipio Aemilianus during the destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C.?
Polybius
1639
What did Cato the Elder use to demonstrate the Punic threat?
Figs (from Carthage)
1640
What was the boundary of Roman Africa?
Fossa Scipionis
1641
What was Cato the Elder's full quote about his hate towards Carthage?
Censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
1642
What did Cato the Elder's full quote, "Censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" mean?
In my opinion, Carthage must be destroyed
1643
What is the shortened version of Cato the Elder's quote?
Carthago delenda est
1644
What assembly declared war on Carthage in 149 B.C.?
Comitia Centuriata
1645
Who did Masinissa ask to arrange for Numidia's future?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
1646
How long did the Romans fight in Carthage once they made it inside the city?
6 days
1647
After making it inside the walls, the Romans only took 6 days to capture what city?
Carthage
1648
At the end of the Third Punic War, which city became the capital of the new Roman province of Africa?
Utica
1649
At the end of what war did Utica become the capital of the new Roman province of Africa?
Third Punic War
1650
What city and its surrounding territory became the Roman province of Africa in 146 B.C.?
Carthage
1651
How many Carthaginians were sold into slavery after the capture of Carthage in 146 B.C.?
50000
1652
What member of the Scipio family opposed Cato the Elder by ending all of his speeches with "Carthago servanda est" or "Carthage must be saved"?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum
1653
With what sentence did Scipio Nasica Corculum end all of his speeches?
Carthago servanda est (Carthage must be saved)
1654
What man did Scipio Nasica Corculum oppose by ending all of his speeches with "Carthago servanda est" or "Carthage must be saved"?
Cato the Elder
1655
Conquest of the Western Mediterranean-Republic
1656
What Roman fortress did the Gauls destroy in 200 B.C.?
Placentia
1657
What year did the Gauls destroy the Roman fortress at Placentia?
200 B.C.
1658
What group requested that Antiochus III invade Greece?
Achaean League
1659
The Achaean League requested that what man go to war with Greece?
Antiochus III
1660
What year was the annexation of Istria?
177 B.C.
1661
What Roman, alongside Philopoemen, defeated Nabis of Sparta at Gythium in 195 B.C.?
Quinctius Flamininus
1662
Of what origin was Philopoemen?
Achaean
1663
In 196 B.C., Mediolanum was colonized by Rome. What Gallic tribe had Mediolanum as a center for their people?
Insubres
1664
What year was Mediolanum colonized by Rome?
196 B.C.
1665
What city was colonized by Rome in 196 B.C.?
Mediolanum
1666
What province was Cato the Elder given the governorship of to restore order in 195 B.C.?
Hispania Citerior
1667
Who was given the governorship of Hispania Citerior in 195 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
1668
What year was Cato the Elder given governorship over Hispania Citerior?
195 B.C.
1669
After signing a treaty with each other, Philip V and Antiochus III made a joint attack on what boy-king of Egypt from 202-201 B.C.?
Ptolemy V
1670
What two men signed a treaty with each other in 203 B.C., then went on to lead a joint attack on Ptolemy V from 202-201 B.C.?
Philip V and Antiochus III
1671
What was Ptolemy V's title?
Epiphanes
1672
What city first declared war on Philip V in 201 B.C., encouraging Rome to do the same?
Rhodes
1673
What year did Rhodes declare war on Philip V, encouraging Rome to do the same?
201 B.C.
1674
What was the fluent-Greek Flamininus' slogan?
Freedom and self-determination of all Greeks
1675
Whose slogan was "freedom and self-determination of all Greeks"?
Quinctius Flamininus
1676
Who set up a major Spartan kingdom in Greece and tried to restore ancient Spartan glory?
Nabis
1677
Where did Antiochus III defeat the Egyptians in 200 B.C. near Palestine?
Panium
1678
What year did Antiochus III defeat the Egyptians at Panium?
200 B.C.
1679
Who defeated the Egyptians at Panium in 200 B.C.?
Antiochus III
1680
What people did Antiochus III defeat at Panium in 200 B.C.?
Egyptians
1681
Who led the Egyptians against Antiochus III at the battle of Panium in 200 B.C.?
Scopas
1682
Which daughter of Antiochus III married Ptolemy V in 193 B.C.?
Cleopatra I
1683
Who was the father of Cleopatra I, wife of Ptolemy V?
Antiochus III
1684
What year did Cleopatra I marry Ptolemy V?
193 B.C.
1685
Who did Cleopatra I marry in 193 B.C.?
Ptolemy V
1686
Who was Eumenes II's father?
Attalus I
1687
From what years did Philip V and Antiochus III lead a joint attack on Ptolemy V?
202-201 B.C.
1688
Where did Hannibal arrive to offer his support to Antiochus III in 195 B.C.?
Ephesus
1689
Who said that Antiochus III's only chance for victory was to lay in the creation of a united front of all its enemies?
Hannibal
1690
In what year was Antiochus III elected commander in chief of the Aetolian League?
192 B.C.
1691
Who was elected commander in chief of the Aetolian League in 192 B.C.?
Antiochus III
1692
What general was ill and could not fight at Magnesia in 190 B.C.?
Publius Conelius Scipio Africanus
1693
After Magnesia, where did Hannibal first flee?
Crete
1694
Who fled to Crete after the battle of Magnesia in 190 B.C.?
Hannibal
1695
Around 200 B.C., with the aid of the Rhodians, who beat Philip V in a naval campaign off the coast of Asia Minor, however, he lost lots of men which led to a request for aid from Rome?
Attalus I
1696
What were Philip V's three fortresses which were known as the three "Fetters of Greece"?
Chalcis, Corinth, Demetrias
1697
What collective name was given to Philip V's 3 fortresses: Demetrias, Chalcis and Corinth?
Fetters of Greece
1698
In what year did Quinctius Flamininus evacuate Greece after defeating the Spartan king Nabis along with the evacuation of the Fetters?
194 B.C.
1699
Antiochus III arrived in Greece and, capturing Demetrias, overran what region?
Thessaly
1700
What part of Greece did the Aetolian League occupy?
Central Greece
1701
What part of Greece did the Achaean League occupy?
Peloponnesus
1702
Who defeated the Cenomani and Insubres on the Mincio River near Mantua in 197 B.C.?
Cethegus
1703
What two tribes did Cethegus defeat at the battle of Mincio River in 197 B.C.?
Cenomani and Insubres
1704
Who defeated king Nabis of Sparta at Gythium?
Quinctius Flamininus
1705
Who defeated the Galatians in 189 B.C.?
Manlius Vulso
1706
What year did Manlius Vulso defeat the Galatians?
189 B.C.
1707
What provincial people did Manlius Vulso defeat in 189 B.C.?
Galatians
1708
When Athens was attacked by the Acarnanians, they were prompted to send what envoy to Rome around 200 B.C., although he arrived too late, as the Roman Comitia had already decided to wage war against Phillip V?
Cephisodorus
1709
What Athenian leader opposed Philip V during the Second Macedonian War and, after allying Athens to fellow Greek powers including Attalus I, Ptolemy V, the Aetolian League, and Rhodes, travelled to Rome to request the Senate for further aid against Macedon?
Cephisodorus
1710
The Second Macedonian War pitted Philip V against what city, and two groups?
Rome, Achaean League, and the Aetolian League
1711
What treaty ended the Second Macedonian War?
Treaty of Tempe
1712
What war did the Treaty of Tempe end?
Second Macedonian War
1713
To whose court did Hannibal finally flee in 186 B.C. after Antiochus III's defeat?
Prusias I
1714
With what Greek city did Rome conclude a treaty in 187 B.C.?
Ambracia
1715
What year did Rome conclude a treaty with the Greek city of Ambracia?
187 B.C.
1716
What bellicose praetor of 167 B.C. summoned the Comitia Centuriata in order to obtain a declaration of war against the Rhodians without consulting the Senate?
Manius Iuventius Thalna
1717
What year did Manius Iuventius Thalna summon the Comitia Centuriata in order to obtain a declaration of war against the Rhodians without consulting the Senate?
167 B.C.
1718
Manius Iuventius Thalna summoned the Comitia Centuriata in order to obtain a declaration of war against what city without consulting the Senate in 167 B.C.?
Rhodes
1719
What year was Scipio Africanus elected censor?
199 B.C.
1720
What office was Scipio Africanus elected to be in 199 B.C.?
Censor
1721
Of what city was Quinctius Flamininus propraetor from 205-202 B.C.?
Tarentum
1722
From what years was Quinctius Flamininus serving as propraetor of Tarentum?
205-202 B.C.
1723
What year did Quinctius Flamininus start his propraetorship of Tarentum?
205 B.C.
1724
Who was the propraetor of Tarentum from 205-202 B.C.?
Quinctius Flamininus
1725
When Quinctius Flamininus was hailed as Savior and received homage alongside the gods, he was also granted a priesthood, at which he was linked in a paean with what deity?
Apollo
1726
What city was Cato the Elder born in?
Tusculum
1727
What year was Cato the Elder serving as aedile?
199 B.C.
1728
What office did Cato the Elder hold in 199 B.C.?
Aedile
1729
In 199 B.C., who, along with his colleague Helvius, restored the Ludi Plebeii (Plebeian Games)?
Cato the Elder
1730
What year did Cato the Elder, along with his colleague Helvius, restore the Ludi Plebeii (Plebeian Games)?
199 B.C.
1731
What festival did Cato the Elder, along with his colleague Helvius, restore in 199 B.C.?
Ludi Plebeii (Plebian Games)
1732
Following his restoration of the Ludi Plebeii (Plebeian Games) in 199 B.C., Cato the Elder gave upon the occasion a feast in honor of what deity?
Jupiter
1733
Who was the consular colleague of Cato the Elder in 195 B.C.?
Valerius Flaccus
1734
What year was Cato the Elder and Valerius Flaccus serving as consular colleagues together?
195 B.C.
1735
Who were the consuls of the year 195 B.C.?
Cato the Elder and Valerius Flaccus
1736
What king of Seleucia captured one of Scipio Africanus' sons but later released him?
Antiochus III
1737
Whose son was captured by Antiochus III but later had him returned to him in 192 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1738
What year was Scipio Africanus' son captured but later returned to him by Antiochus III?
192 B.C.
1739
Where did Scipio Africanus retire to in annoyance of his peers who had set up fake charges against him because they were jealous of his accomplishments in the Second Punic War?
Liternum
1740
What year did Scipio Africanus retire to Liternum where he later died at?
185 B.C.
1741
What year did Scipio Africanus die while in retirement at Liternum?
183 B.C.
1742
What man retired to Liternum in annoyance of his peers after they set up fake charges against him because they had become jealous of his accomplishments in the Second Punic War?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1743
Who were the two sons of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus?
Publius Cornelius Scipio and Lucius Cornelius Scipio
1744
Because Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus the Younger (son of original Africanus) had no natural progeny, what first cousin of his did he adopt as son and heir?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
1745
Who was the adoptive father of Scipio Aemilianus?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus the Younger (son of original Africanus)
1746
Who was the biological father of Scipio Aemilianus?
Aemilius Paullus
1747
Aemilius Paullus was the biological father of what man?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
1748
What year was Cato the Elder elected praetor or governor of Sardinia?
198 B.C.
1749
Where was Cato the Elder made governor in 198 B.C.?
Sardinia
1750
Who was made governor of Sardinia in 198 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
1751
What king of Pergamum did Rhodes persuade to declare war on Rome with?
Attalus I
1752
What city persuaded Attalus I to declare war on Rome with them?
Rhodes
1753
What year was Cato the Elder elected to be consul?
195 B.C.
1754
What was the first stone bridge which was constructed in 179 B.C.?
Pons Aemilianus
1755
What year was the Pons Aemilianus (first stone bridge) constructed?
179 B.C.
1756
What year was Marcus Popillius Laenas serving as consul?
173 B.C.
1757
What former consul of the year 173 B.C. attacked the Ligurian Statellati in 172 B.C.?
(Marcus) Popillius Laenas
1758
What Ligurian tribe did Marcus Popillius Laenas attack in 172 B.C.?
Statellati
1759
What year did Marcus Popillius Laenas attack the Statellati?
172 B.C.
1760
What year was Cato the Elder elected to be censor?
184 B.C.
1761
What year was the Ligurian War?
181 B.C.
1762
After his military career, Cato the Elder went on to serve as censor in 184 B.C. along with what friend of his, whom he had also fought with at Thermopylae?
Valerius Flaccus
1763
What year did Cato the Elder hold the censorship with Valerius Flaccus, a close friend of his?
184 B.C.
1764
What year were western parts of the Iberian Peninsula divided into Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior?
197 B.C.
1765
Western parts of what location were divided into Hispania Citerior and Ulterior in 197 B.C.?
Iberian Peninsula
1766
Western parts of the Iberian Peninsula were divided into what two places in 197 B.C.?
Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior
1767
Which tribe, that had helped with dominating the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, did Cato the Elder fight against?
Celtiberians
1768
Who made peace with the Celtiberians in 151 B.C.?
Claudius Marcellus
1769
What year did Claudius Marcellus make peace with the Celtiberians?
151 B.C.
1770
Who promised the Lusitanians better land, lured them out of their homeland, then betrayed them?
Servius Sulpicius Galba
1771
What Lusitanian chieftain fought the Romans from 146-139 B.C.?
Viriathus
1772
What Lusitanian guerrilla leader was called from a herdsman to fight Rome and is called the "First National Hero of Portugal"?
Viriathus
1773
In 197 B.C. what two provinces were created by the senate after Spain was annexed?
Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior
1774
What year were the provinces Hispania Citerior and Ulterior created by the senate after Spain was annexed?
197 B.C.
1775
Who bribed Viriathus' agents to betray him?
Servilius Caepio
1776
What consul was given command in Spain in 195 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
1777
What year was Cato the Elder given command in Spain?
195 B.C.
1778
At what battle in 190 B.C. did Regillus lead the Romans to defeat a Rhodian fleet led by Polyxenidas?
Myonessus
1779
What Lusitanian chieftain used guerrilla warfare and defeated several Roman commanders?
Viriathus
1780
From what years did the Romans fight the Lusitanian chieftain Viriathus?
146-139 B.C.
1781
What does "Carthago delenda est" mean?
Carthage must be destroyed
1782
What skilled shepherd and huntsman knew the mountains and led a guerilla war for eight years against the Romans?
Viriathus
1783
What three men were sent to kill Viriathus?
Audax, Ditalcus, and Minurus
1784
What was the first temple built with marble?
Temple of Jupiter Stator
1785
Who dedicated a temple to Jupiter Stator in 146 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
1786
What proconsul was trapped by Viriathus but let go after an agreement that the Romans would recognize the freedom of the Lusitanians?
Fabius Maximus Servilianus
1787
Who was called the "First national hero of Portugal"?
Viriathus
1788
What title was given to Viriathus?
First National Hero of Portugal
1789
What Roman commander bribed Viriathus' agents to betray him and later defeated him?
Servilius Caepio
1790
What successor of Servilius Caepio in 137 B.C. raided Galicia?
Iunius Brutus
1791
What were the dates of the Siege of Numantia?
134-133 B.C.
1792
What were the dates of the First Macedonian War?
214-205 B.C.
1793
At what location in 209 B.C. did Valerius Laevinus defeat Philip V twice?
Lamia
1794
What year did Sempronius Tuditanus negotiate the Peace of Phoenice?
206 B.C.
1795
What year was the Peace of Phoenice signed?
205 B.C.
1796
Who negotiated the Peace of Phoenice with Philip V?
Sempronius Tuditanus
1797
Who tried to aid Philip V during the First Macedonian War?
Hannibal
1798
What year did Philip V conclude a secret treaty with Antiochus III?
203 B.C.
1799
In 203 B.C., Philip V concluded a secret treaty with whom?
Antiochus III
1800
Who concluded a secret treaty with Antiochus III in 203 B.C.?
Philip V
1801
After concluding a treaty with Philip V, what boy-king did Antiochus III invite to make a joint attack on?
Ptolemy V
1802
What Roman admiral was stationed at Brundisium and later sailed to Greece to break up the alliance between Hannibal and Philip V?
Valerius Laevinus
1803
What were the dates of the 2nd Macedonian War?
200-196 B.C.
1804
What tribune of 199 B.C. proposed a law which expressly affirmed critics' rights of appeal outside Roman territory?
Porcius Laeca
1805
What year was Publius Sulpicius Galba consul?
200 B.C.
1806
What consul of 200 B.C. tried to get the Comitia Centuriata to declare war on Macedon, yet they rejected him the first time?
Publius Sulpicius Galba
1807
What year did Publius Sulpicius Galba first try to get the Comitia Centuriata to declare war on Macedon?
200 B.C.
1808
Who was given command in Macedonia in the 2nd Macedonian War?
Publius Sulpicius Galba
1809
What stalemate battle in 199 B.C. caused the Aetolian League to side with Rome?
Lyncestis
1810
What year was the battle of Lyncestis?
199 B.C.
1811
The battle of Lyncestis in 199 B.C. caused what league to side with Rome?
Aetolian league
1812
At what battle of 198 B.C. did Quinctius Flamininus defeat Philip V?
Aous River
1813
What year was the battle of Aous River?
198 B.C.
1814
Where was Phillip V defeated in 197 B.C.?
Cynoscephalae
1815
At what battle did Masinissa lend elephants in 197 B.C.?
Cynoscephalae
1816
Who commanded Philip V's rearguard at the battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 B.C.?
Nicanor the Elephant
1817
At what battle did Nicanor the Elephant command Philip V's rearguard?
Cynoscephalae
1818
What year was the battle of Cynoscephalae?
197 B.C.
1819
What year was the battle of Mincio River?
197 B.C.
1820
Who defeated Phillip V at Cynoscephalae in 197 B.C.?
Quinctius Flamininus
1821
What battle of 197 B.C. showed the superiority of the legion over the phalanx?
Cynoscephalae
1822
The battle of Cynoscephalae showed the superiority of the legion over what?
Phalanx
1823
What was another name for the battle of Cynoscephalae?
Dog's head
1824
Who declared peace and freedom for Greece at the Isthmian games of 196 B.C.?
Quinctius Flamininus
1825
At what games did Quinctius Flamininus declare peace and freedom for Greece in 196 B.C.?
Isthmian
1826
At what battle of 195 B.C. did Quinctius Flamininus and Philopoemen defeat Nabis of Sparta?
Gythium
1827
What year was the battle of Gythium?
195 B.C.
1828
At what battle of 196 B.C. did Claudius Marcellus force the Insubres and the Cenomani to sue for peace?
Lake Como
1829
What year was the battle of Lake Como?
196 B.C.
1830
In 199 B.C., what proconsul of Hispania Ulterior celebrated victories in Spain by erecting two arches in Rome in 196 B.C.?
Lucius Stertinius
1831
Who was the first Roman to build a triumphal arch in Rome?
Lucius Stertinius
1832
What tribune did Cato the Elder find to raise the matter before the people and impose a fine and a demand for surety on Scipio Asiaticus when he refused to account for the money?
Gaius Minucius
1833
Who did Rome fight at the battle of Gythium?
Nabis
1834
What Achaean, alongside Quinctius Flamininus, defeated Nabis of Sparta at Gythium in 195 B.C.?
Philopoemen
1835
What year did Philopoemen die?
183 B.C.
1836
What year was the battle of Mutina following the end of the Second Macedonian War?
194 B.C.
1837
What were the dates of the Seleucid War?
192-188 B.C.
1838
What king of Cappadocia had sent a contingent to assist Antiochus at Magnesia in 190 B.C.?
Ariarathes VI
1839
Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia received a fine from Rome for aiding Antiochus III in what battle?
Magnesia
1840
Ariarathes VI was the king of what province?
Cappadocia
1841
At what battle did the ex-consul, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, aid the Romans under Eumenes II in 190 B.C.?
Magnesia
1842
During what war did Flamininus warn Antiochus III to stay away from the independent Greek cities in Asia Minor and not to cross the Hellespont?
Second Macedonian War
1843
What king of Pergamum was alarmed by Antiochus III increasing the power of the Seleucids during the Second Macedonian War?
Eumenes II
1844
Who did Rome go to war with during the Seleucid War?
Antiochus III
1845
What league was Antiochus III allied with?
Aetolian league
1846
What Carthaginian general was Antiochus III allied with?
Hannibal Barca
1847
What year did Hannibal come to Antiochus III's court in Ephesus?
195 B.C.
1848
To whose courts did Hannibal flee in 195 B.C. after the Carthaginian oligarchy exiled him?
Antiochus III
1849
What year was the battle of Thermopylae?
191 B.C.
1850
At what battle did Eumenes II and Livius Salinator defeat Polyxenidas in 191 B.C.?
Cape Corycus
1851
What year was the battle of Cape Corycus?
191 B.C.
1852
Serving as an admiral of Antiochus III, at what sea-battle was Hannibal defeated in 190 B.C.? (give both names)
Eurymedon/Side
1853
Who served as an admiral of Antiochus III at Eurymedon/Side in 190 B.C.?
Hannibal
1854
Which Scipio defeated Hannibal at the naval battles Eurymedon & Myonessus?
Scipio Asiaticus
1855
At what location did the Persians led by Xerxes defeat the Spartans under Leonidas I in 480 B.C.?
Thermopylae
1856
Who led the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.?
Xerxes
1857
Who defeated Antiochus III at Thermopylae?
Acilius Glabrio
1858
At what battle was Antiochus III decisively defeated?
Thermopylae
1859
Who served as a military tribune during the battle of Thermopylae?
Cato the Elder
1860
What year was the battle of Myonessus?
190 B.C.
1861
Who led the Romans at the battle of Myonessus?
Regillus
1862
Who led the Romans along with Regillus at the battle of Myonessus?
Eudamus
1863
Who led the Seleucids at the battle of Myonessus?
Polyxenidas
1864
Because Scipio Africanus was ineligible to be elected consul in 190 B.C., what younger brother of his did the Romans elect?
Scipio Asiaticus
1865
In 191 B.C. what son of Gnaeus Scipio Calvus and cousin of Scipio Africanus defeated the Boii?
Scipio Nasica
1866
What ex-consul aided Eumenes II at Magnesia in 190 B.C.?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
1867
Who led a Rhodian fleet which was defeated by Regillus at the battle of Myonessus in 190 B.C.?
Polyxenidas
1868
What year was the battle of Magnesia?
190 B.C.
1869
Why didn't Scipio Africanus fight in the battle of Magnesia?
He was sick
1870
Who was sick during the battle of Magnesia which is why he didn't fight in it?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
1871
Because Scipio Africanus was sick, who led the Romans at the battle of Magnesia?
Scipio Asiaticus
1872
What treaty ended the Seleucid War?
Apamea
1873
Who oversaw the Treaty of Apamea, ending the Seleucid War?
Manlius Vulso
1874
What year was Antiochus III assassinated?
187 B.C.
1875
Where, in 187 B.C., was Antiochus III assassinated for robbing a temple?
Susa
1876
Who was assassinated in Susa in 187 B.C.?
Antiochus III
1877
What year was Antiochus III assassinated for robbing a temple in Susa?
187 B.C.
1878
What city in Asia Minor did Philip V siege in 200 B.C. which led to the Second Macedonian War?
Abydus
1879
Philip V's siege of Abydus in 200 B.C. precipitated what war?
Second Macededonian War
1880
Who sieged Abydus in 200 B.C.?
Philip V
1881
What year did Philip V siege Abydus?
200 B.C.
1882
List in order the 5 major battles of the Seleucid War?
Thermopylae, Cape Corycus, Eurymedon/Side, Myonessus, Magnesia
1883
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Eurymedon/Side?
Eudamus
1884
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Myonessus in 190 B.C.?
Regillus and Eudamus
1885
Who led the Seleucid Empire at the Battle of Magnesia in 190 B.C.?
Antiochus III and Zeuxis
1886
Who led the Romans at the Battle of Magnesia in 190 B.C.?
Scipio Asiaticus, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, and Eumenes II
1887
Who was the father of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica (victor over the Boii in 191)?
Gnaeus Scipio Calvus
1888
What road, an extension of the Via Flaminia, built in 187 B.C., connected Roman settlements in Northern Italy?
Via Aemilia
1889
What year was the Via Aemilia constructed?
187 B.C.
1890
Who was the consul of 187 B.C. that built the Via Aemilia?
Aemilius Lepidus
1891
Who was Aemilius Lepidus' co-consul of 187 B.C.?
Gaius Flaminius (son of Flaminius at Lake Trasimene)
1892
Who were the two consuls of the year 187 B.C.?
Aemilius Lepidus and Gaius Flaminius (son of Flaminius at Lake Trasimene)
1893
Where did Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus crush a revolt between 177 and 176 B.C., later selling the population into slavery?
Sardinia
1894
What military road did the Romans construct from Rome to Macedonia?
Via Egnatia
1895
From what two points was the Via Egnatia constructed?
Dyrrachium to Constantinople
1896
What mountain did Marcius Philippus cross over eleven days in 169 B.C. to invade Macedonia and fight Perseus, only to be held back by fatigue?
Mt. Olympus
1897
For what reason was Marcius Philippus held back from his invasion of Macedonia in 169 B.C. after an eleven day march across Mt. Olympus?
Fatigue
1898
What province was Marcius Philippus going to invade, yet he was held back by fatigue in 169 B.C. after an eleven day march across Mt. Olympus?
Macedonia
1899
What battle of 194 B.C. ended Gallic incursions into Italy?
Mutina
1900
Where did the Romans under the command of Quinctius Flamininus, along with Rhodes, Pergamum, and the Aetolian League, defeat King Nabis of Sparta in 195 B.C.?
Gythium
1901
Whose son did Andriscus claim to be?
Perseus
1902
What pretender to the throne claimed to be the son of Perseus?
Andriscus
1903
Who was the dictator of the Achaean League during the Battle of Corinth?
Critolaus
1904
Critolaus was the dictator of what group at the Battle of Corinth in 146 B.C.?
Achaean League
1905
Who dissuaded Antiochus IV from continuing his invasion of Egypt in 168 B.C.?
Popillius Laenas
1906
Who did Popillius Laenas dissuade from continuing his invasion of Egypt in 168 B.C.?
Antiochus IV
1907
What year did Popillius Laenas draw a circle around Antiochus IV, telling him to choose war or peace before he stepped out of it?
168 B.C.
1908
Popillius Laenas drew a circle around Antiochus IV, telling him to choose between peace or to continue his attack of what province in 168 B.C.?
Egypt
1909
What consul of 173 B.C. went so far as to attack an unoffending tribe for the sake of taking booty off them?
Popillius Laenas
1910
What man drew a circle in the sand with a stick around Antiochus IV and told him to make his decision about whether he would continue his attack on Egypt before he stepped out of it?
Popillius Laenas
1911
Around whom did Popillius Laenas draw a circle in the sand with a stick in 168 B.C.?
Antiochus IV
1912
After being told to choose war or peace by Popillius Laenas, where did Antiochus IV stir up the revolt of the Maccabees?
Israel
1913
Who defeated the Cenomani and the Insubres in 196 B.C. at the battle of Lake Como?
Claudius Marcellus
1914
What two tribes did Claudius Marcellus defeat at Lake Como in 196 B.C.?
Cenomani and Insubres
1915
What two tribes were defeated at the battles of Mincio River (197) and Lake Como (196)?
Cenomani and Insubres
1916
What architect did Antiochus IV commission to rebuild the Olympeion at Athens in 174 B.C.?
Decimus Cossutius
1917
What year did Antiochus IV commission Decimus Cossutius to rebuild the Olympeion at Athens?
174 B.C.
1918
What structure did Antiochus IV commission Decimus Cossutius to rebuild in 174 B.C.?
Olympeion
1919
Who commissioned Decimus Cossutius to rebuild the Olympeion in 174 B.C.?
Antiochus IV
1920
After the death of Antiochus IV, when the Senate rigorously enforced some neglected terms in the Peace of Apamea in order to have all the ward's warships burnt and his elephants to be hamstrung, what chief commissioner, an ex-consul, was murdered in a riot by infuriated subjects because of the mutilated elephants?
Gnaeus Octavius
1921
What year did Rome conclude a treaty with Judas Maccabaeus, a leader of the insurrection against the Seleucids in Palestine?
161 B.C.
1922
Who was Judas Maccabaeus' father?
Mattathius
1923
What rival claimant to the Seleucid throne escaped from Rome where he was being detained as a hostage and went on to displace Antiochus' son?
Demetrius I
1924
Who were Judas Maccabaeus' brothers?
Jonathan and Simon
1925
What year did the senate support Alexander Balas to the Seleucid throne?
152 B.C.
1926
What pretender to the Seleucid throne was encouraged to supplant the king whom it had recognized in 152 B.C.?
Alexander Balas
1927
What general finally defeated the Boii in 191 B.C., thus leading to the final destruction of Cisalpine Gaul?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica
1928
What year did Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica defeat the Boii, thus leading to the final destruction of Cisalpine Gaul?
191 B.C.
1929
What tribe did Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica defeat in 191 B.C., thus leading to the final destruction of Cisalpine Gaul?
Boii
1930
The defeat of the Boii at the hands of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica in 191 B.C. led to the final destruction of what province?
Cisalpine Gaul
1931
Before Lake Como, where were the Cenomani and Insubres defeated in 197 B.C.?
Mincio River
1932
What Roman fortress, aside from Placentia which was destroyed, was attacked by the Insubres, Cenomani, and Boii?
Cremona
1933
In 194 B.C. as praetor, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica reduced what tribe into submission?
Turdetani
1934
Who reduced the Turdetani into submission in 194 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica
1935
What year did Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica reduce the Turdetani into submission?
194 B.C.
1936
Hannibal died in the employ of what king in 183 B.C.?
Prusias I
1937
Who died in the employ of Prusias I of Bithynia?
Hannibal
1938
What year did Aemilius Paullus serve as consul?
181 B.C.
1939
Who served as consul in 181 B.C., later defeating the Ingauni?
Aemilius Paullus
1940
What King of Sparta did Rome defeat in 195 B.C.?
Nabis
1941
Who was the first Roman historian to write in Latin?
Cato the Elder
1942
What group allied with Rome in the First Macedonian War?
Achaean League
1943
In what war did the Achaean League ally with Rome?
First Macedonian War
1944
What consul of 195 B.C. was sent to Spain to take command against the Celtiberians and Turdetani?
Marcus Porcius Cato (the Elder)
1945
Against what two tribes was Cato the Elder sent to Spain to take command?
Celtiberians and Turdetani
1946
Which propraetor managed to pacify the Celtiberians in 179 B.C.?
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder
1947
What tribe did Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder pacify in 179 B.C.?
Celtiberians
1948
What year did Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder pacify the Celtiberians?
179 B.C.
1949
What year did Hannibal flee to the court of Prusias I?
186 B.C.
1950
What island was placed under Athenian administration in 167 B.C. on the condition that no customs or harbor dues should be collected?
Delos
1951
What year was Delos placed under Athenian administration?
167 B.C.
1952
Which enemy leader deposited a bronze tablet with his accomplishments in the Temple of Hera Lacinia, near Croton, before leaving Italy?
Hannibal
1953
In what temple did Hannibal deposit a bronze tablet with his accomplishments before leaving Italy?
Hera Lacinia
1954
Which victory over Antiochus III in 190 B.C. was the last major victory of a Roman fleet over a foreign enemy?
Myonessus
1955
Philip V's siege of which town in Asia Minor in 200 B.C. had been taken as a violation of the peace, provoking the Romans to war?
Abydus
1956
Following the Treaty of Apamea, Antiochus III was obliged to pay an indemnity of how many talents over a period of 12 years?
15000
1957
Who was obliged to pay an indemnity of 15,000 talents over the period of 12 years following the Treaty of Apamea?
Antiochus III
1958
To what country did Philip V attempt expanding his kingdom?
Greece
1959
In what city were the Isthmian Games held, where Flamininus accounted the "liberation of Greece"?
Corinth
1960
What two provinces were created in 197 B.C.?
Hispania Ulterior, Hispania Citerior
1961
What king of Bithynia did the Romans force to hand over Hannibal?
Prusias I
1962
Prusias I ruled as king of what province?
Bithynia
1963
What king of Pergamum, carrying on a long feud with Macedon, was eager to shed negative light on Perseus and delivered a speech that denounced Perseus to the Roman Senate in 172 B.C.?
Eumenes II
1964
What year did Eumenes II deliver a speech that denounced Perseus to the Roman Senate?
172 B.C.
1965
What year did two proconsuls subdue the Apuani between Genua and Luna, later deporting 40,000 of them to Samnium?
180 B.C.
1966
In 180 B.C., two proconsuls subdued what tribe between Genua and Luna, later deporting 40,000 of them to Samnium?
Apuani
1967
In 180 B.C., two proconsuls subdued the Apuani between Genua and Luna, later deporting 40,000 of them to what Italian region?
Samnium
1968
The Romans would not have won at Thermopylae had it not been for what senior legate's advance on Mt. Callidromus?
Cato the Elder
1969
The Romans would not have won at Thermopylae had it not been for Cato the Elder's advance on what mountain?
Mt. Callidromus
1970
Where in 205 B.C. did Philip V and the Romans meet to discuss a peace treaty that earned Philip both land on the Adriatic coast and the enmity of the Romans?
Phoenice
1971
What is the meaning of "Thermopylae"?
Hot gates
1972
What battle translates to "hot gates"?
Thermopylae
1973
In 181 B.C., what pro-Roman statesman of the Achaean League advised the Senate to support the pro-Roman at the expense of the patriotic parties in various cities of Greece?
Callicrates
1974
What year did Callicrates, a pro-Roman statesman of the Achaean League, advise the Senate to support the pro-Roman at the expense of the patriotic parties in various cities of Greece?
181 B.C.
1975
In the year of Hannibal's death in 183 B.C., a more general war broke out between what king of Pontus and a combination of all the neighboring kings?
Pharnaces I
1976
In what year did a war break out between Pharnaces I of Pontus and a combination of all the neighboring kings?
183 B.C.
1977
Eumenes II once more solicited Roman intervention when a more general war broke out between what king of Pontus and a combination of all the neighboring kings?
Pharnaces I
1978
What king of Pergamum once more solicited Roman intervention when a more general war broke out between Pharnaces I of Pontus and a combination of all the neighboring kings?
Eumenes II
1979
In 187 B.C., who instigated two tribunes, both named Petillius, to interrogate Lucius Scipio Asiaticus in the Senate about a sum of 500 talents which he had held back from the first installment of King Antiochus' war indemnity in order to pay his troops?
Cato the Elder
1980
What was the name that both tribunes shared whom Cato the Elder instigated to interrogate Lucius Scipio Asiaticus in the Senate about a sum of 500 talents which he had held back from the first installment of King Antiochus III's war indemnity in order to pay his troops in 187 B.C.?
Petillius
1981
In 187 B.C., Cato the Elder instigated two tribunes, both named Petillius, to interrogate what man in the Senate about a sum of 500 talents which he had held back from the first installment of King Antiochus' war indemnity in order to pay his troops?
Lucius Scipio Asiaticus
1982
By whom were the games given in 185 B.C. where many actors from Greece came to do him honor, and athletic contests were introduced for the first time in Rome?
Fulvius Nobilior
1983
How many years did Numantia hold out against Rome?
9
1984
What city held out against Rome for 9 years before falling in 133 B.C.?
Numantia
1985
What city did Scipio Aemilianus starve into submission?
Numantia
1986
By means of what did Scipio Aemilianus take Numantia in 133 B.C.?
Starvation
1987
Who starved Numantia into submission in 133 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
1988
How many years did Andriscus' reign last?
1
1989
Whose reign of Macedon only lasted 1 year?
Andriscus
1990
In what year was Arpinum given full citizenship?
188 B.C.
1991
What town was given full citizenship in 188 B.C.?
Arpinum
1992
Who did the Syrian slave Eunus claim to be?
Antiochus
1993
After the capture of Enna, what Syrian slave crowned himself king and subsequently took the name "Antiochus"?
Eunus
1994
After the capture of what city did Eunus crown himself king and take on the name "Antiochus"?
Enna
1995
After the capture of Enna, the Syrian slave Eunus crowned himself king and took on what name?
Antiochus
1996
Who was the main leader of the First Servile Revolt?
Eunus
1997
What Cilician slave became Eunus' military commander?
Cleon
1998
Where was Eunus from?
Apamea
1999
Where was Cleon from?
Cilicia
2000
What other three locations aside from Sicily, saw slave revolts in the First Servile War?
Athens, Delos, and Rome
2001
In what year were athletic contests introduced to Rome?
185 B.C.
2002
Who succeeded his father Phillip V?
Perseus
2003
Who had his popular brother Demetrius executed on a treason charge?
Perseus
2004
What consul of 184 B.C. safeguarded citizens from summary execution on military service?
Porcius Licinus
2005
What year did the consul Porcius Licinus safeguard citizens from summary execution on military service?
184 B.C.
2006
What year did Hannibal commit suicide?
183 B.C.
2007
Who was Scipio Aemilianus' brother?
Fabius Maximus Aemilianus
2008
Who was the mother of Scipio Aemilianus?
Papiria
2009
What father of Metellus Dalmaticus and Numidicus served as consul in 142 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Calvus
2010
What year did the father of Dalmaticus and Numidicus, Caecilius Metellus Calvus, serve as consul?
142 B.C.
2011
Who defeated the Lusitanians under Viriathus?
Servilius Caepio
2012
What tribe was Viriathus the leader of?
Lusitanians
2013
What year was Servius Sulpicius Galba consul?
144 B.C.
2014
In what Roman province did Hannibal commit suicide?
Bithynia
2015
In 181 B.C. Aemilius Paullus first made his mark by forcing what tribe into submission?
Ingauni
2016
What year did Aemilius Paullus make his mark by forcing the Ingauni into submission?
181 B.C.
2017
What law of 180 B.C. established a minimum age for the cursus honorum and set two-year intervals between offices?
Lex Villia Annalis
2018
The lex Villia Annalis set how many year intervals between offices?
Two-year intervals
2019
Following the establishment of the Lex Villia Annalis, what was the minimum age a man had to be before he could hold the consulship?
42
2020
Following the establishment of the Lex Villia Annalis, what was the minimum age a man had to be before he could hold the praetorship?
39
2021
Following the establishment of the Lex Villia Annalis, what was the minimum age a man must be before he could hold the aedileship?
36
2022
What joint censors built a second basilica in 179 B.C.?
Fulvius Nobilior and Aemilius Lepidus
2023
What method did Hannibal use to kill himself?
Poison
2024
Where was an outpost reconstituted as a Roman colony in 177 B.C.?
Luna
2025
What year was an outpost reconstituted at Luna as a Roman colony?
177 B.C.
2026
What consul of 178 B.C. had been sent to overawe a confederacy of Istrian cantons but went beyond his instructions in making a preventive attack upon them?
Manlius Vulso
2027
What tribe had Manlius Vulso been sent to overawe a confederacy of cantons?
Istri
2028
What were the dates of the 3rd Macedonian War?
171-168 B.C.
2029
What year was the battle of Larissa?
171 B.C.
2030
What was another name for the battle of Larissa?
Callinicus
2031
Who was defeated by Perseus at the battle of Larissa?
Licinius Crassus
2032
In 170 B.C. what ex-praetor, who had ill-treated Rome's allies in Greece during the Third Macedonian War, had a more drastic procedure adopted against him?
Lucretius Gallus
2033
What consul of 169 B.C. made a perilous 11-day march across the densely wooded shoulder of Mt. Olympus, and by his mere appearance on Macedonian soil so unnerved Perseus as to cause him to abandon the entire frontier line?
Marcius Philippus
2034
What year did Marcius Philippus try to cross the shoulder of Mt. Olympus, only to be held back by fatigue?
169 B.C.
2035
Marcius Philippus made a perilous march of how many days across the densely wooded shoulder of Mt. Olympus?
11
2036
What year did a second Roman force capture Genthius after a whirlwind campaign?
168 B.C.
2037
What tribune of 169 B.C. carried a measure to limit the amount of real estate that might be devised to female heirs?
Quintus Voconius Saxa
2038
What law of 169 B.C. carried a measure to limit the amount of real estate that might be devised to female heirs?
Lex Voconia
2039
What year did Quintus Voconius Saxa pass his law which carried a measure to limit the amount of real estate that might be devised to female heirs?
169 B.C.
2040
What year was the first battle of Pydna?
168 B.C.
2041
What nobleman startled the Roman forces on the eve of the battle of Pydna by predicting a lunar eclipse, though his astronomical lore remained a mere oddity?
Sulpicius Gallus
2042
At what battle was Perseus finally defeated, ending the 3rd Macedonian War in 168 B.C.?
Pydna (first)
2043
Who defeated Perseus at the first battle of Pydna in 168 B.C.?
Aemilius Paullus
2044
Where did Perseus escape to after the battle of Pydna, though he was captured shortly after and sent to Alba Fucens?
Samothrace
2045
To where was Perseus exiled?
Alba Fucens
2046
Because he had lent assistance to Perseus in the 3rd Macedonian War, what Illyrian chieftain was captured in 168 B.C. and had his kingdom partitioned?
Genthius
2047
Who, along with 1,000 other Achaean hostages, was brought to Rome after the Third Macedonian War?
Polybius
2048
Who was Perseus' wife?
Laodice
2049
Who was Perseus' sister?
Apame
2050
Who was Apame's husband?
Prusias II
2051
Who was the father of Apame?
Philip V
2052
Who were the two brothers of Apame?
Perseus and Demetrius
2053
Who was Laodice's father?
Seleucus IV
2054
Who succeeded his brother Eumenes II in 159 B.C.?
Attalus II
2055
What year did Attalus II succeed his brother, Eumenes II?
159 B.C.
2056
What were the dates of the 4th Macedonian War?
150-148 B.C.
2057
What man anticipated Gracchan reforms circa 145 B.C. when he attempted to revive the Lex Licinia-Sextia's restrictions on land ownership and redistribute the surplus land?
Gaius Laelius
2058
What year did Gaius Laelius attempt to revive the Lex Licinia-Sextia's restrictions on land ownership and redistribute the surplus land?
145 B.C.
2059
What law's restrictions on land did Gaius Laelius attempt to revive in 145 B.C.?
Lex Licinia-Sextia
2060
What consul lost a battle near Numantia but was able to advance all the way to Celtiberian lands?
Fulvius Nobilior
2061
Nurses are said to have told fractious children of what man?
Hannibal
2062
What successor of Marcellus massacred many Lusitanians who had surrendered in 151 B.C.?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
2063
Who was Quintus Pompeius' successor?
Hostilius Mancinus
2064
Who was trapped by Numantines and was forced to sign treaties with them?
Hostilius Mancinus
2065
What year was the city of Numantia captured?
133 B.C.
2066
Who captured the city of Numantia in 133 B.C.?
Scipio Aemilianus
2067
What year was the second battle of Pydna?
148 B.C.
2068
Who was Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus' successor?
Quintus Pompeius
2069
Who led the Macedonians at the second battle of Pydna?
Andriscus
2070
Who led the Romans at the second battle of Pydna?
Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
2071
What pretender to the throne of Macedon claimed to be a bastard son of Perseus and restored the Macedonian monarchy in 149 B.C. but was defeated by Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus at the second battle of Pydna?
Andriscus
2072
What name is also attributed to Andriscus?
Pseudo-Philip
2073
Who was Nicomedes II's father?
Prusias II
2074
What year did Macedonia get annexed and become a province?
148 B.C.
2075
What year was the battle of Corinth?
146 B.C.
2076
What province, comprised mostly of the Greek mainland, was formed after the destruction of Corinth in 146 B.C.?
Achaea
2077
After the destruction of what city in 146 B.C. was the province of Achaea formed?
Corinth
2078
What year was the province of Achaea formed?
146 B.C.
2079
What Roman defeated the Achaean League and destroyed Corinth in 146 B.C.?
Lucius Mummius
2080
What league did Lucius Mummius defeat along with Corinth in 146 B.C.?
Achaean league
2081
Who defeated the Achaean league in 146 B.C.?
Lucius Mummius
2082
Who was Corinth under when it got destroyed by Lucius Mummius in 146 B.C.?
Critolaus
2083
What praetor of 144 B.C. provided for the construction of Rome's first high-level aqueduct, the Aqua Marcia, which conveyed the city's purest supply of water from the head of the Anio valley over a distance of 36 miles?
Quintus Marcius Rex
2084
What was Rome's first high-level aqueduct, which began at the Anio valley?
Aqua Marcia
2085
What battle marked the end of the Roman-Greek conflict?
Corinth
2086
What year did Greece become a Roman province?
146 B.C.
2087
What law of 139 B.C. substituted the ballot at electoral assemblies for the previous system of voting by open declaration?
Lex Gabinia Tabellaria
2088
What year was the Lex Gabinia Tabellaria passed?
139 B.C.
2089
What year was the affair with Pergamum?
133 B.C.
2090
Who was the first over the wall of Carthage during the Third Punic War?
Tiberius Gracchus
2091
Tiberius Gracchus was the first over the walls of what city?
Carthage
2092
What proconsul of 136 B.C. was deprived of his command in Spain by the Senate?
(Marcus) Aemilius Lepidus
2093
What year was the proconsul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus deprived of his command in Spain by the Senate?
136 B.C.
2094
What year was Pergamum bequeathed to Rome?
133 B.C.
2095
Who bequeathed Pergamum to Rome?
Attalus III
2096
What Roman province did Pergamum become by the consul Manius Aquilius in 129 B.C.?
Asia
2097
What city became the Roman province of Asia by the consul Manius Aquilius in 129 B.C.?
Pergamum
2098
What foreign ruler preferred his studies of botany, zoology, and medicine to being king?
Attalus III
2099
What son of Antiochus III attacked Egypt?
Antiochus IV
2100
What son of Antiochus III tried to Hellenize Judea?
Antiochus IV
2101
Antiochus IV tried Hellenizing what province?
Judaea
2102
What pretender to the throne of Pergamum opposed the Romans in 133 B.C.?
Aristonicus
2103
Who failed to defeat Aristonicus in 130 B.C.?
Licinius Crassus
2104
Who was successful in defeating Aristonicus in 130 B.C.?
Marcus Perperna
2105
What were the dates of the First Servile War?
135-132 B.C.
2106
Where did the First Servile War begin?
Enna (Sicily)
2107
What two men led the slave revolt on Sicily during the first Servile War?
Eunus and Cleon
2108
What three Romans crushed Eunus and Cleon's revolt?
Scipio Aemilianus, Calpurnius Piso, and Publius Rupilius
2109
In 173 B.C., what two brothers were invaded by Antiochus IV in Egypt?
Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII
2110
Who invaded Egypt in 173 B.C.?
Antiochus IV
2111
What year did Antiochus IV invade Egypt?
173 B.C.
2112
From what years was Egypt being invaded by Antiochus IV?
173-171 B.C.
2113
Who followed up his manifesto by a second visit to Rome, in order to exhibit to the Senate some knife-marks on his body as evidence that Ptolemy VI was conspiring against him?
Ptolemy VII
2114
What year did Ptolemy VI die?
145 B.C.
2115
What absurdly fat Egyptian had the epithet "Physcon" meaning "fatty"?
Ptolemy VIII
2116
What epithet meaning "fatty" did Ptolemy VIII earn for himself?
Physcon
2117
What name did Ptolemy III earn for himself, a pun on his official epithet, Euergetes (benefactor)?
Kakergetes (malefactor)
2118
To what two friendly client kings did Rome grant parts of Pergamum after it was bequeathed to them?
Ariarathes VI and Mithridates V
2119
In what year did the Lusitanians surrender?
139 B.C.
2120
What title was Scipio Aemilianus given in 133 B.C.?
Numantinus
2121
What year was Scipio Aemilianus given the title "Numantinus"?
133 B.C.
2122
Who was given the title "Numantinus" in 133 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
2123
What other three prominent men fought alongside Scipio Aemilianus at Numantia in 133 B.C.?
Marius, Jugurtha and Rutilius Rufus
2124
From what years did the Lusitanian/Viriathic War last?
146-139 B.C.
2125
What war lasted from 146-139 B.C.?
Lusitanian/Viriathic War
2126
What proconsul of Macedonia constructed the Via Egnatia from 146-120 B.C.?
Gnaeus Egnatius
2127
What year was the Via Egnatia started?
146 B.C.
2128
What did Lucius Mummius do with the people of Corinth after destroying it?
Sold them into slavery
2129
What man failed to take Numantia in 137 B.C.?
Hostilius Mancinus
2130
What year did Hostilius Mancinus fail to take Numantia?
137 B.C.
2131
What city did Hostilius Mancinus fail to take in 137 B.C.?
Numantia
2132
What pretender claimed to be the son of Eumenes II?
Aristonicus
2133
Whose son did Aristonicus claim to be?
Eumenes II
2134
In what year did the Romans sign a treaty with Judas Maccabaeus?
161 B.C.
2135
Who did the Romans sign a treaty with in 161 B.C.?
Judas Maccabaeus
2136
How many republics was Macedonia divided into?
4
2137
What province did Rome divide into 4 republics after declaring war on them?
Macedonia
2138
After what battle was Macedonia divided into 4 republics?
Second Battle of Pydna
2139
What tribe was Genthius king of?
Ardiaei
2140
Who was the last king of the Ardiaei?
Genthius
2141
Genthius was the last king of what tribe?
Ardiaei
2142
What king of the Ardiaei allied with the Romans against Perseus but switched sides in 169 B.C.?
Genthius
2143
What year did Genthius switch sides from the Romans to Perseus of Macedon?
169 B.C.
2144
Whose side did Genthius switch to in 169 B.C.?
Perseus
2145
What year was Genthius captured?
168 B.C.
2146
What Illyrian king was captured in 168 B.C.?
Genthius
2147
Who, just like Hostilius Mancinus, had to surrender to Numantia after his army was trapped?
Quintus Pompeius
2148
Where did Lucius Mummius defeat the Achaean League in 146 B.C. before destroying Corinth?
Luecopetra
2149
Who defeated the Achaean League at Luecopetra in 146 B.C.?
Lucius Mummius
2150
What year did Lucius Mummius defeat the Achaean League at Luecopetra?
146 B.C.
2151
What group did Lucius Mummius defeat at Luecopetra in 146 B.C.?
Achaean League
2152
What king stirred up the revolt of the Maccabees in Israel?
Antiochus IV
2153
Aemilius Paullus (victor at Pydna in 168 B.C.) made his first mark by forcing what tribe into submission in 181 B.C.?
Ingauni
2154
What general made his first mark by forcing the Ingauni into submission in 181 B.C.?
Aemilius Paullus
2155
What year did Aemilius Paullus force the Ingauni into submission?
181 B.C.
2156
In 179 B.C., what two men led a combined drive against the Celtiberians which led to the Celts' surrender and sue for peace?
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder and Spurius Postumius
2157
What year did Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder and Spurius Postumius lead a combined drive against the Celtiberians?
179 B.C.
2158
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder and Spurius Postumius led a combined drive against what people in 179 B.C.?
Celtiberians
2159
What town did Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder found on the Ebro River?
Gracchuris
2160
Who founded Gracchuris on the Ebro River?
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder
2161
On what river was the town "Gracchuris" founded by Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder?
Ebro River
2162
From 153-152 B.C., what consul attempted a direct invasion of Old Castile from Aragon by the valley of the Salo and went as far as Numantia before being defeated there?
Fulvius Nobilior
2163
The consul Fulvius Nobilior attemped a direct invasion of what town?
Old Castile
2164
Fulvius Nobilior was defeated at Numantia because of a panic amongst a small group of elephants which had been sent to him by whom?
Masinissa
2165
Who was defeated at Numantia because of a panic amongst a small group of elephants which had been sent to him by Masinissa?
Fulvius Nobilior
2166
Who came to terms with the Celtiberians in 152 B.C. after the defeat of Fulvius Nobilior at Numantia?
Claudius Marcellus
2167
What year did Claudius Marcellus come to terms with the Celtiberians after the defeat of Fulvius Nobilior at Numantia?
152 B.C.
2168
Claudius Marcellus came to terms with what people in 152 B.C.?
Celtiberians
2169
While Servius Sulpicius Galba was being defeated by the Lusitanians in 151 B.C., who was slaughtering the Vaccaei at Cauca?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
2170
Where did Lucius Licinius Lucullus slaughter the Vaccaei in 151 B.C.?
Cauca
2171
What tribe did Lucius Licinius Lucullus slaughter at Cauca in 151 B.C.?
Vaccaei
2172
What year did Lucius Licinius Lucullus slaughter the Vaccaei at Cauca?
151 B.C.
2173
In 150 B.C., who came to the aid of Servius Sulpicius Galba and then slaughtered the Lusitanians which led to them suing for peace, however Galba then lured them out and massacred them all?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
2174
What year did Lucius Licinius Lucullus come to the aid of Servius Sulpicius Galba and then slaughter the Lusitanians which led to them suing for peace?
150 B.C.
2175
Whose aid did Lucius Licinius Lucullus come to in 150 B.C. where he slaughtered the Lusitanians?
Servius Sulpicius Galba
2176
What province did Decimus Iunius Brutus raid in 137 B.C.?
Galicia
2177
What year did Decimus Iunius Brutus raid Galicia?
137 B.C.
2178
Who raided Galicia in 137 B.C.?
Decimus Iunius Brutus
2179
In what year did Philip V prematurely die?
179 B.C.
2180
Who prematurely died in 179 B.C., leading to his son's accension to the throne?
Philip V
2181
Who was the successor of Antiochus III?
Seleucus IV
2182
Who delivered a message about Perseus to Rome that led to the Third Macedonian War?
Eumenes II
2183
Who were the four generals that fought against Perseus in the Third Macedonian War?
Licinius Crassus, Hostilius Mancinus, Marcius Philippus, Aemilius Paullus
2184
At what town did Aemilius Paullus massacre the inhabitants in 168 B.C. which led to 150,000 people being taken prisoner?
Epirus
2185
What year did Aemilius Paullus massacre the inhabitants of Epirus which led to 150,000 people being taken prisoner?
168 B.C.
2186
Who massacred the inhabitants of Epirus in 168 B.C. which led to 150,000 people being taken prisoner?
Aemilius Paullus
2187
Into how many federal republics was Genthius' Illyrian kingdom split?
3
2188
In 137 B.C., what law was passed by Cassius Longinus to extend the ballot to judicial assemblies of the people?
Lex Cassia Tabellaria
2189
Who passed a law in 137 B.C. to extend the ballot to judicial assemblies of the people?
Cassius Longinus
2190
What year was the Lex Cassia Tabellaria passed?
137 B.C.
2191
What year was the Lex Gabinia Tabellaria passed?
139 B.C.
2192
At what battle did Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus defeat and kill Critolaus in 146 B.C.?
Scarpheia
2193
What year did Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus defeat and kill Critolaus at Scarpheia?
146 B.C.
2194
Who did Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus defeat and kill at Scarpheia in 146 B.C.?
Critolaus
2195
Who defeated and killed Critolaus at Scarpheia in 146 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
2196
Andriscus' father had what occupation?
Clothmaker
2197
Lucius Mummius punished Corinth for joining sides with what enemy of Rome?
Achaean League
2198
Lucius Mummius punished what city for joining sides with the Achaean League?
Corinth
2199
What year did Antiochus IV come to Rome?
175 B.C.
2200
What foreign ruler came to Rome in 175 B.C.?
Antiochus IV
2201
What did Antiochus IV covert the Temple of Yahweh into?
Baal Shamin (Lord of the Heavens)
2202
What temple was converted to the Temple of Baal Shamin by Antiochus IV?
Temple of Yahweh
2203
Who converted the Temple of Yahweh into the Temple of Baal Shamin?
Antiochus IV
2204
The Greeks identified Baal Shamin as what deity?
Zeus
2205
What brothers of his did Judas Maccabaeus rebel against Antiochus IV with?
Jonathan and Simon
2206
Who did Judas Maccabaeus and his two brothers rebel against?
Antiochus IV
2207
In what province did Antiochus IV die in 164 B.C.?
Armenia
2208
What year did Antiochus IV die at Armenia?
164 B.C.
2209
What ruler died at Armenia in 164 B.C.?
Antiochus IV
2210
In what year did Attalus III become king of Pergamum?
138 B.C.
2211
Who became king of Pergamum in 138 B.C.?
Attalus III
2212
When were the Ligurians finally conquered and settled by the Romans?
155 B.C.
2213
In what province did Lucius Licinius Lucullus carry out a massacre in 151 B.C. as consul because he wanted a triumph even though there was peace?
Hispania Citerior
2214
What year did Lucius Licinius Lucullus carry out a massacre of Hispania Citerior as consul because he wanted a triumph even though there was peace?
151 B.C.
2215
Who carried out a massacre of Hispania Citerior in 151 B.C. as consul because he wanted a triumph even though there was peace?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
2216
Where did Servius Sulpicius Galba serve as consul in 150 B.C.?
Hispania Citerior
2217
What people did Servius Sulpicius Galba slaughter in 150 B.C.?
Lusitanians
2218
Who did Cato the Elder prosecute in 149 B.C., though Cato failed to indite him?
Servius Sulpicius Galba
2219
Who prosecuted Servius Sulpicius Galba but failed to indite him in 149 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
2220
What year did Cato the Elder prosecute Servius Sulpicius Galba, though he failed to indite him?
149 B.C.
2221
What year did Cato the Elder die?
149 B.C.
2222
How many guerilla soldiers did Viriathus have fighting for him?
10000
2223
Viriathus had what two skills that helped him navigate his ways through the mountains and glens?
Shepherd and Hunter
2224
What Latin colony did the Roman veterans found to settle the Lusitanians?
Valentia
2225
Who used the acts of vomiting fire and uttering oracles to convince slaves on Sicily that he was Antiochus, king of Syria?
Eunus
2226
How did Eunus convince slaves on Sicily that he was Antiochus, king of Syria?
Vomited fire and uttered oracles
2227
In what town near Athens was there a slave revolt at the silver mines in 134 B.C.?
Laurium
2228
What year was there a slave revolt at the silver mines of Laurium?
134 B.C.
2229
What consul of 134 B.C. was the first man who was sent to put down the revolt of Eunus and Cleon?
Fulvius Flaccus
2230
What year was Fulvius Flaccus sent to put down the revolt of Eunus and Cleon?
134 B.C.
2231
What consul of 133 B.C. was sent to replace Fulvius Flaccus in the fight against Eunus and Cleon?
Calpurnius Piso
2232
What Roman commander finally put an end to the First Servile War in 132 B.C., due in part to a siege of Tauromenium?
Publius Rupilius
2233
What Roman general quelled the slave rebellion led by Eunus and Cleon in Sicily in 132 B.C.?
Publius Rupilius
2234
Whose rebellion did Publius Rupilius quell in 132 B.C.?
Eunus and Cleon
2235
What year did Publius Rupilius quell the rebellion of Eunus and Cleon?
132 B.C.
2236
What war did Publius Rupilius put an end to?
First Servile War
2237
Due in part to a siege of what town did the First Servile War come to an end?
Tauromenium
2238
Who were the three Turdetanian warriors who Servilius Caepio bribed to slit the throat of Viriathus?
Audax, Ditalcus, and Minurus
2239
Who bribed Audax, Ditalcus, and Minurus to slit the throat of Viriathus?
Servilius Caepio
2240
What tribe did Audax, Ditalcus, and Minurus come from?
Turdetani
2241
On whom did Carthage declare war in 151 B.C.?
Masinissa
2242
What year did Carthage declare war on Masinissa?
151 B.C.
2243
What city declared war on Masinissa in 151 B.C.?
Carthage
2244
What law established the first permanent court, presided over by a preator?
Lex Calpurnia
2245
The Lex Calpurnia established the first permanent court which was presided over by a member of what office?
Praetor
2246
Who won the battle of Leucopetra?
Lucius Mummius
2247
What utopian city, which was supposed to be his vision of a Rome-free society, did Aristonicus found in 133 B.C.?
Heliopolis
2248
What man founded the utopian city of Heliopolis, which was supposed to be his vision of a Rome-free society?
Aristonicus
2249
What governor of Hispania Ulterior massacred the Lusitanians in 150 B.C., and was almost prosecuted by Cato the Elder?
Servius Sulpicius Galba
2250
Where did Servius Sulpicius Galba serve as governor?
Hispania Ulterior
2251
What city became the principal port in Southern Italy during the Republic?
Puteoli
2252
What year did Masinissa die at the age of 90?
148 B.C.
2253
What was the fate of the citizens who were not killed at the Battle of Corinth in 146 B.C.?
Sold into slavery
2254
The city of Numantia was a stronghold for what group of foreigners?
Celtiberians
2255
How many slaves did Eunus and Cleon lead in their revolt called the "Third Servile War"?
60000
2256
Who formed the Praetorian Guard?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
2257
What year was the Roman colony of Corduba founded?
152 B.C. (168?)
2258
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (Gracchi, Random 2nd century stuff)
2259
What temple did angry senators meet at before lynching Tiberius Gracchus?
Temple of Fides
2260
What people captured Hostilius Mancinus?
Numantines
2261
What daughter of Cornelia was married to Scipio Aemilianus?
Sempronia
2262
Who was the mother of Sempronia?
Cornelia (The mother of the Gracchi)
2263
Who did Sempronia (daughter of Cornelia) marry?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
2264
Who led the senate in a revolt to kill Tiberius Gracchus?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio
2265
Scipio Nasica led the senate in a revolt to kill what cousin of his?
Tiberius Gracchus
2266
Who was sent to stop Gaius Gracchus after a Senatus Consultum Ultimum was passed against him in 121 B.C. which led to Gaius' suicide?
Lucius Opimius
2267
Against whom was the first Senatus Consultum Ultimum issued?
Gaius Gracchus
2268
Who conquered the Ligurians in 122 B.C., founding the colony of Aquae Sextiae?
Sextius Calvinus
2269
What year did Sextius Calvinus conquer the Ligurians?
122 B.C.
2270
What year did Sextius Calvinus found the colony of Aquae Sextiae?
122 B.C.
2271
What colony did Sextius Calvinus found in 122 B.C.?
Aquae Sextiae
2272
What tribe did Sextius Calvinus conquer in 122 B.C. before founding the colony of Aquae Sextiae?
Ligurians
2273
Who planned to pay for his land reforms with treasury of Pergamum bequeathed by Attalus III?
Tiberius Gracchus
2274
With the treasury of what kingdom did Tiberius Gracchus plan to pay for his land reforms?
Pergamum
2275
What Latin colony revolted in 125 B.C.?
Fregellae
2276
What year did Fregellae revolt?
125 B.C.
2277
What law did Minucius Rufus annul?
Lex Rubria
2278
What law was sponsored by one of Gaius Gracchus' supporters which made it so high standing officials could not be juries in the standing courts that ruled on provincial governors being used of extortion?
Lex Acilia
2279
What law of 149 B.C. had previously allowed for high standing officials to be on the juries that were trying provincial governors for extortion?
Lex Calpurnia
2280
What year was the Lex Calpurnia established?
149 B.C.
2281
Who was known as the "Destroyer of Fregellae"?
Lucius Opimius
2282
What road ran from the Rhone to the Pyrenes?
Via Domitia
2283
From what two points did the Via Domitia travel?
Rhone River to the Pyrenes
2284
What tribe under Bituitus did Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus defeat in 121 B.C.?
Arverni
2285
What year did Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus defeat the Arverni under Bituitus?
121 B.C.
2286
Who defeated the Arverni under Bituitus in 121 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus
2287
Who replaced Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus as proconsul in Gaul in 121 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus
2288
Who did Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus replace as proconsul in Gaul in 121 B.C.?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
2289
What year did Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus replace Domitius Ahenobarbus as proconsul in Gaul?
121 B.C.
2290
Who won the Corona Muralis for being the first over the walls of Carthage during its destruction during the Third Punic War?
Tiberius Gracchus
2291
Tiberius Gracchus was the first over the walls of what city?
Carthage
2292
In 122 B.C., what rogue chieftain of the Salyes was captured by Sextius Calvinus?
Tutomotulus
2293
Of what tribe was Tutomotulus the ruler?
Salyes
2294
Who captured the Salyeian chieftain Tutomotulus in 122 B.C.?
Sextius Calvinus
2295
What tribe was Bituitus the leader of?
Arverni
2296
What Avernian cheiftain did Fabius Maximus defeat in 121 B.C.?
Bituitus
2297
What year did the slave rebellions first begin?
143 B.C.
2298
What commodity was there a shortage of in 140 and 138 B.C.?
Grain
2299
In 145 B.C., who tried to propose a law that would restore the Lex Licinia-Sextia?
Gaius Laelius
2300
In 145 B.C., Gaius Laelius tried to restore what previous law?
Lex Licinia-Sextia
2301
Before what group did Tiberius Gracchus propose his land bill?
Concilium Plebis
2302
Tiberius Gracchus drafted his bill with the support of what father-in-law of his?
Appius Claudius Pulcher
2303
Tiberius Gracchus' bill said there would be an allowance of how many iugera for each child?
250
2304
Who turned his toga upside down and veiled his head with the purple hem in front before leading the mob to kill Tiberius Gracchus and his followers?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio
2305
What was the mob that Scipio Nasica led against Tiberius Gracchus armed with?
Broken chairs and benches
2306
To where was Scipio Nasica sent on a diplomatic mission in order to protect him after he killed Tiberius Gracchus?
Pergamum (Asia)
2307
Who was sent on a diplomatic mission to Pergamum in order to protect him after he killed Tiberius Gracchus?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio
2308
Where was the rhetorician Diophanes from?
Mytilene
2309
Where was the Stoic philosopher Blossius from?
Cumae
2310
What was Diophanes' occupation?
Rhetorician
2311
What was Blossius' occupation?
Stoic
2312
What friend of Scipio Aemilianus assisted the consuls Popillius Laenas and Publius Rupilius in persecuting Tiberius Gracchus' followers?
Gaius Laelius
2313
Who boasted of what he had done to carry out the Sempronian land law and even a milestone in Lucania inscribed with a description of his successes?
Popillius Laenas
2314
Who was exiled for killing the followers of Tiberius Gracchus?
Popillius Laenas
2315
Who roared "I have never been scared by the shouts of the enemy in arms. Shall I be frightened by your outcries, stepsons of Italy?" after they jeered at him for saying that Tiberius Gracchus had been justly slain?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
2316
Fulvius Flaccus' proposal to give citizenship in 125 B.C. to Italians was shot down when he was sent to help what Greek colony that was under attack by the Saluvii?
Massilia
2317
Fulvius Flaccus' proposal to give citizenship to Italians was shot down when he was sent to help Massilia with an attack from what tribe in 125 B.C.?
Saluvii
2318
Who was sent to Massilia to help the city against an attack from the Saluvii in 125 B.C.?
Fulvius Flaccus
2319
Who proposed to give citizenship to Italians in 125 B.C.?
Fulvius Flaccus
2320
What year did Fulvius Flaccus propose citizenship for the Italians?
125 B.C.
2321
What award did Tiberius Gracchus earn for being the first over the walls of Carthage during its destruction during the Third Punic War?
Corona Muralis
2322
What was the consular list compiled by Mucius Scaevola in 130 B.C. called?
Annales Maximi
2323
Who compiled a consular list called "Annales Maximi" in 130 B.C.?
Mucius Scaevola
2324
What tribune of 133 B.C. saved the consul Hostilius Mancinus by making a peace treaty with the Numantines?
Tiberius Gracchus
2325
What brother of Mucius Scaevola supported Tiberius Gracchus?
Gaius Porcius Cato
2326
Who were the consuls of 133 B.C.?
Mucius Scaevola and Calpurnius Piso
2327
What year was Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio consul?
138 B.C.
2328
Who was the first wife of Gaius Gracchus?
Junia
2329
Who was the second and final wife of Gaius Gracchus?
Licinia
2330
What friend of Gaius Gracchus was passionately defended by him when he faced the death sentence?
Vettius
2331
What friend of a man named Vettius passionately defended him when he faced the death sentence?
Gaius Gracchus
2332
When what friend of Gaius Gracchus was on his trial, he defended his cause, and the people were in an ecstasy, and transported with joy, finding him master of such eloquence that the other orators seemed like children in comparison, and jealousies and fears on the other hand began to be felt by the powerful citizens?
Vettius
2333
Vettius faced the death sentence but was reprieved after a passionate defense by what man?
Gaius Gracchus
2334
What law of 131 B.C. was passed by the tribune Carbo, who introduced the secret ballot at legislative assemblies of the people?
Lex Papiria
2335
The Gracchi brothers were assassinated for their attempt to do what with Roman land held by the elites?
Redistribute it to the plebs
2336
What does the name "Nasica" mean?
Pointed nose
2337
Who was Cornelia's (Gracchi's mother) father?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
2338
Who was the Gracchi's mother?
Cornelia
2339
What did Cornelia call her sons?
Her jewels
2340
How many children did Cornelia have all together?
12
2341
What king of Egypt did Cornelia turn down an offer of marriage to?
Ptolemy (number unknown, probably VI, VII, or VIII)
2342
What tribune of 126 B.C. passed a law, against which Gaius Gracchus spoke, to prevent non-citizens settling in Rome and to expel any who had done so?
Iunius Pennus
2343
What future tribune spoke against the tribune Iunius Pennus when he wanted to prevent non-citizens from settling in Rome and to expel any who had done so?
Gaius Gracchus
2344
What slave assisted Gaius Gracchus in his suicide?
Philocrates
2345
Who was assisted in his suicide by the slave Philocrates?
Gaius Gracchus
2346
What year did the tribune Iunius Pennus pass a law to prevent non-citizens settling in Rome and to expel any who had done so?
126 B.C.
2347
What daughter of Cornelia married Scipio Aemilianus?
Sempronia
2348
Who, in 177 B.C., killed or enslaved 80,000 of Sardinia's inhabitants, thereby suppressing a slave revolt there?
Sempronius Gracchus the Elder
2349
What year did Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder kill or enslave 80,000 of Sardinia's inhabitants, thereby suppressing a slave revolt there?
177 B.C.
2350
Where did Sempronius Gracchus suppress a slave revolt in 177 B.C.?
Sardinia
2351
Who was the Gracchi's father?
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder
2352
What were the dates that Sempronius Gracchus the Elder suppressed a slave revolt in Sardinia?
177-176 B.C.
2353
What year was Tiberius Gracchus elected tribune?
133 B.C.
2354
What year was Tiberius Gracchus killed?
133 B.C.
2355
What were the names of the stoic philosopher and Greek tutor who tutored Tiberius Gracchus?
Blossius and Diophanes
2356
Who was tutored by Diophanes and Blossius?
Tiberius Gracchus
2357
What woman hired the tutors Blossius and Diophanes for her son Tiberius Gracchus?
Cornelia
2358
What law did Tiberius Gracchus attempt to violate for running for a second tribunate in 132 B.C.?
Lex Villia Annalis
2359
Where was the Senate meeting the day that Scipio Nasica led the mob that killed Tiberius Gracchus?
Temple of Fides
2360
What happened to Scipio Nasica after lynching Tiberius Gracchus?
Honorable exile to Asia
2361
To where was Scipio Nasica exiled after lynching Tiberius Gracchus?
Asia
2362
Who replaced Tiberius Gracchus on the land commission after his lynching?
Licinius Crassus
2363
What was Publius Licinius Crassus' relationship to Gaius Graccus?
Father-in-law
2364
Who proposed a law that would make reelection to the tribunate legal but was opposed by Scipio Aemilianus?
Carbo
2365
Who spoke out against his co-tribune Carbo who had proposed a law to legalize reelection to the tribuneship?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
2366
In what year did Carbo propose a law to legalize reelection to the tribuneship?
131 B.C.
2367
Carbo's bill failed but it did succeed in extending the secret ballot to what assembly?
Legislative assembly
2368
What law passed by Gaius Gracchus was his most criticized?
Lex Frumentaria
2369
What did Gaius Gracchus' Lex Frumentaria provide for?
The construction of warehouses and warves in Rome
2370
What consul of 125 B.C. was the first person to propose enfranchisement for the Italians?
Fulvius Flaccus
2371
In what year was Tiberius Gracchus quaestor in Spain?
137 B.C.
2372
Who served as quaestor in Spain in 137 B.C.?
Tiberius Gracchus
2373
Where did Tiberius Gracchus serve as quaestor in 137 B.C.?
Spain
2374
What office did Tiberius Gracchus hold in 137 B.C. at Spain?
Quaestor
2375
How did the mob led by Scipio Nasica kill Tiberius Gracchus on the Capitoline Hill?
Clubbed him to death
2376
On what hill was Tiberius Gracchus clubbed to death?
Capitoline Hill
2377
Due to whose hinderance did Gaius Gracchus fail to win reelection to the tribuneship, and after which, he led the senate's opposition against Gaius?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder
2378
In 122 B.C., who, attempting to pass Gaius Gracchus in popularity, improved on Gaius' colonial projects by proposing a mass-foundation of no less than twelve settlements in Italy, each of 3,000 men, to which the very poorest citizens were to be admitted? (though he never actually carried this out)
Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder
2379
In 122 B.C., whose colonial projects did Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder improve upon?
Gaius Gracchus
2380
What happened to Gaius Gracchus' body after the mob led by Lucius Opimius killed him?
Thrown into the Tiber
2381
Into what river was Gaius Gracchus' body thrown after the mob led by Lucius Opimius killed him?
Tiber
2382
Who was clubbed to death along with 300 of his followers on the Capitoline?
Tiberius Gracchus
2383
What year was Manius Aquilius consul?
129 B.C.
2384
What tribune of 133 B.C. attempted to push land law and reinstated that no citizen should be able to hold over 500 iugera which was originally stated in the Lex Licinia-Sextia?
Tiberius Gracchus
2385
With the support of what father-in-law did Tiberius Gracchus draft his agrarian bill?
Claudius Pulcher
2386
What two learned jurists also supported Tiberius Gracchus' agrarian bill?
Licinius Crassus and Mucius Scaevola
2387
Tiberius Gracchus' land bill ordered the state to repossess holdings of public land in excess of how many iugera?
500 (plus 250 iugera for each of 2 sons)
2388
What 3 people comprised the First Land Commission?
Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Claudius Pulcher
2389
What other tribune of 133 B.C. vetoed the Lex Sempronia Agraria?
Marcus Octavius
2390
What law of 133 B.C. did Marcus Octavius veto?
Lex Sempronia Agraria
2391
What co-tribune did Tiberius Gracchus remove in front of the Concilium Plebis when he refused to withdraw his veto of Tiberius' bill?
Marcus Octavius
2392
Who was the wife of Tiberius Gracchus?
Claudia Pulchra
2393
How was Claudius Pulcher related to Tiberius Gracchus?
Father-in-law
2394
What cousin of Tiberius Gracchus said that Tiberius was trying to become king and led the senate in revolt to kill him in 133 B.C.?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio
2395
What Pontifex Maximus turned his Toga Praetexta upside down?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio
2396
Who were the consuls in 132 B.C.?
Popillius Laenas and Rupilius
2397
Who is said to have killed Scipio Aemilianus in 129 B.C.?
Sempronia
2398
What year did Sempronia kill Scipio Aemilianus?
129 B.C.
2399
Who did Sempronia kill in 129 B.C.?
Scipio Aemilianus
2400
What year did Gaius Gracchus serve as quaestor in Sardinia?
126 B.C.
2401
In what two years was Gaius Gracchus tribune?
123, 122 B.C.
2402
What consul of 125 B.C. was the first person to propose enfranchisement for the Italians?
Fulvius Flaccus
2403
Who was the Italian's ally in the tribunate of 122 B.C.?
Fulvius Flaccus
2404
What three men made up the Second Land Commission?
Gaius Gracchus, Claudius Pulcher, Licinius Crassus
2405
What law was passed by the Second Land Commission which asked for the founding of a colony named Junonia on the site of Carthage?
Lex Rubria
2406
What year did the senate have a confrontation on the Capitoline Hill and passed a Senatus Consultum Ultimum giving Lucius Opimius the power to stop Gaius Gracchus at all costs?
121 B.C.
2407
Who got permission from a Senatus Consultum Ultimum to kill Gaius Gracchus and his followers?
Lucius Opimius
2408
What temple was restored by Lucius Opimius after he suppressed the followers of Gaius Gracchus in 121 B.C.?
Temple of Concord
2409
Who restored the Temple of Concord after he suppressed the followers of Gaius Gracchus in 121 B.C.?
Lucius Opimius
2410
What year was the Temple of Concord restored by Lucius Opimius?
121 B.C.
2411
Who did Lucius Opimius dedicate the Temple of Concord to when he restored it in 121 B.C.?
Concordia
2412
In 121 B.C. what proconsul fought the first Roman battle against the Transalpine Gauls in the neighborhood of Avignon?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
2413
What tribe did Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus defeat in 121 B.C. with the help of elephants?
Allobroges
2414
What Arvernian chieftain did the Allobroges appeal to for help?
Bituitus
2415
What Roman commander defeated the Arvernian chieftain, Bituitus in 120 B.C.?
Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus
2416
Who annulled the Lex Rubria?
Minucius Rufus
2417
Who routed Gaius Gracchus and his followers from the Aventine hill?
Lucius Opimius
2418
On what hill were Gaius Gracchus and Fulvius Flaccus along with 300 of their supporters killed on?
Aventine
2419
Who, in 125 B.C., destroyed the town of Fregellae?
Lucius Opimius
2420
What title was Lucius Opimius given in 125 B.C. after putting down the revolt in Fregellae?
Destroyer of Fregellae
2421
What town in the French Riviera called for help from the attacking Ligurians in 154 and 125 B.C.?
Massilia
2422
Who crossed the western Alps to take the Ligurians in the rear in 125 B.C.?
Fulvius Flaccus
2423
After campaigning on the seaboard, who turned inland to subdue more Ligurians between the Duranle and the Isere in 124 B.C.?
Fulvius Flaccus
2424
What people did Fulvius Flaccus defeat in 125 and 124 B.C.?
Ligurians
2425
In 121 B.C., what proconsul fought the first battle against the Allobroges and Arverni in the neighborhood of Avignon?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
2426
Where did Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus defeat the Allobroges and Averni in 121 B.C.?
Vindalium
2427
What year did Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus defeat the Allobroges and Arverni at Vindalium?
121 B.C.
2428
What two tribes did Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus defeat at Vindalium in 121 B.C.?
Allobroges and Arverni
2429
Where was Bituitus sent into exile after his defeat?
Alba Fucens
2430
What son of Bituitus was also captured with him and sent to Alba Fucens?
Congonnetiacus
2431
What town served as the place of exile for Syphax, Perseus, and Bituitus?
Alba Fucens
2432
What Roman had been exiled by the people for killing the followers of Tiberius Gracchus but was later allowed to return?
Popillius Laenas
2433
The failure to give what king part of Pergamum created future hostilities for the Romans?
Nicomedes II
2434
What year did Lucius Opimius destroy Fregellae?
125 B.C.
2435
What town did Lucius Opimius destroy in 125 B.C.?
Fregellae
2436
What year was the Lex Rubria passed?
122 B.C.
2437
What law of 123 B.C. made the state buy and import overseas grain for sale to citizens in Rome?
Lex Frumentaria
2438
Gaius Gracchus made provision for the purchase of the overseas crops in bulk by the state for delivery at public warehouses in what city?
Ostia
2439
What year was the lex Frumentaria established?
123 B.C.
2440
What law of 123 B.C. excluded senators and curule magistrates from the Quaestio Perpetua de Rebus Repetundis established by the Lex Calpurnia in 149 B.C.?
Lex Acilia
2441
What year was the lex Militaris established?
122 B.C.
2442
What law made in 122 B.C. required the government to clothe and equip Roman soldiers, shortened terms of service, and forbade drafting boys under 17?
Lex Militaris
2443
What year was the Lex Acilia established?
123 B.C.
2444
What name was given to the large agricultural estates which resulted from the distribution of the Ager Publicus in the 2nd century B.C.?
Latifundia
2445
What attendant of Lucius Opimius carried the entrails of a sacrifice, and forced his way through a crowd which resulted with the scuffle between the supporters of the two opposing groups on the Capitoline Hill which then led to his death?
Quintus Antyllius
2446
What year was Transalpine Gaul made into a province?
121 B.C.
2447
What place was made into a province in 121 B.C.?
Transalpine Gaul
2448
What year did Gaius Gracchus commit suicide with the aid of the slave Philocrates?
121 B.C.
2449
Who cleared the Balearic Islands of pirates in 123 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Balearicus
2450
What year did Caecilius Metellus Balearicus rid the Balearic Islands of Pirates?
123 B.C.
2451
Who did the Cimbri and Teutones defeat in 133 B.C.?
Carbo
2452
What two tribes defeated Carbo in 133 B.C.?
Cimbri and Teutones
2453
What year did the Cimbri and Teutones defeat Carbo during the Third Servile War?
133 B.C.
2454
Who left settlements in 123 B.C. at Palma and Pollentia in Majorca?
Caecilius Metellus Balearicus
2455
At what two locations did Caecilius Metellus Balearicus leave settlements in 123 B.C.?
Palma and Pollentia
2456
What decree urged the consuls to protect the state from any harm?
Senatus Consultum Ultimum
2457
A Senatus Consultum Ultimum urged the holders of what office to protect the state from any harm?
Consul
2458
Where was Rome's first colony in Gaul?
Gallia Narbonensis
2459
What year did Gallia Narbonensis become a Roman province?
121 B.C.
2460
In 122 B.C., who led the fight against voting rights for the Italians?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder
2461
Whose death is often cited as "the beginning of the Republic's fall"?
Tiberius Gracchus
2462
The second time Fulvius Flaccus' proposal for a law failed, it was thanks to what man?
Gaius Fannius
2463
What consul of 122 B.C. successfully ended Fulvius Flaccus' second proposal for a law?
Gaius Fannius
2464
What man had the prescience to propose a law that would give Italian allies citizenship, though it failed twice, the second time thanks to Gaius Fannius?
Fulvius Flaccus
2465
Who killed himself, with the aid of his slave Philocrates, in the Grove of Furrina as the men of Opimius massacred 3,000 of his followers?
Gaius Gracchus
2466
Where did Gaius Gracchus kill himself, with the aid of his slave Philocrates?
Grove of Furrina
2467
Gaius Gracchus' founding of Junonia was done on the site of what previous city?
Carthage
2468
What name was given to Gaius Gracchus' veterans colony on the former site of Carthage?
Junonia
2469
Who provided for the founding of Junonia on the former site of Carthage?
Gaius Gracchus
2470
What two commissioners, who followed Popilius Laenas, settled 75,000 men and increased the manpower available for military service by 20%?
Fulvius Flaccus and Papirius Carbo
2471
By what percent did the two commissioners Fulvius Flaccus and Papirius Carbo increase the manpower available for military service?
0.2
2472
What young noble established himself as a great Roman orator after his speech on support of colonies at Narbo?
Lucius Licinius Crassus
2473
Who was the first man to build a triumphal arch in the Forum?
Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus
2474
What daughter of Scipio Africanus was known for her learning and skill in speaking?
Cornelia
2475
In what aspect of life was Cornelia known for her learning and skill?
Speaking
2476
Tarentum was chosen, like Carthage, as a site for a colony by what relative of Scipio Africanus?
Gaius Gracchus
2477
After the revolt of Aristonicus, what consul constituted Pergamum into the province of Asia in 129 B.C.?
Manius Aquilius
2478
What year did Manius Aquilius constitute Pergamum into the province of Asia?
129 B.C.
2479
What territory did Manius Aquilius constitute into the province of Asia in 129 B.C.?
Pergamum
2480
What tribune of 131 B.C. attempted the bizarre feat of throwing his dissenter, Metellus Macedonicus, off of the Tarpeian Rock?
Gaius Atinius Labeo
2481
Gaius Atinius Labeo attempted the bizarre feat of throwing his dissenter, Metellus Macedonicus, off of what cliff in 131 B.C.?
Tarpeian Rock
2482
What dissenter of his and current censor did Gaius Atinius Labeo attempt to throw off of the Tarpeian Rock in 131 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
2483
What year did the tribune Gaius Atinius Labeo attempt to throw Metellus Macedonicus off of the Tarpeian Rock?
131 B.C.
2484
To what colony were the inhabitants of Fregellae moved following the destruction of their hometown by Lucius Opimius in 125 B.C.?
Fabrateria
2485
Inhabitants from what city were moved to a colony at Fabrateria after their hometown was destroyed?
Fregellae
2486
What year was a colony established at Fabrateria for the former inhabitants of Fregellae?
125 B.C.
2487
In order to facilitate the marketing of the produce from the new allotments, what tribune made provision for the construction of new secondary roads in Italy which would give employment and also help the rural electorate to travel more easily?
Gaius Gracchus
2488
To stimulate industrial revival, Gaius Gracchus carried a supplementary bill for the foundation of colonies at what two cities (along with others which are not named)?
Tarentum, Capua
2489
What tribune carried a supplementary bill for the foundation of colonies at Tarentum and Capua?
Gaius Gracchus
2490
What Roman province did Gaius Gracchus visit in 122 B.C. in order to prepare for the foundation of his colony at Junonia?
Africa
2491
Rumors circulated while Gaius Gracchus was determining the borders of what colony, that he was encroaching on the cursed site on which the city of Carthage had been built, that hurricanes charged with the wrath of heaven had whirled away some of the trespassing boundary-marks and that jackals had grubbed up the rest and carried them far out of reach?
Junonia
2492
Fall of the Republic 133-27 B.C. (Jugurtha)
2493
On what road did the Romans found a citizen colony of discharged veterans at Gallia Narbonensis in 118 B.C.?
Via Domitia
2494
Who was the father-in-law of Jugurtha?
Bocchus I
2495
How was Bocchus I related to Jugurtha?
Father-in-law
2496
Who convinced Bocchus I to betray Jugurtha and hand him over in 105 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2497
What father-in-law of Jugurtha did Sulla convince to hand him over in 105 B.C.?
Bocchus I
2498
From what years did the Cimbrian War last?
113-101 B.C.
2499
What were the four tribes that Rome fought against in the Cimbrian War?
Cimbri, Teutones, Ambrones, and Tigurini
2500
What year did Sulla convince Bocchus I to hand over Jugurtha?
105 B.C.
2501
In what year did the Romans found a citizen colony of discharged veterans at Gallia Narbonensis?
118 B.C.
2502
What is modern day Cirta in Algeria?
Constantine
2503
Who adopted the cognomen Dalmaticus by campaigning against the Dalmatians from 119-117 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus
2504
What man completely reconstructed the Temple of Castor and Pollux in 117 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus
2505
What year did Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus completely reconstruct the Temple of Castor and Pollux?
117 B.C.
2506
What temple did Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus completely reconstruct in 117 B.C.?
Temple of Castor and Pollux
2507
What was the exact date that Caesar was born on?
July 12, 100 B.C.
2508
Who was called "Third founder of Rome"?
Gaius Marius
2509
What honorary title did Gaius Marius earn for defeating the invading Germanic tribes such as the Cimbri, Teutones, and Ambrones?
Third founder of Rome
2510
From what years was Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus campaigning against the Dalmatians?
119-117 B.C.
2511
What year did Caecilius Metellus Balearicus serve as censor?
119 B.C.
2512
Which of the Metelli served as censor in 119 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Balearicus
2513
Who was the mother of Gaius Marius?
Fulcinia
2514
What year was the battle of Avignon?
121 B.C.
2515
At what battle of 121 B.C. did Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus defeat the Allobroges?
Avignon
2516
What tribe did Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus defeat at Avignon in 121 B.C.?
Allobroges
2517
What commander defeated the Allobroges in 121 B.C.?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
2518
Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus earned his name by defeating what people?
Dalmatians
2519
Who married Metella, the daughter of Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus?
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
2520
What were known as Marius' mules?
His soldiers
2521
What two tribes were collectively known as the Northmen?
Cimbri and Teutones
2522
What name refers to the Cimbri and Teutones collectively?
The Northmen
2523
What commander won at the battle of Muthul Valley in 109 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2524
What consul of 109 B.C. stationed a garrison at Vaga?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2525
Where did Caecilius Metellus Numidicus station a garrison in 109 B.C.?
Vaga
2526
What city did Jugurtha recapture from Metellus Numidicus but later lose again?
Vaga
2527
When a vestal virgin was struck by lightning in 114 B.C., what tribune seized his opportunity of affirming the competence of the Tribal Assembly in regard to religious matters?
Sextus Peducaeus
2528
What was the name of the Vestal Virgin who was executed for leading her colleagues, Marcia and Licinia, to break their vow of unchastity in 114 B.C.?
Aemilia
2529
The Vestal Virgin Aemilia was executed for leading what two colleagues of her to break their vow of unchastity in 114 B.C.?
Marcia and Licinia
2530
What year did the Vestal Virgin Aemilia lead her two colleagues, Marcia and Licinia, to break their vow of unchastity?
114 B.C.
2531
What was the name of the Vestal Virgin that was struck by lightning while on horseback in 114 B.C.?
Helvia
2532
What Novus Homo from Arpinum held the consulship 7 times, making history, and reformed the Roman army?
Gaius Marius
2533
Who found an eagle's nest with 7 chicks which was an omen that he would hold 7 consulships?
Gaius Marius
2534
Marius found what type of bird's nest with 7 chicks in it, which was an omen that he would hold 7 consulships?
Eagle
2535
What "probably" elected censor of 115 B.C., and cousin of Metellus Balearicus, protected the northern frontier of Macedonia by defeating the Scordisci on the Lower Save?
Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus
2536
What year did Caecilius Metellus Diadematus serve as censor?
115 B.C.
2537
What year did the Germanic forces overpower Papirius Carbo at Illyria?
113 B.C.
2538
Whose forces were defeated by the Germans at Illyria in 113 B.C.?
Papirius Carbo
2539
It was prophesied by a soothsayer from Utica that what man was certain to succeed no matter how high his ambitions?
Gaius Marius
2540
Where did Marius have a stray prophecy given to him by a seer?
Utica
2541
After Jugurtha's defeat and death, what stepbrother of his was given Numidia?
Gauda
2542
Who aided Marius in the defacing of Numidicus' reputation which led to Marius gaining command against Jugurtha?
Gauda
2543
When was Marius' first consulship?
107 B.C.
2544
What year was the battle of Burdigala?
107 B.C.
2545
After what battle of 107 B.C. was Marcus Aemilius Scaurus taken prisoner?
Burdigala
2546
After the battle of Burdigala in 107 B.C., what commander was taken prisoner?
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
2547
At what battle was Lucius Cassius Longinus killed in 107 B.C.?
Burdigala
2548
What year was Lucius Cassius Longinus killed at Burdigala?
107 B.C.
2549
Who was killed at the battle of Burdigala in 107 B.C.?
(Lucius) Cassius Longinus
2550
What tribe did Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus defeat in 115 B.C. on the Lower Save?
Scordisci
2551
Where did Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus defeat the Scordisci in 115 B.C.?
Lower Save
2552
Following Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus' success against them, the Scordisci were once again defeated by what consul from 112-111 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Caprarius
2553
What year was Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus "probably" elected censor?
115 B.C.
2554
From what years were the Scordisci defeated by Caecilius Metellus Caprarius?
112-111 B.C.
2555
In 107 B.C., Marius led a column through the desert to surprise, capture and destroy Jugurtha's southern stronghold which was located where?
Capsa
2556
At what battle of 107 B.C. did the consul Cassius Longinus allow himself to be lured by the Tigurini and killed in an ambuscade?
Burdigala
2557
What year was the battle of Burdigala where the consul Cassius Longinus allowed himself to be lured by the Tigurini and killed in an ambuscade?
107 B.C.
2558
What consul was lured by the Tigurini and killed in an ambuscade in 107 B.C. at Burdigala?
Cassius Longinus
2559
What tribe lured and killed Cassius Longinus in an ambuscade at the battle of Burdigala in 107 B.C.?
Tigurini
2560
What year did Marius lead a column through the desert to capture and destroy Jugurtha's southern stronghold at Capsa?
107 B.C.
2561
What praetor refused to rise for the consul, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, who had induced Opimius to take up arms against Gracchus? Scaurus responded by tearing this man's gown, breaking his chair to pieces, and ordering that no-one receive justice at the hands of the praetor.
Publius Decius
2562
What year did the praetor Publius Decius refuse to stand for Aemilius Scaurus who had induced Lucius Opimius to take up arms against Gracchus?
115 B.C.
2563
When the praetor Publius Decius refused to rise for the consul, the consul responded by then tearing Decius' gown, breaking his chair to pieces, and ordering that no-one should receive justice at the hands of the praetor. Who was the consul?
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
2564
Who led a column through the desert to capture and destroy Jugurtha's southern stronghold at Capsa in 107 B.C.?
Gaius Marius
2565
What year was Marius' last consulship?
86 B.C.
2566
Which Roman convinced Bocchus I to change sides and kidnap Jugurtha, thus ending a conflict in Africa?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2567
What were the dates of the Jugurthine War?
112-105 B.C.
2568
Who persuaded Micipsa to adopt Jugurtha?
Scipio Aemilianus
2569
Who was Jugurtha's adoptive father?
Micipsa
2570
What year did king Micipsa die?
118 B.C.
2571
Who said that Rome was "A city for sale"?
Jugurtha
2572
After Micipsa died, between what two sons, and stepson, was the kingdom divided?
Hiempsal, Adherbal, and Jugurtha
2573
After Jugurtha ordered Hiempsal to be killed in 117 B.C., who did Rome then have Numidia divided between in 116 B.C.?
Jugurtha and Adherbal
2574
In 116 B.C., what province was divided between Jugurtha and Adherbal after Hiempsal was put to death by Jugurtha?
Numidia
2575
What year did Rome divide Numidia between Jugurtha and Adherbal?
116 B.C.
2576
What year was Hiempsal put to death by Jugurtha?
117 B.C.
2577
While consul in the year 112 B.C., what tribe did Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder defeat in Macedonia?
Scordisci
2578
What consul of 112 B.C. defeated the Scordisci in Macedonia?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder
2579
What year did Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder defeat the Scordisci?
112 B.C.
2580
What year did Jugurtha sack Adherbal's capital, Cirta, brutally kill Adherbal, and massacre the Italian residents?
112 B.C.
2581
What year did Jugurtha kill Adherbal?
112 B.C.
2582
What was Adherbal's capital, where Jugurtha sieged and killed him in 112 B.C.?
Cirta
2583
Where was Adherbal killed in 112 B.C.?
Cirta
2584
What year was Adherbal killed at Cirta?
112 B.C.
2585
Who was Caecilius Metellus Numidicus' former second-in-command?
Rutilius Rufus
2586
Who was the oldest (legitimate) son of Micipsa?
Adherbal
2587
Who was the youngest (legitimate) son of Micipsa?
Hiempsal
2588
What tribune tried to get Jugurtha to present king's evidence of senatorial corruption (bribes) in Rome in 111 B.C.?
Gaius Memmius
2589
What tribune of 111 B.C. attacked the aristocrats on a charge of corrupt relations with Jugurtha?
Gaius Memmius
2590
What year did Gaius Memmius attack the aristocrats on a charge of corrupt relations with Jugurtha?
111 B.C.
2591
What was the name of Jugurtha's cousin, a potential rival for the Numidian throne?
Massiva
2592
What famous saying by Jugurtha means "city for sale"?
Urbs venalis
2593
Who is known for the saying "urbs venalis"?
Jugurtha
2594
What does Jugurtha's saying "urbs venalis" mean?
City for sale
2595
What tribune embarked on "a general assault upon the nobility" in 109 B.C. and passed a law creating a special court to look into charges of bribery?
Gaius Mamilius
2596
What name was given to the special court which was created by Gaius Mamilius' law that looked into charges of bribery?
Mamilian Commission
2597
What tribune of 109 B.C. was able to get Lucius Opimius, Postumius Albinus, and Lucius Calpurnius Bestia exiled on corruption charges/bribery charges?
Gaius Mamilius
2598
What tribune of 109 B.C. set up three tribunals with equestrian jurors (whom Cicero calls "Gracchani") to investigate culpable collaboration with Jugurtha?
Gaius Mamilius
2599
What year was Gaius Mamilius serving as tribune?
109 B.C.
2600
Who was the first anti-Jugurthan commander?
Lucius Calpurnius Bestia
2601
Whose truce was repudiated during the Jugurthine War?
Lucius Calpurnius Bestia
2602
What consul invaded Numidia in 110 B.C.?
Spurius Postumius Albinus
2603
What year did Spurius Postumius Albinus invade Numidia?
110 B.C.
2604
What Roman had an unsuccessful attempt to take Jugurtha's treasure castle in Suthul in 110 B.C.?
Aulus Postumius Albinus
2605
When Spurius Postumius Albinus' brother Aulus Postumius Albinus got the leadership of the Roman army, he was easily tricked by Jugurtha, who trapped the Romans near what town in 110 B.C.?
Suthul
2606
Where was Jugurtha's treasure castle?
Suthul
2607
Where did Marius besiege and capture one of Jugurtha's last fortresses in 106 B.C.?
Muluccha River
2608
Who captured Jugurtha's fortress at Muluccha River in 106 B.C.?
Gaius Marius
2609
How was Spurius Postumius Albinus related to Aulus Postumius Albinus?
Brother
2610
What man was unwillingly placed into the command against Jugurtha and although he made a concerted effort, was ultimately forced into the humiliating position of walking under the yolk?
Aulus Postumius Albinus
2611
Who was the father of Micipsa?
Masinissa
2612
How old was Masinissa when he died?
90
2613
What battle of 113 B.C. were the forces of Papirius Carbo defeated by the Cimbri and Teutones?
Noreia
2614
At the battle of Noreia in 113 B.C., whose forces were annihilated by the Cimbri and Teutones?
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
2615
What year was the battle of Noreia?
113 B.C.
2616
What two tribes defeated Gnaeus Papirius Carbo's forces at the battle of Noreia in 113 B.C.?
Cimbri and Teutones
2617
After moving around the Alps, in 109 B.C. the Germanic tribes encountered a second force near Gallia Narbonensis under what consul?
Marcus Iunius Silanus
2618
What year did the Germanic tribes encounter the Roman consul Marcus Iunius Silanus in the Alps near Gallia Narbonensis?
109 B.C.
2619
What tribe raided the Roman territory on the west bank of the Rhone, and caused a rebellion among the Tectosages?
Tigurini
2620
What tribe did the Tigurini cause a rebellion among?
Tectosages
2621
What year was Gaius Mamilius able to get Lucius Opimius, Postumius Albinus, and Lucius Calpurnius Bestia exiled on corruption charges/bribery charges?
109 B.C.
2622
What year was Caecilius Metellus Numidicus consul?
109 B.C.
2623
What tribe invaded Roman territory and forced the troops of Popillius Laenas to pass under the yoke in 107 B.C.?
Tigurini
2624
In 107 B.C., the Tigurini forced whose troops to pass under the yoke?
Popillius Laenas
2625
What year did the Tigurini force the troops of Popillius Laenas to pass under the yoke?
107 B.C.
2626
Who double crossed the Metelli who had helped him?
Gaius Marius
2627
Who captured several towns, including Cirta, and defeated Jugurtha in the Muthul Valley in 109 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2628
What year was the battle of Muthul Valley?
109 B.C.
2629
Who led the Romans and defeated Jugurtha at the battle of Muthul Valley in 109 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2630
What quaestor of Marius and him were successful when Marius' quaestor convinced the Mauritanian ruler Bocchus I to betray Jugurtha to the Romans in 105 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2631
In what part of the Mamertine Prison was Jugurtha strangled to death in 104 B.C.?
Tullianum
2632
What year was Jugurtha strangled in the Tullianum?
104 B.C.
2633
How was Jugurtha killed?
Strangled
2634
Who received the western part of Jugurtha's kingdom?
Bocchus I
2635
Who received the eastern part of Jugurtha's kingdom?
Gauda
2636
Who were the two sons of Jugurtha?
Oxyntas and Iampsas
2637
How was Gauda related to Jugurtha?
Step-brother
2638
What town was Oxyntas sent to after his father died in 104 B.C.?
Venusia
2639
What were the dates of Marius' 7 consulships?
107, 104-100, 86 B.C.
2640
What consul of 106 B.C. carried a bill by which some control of the court "De Rebus Repetundis" was handed back to senators?
Servilius Caepio
2641
What year was the battle of Arausio?
105 B.C.
2642
What Roman battle had 80,000 casualties?
Arausio
2643
How many casualties is the battle of Arausio said to have had?
80000
2644
What battle of 105 B.C. did Rome refer to as a "dies ater" or "day of disaster"?
Arausio
2645
What does the term "dies ater" signify?
Day of disaster
2646
Who defeated the Romans at Arausio in 105 B.C.?
Cimbri and Teutones
2647
Who led the Romans at the battle of Arausio in 105 B.C.?
Servilius Caepio and Mallius Maximus
2648
What two kings, respectively, led the Cimbri and Teutones at the battle of Arausio in 105 B.C.?
Boiorix and Teutobod
2649
What king led the Cimbri at Arausio in 105 B.C.?
Boiorix
2650
What king led the Teutones at Arausio in 105 B.C.?
Teutobod
2651
Who stole gold from Tolosa during the battle of Arausio in 105 B.C.?
Servilius Caepio
2652
Servilius Caepio stole gold from where during the battle of Arausio in 105 B.C.?
Tolosa
2653
What year did Servilius Caepio steal gold from Tolosa?
105 B.C.
2654
How many pounds of gold did Servilius Caepio steal from Tolosa?
100000
2655
How many pounds of silver did Servilius Caepio steal from Tolosa?
110000
2656
At what battle were the Cimbri and Teutones led by the two kings Boiorix and Teutobod?
Arausio
2657
What tribune of 104 B.C. failed to secure co-optation to the college of augurs through the opposition of Aemilius Scaurus, and prosecuted Scaurus on the charge of contravening the augural ritual?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
2658
What year did the tribune Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus prosecute Marcus Aemilius Scaurus on the charge of contravening the augural ritual?
104 B.C.
2659
Who was prosecuted by Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus in 104 B.C. on the charge of contravening the augural ritual?
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
2660
What year was the battle of Aquae Sextiae?
102 B.C.
2661
Who defeated the Teutones at the battle of Aquae Sextiae in 102 B.C.?
Gaius Marius
2662
What tribe did Marius defeat at the battle of Aquae Sextiae in 102 B.C.?
Teutones
2663
What year was the battle of Vercellae?
101 B.C.
2664
What two generals defeated the Cimbri at the battle of Vercellae ending the War between the Cimbri and Teutones in 101 B.C.?
Gaius Marius and Lutatius Catulus
2665
What tribe did Marius and Lutatius Catulus defeat at the battle of Vercellae in 101 B.C.?
Cimbri
2666
At what battle did Lutatius Catulus aid Gaius Marius in defeating the Cimbri?
Vercellae
2667
What is the other name for the Battle of Vercellae which was fought in 101 B.C.?
Campi Raudii
2668
What battle is sometimes referred to as "Campi Raudii"?
Vercellae
2669
What three-time tribune was killed in 100 B.C. after the senate passed a Senatus Consultum Ultimum against him for mob violence, giving Marius the right to stop him?
Appuleius Saturninus
2670
What man had been appointed quaestor Ōstiēnsis when a Sicilian slave-revolt prompted a grain shortage at Rome?
Appuleius Saturninus
2671
What position was Appuleius Saturninus appointed to when a Sicilian slave-revolt prompted a grain shortage at Rome?
Quaestor Ostiensis
2672
What man was given power by a Senatus Consultum Ultimum to stop Appuleius Saturninus in 100 B.C.?
Gaius Marius
2673
How many tribuneships did Appuleius Saturninus hold in all?
3
2674
What rival candidate to Saturninus, had been beaten to death by the hired agents of Saturninus and Servilius Glaucia while the voting was actually going on?
Gaius Memmius
2675
What were the dates of the Second Servile War?
104-100 B.C.
2676
What year did Caecilius Metellus Numidicus defeat Jugurtha in the Muthul Valley?
108 B.C.
2677
Who restored peace in the Balkans in 101 B.C.?
Titus Didius
2678
What year did Titus Didius restore peace in the Balkans?
101 B.C.
2679
Where did Titus Didius restore peace in 101 B.C.?
The Balkans
2680
What consul of 97 B.C. explored the open-sea route across the Bay of Biscay to the Cornish tin-mines?
Publius Licinius Crassus
2681
What tribe did Titus Didius reduce in 93 B.C.?
Celtiberians
2682
What year did Titus Didius reduce the Celtiberians?
93 B.C.
2683
What Roman general restored peace in the Balkans in 101 B.C. and then later went on to reduce the Celtiberians in 93 B.C.?
Titus Didius
2684
What lieutenant of Marius defeated the uprising of Salvius and Athenion on the island of Sicily?
Manius Aquilius
2685
What tribune of 103 B.C. sponsored a law giving 100 iugera of African land to each of Marius' African veterans?
Appuleius Saturninus
2686
Whose African veterans benefited from a law sponsored by Appuleius Saturninus in 103 B.C.?
Gaius Marius
2687
Who pelted an opposing tribune with stones to make him withdraw his veto in 103 B.C.?
Appuleius Saturninus
2688
Who introduced the maiestas law, making it a crime to compromise, injure, or diminish the maiestas of the Roman people?
Appuleius Saturninus
2689
Saturninus and Glaucia along with what radical quaestor of 99 B.C. fled to the Capitol before Marius simply cut off their water supply and waited for their thirst to force their surrender?
Gaius Saufeius
2690
What year did Gaius Saufeius serve as quaestor?
99 B.C.
2691
What three men fled to the Capitol where their water supply was then cut off by Marius and forced to surrender?
Appuleius Saturninus, Servilius Glaucia, and Gaius Saufeius
2692
When Appuleius Saturninus, Servilius Glaucia, and Gaius Saufeius fled to the Capitol, what man cut off their water supply, thereby forcing their surrender?
Gaius Marius
2693
What was the "Law of Treason" in Rome?
Maiestas
2694
What uncle of Gaius Gracchus served as consul in 105 B.C.?
Rutilius Rufus
2695
What year did Gaius Gracchus' uncle, Rutilius Rufus serve as consul?
105 B.C.
2696
While tribune in 103 B.C. Appuleius Saturninus allied himself with what firebrand tribune to attack the incompetent Roman generals, Servilius Caepio and Mallius Maximus, who had been defeated by the Northmen at Arausio?
Gaius Norbanus
2697
What year did Appuleius Saturninus ally himself with the firebrand tribune Gaius Norbanus?
103 B.C.
2698
Upon returning from Arausio, who was convicted by Appuleius Saturninus and Gaius Norbanus and given the harshest sentence allowable: being stripped of his citizenship, forbidden fire and water within eight hundred miles of Rome, nominally fined 15,000 talents (about 825,000 lb) of gold, and being forbidden to see or speak to his friends or family until he had left for exile?
Servilius Caepio
2699
Who was fined 15,000 talents (825,000 lb) of gold by Gaius Norbanus and Appuelius Saturninus, an impossible sum to pay as it was more than all of the Roman treasury combined?
Servilius Caepio
2700
Who convicted Servilius Caepio upon his return from Arausio?
Appuleius Saturninus and Gaius Norbanus
2701
How many times was Appuleius Saturninus elected tribune?
3
2702
What tribune of 101 B.C. passed a law that gave the Quaestio Perpetua De Rebus Repetundis back to equestrian jurors?
Servilius Glaucia
2703
Who proposed giving the command against the Cilician pirates and Mithridates VI to Marius?
Appuleius Saturninus
2704
Appuleius Saturninus proposed giving the command against the Cilician pirates and Mithridates VI to whom?
Gaius Marius
2705
Who hired thugs to kill his former tribune Gaius Memmius?
Servilius Glaucia
2706
Because Appuleius Saturninus appended an oath of obedience senators had to take, with what qualification did Marius take the oath, after which he immediately undermined the law?
So far as it is legal
2707
Who locked up Appuleius Saturninus in the curia?
Gaius Marius
2708
Who died while he was locked up in the curia from nobles and equites climbing to the roof and pelting him with roof tiles to death?
Appuleius Saturninus
2709
After Appuleius Saturninus' death, who was dragged from a friend's house and murdered?
Servilius Glaucia
2710
Who led the revolt for the Second Servile War?
Salvius and Athenion
2711
Who was known as "Another Camillus"?
Gaius Marius
2712
What two Populares did Marius have to rely on to pass legislation benefiting his veterans, equestrian supporters, and Italian clients?
Appuleius Saturninus and Servilius Glaucia
2713
What leader took the name (king) Tryphon?
Salvius
2714
Salvius took on what name?
(king) Tryphon
2715
What tribune of 99 B.C. passed legislation which allowed Caecilius Metellus Numidicus to return from exile (which he did to a hero's welcome)?
Quintus Calidius
2716
Quintus Calidius passed legislation in 99 B.C. which allowed what man to return from exile?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2717
What year did Quintus Calidius pass legislation which allowed Caecilius Metellus Numidicus to return from exile to a hero's welcome?
99 B.C.
2718
Who bequeathed the kingdom of Cyrene to Rome in 96 B.C.?
Ptolemy Apion
2719
What year did Ptolemy Apion bequeath the kingdom of Cyrene to Rome?
96 B.C.
2720
What kingdom did Ptolemy Apion bequeath to Rome in 96 B.C.?
Cyrene
2721
Who was the wife of Marius?
Julia
2722
What man might have been sponsored by Gaius Herennius which led to a well-begun career?
Gaius Marius
2723
Gaius Marius may have been sponsored by what noble, whose family were traditional patrons of the Marian clan, which made for a well-begun career?
Gaius Herennius
2724
What man refused to give evidence against Gaius Marius when he was charged with bribery following his election to the praetorship, on the grounds that he was Marius' patron?
Gaius Herennius
2725
When what man was charged with bribery following his election to the praetorship in 115 B.C. did a certain Gaius Herennius refuse to give evidence against this man on the grounds that he was this man's patron?
Gaius Marius
2726
Who, after a first successful violence venture in turning a mob upon a colleague who had vetoed his allotment-law, made habitual use of knuckles, sticks and stones in political battles?
Appuleius Saturninus
2727
In what year did the consuls Lucius Lincinius Crassus and Mucius Scaevola set up a quaestio (trial under Roman law) on aliens who were claiming to be citizens?
95 B.C.
2728
What two consuls of the year 95 B.C. set up a quaestio (trial under Roman law) on aliens who were claiming to be citizens?
Lucius Licinius Crassus and Mucius Scaevola
2729
What consul of 95 B.C. explored the open-sea route across the Bay of Biscay to the Cornish tin-mines?
Lucius Licinius Crassus
2730
What year did Lucius Licinius Crassus serve as consul with Mucius Scaevola?
95 B.C.
2731
Across what bay did Lucius Licinius Crassus sail around 95 B.C.?
Bay of Biscay
2732
What father of Marcus Licinius Crassus served as consul in 97 B.C.?
Publius Licinius Crassus
2733
During what consul's term in 97 B.C. did the senate abolish the practice of magic arts and human sacrifice?
Publius Licinius Crassus (father of Marcus Licinius Crassus)
2734
What year did Publius Licinius Crassus (father of Marcus) serve as consul?
97 B.C.
2735
What year did the senate abolish the practice of magic arts and human sacrifice?
97 B.C.
2736
What ex-consul was pronounced guilty of extortion in Asia by an equestrian jury in 92 B.C.?
Rutilius Rufus
2737
What year was Rutilius Rufus pronounced guilty of extortion in Asia by an equestrian jury?
92 B.C.
2738
Where was Rutilius Rufus pronounced guilty of extortion by an equestrian jury in 92 B.C.?
Asia
2739
When the senate consulted the Sibylline oracle because the people were calm after the execution of the Vestal Virgins, what did the oracle instruct the Senate to do?
Sacrifice a Greek and Gallic couple
2740
What praetor was sent to occupy and protect some patrol stations in Pamphylia and western Cilicia from pirates in 102 B.C.?
Marcus Antonius
2741
What year was Mark Antony's grandfather, Marcus Antonius, sent to occupy and protect some patrol stations in Pamphylia and western Cilicia from Pirates?
102 B.C.
2742
Where was the praetor Marcus Antonius sent to occupy and protect some patrol stations from pirates in 102 B.C.?
Pamphylia and western Cilicia
2743
Who united the Numidians after the death of Masinissa?
Micipsa
2744
After whose death in 118 B.C. did Jugurtha execute Hiempsal?
Micipsa
2745
What Roman came to the conclusion that Numidia should be divided between Jugurtha and Adherbal?
Lucius Opimius
2746
What year was Lucius Calpurnius Bestia given command against Jugurtha?
111 B.C.
2747
Who was the first to be given command against Jurgurtha in 111 B.C.?
Lucius Calpurnius Bestia
2748
What young tribune brought Jugurtha to Rome so that he could identify scandalous senators who tried to bribe Jugurtha?
Gaius Memmius
2749
Who resumed the campaign against Jugurtha in 110 B.C. with a force of 40,000?
Aulus Postumius Albinus
2750
What three men were accused and exiled for bribing Jugurtha?
Spurius Postumius Albinus, Lucius Opimius, and Lucius Calpurnius Bestia
2751
What consul took over the war against Jugurtha in 109 B.C. after Aulus Postumius Albinus' surrender?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2752
Who replaced Caecilius Metellus Numidicus in 107 B.C. for the command against Jugurtha?
Gaius Marius
2753
Who did Marius replace for the command against Jugurtha in 107 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2754
Name in order the 5 generals who fought against Jugurtha?
Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, Spurius Postumius Albinus, Aulus Postumius Albinus, Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, Gaius Marius
2755
How was Caecilius Metellus Numidicus related to Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus?
Nephew
2756
What "new recruits" did Marius take in?
Proletarii
2757
What capable general utilized new recruits called "proletarii"?
Gaius Marius
2758
What was the Roman legionary standard?
Silver eagle (Aquila)
2759
What was meant by the phrase "Marius' Mules"?
Marius reformed the army so that men carried their own packs of tools and equipment
2760
What rival to Servilius Glaucia did Saturninus procure the death of in 100 B.C.?
Gaius Memmius
2761
Who killed Gaius Memmius in 100 B.C.?
Appuleius Saturninus
2762
What tribune transferred election of priests to popular vote, and became the first Pontifex Maximus to be elected by the people?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
2763
What was the fate of Adherbal?
Tortured and killed while in Rome
2764
What two tribes defeated Silanus in 109 B.C.?
Cimbri and Teutones
2765
Who did the Cimbri and Teutones defeat in 109 B.C.?
Silanus
2766
What year did the Cimbri and Teutones defeat Silanus?
109 B.C.
2767
What year was Papirius Carbo defeated by the Cimbri and Teutones at the start of the Cimbrian War?
113 B.C.
2768
Who did the Tigurini defeat in 107 B.C.?
Cassius Longinus
2769
What year was Cassius Longinus defeated by the Tigurini?
107 B.C.
2770
What tribe defeated Cassius Longinus in 107 B.C.?
Tigurini
2771
What two men were "tiled" to death by a senatorial mob in the Curia Hostilia?
Appuleius Saturninus and Servilius Glaucia
2772
What was Marius' first office, which he was elected to in 119 B.C.?
Tribune
2773
What year was Marius elected tribune?
119 B.C.
2774
After falling out of favor with the Metelli, Marius was only appointed to what office in 115 B.C.?
Praetor
2775
What year was Marius appointed praetor?
115 B.C.
2776
Marius once again gained favor with the Metelli when he served as legate for whom in Africa?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2777
Who was given the eastern and richer half of Numidia?
Adherbal
2778
What was the first battle in the Cimbrian War?
Noreia
2779
The Battle of Noreia was the first in what conflict?
Cimbrian War
2780
What other Gallic tribe aided the Cimbri and Teutones during the Cimbrian War?
Tigurini
2781
What lieutenant of Cassius Longinus was spared at Burdigala but was made to pass under the yolk?
Popillius Laenas
2782
Where was Popillius Laenas spared in 107 B.C. but was still forced to pass under the yolk?
Burdigala
2783
What year was Popillius Laenas spared at Burdigala, but was still forced to pass under the yolk?
107 B.C.
2784
From what tribe's sanctuary in Tolosa did Servilius Caepio steal 100,000 pounds of gold and 110,000 pounds of silver?
Tectosages
2785
What year did Quintus Servilius Caepio serve as consul?
106 B.C.
2786
According to some sources, what man left Rome in disgrace to live in exile at Smyrna?
Quintus Servilius Caepio
2787
According to some sources, where did Quintus Servilius Caepio live in disgraceful exile?
Smyrna
2788
In what year did the Tigurini voluntarily retreat from the Cimbrian War?
106 B.C.
2789
With what two tribes did the Cimbri and Teutones skirmish in 102 B.C.?
Celtiberians and Belgae
2790
What year did the Cimbri and Teutones skirmish against the Celtiberians and Belgae?
102 B.C.
2791
What tribe did Sulla drive off into the eastern Alps in 101 B.C.?
Tigurini
2792
What year did Sulla drive off the Tigurini into the Alps?
101 B.C.
2793
Who drove off the Tigurini in the Alps in 101 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2794
What consul was defeated in the Balkans by the Scordisci in 114 B.C. which led to them taking their raids as far as Delphi?
Gaius Porcius Cato
2795
What tribe defeated Gaius Porcius Cato in the Balkans in 114 B.C., which led to them taking their raids as far as Delphi?
Scordisci
2796
What year did the Scordisci inflict a severe defeat on the consul Gaius Porcius Cato, leading to them taking their raids as far as Delphi?
114 B.C.
2797
What consuls of 113 and 112 B.C. drove the Scordisci back upon the Danube?
Caecilius Metellus Caprarius and Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder
2798
What tribe did Caecilius Metellus Caprarius and Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder drive back upon the Danube in 112 B.C.?
Scordisci
2799
Who restored complete peace in the Balkans in 101 B.C.?
Titus Didius
2800
What year did Titus Didius restore complete peace in the Balkans?
101 B.C.
2801
Where did Titus Didius restore complete peace in 101 B.C.?
The Balkans
2802
Who received a second triumph in 93 B.C. for reducing the Celtiberians?
Titus Didius
2803
What year did Titus Didius receive a second triumph for reducing the Celtiberians?
93 B.C.
2804
For reducing what people did Titus Didius receive a second triumph in 93 B.C.?
Celtiberians
2805
What lieutenant of Marius was sent with a detachment from Aquae Sextiae to deal with the Second Servile War?
Manius Aquilius
2806
Who attempted to remove Saturninus from the senate in 102 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
2807
What year did Caecilius Metellus Numidicus attempt to remove Saturninus from the senate?
102 B.C.
2808
What man did Caecilius Metellus Numidicus attempt to remove from the senate in 102 B.C.?
Appuleius Saturninus
2809
Who was accused by the Tribal Assembly in 101 B.C. for insulting the envoys of Mithridates VI?
Appuleius Saturninus
2810
What year was Appuleius Saturninus accused of insulting the envoys of Mithridates VI?
101 B.C.
2811
In what year did the senate pass a resolution that banned human sacrifice?
97 B.C.
2812
How many iugera in Africa did Lucius Appuleius Saturninus assign to each of Marius' African veterans in 103 B.C.?
100
2813
What tribune passed a law in 101 B.C. that returned the extortion court to equestrian jurors?
Servilius Glaucia
2814
What law was Servilius Glaucia in defiance of which required a two-year interval between the offices of praetor and consul?
Lex Villia Annalis
2815
What was Jugurtha's full quote concerning the Romans?
Urbem venalem et mature, si emptorum invenerit
2816
Appuleius Saturninus went on a tour of Asia Minor on the pretense of fulfilling a vow to what deity at Passinus in Phrygia?
Cybele
2817
What man went on a tour of Asia Minor on the pretense of fulfilling a vow to Cybele at Passinus in Phrygia?
Appuleius Saturninus
2818
Probably with the main purpose of dealing with pirates, where was Sulla appointed to be proconsul in 96 B.C.?
Cilicia
2819
What position did Sulla hold under Marius during the Jugurthine War?
Quaestor
2820
Who held the position of quaestor under Marius during the Jugurthine War?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2821
What elderly knight was prosecuted for being involved in the murder of Appuleius Saturninus under the Senatus Consultum Ultimum?
Gaius Rabirius
2822
What position did Sulla hold under Marius during the War with Jugurtha?
Quaestor
2823
Who held the position of quaestor under Marius during the War with Jugurtha?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2824
Sulla held the position of quaestor under what man during the War with Jugurtha?
Gaius Marius
2825
Jugurtha proposed that Rome was "a city for sale and doomed to a quick destruction should it find a buyer" while serving under Scipio Aemilianus where?
Numantia
2826
Jugurtha served under what man in Numantia?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
2827
After the battle of Arausio in 105 B.C., what Roman was captured and burned alive in a wicker cage? It is said that he did not betray Rome, nor did he cry out or scream.
Marcus Aurelius Scaurus
2828
What year was Marcus Aurelius Scaurus burned alive in a wicker cage?
105 B.C.
2829
In what was Marcus Aurelius Scaurus burned in 105 B.C.?
Wicker cage
2830
Who personally captured Jugurtha?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2831
Whose revolt did Manius Aquilius crush?
Salvius and Athenion
2832
What tribune increased the power of the Tribal Assembly in religious matters after a Vestal Virgin was struck by lightning in 114 B.C.?
Sextus Peducaeus
2833
What commander at Arausio was a novus homo?
Mallius Maximus
2834
What title did Mallius Maximus possess?
Novus Homo
2835
What tribune instituted, by a law of the Tribal Assembly, a special court to investigate recent cases of aristocratic corruption during the conflict with Jugurtha?
Gaius Mamilius
2836
What two famous men were born in 106 B.C.?
Cicero, Pompeius Magnus
2837
What year was Cicero born at Arpinum?
106 B.C.
2838
What year was Pompeius Magnus born at Picenum?
106 B.C.
2839
Where was Cicero born in 106 B.C.?
Arpinum
2840
Where was Pompeius Magnus born in 106 B.C.?
Picenum
2841
What year did Bocchus I surrender Jugurtha over to the Romans?
105 B.C.
2842
According to Caesar, Noreia was known to have been the capital of what Celtic kingdom?
Noricum
2843
What did the Senate do when the execution of the Vestal Virgins did not calm the masses?
Consulted the Sibylline oracle
2844
When the execution of the Vestal Virgins did not calm the masses, what did the Sibylline oracle tell the Romans to do?
Sacrifice a Greek and Gallic couple
2845
What Gallic tribe did Sulla defeat who were later wiped out by Caesar?
Tigurini
2846
Saturninus went on a tour of Asia Minor on the pretense of fulfilling a vow to what deity at Passinus in Phrygia?
Cybele
2847
Who went on a tour of Asia Minor on the pretense of fulfilling a vow to Cybele at Passinus in Phrygia?
Appuleius Saturninus
2848
Who was empowered by the Senatus Consultum Ultimum to put down Appuleius Saturninus?
Gaius Marius
2849
What office did Servilius Glaucia hold in 100 B.C., the year of his death?
Praetor
2850
What office did Servilius Glaucia hold in 107 B.C.?
Quaestor
2851
What office did Servilius Glaucia hold in either 106 or 104 B.C.?
Tribune
2852
Of what origin was the name "Tryphon" which Salvius assumed?
Seleucid
2853
Around 100 B.C., what man claimed to be the bastard son of Tiberius Gracchus?
Lucius Equitus
2854
Around 100 B.C., Lucius Equitus claimed to be the bastard son of what former tribune?
Tiberius Gracchus
2855
The Cimbri and Teutones inflicted a loss upon Rome for being driven out of what two places due to overpopulation?
Jutland and Frisia
2856
What two tribes were driven from Jutland and Frisia due to overpopulation?
Cimbri and Teutones
2857
Quintus Caecilius Metellus was given the title "Numidius" for his role in which war?
Jugurthine War
2858
What first century B.C. Roman historian wrote the monograph "Bellum Jugurthinum"?
Sallust
2859
What two men fought at Burdigala in 107 B.C., though one died, and the other was spared and forced to pass under the yoke?
Lucius Cassius Longinus, Gaius Popillius Laenas
2860
What may possibly be an alternative name for the battle of Burdigala of 107 B.C.?
Gascony
2861
Training another proletarian army, who, by way of inuring his troops to the hardships of war, imposed upon them a fatigue task that foreshadowed the great public works of the imperial army, the excavation of a canal as a by-pass to the silted Rhone estuary?
Gaius Marius
2862
Translate "Marius' mules" into Latin
Muli Mariana
2863
Who sued for the consulship of 99 B.C.?
Servilius Glaucia
2864
What year did Servilius Glaucia sue for the consulship?
99 B.C.
2865
What man tried to restrain the publicani in his province and ended up being exiled from Rome on trumped-up corruption charges, where he then retired to live as a hero among the very people whom he had been found guilty of exploiting?
Rutilius Rufus
2866
What year did Marcus Aemilius Scaurus serve as consul?
115 B.C.
2867
What man served as consul in 115 B.C. then later served as Princeps Senatus?
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
2868
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (Social War, 1st Mithridatic War, Sulla)
2869
Whose assassination in 91 B.C. began the Social War?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
2870
What were the lists of Sulla's enemies that he used to kill them off called?
Proscriptions
2871
What uncle of Gaius Julius Caesar made the Lex Iulia?
Lucius Julius Caesar
2872
What did Sulla do in retaliation of his command being transferred to Marius?
Marched on Rome
2873
In what war did Jugurtha's son, Oxyntas fight?
Social War
2874
How was Lucius Julius Caesar related to Gaius Julius Caesar?
Uncle
2875
The Treaty of Dardanus stated that Mithridates VI had to surrender how many warships?
80
2876
The Treaty of Dardanus stated that Mithridates VI had to pay an indemnity of how many talents?
2000
2877
What did the Treaty of Dardanus state?
Mithridates had to abandon Asian conquests, surrender 80 warships, pay indemnity of 2,000 talents
2878
What Roman agent provoked a riot at Ausculum, causing the townspeople to kill all the Roman inhabitants?
Gaius Servilius Caepio
2879
What praetor chastised the townsmen of Ausculum for wanting citizenship, prompting them to slaughter the Romans residing there which was the final straw for the Social War to begin?
Gaius Servilius Caepio
2880
Where did Gaius Servilius Caepio provoke the townsmen to slaughter the Romans residing there to begin the Social War?
Ausculum
2881
What were the four Italian tribes on the Adriatic Seaboard during the Social War?
Vestini, Picentes, Marrucini, Frentani
2882
What were the two Italian tribes in the Central Apennines during the Social War?
Marsi and Paeligni
2883
What three generals were all denied the leadership of the Roman army during the Social War?
Gaius Marius, Lucius Licinius Crassus, and Titus Didius
2884
What city became the Italian ally's capital after their secession from Rome?
Corfinium
2885
Where did the Italians set up their capital after the fall of Corfinium?
Bovianum
2886
What was the last capital of the Italians after Bovianum?
Aesernia
2887
List in order the 3 capitals of the Italians during the Social War.
Corfinium, Bovianum, Aesernia
2888
Who was the first dictator in over 100 years since Gaius Servilius in 202 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2889
What was Mithridates VI's ethnicity?
Half-Persian, Half-Greek
2890
What foreign ruler was Half-Persian and Half-Greek?
Mithridates VI
2891
Who was the last dictator before Sulla who served in 202 B.C.?
Gaius Servilius Geminus
2892
Who was the wife of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger?
Servilia
2893
Who was the mother of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger?
Cornelia
2894
Who was killed by being stabbed in the groin with a shoemaker's knife?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
2895
How was Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger killed?
Stabbed in the groin with a shoemaker's knife
2896
What was Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger stabbed with in the groin?
Shoemaker's knife
2897
Who was the first wife of Sulla?
Julia
2898
Who was the second wife of Sulla?
Aelia
2899
Who was the third wife of Sulla?
Cloelia
2900
Who was the fourth wife of Sulla?
Caecilia Metella Dalmatica
2901
Who was the fifth and final wife of Sulla?
Valeria
2902
Who was expelled from the senate when he was found to own more than ten pounds of silver plate?
Rufinus Sulla
2903
What man possessed great personal charm and acquired a wealthy "Hetaera" (type of prostitute in ancient Greece) named Nicopolis?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2904
What wealthy "Hetaera" (type of prostitute in ancient Greece) did Sulla acquire?
Nicopolis
2905
What type of prostitute was Sulla's wealthy mistress, Nicopolis?
Hetaera
2906
Who did the wealthy "hetaera" (prostitute) Nicopolis leave her fortune to after her death?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2907
Who bequeathed Egypt to Rome in 88 B.C.?
Ptolemy X (Alexander I)
2908
What year was Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger assassinated?
91 B.C.
2909
Who was Marcius Philippus' consular colleague in 91 B.C.?
Sextus Julius Caesar
2910
Who were the consuls of the year 91 B.C.?
Marcius Philippus and Sextus Julius Caesar
2911
What year were Marcius Philippus and Sextus Julius Caesar serving as consular colleagues?
91 B.C.
2912
What were the dates of the Social War?
91-88 B.C.
2913
What Athenian philosopher helped overthrow pro-Roman rule at the behest of Mithridates?
Athenion
2914
What year did the last Flamen Dailis, Lucius Cornelius Merula, die, marking the end of the Flamen Dialis appointments until it was reinstituted by Augustus?
87 B.C.
2915
Whose death marked the end of the Flamen Dialis representatives until Augustus reinstituted it?
Lucius Cornelius Merula
2916
What year did Lucius Cornelius Merula die?
87 B.C.
2917
What position was Lucius Cornelius Merula the last to hold until it was reinstituted by Augustus?
Flamen dialis
2918
What were the other two names for the Social War?
Marsic and Italian War
2919
Whose reforms would have given citizenship to the Italian allies?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
2920
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger's reforms would have given citizenship to whom?
Italian allies
2921
Who had overall command of the Marsi during the Social War?
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
2922
Who had overall command of the Samnites during the Social War?
Gaius Papius Mutilus
2923
Who fought the Marsi under Quintus Poppaedius Silo during the Social War?
Rutilius Lupus
2924
Who fought the Samnites under Gaius Papius Mutilus during the Social War?
Lucius Julius Caesar
2925
Who was Pompey the Great's father?
Pompeius Strabo
2926
Where did the general Archelaus use a port city?
Athens
2927
What general used a port city in Athens?
Archelaus
2928
Who did Cicero serve under?
Pompeius Strabo
2929
Where did the Italians first set up the Capital during the Social War?
Corfinium
2930
Who was famous for taking the last rebel stronghold in the Social War, Ausculum?
Pompeius Strabo
2931
What was the last rebel stronghold in the Social War?
Ausculum
2932
What year was the Lex Iulia made?
90 B.C.
2933
Who opposed the legislation passed by Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger and declared it unconstitutional?
Lucius Marcius Philippus
2934
What two men were entrusted with the supreme control of the Roman army during the Social War?
Lucius Julius Caesar and Rutilius Lupus
2935
What Roman commander offered Roman citizenship to all citizens or Italians who had not raised arms against Rome in the Social War?
Lucius Julius Caesar
2936
What year was Sulla praetor?
97 B.C.
2937
What year was Sulla given proconsular command to place Ariobarzanes I on the throne of Cappadocia?
95 B.C.
2938
In 95 B.C. Sulla was given proconsular command to place who on the throne of Cappadocia?
Ariobarzanes I
2939
Who was given proconsular command to place Ariobarzanes I on the throne of Cappadocia in 95 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2940
Sulla was given proconsular command to place Ariobarzanes on the throne of what region in 95 B.C.?
Cappadocia
2941
Who introduced a series of reforms in 91 B.C.?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
2942
What year was the Lex Plautia Papiria established?
89 B.C.
2943
What law offered Roman citizenship to all citizens or Italians who had not raised arms against Rome in the Italian War?
Lex Iulia
2944
What Roman law made it so citizens of Italian communities that had previously rebelled could then gain Roman citizenship?
Lex Plautia Papiria
2945
What Roman law extended citizenship to all free persons residing in Cisalpine Gaul south of the Po and Latin rights to all those living north of the river?
Lex Pompeia
2946
What province did Sulla establish?
Cisalpine Gaul
2947
What year was the Lex Pompeia established?
89 B.C.
2948
What were the dates of the First Mithridatic War?
89-85 B.C.
2949
Whose actions led to the First Mithridatic War?
Manius Aquilius
2950
What king of Pontus had taken territory in the east and massacred 80,000 Italian residents there in 88 B.C.?
Mithridates VI
2951
What is the massacre of 80,000 Italian residents by Mithridates VI in 88 B.C. referred to as?
Asiatic Vespers
2952
What year were 80,000 Italian residents massacred by Mithridates VI, which was referred to as "Asiatic Vespers"?
88 B.C.
2953
What two praetors of 88 B.C. tried to dissuade Sulla from marching into Rome but were sent back to the city with their robes of office ripped off and their official staves broken?
Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Servilius Caepio
2954
What year did the praetors Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Servilius Caepio go to Sulla to try to dissuade Sulla from marching into Rome but failed miserably?
88 B.C.
2955
Marcus Iunius Brutus and Servilius tried dissuading what man from marching on Rome in 88 B.C. but failed miserably?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2956
Carbo said that what man was sometimes a lion, sometimes a fox, and that he feared the fox more?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2957
What two animals was Sulla referred to as by Carbo, though he feared one of them more than the other?
Lion, Fox
2958
Who were the twin children of Sulla?
Faustus and Fausta
2959
What man had been victorious in the Second Servile War, had command in 89 B.C., but was eventually defeated and had molten gold poured down his throat?
Manius Aquilius
2960
What year did Manius Aquilius gain command in the 1st Mithridatic War?
89 B.C.
2961
How did Manius Aquilius die?
Molten gold poured down his throat
2962
What year was Manius Aquilius executed by Mithridates VI with molten gold being poured down his throat?
88 B.C.
2963
Who ordered molten gold be poured down Manius Aquilius' throat?
Mithridates VI
2964
What tribune of 88 B.C. transferred command from Sulla to Marius, causing Sulla's first march on Rome?
Sulpicius Rufus
2965
Sulla conducted his first march against Rome when what tribune of 88 B.C. transferred command from Sulla to Marius?
Sulpicius Rufus
2966
In 88 B.C., Sulpicius Rufus transferred command from Sulla to what man?
Marius
2967
What year was Sulpicius Rufus elected to be tribune?
88 B.C.
2968
Who marched on Rome, preventing the legislation and regained his command after Sulpicius Rufus transferred it to Gaius Marius?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2969
Who held command for the majority of the First Mithridatic War?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2970
What year was the capture of Athens?
86 B.C.
2971
Who was charged with misappropriating the booty of Ausculum?
Pompeius Strabo
2972
What cousin of Pompeius Strabo was murdered in 88 B.C.?
Pompeius Rufus
2973
What year was Pompeius Rufus murdered?
88 B.C.
2974
Who were the consuls in 88 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and Pompeius Rufus
2975
What man accompanied Sulla in his march on Rome in 88 B.C., as he was Sulla's co-consul in that year, and gave him his complete support in his actions against Sulpicius Rufus and the occupation of Rome?
Pompeius Rufus
2976
What praetor urbanus of 89 B.C. was killed by a mob of angry creditors when he tried to revive a fourth century B.C. law prohibiting interest?
Sempronius Asellio
2977
What year was Sempronius Asellio elected to be praetor urbanus?
89 B.C.
2978
Sempronius Asellio was killed by a mob in 89 B.C. when he tried reviving a fourth century B.C. law which did what?
Prohibited interest
2979
What praetor was lynched by debtors when he attempted to give them some relief by issuing an edict that prohibited interest in 89 B.C.?
Sempronius Asellio
2980
At what battle of 89 B.C. was Lucius Porcius Cato killed while storming a Marsic camp?
Fucine Lake
2981
Who was killed during the battle of Fucine Lake while storming a Marsic camp in 89 B.C.?
Lucius Porcius Cato
2982
What year was Lucius Porcius Cato killed at the battle of Fucine Lake while storming a Marsic camp?
89 B.C.
2983
What only surviving son of Sulla did Pompey betroth his daughter to?
Faustus Sulla
2984
What board of four magistrates was for local self-government?
Quattuorviri
2985
Who styled himself as a new Alexander the Great that wanted to overthrow Roman rule in the eastern Mediterranean, and seize Bithynia and Cappadocia?
Mithridates VI
2986
Who did Cicero declare to be by far the best orator he had ever heard?
Sulpicius Rufus
2987
Where did Sulla leave his army while he went to Rome?
Nola
2988
Who left his army at Nola while he went to Rome?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
2989
Whose house did Sulla hide in after he set fire to homes of Roman citizens and riots came?
Marius
2990
What general of Mithridates had made Aristion a tyrant of Athens?
Archelaus
2991
Who did Archelaus make a tyrant of Athens?
Aristion
2992
What year was the battle of Chaeronea?
86 B.C.
2993
Who did Cinna send to replace Sulla in 86 B.C.?
Valerius Flaccus
2994
Who murdered Valerius Flaccus in 84 B.C.?
Flavius Fimbria
2995
Who was murdered by Flavius Fimbria in 84 B.C.?
Valerius Flaccus
2996
What son of Mithridates VI did Flavius Fimbria defeat at Rhyndacus River in 85 B.C.?
Mithridates VI
2997
Where did Flavius Fimbria defeat Mithridates VI in 85 B.C.?
Rhyndacus River
2998
Who defeated Mithridates VI in 85 B.C. at Rhyndacus River?
Flavius Fimbria
2999
At what battle of 85 B.C. did Flavius Fimbria almost capture Mithridates VI?
Rhyndacus River
3000
At what battle did Sulla defeat Archelaus for the first time in 86 B.C.?
Chaeronea
3001
Who did Sulla defeat for the first time at Chaeronea in 86 B.C.?
Archelaus
3002
Who defeated Archelaus at Chaeronea in 86 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3003
What year was the battle of Orchomenus?
85 B.C.
3004
At what battle did Sulla defeat Archelaus for the second time?
Orchomenus
3005
Who did Sulla defeat once in 86 B.C. at Chaeronea and then again at Orchomenus in 85 B.C.?
Archelaus
3006
What year was the treaty of Dardanus conducted?
85 B.C.
3007
What treaty was formed in 85 B.C. and ended the First Mithridatic War?
Dardanus
3008
What year did Sulla defeat and force the subsequent suicide of the legate Flavius Fimbria, who had taken command from Valerius Flaccus?
84 B.C.
3009
Who defeated and forced the subsequent suicide of Flavius Fimbria in 84 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3010
What tribune carried a bill for the trial of persons suspected of collusion with the Italians before a special court of equestrian jurors, though he later died in 90 B.C.?
Quintus Varius
3011
What tribune accused Marcus Aemilius Scaurus of inciting the allies to revolt in 90 B.C.?
Quintus Varius
3012
What Princeps Senatus was accused by Quintus Varius of inciting the allies to revolt in 90 B.C.?
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
3013
What year did Quintus Varius die?
90 B.C.
3014
Who was the first senator of Rome to come from Hispania?
Quintus Varius
3015
What law of 90 B.C. was formed in order to punish all people who had "assisted" those who took up arms against the Roman people?
Lex Varia
3016
What year was the Lex Varia formed?
90 B.C.
3017
When Manius Aquilius reinstated two kings, it instructed what governor of Asia to put his troops at the disposal of Aquilius?
Lucius Cassius
3018
What man won the Corona Graminea for his bravery in the Social War and fought against the Cimbri and Teutones before he famously twice marched on Rome and became dictator?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3019
What award did Sulla earn for his bravery in the Social War?
Corona Graminea
3020
Sulla earned the Corona Graminea for his bravery in what war?
Social War
3021
What man killed Quintus Poppaedius Silo in 88 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Pius
3022
What Marsic leader did Caecilius Metellus Pius slay, which greatly helped to end the Social War?
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
3023
What tribune was escorted by a group known as the "anti-senators"?
Sulpicius Rufus
3024
What group was Sulpicius Rufus escorted by?
Anti-senators
3025
For what years did Cinna hold the consulship?
87-84 B.C.
3026
Who held the consulships from 87-84 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
3027
Who was Cinna's consular colleague who became sole consul of Rome for 84 B.C.?
Papirius Carbo
3028
Who became sole consul of 84 B.C. for a short time?
Papirius Carbo
3029
What year did Papirius Carbo become sole consul for a short time?
84 B.C.
3030
Where did Sulla defeat Papirius Carbo twice, the second time being decisive, in 82 B.C.?
Clusium
3031
What year did Sulla defeat Papirius Carbo twice at Clusium, the second time being decisive?
82 B.C.
3032
Who defeated Papirius Carbo twice at Clusium in 82 B.C., the second time being decisive?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3033
Who was defeated twice at Clusium in 82 B.C. by Sulla, the second time being decisive?
Papirius Carbo
3034
What general supposedly destroyed the Tomb of Lars Porsenna along with the city of Clusium in 89 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3035
What city did Sulla supposedly destroy in 89 B.C., along with the Tomb of Lars Porsenna?
Clusium
3036
What year did Sulla supposedly destroy the city of Clusium, along with the Tomb of Lars Porsenna?
89 B.C.
3037
What great landmark was supposedly destroyed by Sulla in 89 B.C.?
Tomb of Lars Porsenna
3038
What year did Papirius Carbo die?
81 B.C.
3039
What agent of Mithridates led a revolt against the oligarchy in Athens and established himself as despot?
Aristion
3040
Who, the admiral of Aristion, captured Piraeus and killed all Italians at Delos?
Archelaus
3041
Where did Sulla serve as propreator from 96-92 B.C.?
Cilicia
3042
From what years did Sulla serve as propraetor in Cilicia?
96-92 B.C.
3043
Who served as propraetor in Cilicia from 96-92 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3044
Which governor of Asia, the uncle of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger, attempted to stop the extortions of the publicani, and as a result, was wrongly convicted in the extortion court and sentenced into exile at Smyrna in 92 B.C.?
Rutilius Rufus
3045
What year did Rutilius Rufus go into exile at Smyrna?
92 B.C.
3046
Where did the governor of Asia, Rutilius Rufus go into exile in 92 B.C.?
Smyrna
3047
Where did Rutilius Rufus serve as governor until he was exiled in 92 B.C.?
Asia
3048
The governor of Asia, Rutilius Rufus was the uncle of what man?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
3049
How the governor of Asia, Rutilius Rufus related to Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger?
Uncle
3050
Where did the Social War begin?
Ausculum
3051
Who was the first Roman general to capture Rome?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3052
Who showed that the army could control the senate?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3053
Who spread the Italians of the Social War throughout all 35 tribes of Rome?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
3054
Who was the first to negotiate with the Parthians?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3055
Sulla was the first man to negotiate with what people?
Parthians
3056
What city fell to the Samnite army of Gaius Papius Mutillus in 90 B.C. during the Social War?
Nola
3057
What year did Nola fall to Papius Mutilus during the Social War?
90 B.C.
3058
What consul of 91 B.C. was the main driving force behind Drusus the Younger's death and was also the main political opposition to Aemilius Lepidus in 78 B.C. when he exposed him?
Marcius Philippus
3059
Lucius Marcius Philippus, a consul of 91 B.C., is thought to have hired the assassins who killed what nephew of his?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
3060
What Samnite chieftain captured both Pompeii and Nola?
Gaius Papius Mutilus
3061
What consul of 89 B.C. promoted the semi-Celtic population of Transpadene Gaul to the Latin status?
Pompeius Strabo
3062
After Pompeius Strabo captured Corfinium in 89 B.C., what town did he next capture?
Ausculum
3063
Who captured the confederate capital at Corfinium in 89 B.C.?
Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo
3064
Who took over for Lucius Julius Caesar in the south during the Social War?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3065
Sulla took over for what man in the south during the Social War?
Lucius Julius Caesar
3066
Who succeeded Rutilius Lupus in the northern frontier during the Social War?
Lucius Porcius Cato
3067
Who did Lucius Porcius Cato succeed in the northern frontier during the Social War?
Rutilius Lupus
3068
What praetor urbanus was handed in the forum while performing religious duties in 89 B.C.?
Sempronius Asellio
3069
What did Sempronius Asellio serve as in 89 B.C.?
Praetor Urbanus
3070
What year was Sempronius Asellio serving as praetor urbanus?
89 B.C.
3071
What consul and cousin of his did Pompeius Strabo order his troops to kill after his command in the Central Appennines had been given over?
Pompeius Rufus
3072
How was Pompeius Strabo related to Pompeius Rufus?
Cousin
3073
Who sieged Nola in 89 B.C., taking it back from Papius Mutilus and the Samnites?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3074
What year did Sulla siege Nola, taking it back from Papius Mutilus?
89 B.C.
3075
Whose son was killed by the "anti-senators"?
Pompeius Rufus
3076
What group killed the son of Pompeius Rufus?
Anti-senators
3077
Mithridates VI took advantage of Rome's involvement in the Cimbrian War by occupying what two countries?
Galatia and Cappadocia
3078
What king of Bithynia complained to the Roman senate that he wanted Cappadocia back which led to them forcing Mithridates VI to return it?
Nicomedes III
3079
Nicomedes III complained to the Roman Senate that he wanted what province back which led to them forcing Mithridates VI to return it?
Cappadocia
3080
What Asian governor's troops were sent with Manius Aquilius to take back Cappadocia from Mithridates in 90 B.C.?
Lucius Lucilius
3081
During the Social War in either 91 or 90 B.C., Mithridates and Tigranes overran Cappadocia and expelled what Bithynian king?
Nicomedes III
3082
What port city survived a vigorous siege from Mithridates in 88 B.C.?
Rhodes
3083
After attacking Delos, what part of Athens did Archelaus take as his base?
Piraeus
3084
What position did Flavius Fimbria hold under Valerius Flaccus?
Legatus
3085
Where did Sulla catch up with Flavius Fimbria and kill him after the Treaty of Dardanus?
Thyatira
3086
How many talents did a group of pirates steal from Sulla while he was at Samothrace?
1000
3087
Who was at Samothrace when some pirates stole 1,000 talents from him?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3088
Where was Sulla when Sulpicius Rufus transferred his command to Marius?
Nola
3089
Who was the only officer to accompany Sulla in the civil war?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3090
What award did Sulla win for his bravery in the Social War?
Corona Graminea
3091
Who was awarded the Corona Graminea for his bravery in the Social War?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3092
Sulla was a prominent representative for what political group during the Social War?
Optimates
3093
During what war was Sulla a prominent representative for the Optimates?
Social War
3094
As Sulla besieged Athens in 86 B.C., whom did Sulla order to raise a fleet?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3095
What year, as Sulla besieged Athens, did Sulla order Lucullus to raise a fleet?
86 B.C.
3096
Pompey the Great was initially called "Magnus" by whom?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3097
Who was initially called "Magnus" by Sulla?
Pompey the Great
3098
Whom did the populares send to replace Sulla against Mithridates?
Valerius Flaccus
3099
The populares sent Valerius Flaccus to replace what man against Mithridates?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3100
What king utilized the spacious mountains of Turkey to constantly harass the Romans?
Mithridates VI
3101
What spacious mountains did Mithridates VI use to harass the Romans?
Mountains of Turkey
3102
What was depicted on the coinage by the Italian allies during the Social War?
The Italian Bull goring the Roman wolf
3103
Who was the tyrant of Athens when Sulla marched on the city in 86 B.C.?
Aristion
3104
Who captured Athens from Aristion in 86 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3105
To what Armenian king did Mithridates VI marry his daughter?
Tigranes the Great (II)
3106
Who married his daughter to Tigranes the Great (II)?
Mithridates VI
3107
Who plundered Rome's temples to fund armies to fight Sulla?
Papirius Carbo
3108
Who made 300 Italians and Equites into senators and made the practice of having ex-quaestors join the senate?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3109
Sulla's temple to what god at Praeneste was the first major use of concrete?
Fortuna Primigenia
3110
The Italians' first capital of Corfinium was the chief place of what tribe?
Paeligni
3111
What city was symbolically renamed to "Italia" by the rebellious Italian allies during the Social War?
Corfinium
3112
What was Corfinium renamed to when it became the Italian rebels' capital during the Social War?
Italia
3113
Along what river did Sulla make a treaty with the Parthians which was the first contact that they had had?
Euphrates
3114
Where was Sulla when pirates stole 1,000 talents from him?
Samothrace
3115
What were Sulla's "Cornelii"?
His personal fighting corps that consisted of ex-slaves of slain opponents
3116
What was the term for Sulla's personal fighting corps that consisted of ex-slaves of slain opponents?
Cornelii
3117
How many provinces were there at the time of Sulla?
10
3118
What dictator's program of legislation admitted Italians into the Senate?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3119
Who commanded the southern branch of the Italian forces during the Social War until he was defeated by Sulla?
Gaius Papius Mutilus
3120
The observation that "more men worship the rising sun than the setting one" prompted Sulla to allow whom the celebration of a triumph?
Pompeius Magnus
3121
The observation that "more men worship the rising sun than the setting one" prompted what man to allow Pompeius Magnus the celebration of a triumph?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3122
What observation prompted Sulla to allow Pompeius Magnus the celebration of a triumph?
More men worship the rising sun than the setting one.
3123
Caecilius Metellus Pius was forced to leave Africa after an unsuccessful action against what pro-Marian governor in 84 B.C.?
Gaius Fabius
3124
Who was forced to leave Africa after an unsuccessful action against the pro-Marian governor, Gaius Fabius, in 84 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Pius
3125
What year was Caecilius Metellus Pius forced to leave Africa after an unsuccessful action against the governor, Gaius Fabius?
84 B.C.
3126
Gaius Julius Caesar's priesthood as Flamen Dialis was annulled by what man?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3127
What year did Gaius Julius Caesar become a Flamen Dialis?
84 B.C.
3128
How was Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger related to Cato the Younger?
Uncle
3129
What famous politician was a nephew of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger?
Cato the Younger
3130
Who were the consuls of 89 B.C.?
Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato
3131
What enemy chieftain of the Social War actually started out for Rome with an armed force, though on second thoughts was induced to turn back?
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
3132
On the coin of the Italian Confederacy, what word is spelled out in Oscan letters meaning "Italia" which is what they renamed Corfinium to?
Vitelliu
3133
What does the Oscan word "Vitelliu" mean, which is what was on the coin of the Italian Confederacy?
Italia
3134
Whose possible main objective in his bill was a measure to unseat all senators owning sums above the moderate amount of 2,000 denarii?
Sulpicius Rufus
3135
Following the death of Sulpicius Rufus, Marius finally found a precarious refuge in what Roman province?
Africa
3136
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (Social War, 1st Mithridatic War, Sulla)
3137
Whose assassination in 91 B.C. began the Social War?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
3138
What were the lists of Sulla's enemies that he used to kill them off called?
Proscriptions
3139
What uncle of Gaius Julius Caesar made the Lex Iulia?
Lucius Julius Caesar
3140
What did Sulla do in retaliation of his command being transferred to Marius?
Marched on Rome
3141
In what war did Jugurtha's son, Oxyntas fight?
Social War
3142
How was Lucius Julius Caesar related to Gaius Julius Caesar?
Uncle
3143
The Treaty of Dardanus stated that Mithridates VI had to surrender how many warships?
80
3144
The Treaty of Dardanus stated that Mithridates VI had to pay an indemnity of how many talents?
2000
3145
What did the Treaty of Dardanus state?
Mithridates had to abandon Asian conquests, surrender 80 warships, pay indemnity of 2,000 talents
3146
What Roman agent provoked a riot at Ausculum, causing the townspeople to kill all the Roman inhabitants?
Gaius Servilius Caepio
3147
What praetor chastised the townsmen of Ausculum for wanting citizenship, prompting them to slaughter the Romans residing there which was the final straw for the Social War to begin?
Gaius Servilius Caepio
3148
Where did Gaius Servilius Caepio provoke the townsmen to slaughter the Romans residing there to begin the Social War?
Ausculum
3149
What were the four Italian tribes on the Adriatic Seaboard during the Social War?
Vestini, Picentes, Marrucini, Frentani
3150
What were the two Italian tribes in the Central Apennines during the Social War?
Marsi and Paeligni
3151
What three generals were all denied the leadership of the Roman army during the Social War?
Gaius Marius, Lucius Licinius Crassus, and Titus Didius
3152
What city became the Italian ally's capital after their secession from Rome?
Corfinium
3153
Where did the Italians set up their capital after the fall of Corfinium?
Bovianum
3154
What was the last capital of the Italians after Bovianum?
Aesernia
3155
List in order the 3 capitals of the Italians during the Social War.
Corfinium, Bovianum, Aesernia
3156
Who was the first dictator in over 100 years since Gaius Servilius in 202 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3157
What was Mithridates VI's ethnicity?
Half-Persian, Half-Greek
3158
What foreign ruler was Half-Persian and Half-Greek?
Mithridates VI
3159
Who was the last dictator before Sulla who served in 202 B.C.?
Gaius Servilius Geminus
3160
Who was the wife of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger?
Servilia
3161
Who was the mother of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger?
Cornelia
3162
Who was killed by being stabbed in the groin with a shoemaker's knife?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
3163
How was Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger killed?
Stabbed in the groin with a shoemaker's knife
3164
What was Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger stabbed with in the groin?
Shoemaker's knife
3165
Who was the first wife of Sulla?
Julia
3166
Who was the second wife of Sulla?
Aelia
3167
Who was the third wife of Sulla?
Cloelia
3168
Who was the fourth wife of Sulla?
Caecilia Metella Dalmatica
3169
Who was the fifth and final wife of Sulla?
Valeria
3170
Who was expelled from the senate when he was found to own more than ten pounds of silver plate?
Rufinus Sulla
3171
What man possessed great personal charm and acquired a wealthy "Hetaera" (type of prostitute in ancient Greece) named Nicopolis?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3172
What wealthy "Hetaera" (type of prostitute in ancient Greece) did Sulla acquire?
Nicopolis
3173
What type of prostitute was Sulla's wealthy mistress, Nicopolis?
Hetaera
3174
Who did the wealthy "hetaera" (prostitute) Nicopolis leave her fortune to after her death?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3175
Who bequeathed Egypt to Rome in 88 B.C.?
Ptolemy X (Alexander I)
3176
What year was Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger assassinated?
91 B.C.
3177
Who was Marcius Philippus' consular colleague in 91 B.C.?
Sextus Julius Caesar
3178
Who were the consuls of the year 91 B.C.?
Marcius Philippus and Sextus Julius Caesar
3179
What year were Marcius Philippus and Sextus Julius Caesar serving as consular colleagues?
91 B.C.
3180
What were the dates of the Social War?
91-88 B.C.
3181
What Athenian philosopher helped overthrow pro-Roman rule at the behest of Mithridates?
Athenion
3182
What year did the last Flamen Dailis, Lucius Cornelius Merula, die, marking the end of the Flamen Dialis appointments until it was reinstituted by Augustus?
87 B.C.
3183
Whose death marked the end of the Flamen Dialis representatives until Augustus reinstituted it?
Lucius Cornelius Merula
3184
What year did Lucius Cornelius Merula die?
87 B.C.
3185
What position was Lucius Cornelius Merula the last to hold until it was reinstituted by Augustus?
Flamen dialis
3186
What were the other two names for the Social War?
Marsic and Italian War
3187
Whose reforms would have given citizenship to the Italian allies?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
3188
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger's reforms would have given citizenship to whom?
Italian allies
3189
Who had overall command of the Marsi during the Social War?
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
3190
Who had overall command of the Samnites during the Social War?
Gaius Papius Mutilus
3191
Who fought the Marsi under Quintus Poppaedius Silo during the Social War?
Rutilius Lupus
3192
Who fought the Samnites under Gaius Papius Mutilus during the Social War?
Lucius Julius Caesar
3193
Who was Pompey the Great's father?
Pompeius Strabo
3194
Where did the general Archelaus use a port city?
Athens
3195
What general used a port city in Athens?
Archelaus
3196
Who did Cicero serve under?
Pompeius Strabo
3197
Where did the Italians first set up the Capital during the Social War?
Corfinium
3198
Who was famous for taking the last rebel stronghold in the Social War, Ausculum?
Pompeius Strabo
3199
What was the last rebel stronghold in the Social War?
Ausculum
3200
What year was the Lex Iulia made?
90 B.C.
3201
Who opposed the legislation passed by Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger and declared it unconstitutional?
Lucius Marcius Philippus
3202
What two men were entrusted with the supreme control of the Roman army during the Social War?
Lucius Julius Caesar and Rutilius Lupus
3203
What Roman commander offered Roman citizenship to all citizens or Italians who had not raised arms against Rome in the Social War?
Lucius Julius Caesar
3204
What year was Sulla praetor?
97 B.C.
3205
What year was Sulla given proconsular command to place Ariobarzanes I on the throne of Cappadocia?
95 B.C.
3206
In 95 B.C. Sulla was given proconsular command to place who on the throne of Cappadocia?
Ariobarzanes I
3207
Who was given proconsular command to place Ariobarzanes I on the throne of Cappadocia in 95 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3208
Sulla was given proconsular command to place Ariobarzanes on the throne of what region in 95 B.C.?
Cappadocia
3209
Who introduced a series of reforms in 91 B.C.?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
3210
What year was the Lex Plautia Papiria established?
89 B.C.
3211
What law offered Roman citizenship to all citizens or Italians who had not raised arms against Rome in the Italian War?
Lex Iulia
3212
What Roman law made it so citizens of Italian communities that had previously rebelled could then gain Roman citizenship?
Lex Plautia Papiria
3213
What Roman law extended citizenship to all free persons residing in Cisalpine Gaul south of the Po and Latin rights to all those living north of the river?
Lex Pompeia
3214
What province did Sulla establish?
Cisalpine Gaul
3215
What year was the Lex Pompeia established?
89 B.C.
3216
What were the dates of the First Mithridatic War?
89-85 B.C.
3217
Whose actions led to the First Mithridatic War?
Manius Aquilius
3218
What king of Pontus had taken territory in the east and massacred 80,000 Italian residents there in 88 B.C.?
Mithridates VI
3219
What is the massacre of 80,000 Italian residents by Mithridates VI in 88 B.C. referred to as?
Asiatic Vespers
3220
What year were 80,000 Italian residents massacred by Mithridates VI, which was referred to as "Asiatic Vespers"?
88 B.C.
3221
What two praetors of 88 B.C. tried to dissuade Sulla from marching into Rome but were sent back to the city with their robes of office ripped off and their official staves broken?
Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Servilius Caepio
3222
What year did the praetors Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Servilius Caepio go to Sulla to try to dissuade Sulla from marching into Rome but failed miserably?
88 B.C.
3223
Marcus Iunius Brutus and Servilius tried dissuading what man from marching on Rome in 88 B.C. but failed miserably?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3224
Carbo said that what man was sometimes a lion, sometimes a fox, and that he feared the fox more?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3225
What two animals was Sulla referred to as by Carbo, though he feared one of them more than the other?
Lion, Fox
3226
Who were the twin children of Sulla?
Faustus and Fausta
3227
What man had been victorious in the Second Servile War, had command in 89 B.C., but was eventually defeated and had molten gold poured down his throat?
Manius Aquilius
3228
What year did Manius Aquilius gain command in the 1st Mithridatic War?
89 B.C.
3229
How did Manius Aquilius die?
Molten gold poured down his throat
3230
What year was Manius Aquilius executed by Mithridates VI with molten gold being poured down his throat?
88 B.C.
3231
Who ordered molten gold be poured down Manius Aquilius' throat?
Mithridates VI
3232
What tribune of 88 B.C. transferred command from Sulla to Marius, causing Sulla's first march on Rome?
Sulpicius Rufus
3233
Sulla conducted his first march against Rome when what tribune of 88 B.C. transferred command from Sulla to Marius?
Sulpicius Rufus
3234
In 88 B.C., Sulpicius Rufus transferred command from Sulla to what man?
Marius
3235
What year was Sulpicius Rufus elected to be tribune?
88 B.C.
3236
Who marched on Rome, preventing the legislation and regained his command after Sulpicius Rufus transferred it to Gaius Marius?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3237
Who held command for the majority of the First Mithridatic War?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3238
What year was the capture of Athens?
86 B.C.
3239
Who was charged with misappropriating the booty of Ausculum?
Pompeius Strabo
3240
What cousin of Pompeius Strabo was murdered in 88 B.C.?
Pompeius Rufus
3241
What year was Pompeius Rufus murdered?
88 B.C.
3242
Who were the consuls in 88 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and Pompeius Rufus
3243
What man accompanied Sulla in his march on Rome in 88 B.C., as he was Sulla's co-consul in that year, and gave him his complete support in his actions against Sulpicius Rufus and the occupation of Rome?
Pompeius Rufus
3244
What praetor urbanus of 89 B.C. was killed by a mob of angry creditors when he tried to revive a fourth century B.C. law prohibiting interest?
Sempronius Asellio
3245
What year was Sempronius Asellio elected to be praetor urbanus?
89 B.C.
3246
Sempronius Asellio was killed by a mob in 89 B.C. when he tried reviving a fourth century B.C. law which did what?
Prohibited interest
3247
What praetor was lynched by debtors when he attempted to give them some relief by issuing an edict that prohibited interest in 89 B.C.?
Sempronius Asellio
3248
At what battle of 89 B.C. was Lucius Porcius Cato killed while storming a Marsic camp?
Fucine Lake
3249
Who was killed during the battle of Fucine Lake while storming a Marsic camp in 89 B.C.?
Lucius Porcius Cato
3250
What year was Lucius Porcius Cato killed at the battle of Fucine Lake while storming a Marsic camp?
89 B.C.
3251
What only surviving son of Sulla did Pompey betroth his daughter to?
Faustus Sulla
3252
What board of four magistrates was for local self-government?
Quattuorviri
3253
Who styled himself as a new Alexander the Great that wanted to overthrow Roman rule in the eastern Mediterranean, and seize Bithynia and Cappadocia?
Mithridates VI
3254
Who did Cicero declare to be by far the best orator he had ever heard?
Sulpicius Rufus
3255
Where did Sulla leave his army while he went to Rome?
Nola
3256
Who left his army at Nola while he went to Rome?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3257
Whose house did Sulla hide in after he set fire to homes of Roman citizens and riots came?
Marius
3258
What general of Mithridates had made Aristion a tyrant of Athens?
Archelaus
3259
Who did Archelaus make a tyrant of Athens?
Aristion
3260
What year was the battle of Chaeronea?
86 B.C.
3261
Who did Cinna send to replace Sulla in 86 B.C.?
Valerius Flaccus
3262
Who murdered Valerius Flaccus in 84 B.C.?
Flavius Fimbria
3263
Who was murdered by Flavius Fimbria in 84 B.C.?
Valerius Flaccus
3264
What son of Mithridates VI did Flavius Fimbria defeat at Rhyndacus River in 85 B.C.?
Mithridates VI
3265
Where did Flavius Fimbria defeat Mithridates VI in 85 B.C.?
Rhyndacus River
3266
Who defeated Mithridates VI in 85 B.C. at Rhyndacus River?
Flavius Fimbria
3267
At what battle of 85 B.C. did Flavius Fimbria almost capture Mithridates VI?
Rhyndacus River
3268
At what battle did Sulla defeat Archelaus for the first time in 86 B.C.?
Chaeronea
3269
Who did Sulla defeat for the first time at Chaeronea in 86 B.C.?
Archelaus
3270
Who defeated Archelaus at Chaeronea in 86 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3271
What year was the battle of Orchomenus?
85 B.C.
3272
At what battle did Sulla defeat Archelaus for the second time?
Orchomenus
3273
Who did Sulla defeat once in 86 B.C. at Chaeronea and then again at Orchomenus in 85 B.C.?
Archelaus
3274
What year was the treaty of Dardanus conducted?
85 B.C.
3275
What treaty was formed in 85 B.C. and ended the First Mithridatic War?
Dardanus
3276
What year did Sulla defeat and force the subsequent suicide of the legate Flavius Fimbria, who had taken command from Valerius Flaccus?
84 B.C.
3277
Who defeated and forced the subsequent suicide of Flavius Fimbria in 84 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3278
What tribune carried a bill for the trial of persons suspected of collusion with the Italians before a special court of equestrian jurors, though he later died in 90 B.C.?
Quintus Varius
3279
What tribune accused Marcus Aemilius Scaurus of inciting the allies to revolt in 90 B.C.?
Quintus Varius
3280
What Princeps Senatus was accused by Quintus Varius of inciting the allies to revolt in 90 B.C.?
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
3281
What year did Quintus Varius die?
90 B.C.
3282
Who was the first senator of Rome to come from Hispania?
Quintus Varius
3283
What law of 90 B.C. was formed in order to punish all people who had "assisted" those who took up arms against the Roman people?
Lex Varia
3284
What year was the Lex Varia formed?
90 B.C.
3285
When Manius Aquilius reinstated two kings, it instructed what governor of Asia to put his troops at the disposal of Aquilius?
Lucius Cassius
3286
What man won the Corona Graminea for his bravery in the Social War and fought against the Cimbri and Teutones before he famously twice marched on Rome and became dictator?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3287
What award did Sulla earn for his bravery in the Social War?
Corona Graminea
3288
Sulla earned the Corona Graminea for his bravery in what war?
Social War
3289
What man killed Quintus Poppaedius Silo in 88 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Pius
3290
What Marsic leader did Caecilius Metellus Pius slay, which greatly helped to end the Social War?
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
3291
What tribune was escorted by a group known as the "anti-senators"?
Sulpicius Rufus
3292
What group was Sulpicius Rufus escorted by?
Anti-senators
3293
For what years did Cinna hold the consulship?
87-84 B.C.
3294
Who held the consulships from 87-84 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
3295
Who was Cinna's consular colleague who became sole consul of Rome for 84 B.C.?
Papirius Carbo
3296
Who became sole consul of 84 B.C. for a short time?
Papirius Carbo
3297
What year did Papirius Carbo become sole consul for a short time?
84 B.C.
3298
Where did Sulla defeat Papirius Carbo twice, the second time being decisive, in 82 B.C.?
Clusium
3299
What year did Sulla defeat Papirius Carbo twice at Clusium, the second time being decisive?
82 B.C.
3300
Who defeated Papirius Carbo twice at Clusium in 82 B.C., the second time being decisive?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3301
Who was defeated twice at Clusium in 82 B.C. by Sulla, the second time being decisive?
Papirius Carbo
3302
What general supposedly destroyed the Tomb of Lars Porsenna along with the city of Clusium in 89 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3303
What city did Sulla supposedly destroy in 89 B.C., along with the Tomb of Lars Porsenna?
Clusium
3304
What year did Sulla supposedly destroy the city of Clusium, along with the Tomb of Lars Porsenna?
89 B.C.
3305
What great landmark was supposedly destroyed by Sulla in 89 B.C.?
Tomb of Lars Porsenna
3306
What year did Papirius Carbo die?
81 B.C.
3307
What agent of Mithridates led a revolt against the oligarchy in Athens and established himself as despot?
Aristion
3308
Who, the admiral of Aristion, captured Piraeus and killed all Italians at Delos?
Archelaus
3309
Where did Sulla serve as propreator from 96-92 B.C.?
Cilicia
3310
From what years did Sulla serve as propraetor in Cilicia?
96-92 B.C.
3311
Who served as propraetor in Cilicia from 96-92 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3312
Which governor of Asia, the uncle of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger, attempted to stop the extortions of the publicani, and as a result, was wrongly convicted in the extortion court and sentenced into exile at Smyrna in 92 B.C.?
Rutilius Rufus
3313
What year did Rutilius Rufus go into exile at Smyrna?
92 B.C.
3314
Where did the governor of Asia, Rutilius Rufus go into exile in 92 B.C.?
Smyrna
3315
Where did Rutilius Rufus serve as governor until he was exiled in 92 B.C.?
Asia
3316
The governor of Asia, Rutilius Rufus was the uncle of what man?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
3317
How the governor of Asia, Rutilius Rufus related to Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger?
Uncle
3318
Where did the Social War begin?
Ausculum
3319
Who was the first Roman general to capture Rome?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3320
Who showed that the army could control the senate?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3321
Who spread the Italians of the Social War throughout all 35 tribes of Rome?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
3322
Who was the first to negotiate with the Parthians?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3323
Sulla was the first man to negotiate with what people?
Parthians
3324
What city fell to the Samnite army of Gaius Papius Mutillus in 90 B.C. during the Social War?
Nola
3325
What year did Nola fall to Papius Mutilus during the Social War?
90 B.C.
3326
What consul of 91 B.C. was the main driving force behind Drusus the Younger's death and was also the main political opposition to Aemilius Lepidus in 78 B.C. when he exposed him?
Marcius Philippus
3327
Lucius Marcius Philippus, a consul of 91 B.C., is thought to have hired the assassins who killed what nephew of his?
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger
3328
What Samnite chieftain captured both Pompeii and Nola?
Gaius Papius Mutilus
3329
What consul of 89 B.C. promoted the semi-Celtic population of Transpadene Gaul to the Latin status?
Pompeius Strabo
3330
After Pompeius Strabo captured Corfinium in 89 B.C., what town did he next capture?
Ausculum
3331
Who captured the confederate capital at Corfinium in 89 B.C.?
Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo
3332
Who took over for Lucius Julius Caesar in the south during the Social War?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3333
Sulla took over for what man in the south during the Social War?
Lucius Julius Caesar
3334
Who succeeded Rutilius Lupus in the northern frontier during the Social War?
Lucius Porcius Cato
3335
Who did Lucius Porcius Cato succeed in the northern frontier during the Social War?
Rutilius Lupus
3336
What praetor urbanus was handed in the forum while performing religious duties in 89 B.C.?
Sempronius Asellio
3337
What did Sempronius Asellio serve as in 89 B.C.?
Praetor Urbanus
3338
What year was Sempronius Asellio serving as praetor urbanus?
89 B.C.
3339
What consul and cousin of his did Pompeius Strabo order his troops to kill after his command in the Central Appennines had been given over?
Pompeius Rufus
3340
How was Pompeius Strabo related to Pompeius Rufus?
Cousin
3341
Who sieged Nola in 89 B.C., taking it back from Papius Mutilus and the Samnites?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3342
What year did Sulla siege Nola, taking it back from Papius Mutilus?
89 B.C.
3343
Whose son was killed by the "anti-senators"?
Pompeius Rufus
3344
What group killed the son of Pompeius Rufus?
Anti-senators
3345
Mithridates VI took advantage of Rome's involvement in the Cimbrian War by occupying what two countries?
Galatia and Cappadocia
3346
What king of Bithynia complained to the Roman senate that he wanted Cappadocia back which led to them forcing Mithridates VI to return it?
Nicomedes III
3347
Nicomedes III complained to the Roman Senate that he wanted what province back which led to them forcing Mithridates VI to return it?
Cappadocia
3348
What Asian governor's troops were sent with Manius Aquilius to take back Cappadocia from Mithridates in 90 B.C.?
Lucius Lucilius
3349
During the Social War in either 91 or 90 B.C., Mithridates and Tigranes overran Cappadocia and expelled what Bithynian king?
Nicomedes III
3350
What port city survived a vigorous siege from Mithridates in 88 B.C.?
Rhodes
3351
After attacking Delos, what part of Athens did Archelaus take as his base?
Piraeus
3352
What position did Flavius Fimbria hold under Valerius Flaccus?
Legatus
3353
Where did Sulla catch up with Flavius Fimbria and kill him after the Treaty of Dardanus?
Thyatira
3354
How many talents did a group of pirates steal from Sulla while he was at Samothrace?
1000
3355
Who was at Samothrace when some pirates stole 1,000 talents from him?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3356
Where was Sulla when Sulpicius Rufus transferred his command to Marius?
Nola
3357
Who was the only officer to accompany Sulla in the civil war?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3358
What award did Sulla win for his bravery in the Social War?
Corona Graminea
3359
Who was awarded the Corona Graminea for his bravery in the Social War?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3360
Sulla was a prominent representative for what political group during the Social War?
Optimates
3361
During what war was Sulla a prominent representative for the Optimates?
Social War
3362
As Sulla besieged Athens in 86 B.C., whom did Sulla order to raise a fleet?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3363
What year, as Sulla besieged Athens, did Sulla order Lucullus to raise a fleet?
86 B.C.
3364
Pompey the Great was initially called "Magnus" by whom?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3365
Who was initially called "Magnus" by Sulla?
Pompey the Great
3366
Whom did the populares send to replace Sulla against Mithridates?
Valerius Flaccus
3367
The populares sent Valerius Flaccus to replace what man against Mithridates?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3368
What king utilized the spacious mountains of Turkey to constantly harass the Romans?
Mithridates VI
3369
What spacious mountains did Mithridates VI use to harass the Romans?
Mountains of Turkey
3370
What was depicted on the coinage by the Italian allies during the Social War?
The Italian Bull goring the Roman wolf
3371
Who was the tyrant of Athens when Sulla marched on the city in 86 B.C.?
Aristion
3372
Who captured Athens from Aristion in 86 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3373
To what Armenian king did Mithridates VI marry his daughter?
Tigranes the Great (II)
3374
Who married his daughter to Tigranes the Great (II)?
Mithridates VI
3375
Who plundered Rome's temples to fund armies to fight Sulla?
Papirius Carbo
3376
Who made 300 Italians and Equites into senators and made the practice of having ex-quaestors join the senate?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3377
Sulla's temple to what god at Praeneste was the first major use of concrete?
Fortuna Primigenia
3378
The Italians' first capital of Corfinium was the chief place of what tribe?
Paeligni
3379
What city was symbolically renamed to "Italia" by the rebellious Italian allies during the Social War?
Corfinium
3380
What was Corfinium renamed to when it became the Italian rebels' capital during the Social War?
Italia
3381
Along what river did Sulla make a treaty with the Parthians which was the first contact that they had had?
Euphrates
3382
Where was Sulla when pirates stole 1,000 talents from him?
Samothrace
3383
What were Sulla's "Cornelii"?
His personal fighting corps that consisted of ex-slaves of slain opponents
3384
What was the term for Sulla's personal fighting corps that consisted of ex-slaves of slain opponents?
Cornelii
3385
How many provinces were there at the time of Sulla?
10
3386
What dictator's program of legislation admitted Italians into the Senate?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3387
Who commanded the southern branch of the Italian forces during the Social War until he was defeated by Sulla?
Gaius Papius Mutilus
3388
The observation that "more men worship the rising sun than the setting one" prompted Sulla to allow whom the celebration of a triumph?
Pompeius Magnus
3389
The observation that "more men worship the rising sun than the setting one" prompted what man to allow Pompeius Magnus the celebration of a triumph?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3390
What observation prompted Sulla to allow Pompeius Magnus the celebration of a triumph?
More men worship the rising sun than the setting one.
3391
Caecilius Metellus Pius was forced to leave Africa after an unsuccessful action against what pro-Marian governor in 84 B.C.?
Gaius Fabius
3392
Who was forced to leave Africa after an unsuccessful action against the pro-Marian governor, Gaius Fabius, in 84 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Pius
3393
What year was Caecilius Metellus Pius forced to leave Africa after an unsuccessful action against the governor, Gaius Fabius?
84 B.C.
3394
Gaius Julius Caesar's priesthood as Flamen Dialis was annulled by what man?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3395
What year did Gaius Julius Caesar become a Flamen Dialis?
84 B.C.
3396
How was Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger related to Cato the Younger?
Uncle
3397
What famous politician was a nephew of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger?
Cato the Younger
3398
Who were the consuls of 89 B.C.?
Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato
3399
What enemy chieftain of the Social War actually started out for Rome with an armed force, though on second thoughts was induced to turn back?
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
3400
On the coin of the Italian Confederacy, what word is spelled out in Oscan letters meaning "Italia" which is what they renamed Corfinium to?
Vitelliu
3401
What does the Oscan word "Vitelliu" mean, which is what was on the coin of the Italian Confederacy?
Italia
3402
Whose possible main objective in his bill was a measure to unseat all senators owning sums above the moderate amount of 2,000 denarii?
Sulpicius Rufus
3403
Following the death of Sulpicius Rufus, Marius finally found a precarious refuge in what Roman province?
Africa
3404
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (Lepidus, Sertorius, 3rd Servile War)
3405
What were the dates of the Second Mithridatic War?
83-81 B.C.
3406
Who was the main commander for the Romans during the Second Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Murena
3407
What was left to Lucius Licinius Murena by Flavius Fimbria during the second Mithridatic war?
Legions in Asia
3408
Who, by 78 B.C. held much of the country and had his troops treating him as a demi-god?
Quintus Sertorius
3409
What man of Gadara popularized Epicureanism among the Romans when he came to Italy after the 1st Mithridatic War?
Philodemus
3410
In what city was Quintus Sertorius born in 126 B.C.?
Nersia
3411
What year was Quintus Sertorius born in Nersia?
126 B.C.
3412
Leading up to Sulla's second march, what political parties was Rome divided into?
Populares and Optimates
3413
What avid ally of Marius ruled Rome from around 87-82 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
3414
Who drove Lucius Cornelius Cinna from Rome and declared him a public enemy?
Gnaeus Octavius
3415
Who stormed Ostia and starved Rome into surrender?
Gaius Marius
3416
Who were the consuls of 87 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Gnaeus Octavius
3417
Who did Pompey's third wife, Mucia Tertia, marry after she was divorced by Pompey?
Aemilius Scaurus
3418
Who was the fourth wife of Pompey the Great?
Julia Caesaris
3419
Who was the fifth wife of Pompey the Great?
Cornelia Metella
3420
Who were the consuls of 86 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Gaius Marius
3421
When Marius died in 86 B.C. who replaced him as consul?
Valerius Flaccus
3422
What year did Gaius Marius die?
86 B.C.
3423
Whose ashes were thrown into the Anio River by Sulla after his death?
Gaius Marius
3424
Gaius Marius' ashes were thrown into what river by Sulla after his death in 86 B.C.?
Anio River
3425
Who threw Marius' ashes into the Anio River after he died in 86 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3426
Whose ashes did Sulla throw into the Anio River after he died in 86 B.C.?
Gaius Marius
3427
What treaty ended the 1st Mithridatic War in 85 B.C.?
Dardanus
3428
Who raised three legions by himself at Picenum for Sulla after Lucius Cornelius Cinna refused to grant him recognition?
Pompeius Magnus
3429
How many legions did Pompey raise for Sulla at Picenum?
3
3430
In what Italian region did Pompeius Magnus raise three legions by himself for Sulla after Lucius Cornelius Cinna refused to grant him recognition?
Picenum
3431
In what Italian region was Pompeius Magnus born?
Picenum
3432
What year did Pompey gain the title "Adulescentulus Carnifex"?
81 B.C.
3433
Pompey gained the title "Adulescentulus Carnifex" for tracking down and killing whom?
Papirius Carbo
3434
What year did Sulla take on the cognomen "Felix"?
82 B.C.
3435
How many lictors accompanied Sulla?
24
3436
Who was named "Adulescentulus Carnifex" for his zealous persecution of Sulla's enemies?
Pompeius Magnus
3437
Who earned the nickname "Adulescentulus Carnifex" or "butcher boy" for his zealous persecution of Sulla's enemies?
Pompeius Magnus
3438
What title meaning "butcher boy" did Pompey the Great earn for himself for his zealous persecution of Sulla's enemies?
Adulescentulus Carnifex
3439
What did Pompey's title "Adulescentulus Carnifex" mean?
Butcher boy
3440
Pompey the Great earned himself the title "Adulescentulus Carnifex" or "Butcher boy" for his zealous persecution of whose enemies?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3441
At what temple in 82 B.C. did Sulla begin his reign of terror by torturing 6,000 Samnite prisoners?
Temple of Bellona
3442
In 82 B.C., Sulla began his reign of terror by torturing 6,000 prisoners of what origin?
Samnite
3443
What year did Sulla torture 6,000 Samnite prisoners at the Temple of Bellona?
82 B.C.
3444
How many Samnite prisoners did Sulla torture at the Temple of Bellona in 82 B.C.?
6000
3445
What law appointed Sulla dictator for an unspecified period of time in order to draft laws and "reconstitute the state" in 82 B.C.?
Lex Valeria
3446
What law of 180 B.C. did Sulla reenact which regulated curule offices?
Lex Villia Annalis
3447
Who reenacted the Lex Villia Annalis in 180 B.C. which regulated curule offices?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3448
What year did Sulla invade Greece?
87 B.C.
3449
What province did Sulla invade in 87 B.C.?
Greece
3450
Who invaded Greece in 87 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3451
Who were the consuls in 85 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Papirius Carbo
3452
Who were the consuls in 84 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Papirius Carbo
3453
What two men served as consular colleagues from 85-84 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Papirius Carbo
3454
Who plundered Rome's temples to fund armies to fight Sulla?
Papirius Carbo
3455
Papirius Carbo plundered Rome's temples to fund armies to fight whom?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3456
Who were the consuls in 83 B.C.?
Gaius Norbanus and Lucius Scipio
3457
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus fell out of favor with Sulla when he shamelessly plundered what province which he was governing in 83 B.C.?
Sicily
3458
Where did Cinna die in 84 B.C.?
Ancona
3459
What year did Cinna die at Ancona?
84 B.C.
3460
Who were the consuls in 82 B.C.?
Papirius Carbo and Marius the Younger
3461
At what battle of 83 B.C. did Sulla defeat Gaius Norbanus?
Mt. Tifata
3462
What year was the battle of Mt. Tifata?
83 B.C.
3463
Who was defeated by Sulla at the battle of Mt. Tifata in 83 B.C.?
Gaius Norbanus
3464
Who defeated Gaius Norbanus at the battle of Mt. Tifata in 83 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3465
What year did Sulla land at Brundisium during his second march?
83 B.C.
3466
Where did Sulla land when beginning his second march in 83 B.C.?
Brundisium
3467
What year did Sulla begin his 2nd march?
83 B.C.
3468
Who supported Sulla in 83 B.C. but lost Sulla's favor when he shamelessly plundered Sicily as its governor?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
3469
What year did Marcus Aemilius Lepidus plunder Sicily as its governor?
83 B.C.
3470
What province did Marcus Aemilius Lepidus plunder as its governor in 83 B.C.?
Sicily
3471
What year was the battle of Sacriportus?
82 B.C.
3472
At what battle of 82 B.C. were the Optimates, led by Sulla, pitted against the Populares, led by Marius the Younger, which displayed a decisive victory for the Optimates?
Sacriportus
3473
Who led the Optimates against Marius the Younger at the battle of Sacriportus in 82 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3474
Who led the Populares against Sulla at the battle of Sacriportus in 82 B.C.?
Marius the Younger
3475
After the battle of Sacriportus in 82 B.C., where was Marius the Younger besieged while Sulla was occupying Rome?
Praeneste
3476
Who was Gaius Marius' son?
Marius the Younger
3477
Who was the father of Marius the Younger?
Gaius Marius
3478
What former consul was defeated during an attack on the camp of Caecilius Metellus Pius in 82 B.C.?
Papirius Carbo
3479
What year was the battle of Colline Gate?
82 B.C.
3480
What battle solidified Sulla's control of Rome in 82 B.C.?
Colline Gate
3481
What Samnite chieftain and ally of Marius the Younger was defeated by Sulla at the Battle of the Colline Gate in 82 BC?
Pontius Telesinus
3482
At what battle of 82 B.C. was Pontius Telesinus defeated by Sulla?
Colline Gate
3483
Who defeated Pontius Telesinus at Colline Gate in 82 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3484
Who commanded the right wing at the battle of Colline Gate?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3485
Marcus Licinius Crassus was charged with romantic intimacy with what Vestal Virgin?
Licinia
3486
Who was charged with romantic intimacy with the Vestal Virgin, Licinia?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3487
What proconsul of Hispania held out against Sulla's forces until 72 B.C. when he was assassinated?
Quintus Sertorius
3488
What year was Quintus Sertorius assassinated by Marcus Perperna Veiento?
72 B.C.
3489
What ally of Sertorius did Caecilius Metellus Pius defeat at Segovia in 75 B.C.?
Lucius Hirtuleius
3490
Who defeated Lucius Hirtuleius at Segovia in 75 B.C.?
Caecilius Metellus Pius
3491
Where did Caecilius Metellus Pius defeat Lucius Hirtuleius in 75 B.C.?
Segovia
3492
What year did Caecilius Metellus Pius defeat Lucius Hirtuleius at Segovia?
75 B.C.
3493
Who did Sertorius defeat at the Lauro and Sucro rivers in 76 and 75 B.C., respectively?
Pompeius Magnus
3494
Who was defeated at the Lauro and Sucro rivers by Sertorius in 76 and 75 B.C., respectively?
Pompeius Magnus
3495
Who defeated Pompey at the Lauro and Sucro rivers in 76 and 75 B.C., respecticely?
Quintus Sertorius
3496
What year was the battle of Lauro River?
76 B.C.
3497
What year was the battle of Sucro River?
75 B.C.
3498
Who assassinated Sertorius in 72 B.C.?
Marcus Perperna Veiento
3499
What man did Marcus Perperna Veiento assassinate in 72 B.C.?
Quintus Sertorius
3500
What was Lucius Cornelius Sulla's nickname which meant "lucky"?
Felix
3501
What did Sulla's nickname "Felix" mean?
Lucky
3502
What years was Sulla dictator?
81-79 B.C.
3503
What title did Sulla receive in 82 B.C.?
Dictator Rei Publicae Constituendae
3504
What year did Sulla receive the title "Dictator Rei Publicae Constituendae"?
82 B.C.
3505
When Sulla was appointed to the office of dictator he raised the number of the senate to about how many members?
450
3506
What office's political power did Sulla limit?
Tribune
3507
What number did Sulla increase the praetors to?
8
3508
What number did Sulla increase the quaestors to?
20
3509
What number did Sulla increase the pontifices and augurs to?
15
3510
Who revived a rule calling for a ten-year interval between consulships?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3511
Sulla revived a rule calling for an interval between consulships of how long?
Ten years
3512
What dictator made the Cursus Honorum a slower process?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3513
What year did Sulla die?
78 B.C.
3514
Where did Sulla die after a severe hemorrhage in 78 B.C.?
Puteoli
3515
What did Sulla die of at Puteoli in 78 B.C.?
Hemorrhage
3516
Who died of a hemorrhage at Puteoli in 78 B.C.?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3517
Who, when consul, opposed a state funeral for Sulla and supported resuming the grain dole, etc.?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
3518
To get rid of him, where did Marcus Aemilius Lepidus' opponents send him to suppress a rebellion?
Florence
3519
Who defeated Marcus Aemilius Lepidus while he was trying to develop closer ties with Quintus Sertorius in Spain?
Pompeius Magnus
3520
What year was the Revolt of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus?
77 B.C.
3521
Who assassinated Marcus Perperna Veiento?
Pompeius Magnus
3522
What year was Marcus Aemilius Lepidus elected consul with the support of Pompey?
78 B.C.
3523
At what battle of 78 B.C. did Lutatius Catulus defeat his consular colleague, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus?
Milvian Bridge
3524
Who defeated his consular colleague Marcus Aemilius Lepidus at Milvian Bridge in 78 B.C.?
Lutatius Catulus
3525
What year was the battle of Milvian Bridge?
78 B.C.
3526
What consul was defeated by his consular-colleague Lutatius Catulus at the battle of Milvian Bridge in 78 B.C.?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
3527
Who became a champion of the Populares and tried to give the land back to the Italians which had been taken by Sulla, and tried to repeal a lot of his legislation?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
3528
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus became a champion of what class of people?
Populares
3529
After being put at odds with his fellow consul, who was sent to administer Transalpine Gaul?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
3530
Who, using native Spanish troops, consistently defeated provincial governors sent against him?
Quintus Sertorius
3531
Who claimed that a white fawn, a gift of Diana, gave him advice and followed him?
Quintus Sertorius
3532
Quintus Sertorius claimed that what type of creature was a gift of Diana after it gave him advice and followed him?
White fawn
3533
Who trained the Spaniards to fight in Roman style, but did not destroy their aptitude for guerilla warfare?
Quintus Sertorius
3534
In 79 B.C., who received the command against Quintus Sertorius?
Caecilius Metellus Pius
3535
Quintus Sertorius defeated Pompey twice. At one of these battles, what man saved Pompey from being killed?
Caecilius Metellus Pius
3536
Where in 75 B.C. did Caecilius Metellus Pius kill Lucius Hirtuleius?
Segovia
3537
Pompey was seen by public opinion as the victor over Sertorius, though who had been the more skillful tactician?
Caecilius Metellus Pius
3538
Who returned from Transalpine Gaul with an army but was defeated by Catulus at the Milvian Bridge?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
3539
Who did Pompey defeat at Mutina in 77 B.C.?
Iunius Brutus the Elder
3540
What year did Pompey defeat Iunius Brutus the Elder at Mutina?
77 B.C.
3541
Where did Pompey defeat Iunius Brutus the Elder in 77 B.C.?
Mutina
3542
What were the dates Pompey fought against Quintus Sertorius?
76-72 B.C.
3543
When Cinna refused to grant his recognition, Pompey raised his own private army and joined who?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3544
Who killed Papirius Carbo in 82 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3545
What year did Pompey kill Papirius Carbo?
82 B.C.
3546
Who was given Proconsular Imperium Infinitum to deal with the pirates in 74 B.C.?
Marcus Antonius Creticus
3547
What year was Marcus Antonius Creticus given Proconsular Imperium Infinitum to deal with the pirates?
74 B.C.
3548
What power was Marcus Antonius Creticus given to use to deal with the pirates?
Proconsular Imperium Infinitum
3549
What were the dates of the Third Servile War?
73-71 B.C.
3550
Whose gladiator school did Spartacus escape from in Capua?
Lentulus Batiatus
3551
Where was Lentulus Batiatus' gladiator school located?
Capua
3552
What slave led a rebellion after escaping from Lentulus Batiatus' gladiator school on Capua?
Spartacus
3553
Of what origin was Spartacus?
Thracian
3554
Where did Spartacus start his Revolt in 73 B.C.?
Capua
3555
What fellow slave aided Spartacus with his revolt?
Crixus
3556
Who subdued a revolt in Apulia during the Third Servile War?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3557
In what region did Marcus Licinius Crassus subdue the revolt of Spartacus?
Apulia
3558
Who claimed that he ended the Third Servile war and then received most of the credit?
Pompeius Magnus
3559
How many slaves were crucified along the Appian Way in 71 B.C.?
6000
3560
What year were 6,000 slaves crucified along the Via Appia?
71 B.C.
3561
Along what road were 6,000 slaves crucified in 71 B.C.?
Via Appia
3562
Who led the slaves during the Third Servile War?
Spartacus
3563
Who was appointed by the senate to defeat Spartacus?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3564
To where did Marcus Licinius Crassus pursue Spartacus?
Bruttium
3565
Who was Marcus Licinius Crassus' only wife?
Tertulla
3566
Where did Pompey encounter 6,000 slaves, whom he later crucified along the via Appia?
Etruria
3567
Once commissioned, what deputy of Sulla succeeded in expelling Quintus Sertorius in 81 B.C.?
Gaius Annius
3568
What year did Gaius Annius succeed in expelling Quintus Sertorius?
81 B.C.
3569
Who, from 74-71 B.C., was charged with repaving the Via Domitia?
Gaius Annius
3570
What son-in-law of Cinna raised a considerable force and received substantial support from a Numidian chieftain named Iarbas, who had supplanted Gauda's son Hiempsal II?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
3571
What Numidian chieftain supplanted Gauda's son, Hiempsal II?
Iarbas
3572
What son of Gauda did Iarbas supplant?
Hiempsal II
3573
How was Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus related to Cinna?
Son-in-law
3574
What Numidian chieftain supported Cinna's son-in-law, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, and had supplanted Gauda's son Hiempsal II?
Iarbas
3575
What son of Gauda was deposed by Cinna's son-in-law, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus?
Hiempsal II
3576
Hiempsal II was deposed by what son-in-law of Cinna?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
3577
After collecting an army in Africa, where was Cinna's son-in-law, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, defeated by Pompey in 81 B.C.?
Utica
3578
What year was Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus defeated by Pompey at Utica?
81 B.C.
3579
Who defeated Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus at Utica in 81 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3580
How was Hiempsal II related to Gauda?
Son
3581
Who did Sulla put to death in 82 B.C. because he ran for the consulship against his orders?
Lucretius Ofella
3582
What year did Lucretius Ofella run for the consulship against Sulla's orders? (Sulla, soon after, put him to death)
82 B.C.
3583
Lucretius Ofella was put to death in 82 B.C. because he ran for the consulship against whose orders?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3584
Along with having the support of the Pharisees, what Nabataean Arab supported John Hyrcanus?
Aretas III
3585
Of what ancient Arab people was Aretas III apart of?
Nabataeans
3586
Who took refuge with Aretas III who had been bribed by Antipater into supporting this man's cause through the promise of returning Arabian towns taken by the Hasmoneans?
John Hyrcanus
3587
With what king of the Nabataeans did John Hyrcanus take refuge?
Aretas III
3588
What two consuls of 73 B.C. were forced to carry a law to safeguard the corn-supply of Rome by a preemption on the annual surplus of Sicily, and to distribute grain at reduced rates to some 40,000 recipients?
Terentius Varro and Cassius Longinus
3589
What year were the two consuls Terentius Varro and Cassius Longinus forced to carry a law to safeguard the corn-supply of Rome by preemption on the annual surplus of Sicily, and to distribute grain at reduced rates to some 40,000 recipients?
73 B.C.
3590
In 73 B.C. Pompey opened negotiations with what tribune with a view to rescinding certain inconvenient articles of Sulla's constitution?
Licinius Macer
3591
What year did Pompey open negotiations with Licinius Macer with a view to rescinding certain inconvenient articles of Sulla's consitution?
73 B.C.
3592
What man opened negotiations with Licinius Macer in 73 B.C. with a view to rescinding certain inconvenient articles of Sulla's constitution?
Pompeius Magnus
3593
In 70 B.C. what two men, the first censors since 86 B.C. expelled 64 senate members who were mostly Sulla's appointees?
Lucius Gellius and Cornelius Lentulus
3594
What year did Lucius Gellius and Cornelius Lentulus expel 64 senate members, who were mostly Sulla's appointees?
70 B.C.
3595
Lucius Gellius and Cornelius Lentulus' censorships in 70 B.C. were the first censorships since what year?
86 B.C.
3596
How many senators were expelled by the two censors of the year 70 B.C.?
64
3597
What former officer under Sertorius united the Greek cities of Asia and defeated a Pontic Squadron around 73 B.C.?
Marcus Marius
3598
What year did the former officer of Sertorius, Marcus Marius, defeat a Pontic Squadron?
73 B.C.
3599
To what Armenian king did Sulla marry his daughter?
Tigranes II
3600
Whose daughter married Tigranes II?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3601
After Sulla left Rome, who recalled Marius from fighting Mithridates?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
3602
Who died by drinking himself to death while killing every follower of Sulla that he could find?
Gaius Marius
3603
How did Marius die?
Drank himself to death
3604
What slave port was one of the main locations of Mithridates slaughter of 80,000 Romans in 88 B.C.?
Delos
3605
Who saved the Battle of Colline Gate for Sulla by defeating the Samnite supporters of Marius?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3606
Who did Pompey put on the throne of Numidia?
Hiempsal II
3607
Who was the son of Gauda?
Hiempsal II
3608
Who was the father of Gauda?
Mastanbul
3609
Who was the father of Mestanbul?
Masinissa
3610
Who was the father of Hiempsal II?
Gauda
3611
From where did Marcus Aemilius Lepidus first move on Rome with his troops in early 77 B.C.?
Arno Valley
3612
Where did Sertorius found a high school in 76 B.C. at the foot of the Pyrenes where sons of Spanish chieftains whom he kept as hostages were given training in Latin letters?
Osca
3613
Where did Sertorius found a high school in 76 B.C.?
Osca
3614
Who founded a high school at Osca in 76 B.C.?
Quintus Sertorius
3615
What year did Quintus Sertorius found a high school at Osca?
76 B.C.
3616
Who was called Felix (Lucky) and the Fox?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3617
What was Sulla's epitaph?
No man was a better friend nor a worse enemy
3618
Who recruited 100,000 unwilling and untrained men in Italy while he awaiting Sulla's return?
Papirius Carbo
3619
Who was the father of Caecilius Metellus Pius?
Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
3620
What road did Sulla go along to fight Marius the Younger at Praeneste?
Via Latina
3621
What Italian town held out the longest against Sulla and wasn't starved out till 79 B.C.?
Volaterrae
3622
Who put Papirius Carbo to death in Sicily in 82 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3623
What year was Papirius Carbo put to death by Pompey the Great?
82 B.C.
3624
What was Mithridates VI's title?
Eupator
3625
What year was the Lex Valeria, which made Sulla dictator, passed?
82 B.C.
3626
How old was Sulla when he died in 78 B.C. due to a severe hemorrhage?
60
3627
Where did Sulla retire to in 80 B.C.?
Puteoli
3628
What year did Sulla retire to Puteoli?
80 B.C.
3629
Who captured Praeneste for Sulla in 82 B.C.?
Lucretius Ofella
3630
What city did Lucretius Ofella capture for Sulla?
Praeneste
3631
What year did Lucretius Ofella capture Praeneste for Sulla?
82 B.C.
3632
What law of 81 B.C. appointed Sulla dictator?
Lex Valeria
3633
Who was appointed dictator by the Lex Valeria?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3634
What year was the Lex Valeria passed, appointing Sulla dictator?
81 B.C.
3635
What position did Sulla appoint Valerius Flaccus to in order to become dictator himself?
Interrex
3636
Who, along with Crixus, aided Spartacus at the start the Third Servile War?
Oenomaus
3637
What 4 slaves aided Spartacus in his revolt?
Crixus, Oenomaus, Castus, and Gannicus
3638
What two slaves joined Spartacus, Crixus, and Oenomaus later in the revolt?
Castus and Gannicus
3639
What type of heavyweight gladiator was Spartacus?
Murmillo
3640
Where did the slaves first base themselves in the Third Servile War?
Mt. Vesuvius
3641
In what year was Crixus defeated in the Third Servile War?
72 B.C.
3642
Which ally of Cinna and Marius, and a brilliant commander himself, took up arms against the Romans on behalf of the Lusitanians-who called him "the new Hannibal"?
Quintus Sertorius
3643
What did Sertorius' troops call him?
The new Hannibal
3644
Who was called by his troops "The new Hannibal"?
Quintus Sertorius
3645
Of what tribe was Sertorius the leader during his rebellion?
Lusitanians
3646
What tribe invited Sertorius to lead their rebellion in 80 B.C.?
Lusitanians
3647
Who did the Lusitanians invite to lead their rebellion in 80 B.C.?
Quintus Sertorius
3648
Who was the Senate's first choice to put down Spartacus' revolt, however he was already engaged in conflicts in Asia-Minor?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3649
Lucius Licinius Lucullus was the first choice to put down what man's revolt, but he was already engaged in conflicts in Asia-Minor?
Spartacus
3650
What man betrayed Sertorius and assassinated him in 72 B.C.?
Marcus Perperna Veiento
3651
Who did Marcus Perperna Veiento betray and assassinate?
Quintus Sertorius
3652
Who was the right-hand man of Sertorius?
Marcus Perperna Veiento
3653
Marcus Perperna Veiento was the right-hand man of whom before he betrayed and assassinated him in 72 B.C.?
Quintus Sertorius
3654
Who aided Aemilius Lepidus and incited a revolt in western Italy?
Marcus Iunius Brutus the Elder
3655
Who had a Senatus Consultum Ultimum passed against him in 78 B.C. when he attempted to overthrow the Roman government?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
3656
Where did Marcus Aemilius Lepidus die in 78 B.C.?
Sardinia
3657
Who set up a Marian cult in Spain?
Quintus Sertorius
3658
What friend of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger was consul in 75 B.C.?
Gaius Aurelius Cotta
3659
Where were the pirates supposed to show up to save Spartacus but failed to do so, leading to the end of the 3rd Servile War?
Strait of Messina
3660
Thracians, Gauls, German survivors of the Cimbric War, and herdsmen of the latifundia in southern Italy joined whom in his revolt?
Spartacus
3661
What did Lutatius Catulus build in 78 B.C. to hold laws and other public records because the Temple of Saturn was too small?
Tabularium
3662
What year did Lutatius Catulus build the Tabularium because the Temple of Saturn was too small to hold all the laws and other public records?
78 B.C.
3663
What legate of the rebel Marcus Aemilius Lepidus fled to Spain to join Sertorius and, after sustaining many defeats, became infuriated at Sertorius's continuous victories and decided to usurp Sertorius' command by treacherously murdering him in 72 B.C.?
Marcus Perperna Veiento
3664
In exchange for financial aid, to what king of Pontus did Sertorius promise to send veterans to train the king's armies?
Mithridates VI
3665
In exchange for financial aid, who promised Mithridates VI that he would send veterans to train the king's armies?
Quintus Sertorius
3666
Who were the consuls of 78 A.D.?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Lutatius Catulus
3667
Who was the first to challenge the constitutions of Sulla?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
3668
What city served as Sertorius' capital during his rule over Hispania?
Saguntum
3669
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (3rd Mithridatic War, Catiline)
3670
What two years were Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus consuls?
70, 55 B.C.
3671
What half-brother of Mucia Tertia (Pompey's third wife), proposed the tribunician bill to recall Pompey immediately from Asia?
Caecilius Metellus Nepos
3672
At what battle of 68 B.C. did the pirates defeat Marcius Rex and intercept a vital shipment of food heading to Rome?
Ostia
3673
What son of Mithridates VI had been left in charge of the Pontic dominions in Europe and betrayed Mithridates VI after his loss at Cabira in 72 B.C.?
Machares
3674
After what loss did Mithridates VI's son Machares betray him?
Cabira
3675
Machares was the son of what king of Pontus?
Mithridates VI
3676
Who exchanged Mithridates VI's body for the Bosporus?
Pharnaces II
3677
Who did Pompey make a deal with concerning Mithridates' body?
Pharnaces II
3678
Who did Pharnaces II make a deal with concerning the Bosporus?
Pompeius Magnus
3679
In 70 B.C., who began to regain control of the Parthian empire?
Phraates III
3680
What Parthian king sided with Pompey against Mithridates VI in 66 B.C.?
Phraates III
3681
In what year did Mithridates VI flee into exile in the court of Tigranes II?
72 B.C.
3682
Into whose court did Mithridates VI flee in 72 B.C.?
Tigranes II
3683
What tribune of 67 B.C. passed three laws that all corrected the abuse laid down by the optimates?
Gaius Cornelius
3684
What father of Mark Antony was given "Proconsular Imperium Infinitum" in 74 B.C. but was defeated and then ended plundering the very provinces he was supposed to protect?
Marcus Antonius Creticus
3685
What year was Marcus Antonius Creticus given "Proconsular Imperium Infinitum" but was defeated and killed while plundering the very provinces he was supposed to protect?
74 B.C.
3686
What power was Marcus Antonius Creticus given in 74 B.C.?
Proconsular Imperium Infinitum
3687
What year was Cicero quaestor in Sicily?
75 B.C.
3688
Who served as quaestor in Sicily in 75 B.C.?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
3689
What Roman statesman advocated the Concordia Ordinum, or Harmony of the Orders?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
3690
What was the English name for the Concordia Ordinum?
Harmony of the Orders
3691
What two-word Latin phrase was used by Cicero to describe a hypothetical alliance and union of the senatorial and equestrian classes?
Concordia Ordinum
3692
Who was defeated by pirates at the battle of Ostia in 68 B.C.?
Marcius Rex
3693
Where did pirates intercept a vital shipment of food to Rome in 68 B.C.?
Ostia
3694
What year was Marcius Rex defeated by pirates at Ostia?
68 B.C.
3695
What type of people defeated Marcius Rex at Ostia in 68 B.C.?
Pirates
3696
How was Caecilius Metellus Nepos related to Pompey's third wife, Mucia Tertia?
Half-brother
3697
Who were the consuls in 69 B.C.?
Hortensius Hortalus and Caecilius Metellus Creticus
3698
What year was the Lex Gabinia passed?
67 B.C.
3699
What tribune passed the Lex Gabinia in 67 B.C.?
Aulus Gabinius
3700
What law gave Pompey command against the pirates in the Mediterranean?
Lex Gabinia
3701
The Lex Gabinia gave Pompey command against the pirates who were located in what body of water?
Mediterranean Sea
3702
How many months did Pompey's siege of Jerusalem last in 63 B.C.?
3 months
3703
The siege of what city took Pompey 3 months in 63 B.C.?
Jerusalem
3704
Who had to teach Pompey how to run the Senate?
Terentius Varro
3705
What law of 67 B.C. removed Lucius Licinius Lucullus from command in Bithynia and transferred it to Acilius Glabrio?
Lex Gabinia
3706
Who did the Lex Gabinia transfer command to after stripping Licinius Lucullus of it?
Acilius Glabrio
3707
Who was the first wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus?
Clodia
3708
Who was the second and final wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus?
Servilia the Younger
3709
Who was given command against the pirates in 67 B.C. because of the Lex Gabinia?
Pompeius Magnus
3710
How many years was Pompey given to clear the Mediterranean of pirates by the Lex Gabinia?
3
3711
How many months did it take Pompey to clear the entire Mediterranean of pirates?
3
3712
What year did Pompey finish clearing the entire Mediterranean of pirates?
66 B.C.
3713
Who was Marcus Licinius Crassus' fellow censor in 65 B.C.?
Lutatius Catulus
3714
Who were the two censors of the year 65 B.C.?
Marcus Licinius Crassus and Lutatius Catulus
3715
In 65 B.C., Marcus Licinius Crassus convinced the senate to appoint what young agent of his as governor of Hither Spain?
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
3716
In what year did Catiline offer himself as a candidate for consul but was not allowed to on the ground that he was an undischarged prisoner in a trial before the Quaestio De Rebus Repetundis?
66 B.C.
3717
Who laid a plot to kill all successful candidates for consul in 65 B.C. but was caught, however, he was not prosecuted thanks to Marcus Licinius Crassus?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
3718
Thanks to what man was Catiline not prosecuted for laying a plot to kill the candidates of 65 B.C.?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3719
In what year was Catiline allowed to join the running for the consulship?
64 B.C.
3720
What year did Pompey lay siege to Jerusalem?
63 B.C.
3721
What city did Pompey lay siege to in 63 B.C.?
Jerusalem
3722
Who laid siege to Jerusalem in 63 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3723
Who is said to have had his beard pulled by Caesar during their dispute while on a visit to Rome in 62 B.C.?
Juba I
3724
What year did Juba I have his beard pulled by Caesar while on a visit to Rome?
62 B.C.
3725
Who pulled the beard of Juba I while he was visiting Rome in 62 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
3726
Whose beard was pulled by Caesar in 62 B.C.?
Juba I
3727
What were the dates of the Third Mithridatic War?
74-63 B.C.
3728
What son-in-law of Mithridates VI did he ally with during the Third Mithridatic War?
Tigranes II
3729
How was Tigranes II related to Mithridates VI?
Son-in-law
3730
What Sullan partisan who fought for Sulla in the civil war, got himself transferred from Cisalpine Gaul's command to the command of Cilicia?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3731
Lucius Licinius Lucullus was transferred from Cisalpine Gaul's command to the command of where in 74 B.C.?
Cilicia
3732
What co-consul of Lucius Licinius Lucullus was attacked by Mithridates VI at the inception of the Third Mithridatic War?
Marcus Aurelius Cotta
3733
Where had Marcus Aurelius Cotta been reassigned to?
Bithynia
3734
In 71 B.C., who came within striking distance of Rome and demanded the consulship which went against Sulla's Lex Annalis and the cursus honorum because he hadn't even taken the first step?
Pompeius Magnus
3735
Tigranes II's misuse of what led to the defeat at Tigranocerta?
Cataphracti (armored cavalry)
3736
What year did Lucius Licinius Lucullus invade Armenia and capture the Armenian capital of Tigranocerta?
69 B.C.
3737
Lucius Licinius Lucullus invaded Armenia and captured its capital which was located where in 69 B.C.?
Tigranocerta
3738
Where is Lucullus said to have defeated Tigranes II in 15 minutes?
Tigranocerta
3739
How long is the battle of Tigranocerta said to have lasted?
15 minutes
3740
Where did Lucullus' army mutiny in 68 B.C.?
Artaxata
3741
What year did Lucullus' army mutiny at Artaxata?
68 B.C.
3742
What general invaded Armenia in 69 B.C.?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3743
What brother-in-law of Lucius Licinius Lucullus stirred up a mutiny against him?
Clodius Pulcher
3744
How was Clodius Pulcher related to Lucius Licinius Lucullus?
Brother-in-law
3745
Who bequeathed Bithynia to Rome in 74 B.C.?
Nicomedes IV
3746
What province did Nicomedes bequeath to Rome in 74 B.C.?
Bithynia
3747
What year did Nicomedes IV bequeath Bithynia to Rome?
74 B.C.
3748
What year was the battle of Chalcedon?
74 B.C.
3749
At what city was Marcus Aurelius Cotta's fleet captured and burned by the Kingdom of Pontus?
Chalcedon
3750
Whose fleet was captured and burned by the Kingdon of Pontus in the battle of Chalcedon?
Marcus Aurelius Cotta
3751
What woman did Pompey marry but then willingly divorce when Sulla wanted him to marry his stepdaughter, Aemilia Scaura?
Antistia Pompeia
3752
Pompey divorced his first wife, Antistia Pompeia, when Sulla wanted him to marry what stepdaughter of his?
Aemilia Scaura
3753
How was Pompey's second wife, Aemilia Scaura, related to Sulla?
Stepdaughter
3754
Who was the first wife of Pompey?
Antistia Pompeia
3755
Who was the second wife of Pompey?
Aemilia Scaura
3756
What wife of Pompey was the pregnant stepdaughter of Sulla that eventually died in childbirth?
Aemilia Scaura
3757
What was the cause of Aemilia Scaura's (second wife of Pompey) death?
Childbirth
3758
Who was third wife of Pompey?
Mucia Tertia
3759
What man took it upon himself to violate one of the Jews' most sacred prohibitions and see what was inside the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctum of the Temple at Jerusalem?
Pompeius Magnus
3760
What inner sanctum of the Temple at Jerusalem did Pompey violate because he wanted to see what was inside of it?
Holy of Holies
3761
Despite being 6 years too young to become consul, who was elected to the position in 70 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3762
What year was Pompey the Great elected consul, despite being 6 years too young to be eligible?
70 B.C.
3763
How many years too young to be eligible was Pompey the Great when he was elected consul in 70 B.C.?
6
3764
Whose army did Mithridates destroy at the battle of Chalcedon?
Marcus Aurelius Cotta
3765
At what battle was Marcus Aurelius Cotta's army wiped out in 74 B.C. by Mithridates VI?
Chalcedon
3766
Who destroyed Marcus Aurelius Cotta's army in 74 B.C. at Chalcedon?
Mithridates VI
3767
Who gained command against Mithridates during the start of the Third Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3768
What year was the siege of Cyzicus?
73 B.C.
3769
Who defeated Mithridates VI during the siege of Cyzicus?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3770
Where did Lucius Licinius Lucullus defeat Mithridates in 73 B.C.?
Cyzicus
3771
What year was the battle of Cabira?
72 B.C.
3772
With the aid of what Galatian chieftain did Lucius Licinius Lucullus defeat Mithridates VI at Cabira in 72 B.C.?
Deiotarus
3773
Who defeated Mithridates VI at the battle of Cabira in 72 B.C.?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3774
At what battle of 72 B.C. did Deiotarus aid Lucius Licinius Lucullus in defeating Mithridates?
Cabira
3775
What year was the battle of Tigranocerta?
69 B.C.
3776
Who defeated Tigranes the Great (II) and captured the city of Tigranocerta in 69 B.C.?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3777
What year was the first battle of Zela?
67 B.C.
3778
What governor of Sicily did Cicero prosecute on a charge of extortion in 70 B.C.?
Gaius Verres
3779
Where did Gaius Verres serve as governor?
Sicily
3780
What year did Cicero persecute Gaius Verres on a charge of extortion?
70 B.C.
3781
Cicero persecuted Gaius Verres on a charge of what in 70 B.C.?
Extortion
3782
After the first oration, where did Gaius Verres flee to?
Massilia
3783
What man restored the second Temple of Castor and Pollux in 73 B.C.?
Gaius Verres
3784
What year did Gaius Verres restore the Temple of Castor and Pollux?
73 B.C.
3785
What temple did Gaius Verres restore in 73 B.C.?
Temple of Castor and Pollux
3786
What famous orator was Cicero's opponent?
Hortensius Hortalus
3787
What Novus Homo from Arpinum was called "The first foreign king at Rome since the Tarquins"?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
3788
Who did Cicero's daughter, Tullia, marry?
Cornelius Dolabella
3789
Where was Cicero born?
Aprinum
3790
Marius and Cicero were distantly related through what grandmother of theirs?
Gratidia
3791
What grandmother of Cicero related Marius to him?
Gratidia
3792
Because of his grandmother Gratidia, Cicero and what man were distantly related?
Gaius Marius
3793
What lieutenant of Lucius Licinius Lucullus was defeated by Mithridates at the first battle of Zela in 67 B.C.?
Gaius Triarius
3794
Where was Gaius Triarius defeated in 67 B.C.?
Zela
3795
Who defeated Gaius Triarius at Zela in 67 B.C.?
Mithridates VI
3796
Who demanded that Julius Caesar marry Cornelia?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
3797
What year was the Lex Manilia passed?
66 B.C.
3798
What year was Marcus Licinius Crassus elected censor?
65 B.C.
3799
Who invaded Armenia and forced Tigranes II to become a subordinate ally of Rome?
Pompeius Magnus
3800
Where did Pompey abandon his chase for Mithridates VI?
Caucasus
3801
Who murdered his wives and daughters after he was shut in his palace, without hope of escape? (After which, he killed himself)
Mithridates VI
3802
What man supposedly possessed an immunity to poison and was considered to be Rome's greatest enemy of the 1st century B.C.?
Mithridates VI
3803
Pompey took the side of who in Judea thus influencing Jewish theological history?
John Hyrcanus
3804
What son of Mithridates VI gave Pompey his body?
Pharnaces II
3805
What kingdom did Pompey give Pharnaces II in return for him handing over Mithridates VI's body?
Bosporus
3806
Who drove out Tigranes II from the Armenian throne and restored Antiochus XIII to the throne of Syria?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3807
After driving out Tigranes II from the Armenian throne, Lucius Licinius Lucullus restored what man to the throne of Syria?
Antiochus XIII
3808
Who was defeated at the battle of Tigranocerta in 69 B.C. by Lucius Licinius Lucullus?
Tigranes II
3809
What year was John Hyrcanus restored to his position as High Priest?
63 B.C.
3810
In 63 B.C., John Hyrcanus was restored to what religious position?
High priest
3811
Who was John Hyrcanus' brother?
Aristobulus
3812
What title did the Jews refer to as "king", the same thing John Hyrcanus called himself?
Ethnarch
3813
What two brothers disputed the throne of Judea so that Pompey had to intervene?
John Hyrcanus and Aristobulus
3814
Aristobulus was supported by what group in Judea?
Sadducees
3815
What brother of Hyrcanus was supported by the Sadducees?
Aristobulus
3816
John Hyrcanus was supported by what group in Judea?
Pharisees
3817
What brother of Aristobulus was supported by the Pharisees?
John Hyrcanus
3818
Whom did Pompey choose to rule Judea?
John Hyrcanus
3819
Who rewarded Deiotarus with the title of "king" and with parts of eastern Pontus for driving out Mithridates' troops from Phrygia in 64 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3820
What year did Pompey the Great award Deiotarus with parts of eastern Pontus for driving out Mithridates' troops from Phrygia?
64 B.C.
3821
Deiotarus was rewarded for driving out Mithridates VI's troops from where in 64 B.C.?
Phrygia
3822
After being rewarded by Pompey, the senate granted what man Lesser Armenia and most of Galatia in 64 B.C.?
Deiotarus
3823
What king did Pompey refuse to call "king of kings"?
Phraates III
3824
Who refused to call Phraates III "king of kings"?
Pompeius Magnus
3825
Who was John Hyrcanus' younger son?
Alexander Jannaeus
3826
What tribune passed the Lex Manilia in 66 B.C.?
Gaius Manilius
3827
What law transferred command against Mithridates from Lucius Licinius Lucullus to Pompey?
Lex Manilia
3828
The Lex Manilia transferred command against Mithridates from Lucius Licinius Lucullus to whom?
Pompeius Magnus
3829
The Lex Manilia transferred command from whom to Pompey?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3830
What was the name of Cicero's speech arguing in favor of the Lex Manilia?
Pro Lege Manilia
3831
What year was battle of Nicopolis?
66 B.C.
3832
At what battle of 66 B.C. did Pompey decisively defeat Mithridates VI?
Nicopolis
3833
Who decisively defeated Mithridates VI at the battle of Nicopolis in 66 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3834
List in order the six major battles of the Third Mithridatic War and give the year that they were fought.
Chalcedon 74, Cyzicus 73, Lemnos 73, Cabira 72, Tigranocerta 69, Nicopolis 66
3835
Who had been the only officer to support Sulla in his march on Rome in 88 B.C.?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3836
Where did Mithridates commit suicide?
Panticapaeum
3837
What son of Mithridates led the rebellion against him at Panticapaeum in 63 B.C.?
Pharnaces II
3838
Where did Pharnaces II lead a rebellion against his father, Mithridates VI, in 63 B.C.?
Panticapaeum
3839
What year did Mithridates commit suicide?
63 B.C.
3840
What year was the Conspiracy of Catiline?
63 B.C.
3841
Cethegus and Lentulus were both put to death because of their participation in what clandestine event in 63 B.C.?
Catilinarian Conspiracy
3842
What two men were put to death because of their involvement in the Catilinarian Conspiracy?
Cethegus and Lentulus
3843
Who tried to overthrow the Republic as a last resort after losing consular elections for 63 and 62 B.C.?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
3844
Who were the consuls in the year 63 B.C.?
Marcus Tullius Cicero and Antonius Hybrida
3845
Who was Cicero's co-consul in 63 B.C.?
Antonius Hybrida
3846
What was passed against Catiline?
Senatus Consultum Ultimum
3847
Who wrote speeches against Catiline?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
3848
What title did Cicero receive in 63 B.C.?
Pater patriae
3849
What Gallic tribe gave away the Catilinarian plot?
Allobroges
3850
What consul of 68 B.C. was defeated by the pirates at Ostia?
Marcius Rex
3851
What year was the consul Marcius Rex defeated by the pirates at Ostia?
68 B.C.
3852
Where was the consul Marcius Rex defeated by pirates in 68 B.C.?
Ostia
3853
Who did Julius Caesar set up gold statues of in the forum?
Marius
3854
What year was the battle of Pistoria?
62 B.C.
3855
What daughter of Mithridates VI married Tigranes II?
Cleopatra the Elder
3856
Where did Lucullus defeat Mithridates VI in a naval battle in 73 B.C. giving the Romans better movement?
Lemnos
3857
What year was the battle of Lemnos?
73 B.C.
3858
What commander overtook the combined fleet of the Mithridatic admirals Marcus Marius, Alexander the Paphlagonian, and Dionysius the Eunuch, in the battle of Lemnos in 73 B.C.?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3859
Catiline formed an army under whom in Etruria?
Manlius
3860
What woman, the wife of a conspirator, gave Cicero information?
Fulvia
3861
At what battle of 62 B.C. was Catiline killed?
Pistoria
3862
What man went so far as to be adopted into a Plebeian gens so that he could, as a tribune, pass a law procuring the exile of Cicero?
Clodius Pulcher
3863
Clodius Pulcher got adopted into what type of gens so that he could pass a law procuring the exile of Cicero?
Plebeian
3864
What year did Clodius Pulcher dress as a woman at the Bona Dea Festival?
62 B.C.
3865
What does "Bona Dea" translate to?
Good goddess
3866
What Stoic man of great courage, soon became recognized as the spokesman of Sulla's optimate heirs in the senate?
Cato the Younger
3867
To many peoples' surprise, who immediately disbanded his army when he returned to Rome in 62 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3868
What year did Pompey disband his army when he returned to Rome?
62 B.C.
3869
Cicero testified against who when Cato the Younger brought charges of sacrilege against him?
Clodius Pulcher
3870
Who and his supporters were defeated by Caecilius Metellus Celer when they tried to cross the Apennines and were decisively defeated by Marcus Petreius at Pistoria?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
3871
When Catiline tried crossing the Apennines, what man blocked the mountain gates and prevented him passing through to Gaul?
Caecilius Metellus Celer
3872
Whose conspirators were put to death despite protests from Julius Caesar, who suggested life in prison?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
3873
Catiline was accused of killing his first wife and son so that he could marry what wealthy and beautiful woman?
Aurelia Orestilla
3874
Where was the Bona Dea Festival held?
Gaius Julius Caesar's house
3875
In 62 B.C., what wife of Julius Caesar hosted the Bona Dea festival?
Pompeia
3876
What festival did Caesar's wife, Pompeia, host?
Bona Dea
3877
Clodius Pulcher was admitted into the Bona Dea festival dressed as a woman on the intent that he would seduce what woman, a wife of Caesar?
Pompeia
3878
Who got land for his veterans?
Pompeius Magnus
3879
What tribune of 67 B.C. tried to veto the Lex Gabinia but the senate had already given him power which led to the withdrawal of the veto at the last moment?
Lucius Trebellius
3880
What law did Lucius Trebellius try to veto?
Lex Gabinia
3881
What year did Lucius Trebellius serve as tribune?
67 B.C.
3882
Along with the tribune Lucius Trebellius, what consul of 67 B.C. opposed the Lex Gabinia?
Gaius Calpurnius Piso
3883
What year did the consul Gaius Calpurnius Piso oppose the Lex Gabinia?
67 B.C.
3884
In what year did Pompey make Aulus Gabinius consul, thus also being a novus homo?
58 B.C.
3885
What Greek scholar did Lucullus bring back to Rome during the Third Mithridatic War?
Tyrannio of Amisus
3886
What Greek historian did Pompey bring back to Rome at the end of the Third Mithridatic War?
Theophanes of Mytilene
3887
What tribune of 63 B.C. did Marcus Licinius Crassus instruct to carry out a harmless looking Gracchan type bill for an extensive redistribution of land in Italy and all of the provinces?
Servilius Rullus
3888
What year was the tribune Servilius Rullus instructed by Marcus Licinius Crassus to carry out a harmless looking Gracchan type bill for an extensive redistribution of land in Italy and all of the provinces?
63 B.C.
3889
Who instructed the tribune Servilius Rullus to carry out a Gracchan type bill for an extensive redistribution of land in Italy and all of the provinces?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3890
In 63 B.C., who proposed a law that would have established a land commission for distribution of land for Pompey's veterans?
Servilius Rullus
3891
Who opposed Servilius Rullus' land bill in 63 B.C. which led to its defeat?
Cicero
3892
Julius Caesar became Pontifex Maximus when what tribune carried a bill to transfer the choice of high priest back to a special electoral body of seventeen tribes?
Titus Labienus
3893
What office did Julius Caesar receive when Titus Labienus carried a bill to transfer the choice of high priest back to a special electoral body of seventeen tribes?
Pontifex Maximus
3894
Who killed Catiline at Pistoria in 62 B.C.?
Marcus Petreius
3895
What year did Marcus Petreius kill Catiline at Pistoria?
62 B.C.
3896
At what battle did Marcus Petreius kill Catiline in 62 B.C.?
Pistoria
3897
Who was killed by Marcus Petreius at the battle of Pistoria in 62 B.C.?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
3898
Who planned to annex Egypt and have his agent, Julius Caesar, rule as governor?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3899
Marcus Licinius Crassus planned to annex what province and have Julius Caesar rule there as governor?
Egypt
3900
What year was Catiline's first attempt to sue for the consulship?
65 B.C.
3901
Who proposed the title of "Pater Patriae" for Cicero for uncovering the Catilinarian Conspiracy?
Lutatius Catulus
3902
What title did Lutatius Catulus propose for Cicero to be awarded with after he uncovered the Catilinarian Conspiracy?
Pater Patriae
3903
Under whom did Julius Caesar begin his military career in 82 B.C. serving in Asia?
Marcus Thermus
3904
What year did Julius Caesar begin his military career in Asia under Marcus Thermus?
82 B.C.
3905
Who began their military career in Asia under Marcus Thermus in 82 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
3906
In 69 B.C. what port was permanently destroyed by pirates?
Delos
3907
What year did pirates permanently destroy the port at Delos?
69 B.C.
3908
In 69 B.C. the port at Delos was permanently destroyed by what type of people?
Pirates
3909
What king of Armenia, who came into power in 100 B.C., was the son-in-law of Mithridates and established a small hegemony in the East?
Tigranes II
3910
What year did Tigranes II come into power?
100 B.C.
3911
How was Tigranes II related to Mithridates VI?
Son-in-law
3912
Who did Aulus Gabinius appoint as "ad interim" for Lucullus while they awaited the arrival of Pompey?
Acilius Glabrio
3913
Who replaced Lucius Licinius Lucullus for a short time in the Third Mithridatic War?
Acilius Glabrio
3914
Who replaced Acilius Glabrio's command in the Third Mithridatic War?
Pompeius Magnus
3915
Who was Cicero's daughter?
Tullia
3916
Who was the wife of Cicero who bore him his daughter, Tullia?
Terentia
3917
What high-born, highly educated, and daring conspirator with Catiline in 63 B.C. was probably the mother of Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus?
Sempronia
3918
What slave of Terentia (Cicero's first wife) was so appreciated by her that she freed him? (Later, he established a school and probably shared its income with Terentia)
Diocles
3919
Who is said to have trained the freedman, Diocles?
Tyrannio of Amisus
3920
What freedman is said to have been trained by Tyrannio of Amisus?
Diocles
3921
What wife of Pompey did he divorce because she was alleged to have been unfaithful while he was fighting Mithridates?
Mucia Tertia
3922
Who gave the laudatio at Sulla's funeral in 78 B.C.?
Marcius Philippus
3923
In what year did Ptolemy Apion's Cyrenaica officially become a province after it was given to Rome in 96 B.C.?
74 B.C.
3924
Who served as consul in 65 B.C. and served as censor in 64 B.C.?
Lucius Aurelius Cotta
3925
What office did Lucius Aurelius Cotta hold in 65 B.C.?
Consul
3926
What office did Lucius Aurelius Cotta hold in 64 B.C.?
Censor
3927
What year did Lucius Licinius Lucullus and Marcus Aurelius Cotta serve as co-consuls?
74 B.C.
3928
Who were the two consuls of the year 74 B.C.?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus and Marcus Aurelius Cotta
3929
Catiline was able to battle the Republic because he rallied which tribe against Rome?
Allobroges
3930
Who was able to battle the Republic because he rallied the Allobroges against Rome?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
3931
What year did Lucius Licinius Lucullus die?
56 B.C.
3932
In 67 B.C., the tribune Gaius Cornelius passed a law mandating that holders of what position follow the edicts that they were required to lay down when they took office?
Praetor
3933
What year was Catiline appointed praetor?
68 B.C.
3934
What office was Catiline appointed to in 68 B.C.?
Praetor
3935
What year was Catiline made governor of Africa?
67 B.C.
3936
From what years was Catiline serving as governor of Africa?
67-66 B.C.
3937
Where did Catiline serve as governor from 67-66 B.C.?
Africa
3938
Who served as governor of Africa from 67-66 B.C.?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
3939
What man's execution for "plotting to be king" (hundreds of years prior) did Cicero cite as a precedent for executing Catiline?
Spurius Cassius
3940
Spurius Cassius' execution in 485 B.C. was cited as a precedent by Cicero for executing what man?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
3941
Where did Cicero serve as quaestor?
Sicily
3942
What island was cleared of pirates by Caecilius Metellus Creticus from 68-67 B.C.?
Crete
3943
Who cleared Crete of pirates from 68-67 B.C.?
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus
3944
From what years did Caecilius Metellus Creticus clear Crete of pirates?
68-67 B.C.
3945
What year did Caecilius Metellus Creticus clear Crete of pirates?
67 B.C.
3946
Who finally managed to complete what Marcus Antonius Creticus failed to do by clearing pirates from Crete and subsequently establishing it as a province from 68-67 B.C.?
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus
3947
At what age was Pompey the Great elected consul with Marcus Licinius Crassus in 70 B.C.?
35
3948
What son of a famous dictator was the first over the wall during the siege of Jerusalem in 63 B.C.?
Faustus Sulla
3949
Faustus Sulla was the first over the wall of what city during its siege in 63 B.C.?
Jerusalem
3950
What two members of the Metelli opposed Pompey's request for land for his veterans in 60 B.C.?
Celer, Creticus
3951
Which leader of the optimates inadvertently drove Caesar, Pompey and Crassus to form the First Triumvirate by virtue of his stubborn, obstructive tactics in the Senate?
Cato the Younger
3952
Who became Cato the Younger's political enemy when Cato brought charges of sacrilege against him, aided by the eager testimony of Cicero?
Clodius Pulcher
3953
What second husband of Atia and step-father of Octavian served as governor of Syria from 61-59 B.C.?
Marcius Philippus
3954
From what years did Marcius Philippus, the second husband of Atia and step-father of Octavian, serve as governor of Syria?
61-59 B.C.
3955
Where did Marcius Philippus, the second husband of Atia and step-father of Octavian, serve as governor from 61-59 B.C.?
Syria
3956
Who delivered a speech arguing in favor of Pompey the Great's command against Mithridates?
Cicero
3957
What occupation did Cicero respect and hold on par with medicine?
Architecture
3958
What commander incurred the distrust of the Senate when he imposed special taxes in Asia to restore economic prosperity?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
3959
In what province did Lucullus impose special taxes to restore economic prosperity?
Asia
3960
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (Caesar and random stuff from 59-51 B.C.)
3961
What law, passed by Julius Caesar in 59 B.C., regulated the administration of the provinces, drastically controlled extortion, and forbade governors to accept gifts under punishment of death?
Lex Julia de Repetundis
3962
What year did Julius Caesar pass the Lex Julia de Repetundis?
59 B.C.
3963
At the funeral of what aunt of Julius Caesar's did he give a eulogy of the Julian gens?
Julia
3964
When Marcus Licinius Crassus expressed aim of going to war with Parthia and not everyone approved, what tribune of 55 B.C. tried to arrest him for breaking faith with Parthia?
Ateius Capito
3965
What year did the tribune Ateius Capito try to arrest Marcus Licinius Crassus for breaking faith with Parthia?
55 B.C.
3966
Who was charged with extortion in Syria in 54 B.C.?
Aulus Gabinius
3967
What year was Aulus Gabinius charged with extortion in Syria?
54 B.C.
3968
What nobleman, a candidate for the consulship of 55 B.C., proposed a bill for the recall of Caesar from Gaul at the earliest possible moment?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
3969
What year did Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus try to deprive Caesar of his province?
55 B.C.
3970
What award did Caesar win for saving the life of a fellow soldier in battle?
Corona Civica
3971
At what siege did Julius Caesar earn the Corona Civica in 87 B.C.?
Mytilene
3972
Who earned the Corona Civica at the siege of Mytilene in 87 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
3973
What year did Gaius Julius Caesar earn the Corona Civia at the siege of Mytilene?
87 B.C.
3974
What wife of Julius Caesar did he refuse to divorce even after Sulla commanded him to do so?
Cornelia
3975
The tribune Ateius Capito tried to arrest what man for breaking faith with Parthia?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
3976
Which of Caesar's 3 wives did he divorce?
Pompeia
3977
What structure burned down in 52 B.C. during Clodius Pulcher's funeral because a funeral pyre ignited it?
Curia Hostilia
3978
In what structure was Clodius Pulcher's body cremated?
Curia Hostilia
3979
During whose funeral in 52 B.C. did the Curia Hostilia burn down because a funeral pyre ignited it?
Clodius Pulcher
3980
What year did the Curia Hostilia burn down?
52 B.C.
3981
What building replaced the Curia Hostilia after its destruction?
Curia Cornelia
3982
What building did the Curia Cornelia replace?
Curia Hostilia
3983
Who was the mother of Caesar?
Aurelia
3984
What half-sister of Cato the Younger did Caesar have a long-running affair with?
Servilia
3985
Who is credited with the construction of the first permanent theater in Rome, which he dedicated in 55 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
3986
What year did Pompey the Great dedicate the first ever permanent theater in Rome?
55 B.C.
3987
How was Servilia (woman that Caesar had an affair with) related to Cato the Younger?
Half-sister
3988
What woman was Caesar first either engaged or married to before Cornelia?
Cossutia
3989
Julius Caesar broke off his engagement to Cossutia to marry whom?
Cornelia
3990
Who did Caesar break off an engagement with so that he could marry Cornelia?
Cossutia
3991
Who was Servilia's (woman that Caesar had an affair with) half-brother?
Cato the Younger
3992
Who did Julius Caesar set up gold statues of in the forum?
Marius
3993
What year was the first Triumvirate formed?
60 B.C.
3994
Who were the members of the first Triumvirate?
Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Pompeius Magnus
3995
What cemented the alliance of the First Triumvirate?
Caesar's daughter Julia married Pompey
3996
What was the exact date on which Julius Caesar was born?
July 12th, 100 B.C.
3997
What year was Julius Caesar elected to be quaestor?
69 B.C.
3998
What year was Julius Caesar elected Aedile?
65 B.C.
3999
What great general was elected Aedile in 65 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4000
What year was Julius Caesar first elected to be Pontifex Maximus?
63 B.C.
4001
What year was Julius Caesar first elected to be praetor?
62 B.C.
4002
What year was Julius Caesar first elected to be consul?
59 B.C.
4003
Who were the consuls in the year 59 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
4004
Who were the consuls of 58 B.C.?
Aulus Gabinius and Calpurnius Piso
4005
What son-in-law of Cato the Younger was Caesar's consular colleague in 59 B.C.?
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
4006
How was Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus related to Cato the Younger?
Son-in-law
4007
Who was Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus' famous father-in-law?
Cato the Younger
4008
What king of Egypt is said to have paid Aulus Gabinius 10,000 talents to raid Egypt?
Ptolemy XII Auletes
4009
What explanation had the senate given Pompey from restoring Ptolemy Auletes to the throne with Roman military power?
They said the Sibylline Books forbade it
4010
The senate said that the Sibylline Books forbade what man from restoring Ptolemy Auletes to the throne with Roman military power?
Pompeius Magnus
4011
How many talents is Ptolemy XII Auletes said to have paid Aulus Gabinius
10000
4012
Who did Marcus Licinius Crassus replace as governor of Syria in 54 B.C.?
Aulus Gabinius
4013
What year did Marcus Licinius Crassus replace Aulus Gabinius as governor of Syria?
54 B.C.
4014
Who replaced Aulus Gabinius as governor of Syria in 54 B.C.?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
4015
Where was Marcus Licinius Crassus made governor in 54 B.C.?
Syria
4016
During what performance of Euripides was Marcus Licinius Crassus' grisly head displayed at the Parthian Court?
Bacchae
4017
Whose head was displayed during a performance of Euripedes' Bacchae at the Parthian court?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
4018
During a performance of whose "Bacchae" was Marcus Licinius Crassus' head displayed?
Euripedes
4019
Who was often called "the richest man in Rome"?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
4020
What does the cognomen "Dives" mean?
Rich
4021
What aunt of Julius Caesar was the wife of Marius?
Julia
4022
How was Marius related to Julius Caesar?
Uncle
4023
Who was Julius Caesar's uncle?
Gaius Marius
4024
Who was Julius Caesar's first wife?
Cornelia
4025
Who was Cornelia's (Julius Caesar's first wife) father?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
4026
Who was Julius Caesar's father-in-law by Cornelia?
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
4027
How was Cinna related to Julius Caesar?
Father-in-law
4028
What year is often referred to as "The consulship of Julius and Caesar"?
59 B.C.
4029
What consular colleague of Julius Caesar was so weak and ineffectual that many Romans called the year in which he served "the consulship of Julius and Caesar"?
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
4030
After Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus' opponents broke his fasces and dumped feces on his head, how did he respond?
Retired from public life
4031
Caesar's optimate enemies created a bribery fund to support who?
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
4032
Julius Caesar used funds from what friend of Pompey?
Lucius Lucceius
4033
What man retired from public life after losing the election for the consulship in 59 B.C. and was so disgusted with himself that he devoted himself to writing a history of the Social and Civil Wars?
Lucius Lucceius
4034
Who was another candidate for the year 59 B.C. but lost the election?
Lucius Lucceius
4035
What famous orator did Julius Caesar make overtures at to join the First Triumvirate?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4036
Where did Cicero spend part of 58 and 57 B.C. in exile?
Macedonia
4037
From what years was Cicero in exile at Macedonia?
58-57 B.C.
4038
What man was in exile at Macedonia from 58-57 B.C.?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4039
Who received a five-year governorship of Cisalpine Gaul, Illyricum, and later Transalpine Gaul that allowed him to wage his Gallic Wars?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4040
What year was the Lex Vatinia made?
59 B.C.
4041
What tribune passed a law that gave Julius Caesar the governorship of Cisalpine Gaul and of Illyricum for five years starting in 59 B.C.?
Publius Vatinius
4042
The Lex Vatinia gave Julius Caesar the governorship of what two provinces for five years?
Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum
4043
For how many years did the Lex Vatinia give Caesar the governorship in Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum?
5
4044
Who was exiled to Macedon due to a law based by Clodius Pulcher that exiled anyone who had put a Roman citizen to death without a trial?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4045
Who famously violated the Bona Dea festival in 62 B.C. by dressing as a woman?
Clodius Pulcher
4046
To where was Annius Milo forced into exile in 52 B.C., after being convicted of the murder of Clodius Pulcher by a vote of 38 to 13?
Massilia
4047
What year was Annius Milo forced into exile at Massilia?
52 B.C.
4048
Who was forced into exile at Massilia after being convicted of the murder of Clodius Pulcher?
Annius Milo
4049
Who was Julius Caesar's second wife?
Pompeia
4050
Who was Julius Caesar's third and final wife?
Calpurnia
4051
Who, at one point arrested the obstructive Cato the Younger, but set him free?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4052
What daily bulletin, which contained the texts of all currently enacted laws and debate summaries as well as the proceedings of the senate, did Julius Caesar publish?
Acta Diurna
4053
What man published the Acta Diurna?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4054
Who claimed that Pompeia was his lover, which got Julius Caesar to divorce her?
Clodius Pulcher
4055
What did Julius Caesar say when divorcing his second wife, Pompeia?
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
4056
Who was killed in a gang fight against his rival, Annius Milo, in 52 B.C.?
Clodius Pulcher
4057
What tribune of 58 B.C. arranged to have Cato the Younger sent on a mission to Cyprus which Rome had expropriated?
Clodius Pulcher
4058
What was Clodius Pulcher known as?
Uncrowned king of Rome
4059
While tribune in 58 B.C., Clodius Pulcher arranged to have what man sent on a mission to Cyprus?
Cato the Younger
4060
While tribune in 58 B.C., Clodius Pulcher arranged to have Cato the Younger exiled to where?
Cyprus
4061
What year did Clodius Pulcher try to send Cato the Younger into exile at Cyprus?
58 B.C.
4062
What tribune attempted to send Cato the Younger into exile at Cyprus in 58 B.C.?
Clodius Pulcher
4063
What year did Clodius Pulcher serve as tribune?
58 B.C.
4064
Why did Clodius Pulcher banish Cicero?
Cicero put a citizen to death without a trial
4065
What year did Annius Milo kill Clodius Pulcher?
52 B.C.
4066
What rival of his killed Clodius Pulcher in 52 B.C.?
Annius Milo
4067
What term does Cicero use to describe the conflict that came about when Clodius Pulcher and Annius Milo met by accident while travelling along the Via Appia with armed supporters in 52 B.C.?
Battle of Bovillae
4068
Near what ancient town in Lazio did Clodius Pulcher and Annius Milo cross paths with armed supporters while travelling along the Via Appia?
Bovillae
4069
Where was Clodius Pulcher's body cremated and placed in the year 52 B.C.?
Curia Hostilia
4070
Whose body was cremated and placed in the Curia Hostilia in 52 B.C.?
Clodius Pulcher
4071
What was the turning point for the First Triuvirate?
Julia's death
4072
What law, passed by Gaius Trebonius in 55 B.C. assigned the triumvirs their provinces for the next five years?
Lex Trebonia
4073
What year was the Lex Trebonia passed?
55 B.C.
4074
What tribune of 55 B.C. gave proconsulship to both Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus?
Gaius Trebonius
4075
The tribune Gaius Trebonius in 55 B.C. gave the proconsulship to what two men?
Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus
4076
What year did Gaius Trebonius give the proconsulship to Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus?
55 B.C.
4077
What Parthian commander of King Orodes II defeated and killed Marcus Licinius Crassus at Carrhae in 53 B.C.?
Surena
4078
Against what people did Marcus Licinius Crassus campaign, leading to his death in 53 B.C.?
Parthians
4079
Who executed Surena for fear of a possible revolt against the king?
Orodes II
4080
The Parthian commander Surena was under what king of Parthia?
Orodes II
4081
At what battle did Marcus Licinius Crassus die in 53 B.C.?
Carrhae
4082
What year did Marcus Licinius Crassus die at the Battle of Carrhae?
53 B.C.
4083
What year was the Battle of Carrhae?
53 B.C.
4084
Who held consulships in 55 B.C.?
Marcus Licinius Crassus and Pompeius Magnus
4085
Who was the king of Parthia at the time of the Battle of Carrhae?
Orodes II
4086
What future killer of Caesar survived the Battle of Carrhae?
Gaius Cassius Longinus
4087
Caesar gained governorship of what three provinces through the agency of Publius Vatinius for 5 years starting on March 1, 59 B.C.?
Cisalpine Gaul, Illyricum, Narbonese Gaul
4088
Who did the governor of Syria, Aulus Gabinius, reinstate as king in 55 B.C.?
Ptolemy XII Auletes
4089
Who did Pompey send to restore Ptolemy XII Aulutes in 55 B.C., to whom Ptolemy gave 10,000 talents?
Aulus Gabinius
4090
Who sent Aulus Gabinius to restore Ptolemy XII Auletes in 55 B.C., to whom Ptolemy gave 10,000 talents?
Pompeius Magnus
4091
What year did the governor of Syria, Aulus Gabinius, reinstate Ptolemy XII Auletes as king?
55 B.C.
4092
What governor of Syria reinstated Ptolemy XII as king in 55 B.C.?
Aulus Gabinius
4093
Where was Aulus Gabinius serving as governor when he reinstated Ptolemy XII Auletes as king in 55 B.C.?
Syria
4094
What year did Ptolemy XII Auletes die?
51 B.C.
4095
In what year did Pompey make Aulus Gabinius consul, thus being a Novus Homo?
58 B.C.
4096
Who ran for the consulship of 55 B.C. and said that as soon as he was elected, he would introduce a bill to recall Caesar from Gaul?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
4097
What year did Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus run for office and say that as soon as he was elected, he would introduce a bill to recall Caesar from Gaul?
55 B.C.
4098
What consul preceded a State of Emergency when he stopped Cicero's proposal for Caesar to retain Illyricum but not Cisalpine Gaul and Pompey only Spain in 56 B.C.?
Cornelius Lentulus
4099
What daughter of Cato the Younger was like her father with respect to his outspoken republicanism?
Porcia
4100
What year did Cato the Younger run for election of consul but failed in doing so?
53 B.C.
4101
Who ran for consul in 53 B.C. but lost the election?
Cato the Younger
4102
What office did Cato the Younger run for in 53 B.C. but lost the election?
Consul
4103
What year was Clodius Pulcher quaestor?
61 B.C.
4104
What office did Clodius Pulcher hold in 61 B.C.?
Quaestor
4105
Who was given the nickname "Queen of Bithynia" for his possible sexual relations with the current king of Bithynia, Nicomedes IV?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4106
What nickname was Julius Caesar given for his possible sexual relations with Nicomedes IV?
Queen of Bithynia
4107
Julius Caesar was given the nickname "Queen of Bithynia" for his possible sexual relations with what king of Bithynia?
Nicomedes IV
4108
Who had a chamber pot dropped on his head when he unsuccessfully tried to oppose a bill granting land to Pompey's veterans returning from the east?
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
4109
What did Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus have dropped on his head when he unsuccessfully tried to oppose a bill granting land to Pompey's veterans returning from the east?
Chamber pot
4110
Where in Macedonia did Cicero first travel to after being exiled for refusing the offer of joining the First Triumvirate in 58 B.C.?
Thessalonica
4111
For what reason was Cicero exiled in 58 B.C.?
Refused to join the First Triumvirate
4112
What year did Annius Milo serve as tribune?
57 B.C.
4113
Who served as tribune in 57 B.C.?
Annius Milo
4114
Who served as tribune in 58 B.C.?
Clodius Pulcher
4115
At a funeral oration for his aunt, Caesar divulged that this aunt was a descendant of which Roman king?
Ancus Marcius
4116
What aunt of Caesar did he divulge that she was a descendant of Ancus Marcius?
Julia
4117
What man said that Julia (his aunt) was a descendant of Ancus Marcius?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4118
Who was the mother of Caesar's daughter, Julia?
Cornelia
4119
With what wife of his did Caesar have Julia?
Cornelia
4120
What daughter did Cornelia bare to Caesar?
Julia
4121
How was Caesar related to Atia (mother of Octavian)?
Uncle
4122
What niece of Caesar was the mother of Octavian?
Atia
4123
What great general was Atia (mother of Octavian) the niece of?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4124
What lieutenant of Caesar betrayed him by riding back to Rome before the crossing of the Rubicon?
Titus Labienus
4125
Under which renowned philosopher and rhetorician did both Cicero and Caesar study while in Greece?
Apollonius
4126
What statesmen and tribune passed laws giving free gifts of grain to the public?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
4127
From whom does Caesar's legion in Galatia take its name?
Deiotarus
4128
As part of his reforms, Caesar increased membership of the Roman Senate to what number?
900
4129
What man increased the number of members in the Roman Senate to 900?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4130
Where was Cicero made governor in 51 B.C.?
Cilicia
4131
Who was made governor of Cilicia in 51 B.C.?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4132
What year was Cicero made governor of Cilicia?
51 B.C.
4133
During Cicero's proconsulship in Cilicia in 51 B.C., where did he earn a triumph for defeating a group of bandits?
Mt. Amanus
4134
Who defeated a group of bandits at Mt. Amanus while serving as governor of Cilicia in 51 B.C.?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4135
Who lifted the ban of Latin rhetoricians that was originally instituted in 92 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4136
In 56 B.C. the Parthian king Orodes II crushed what former lieutenant of Pompey because he supported a pretender to the Parthian throne?
Aulus Gabinius
4137
What year did Orodes II crush Aulus Gabinius because he supported a pretender to the Parthian throne?
56 B.C.
4138
What Parthian king crushed Aulus Gabinius in 56 B.C. because he supported a pretender to the Parthian throne?
Orodes II
4139
Against whom did Julius Caesar mount an attack on the Senatus Consultum Ultimum because the accused had taken part in the shameful murder of Saturninus?
Rabirius
4140
Who mounted an attack on the Senatus Consultum Ultimum against Rabirius because the accused had taken part in the shameful murder of Saturninus?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4141
What legate of Caesar sent him a letter in 57 B.C. detailing the warlike preparations of the Belgians?
Titus Labienus
4142
Due to the disorder in Rome as a result of Clodius Pulcher's murder, whom did the Senate appoint sole consul for 52 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
4143
What son of Marcus Licinius Crassus was also killed at Carrhae in 53 B.C.?
Publius Licinius Crassus
4144
What consul of 58 B.C. was the father of Julius Caesar's final wife, Calpurnia?
Lucius Calpurnius Piso
4145
Who vetoed Caesar's land bill that would give Pompey's veterans settlements in 59 B.C.?
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
4146
Where did Cato the Younger become governor in 58 B.C.?
Cyprus
4147
What year did Cato the Younger become governor of Cyprus?
58 B.C.
4148
What precursor to the Acta Diurna was a set of historical recordings, compiled by the pontifex maximus and arranged chronically, of major events and announcements posted on an album outside the Regia?
Annales Maximi
4149
What year was the Acta Diurna established by Gaius Julius Caesar?
59 B.C.
4150
Gaius Julius Caesar forbade auctioneers and undertakers from what occupation?
Public office/Politics
4151
Who claimed divine descent from Venus through Ascanius?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4152
Caesar claimed divine descent from what deity through Ascanius?
Venus
4153
What did the name "Caesar" mean?
Long-haired
4154
Following a Sibylline oracle that said the Parthians could only be defeated by a rex, a motion was put before the Senate to make what man king, but only outside of Italy?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4155
A Sibylline oracle said that what people could only be defeated by a rex, thus a motion was put before the Senate to make Gaius Julius Caesar king, but only outside of Italy?
Parthians
4156
In 75 B.C., what future dictator was kidnapped at the age of 25 by pirates in the Aegean Sea and ransomed for 50 talents?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4157
Pirates of what body of water kidnapped Caesar in 75 B.C. and ransomed him for 50 talents?
Aegean Sea
4158
For how many talents was Caesar ransomed after being kidnapped by pirates in the Aegean Sea in 75 B.C.?
50
4159
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (Gallic Wars)
4160
What were the dates of Caesar's Gallic Wars?
58-51 B.C.
4161
Orgetorix of the Helvetii persuaded what two men to join the conspiracy in the hopes of gaining control of Gaul in 58 B.C.?
Dumnorix and Casticus
4162
What brother of Divitiacus, along with Casticus, was persuaded by Orgetorix to join the conspiracy in the hopes of gaining control of Gaul in 58 B.C.?
Dumnorix
4163
Who persuaded Dumnorix and Casticus to join the conspiracy in the hopes of gaining control of Gaul in 58 B.C.?
Orgetorix
4164
What three men did Caesar say were in a plot to dominate Gaul in 58 B.C.?
Orgetorix, Dumnorix, and Casticus
4165
Under the leadership of what two men did the Remi side themselves with Caesar?
Iccius and Andecombogius
4166
In 55 B.C., what two German tribes were expelled from their homeland into Northern Belgium which led to a peace treaty and then a massacre all at the hands of Caesar?
Usipetes and Tencteri
4167
What year were the two German tribes, Usipetes and Tencteri, expelled from their homeland into Northern Belgium which led to a peace treaty and then a massacre all at the hands of Caesar?
55 B.C.
4168
Caesar had his men make a trestle bridge over the narrow swift reach of the Rhine River near what rock?
Lorelei Rock
4169
What man had his men make a trestle bridge over the narrow swift reach of the Rhine River near the Lorelei Rock?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4170
Julius Caesar had his men make a trestle bridge over what river?
Rhine River
4171
Where in Britain were the Trinovantes located?
Essex
4172
What tribe was located in Essex?
Trinovantes
4173
Under the leadership of Iccius and Andecombogius, what tribe allied themselves with Caesar?
Remi
4174
Who did Julius Caesar repel from Aeduan territory?
Helvetii
4175
Who defeated Ariovistus of the Suebi in 58 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4176
What year did Julius Caesar defeat Ariovistus of the Suebi?
58 B.C.
4177
What chieftain of the Suebi led an attack against Caesar's forces in Gaul in 58 B.C.?
Ariovistus
4178
Who had gotten Cicero exiled in 58 B.C.?
Clodius Pulcher
4179
Who was exiled by Clodius Pulcher in 58 B.C.?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4180
After being exiled by Clodius Pulcher, what two men did Cicero go to for help, the consuls of that year (58 B.C.)?
Aulus Gabinius and Calpurnius Piso
4181
Where did Clodius Pulcher make Cato the Younger governor in order to get rid of him?
Cyprus
4182
Where did Caesar decisively defeat the Helvetii in 58 B.C.?
Bibracte
4183
What year was the battle of Bibracte?
58 B.C.
4184
What tribe did Caesar defeat at the Battle of Bibracte in 58 B.C.?
Helvetii
4185
What leader of the Helvetii did Julius Caesar defeat at the battle of Bibracte in 58 B.C.?
Orgetorix
4186
Where did Caesar first defeat the migrating Helvetii in 58 B.C.?
Arar
4187
What tribe was defeated at the battle of Arar in 58 B.C.?
Helvetii
4188
Next to what river did Caesar destroy nearly a quarter of the Helvetii in 58 B.C.?
Arar
4189
What year did Caesar destroy nearly a quarter of the Helvetii next to the Arar River?
58 B.C.
4190
What tribe did Titus Labienus defeat at the River Arar while Caesar was being attacked by the Helvetii?
Tigurini
4191
What deputy of Caesar defeated the Tigurini at the River Arar while Caesar was being attacked by the Helvetii?
Titus Labienus
4192
What wealthy aristocrat from the Helvetii fought Caesar in 58 B.C.?
Orgetorix
4193
Of what tribe was the wealthy aristocrat, Orgetorix?
Helvetii
4194
At what battle of 58 B.C. did Julius Caesar defeat Ariovistus of the Suebi?
Vosges
4195
What year was the battle of Vosges?
58 B.C.
4196
What tribe did Julius Caesar defeat at the battle of Vosges in 58 B.C.?
Suebi
4197
At what battle of 57 B.C. did Julius Caesar defeat the Belgic Nervii?
River Sambre (Sabis)
4198
In what year did the Belgic Nervii begin their fight at Sambre (Sabis) against Caesar?
57 B.C.
4199
What Belgic tribe did Caesar defeat at the Battle of Sambre (Sabis)?
Nervii
4200
What is an alternate name for the Battle of Sambre which was fought in 57 B.C. against the Nervii?
Sabis
4201
Where did Caesar have his winter headquarters in 56 B.C.?
Ravenna
4202
What year were Caesar's winter headquarters set up at Ravenna?
56 B.C.
4203
What leader of the Eburones fought Caesar during his Gallic campaigns from 54-51 B.C.?
Ambiorix
4204
What year did Caesar defeat Ambiorix of the Eburones?
53 B.C.
4205
Of what tribe was Ambiorix the king?
Eburones
4206
What year did the Eburones begin their war against Caesar?
54 B.C.
4207
When the senate got word of all Julius Caesar's triumphs, how many days did they declare an unprecedented long thanksgiving?
15
4208
What man defeated the Belgae in 57 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4209
What Druidic chieftain of the Aedui requested aid against the Suebi from Julius Caesar?
Divitiacus
4210
Of what tribe was Divitiacus?
Aedui
4211
Divitiacus requested aid from Caesar against what tribe?
Suebi
4212
What chieftain was Divitiacus' brother?
Dumnorix
4213
Where did Caesar station his troops during the winter of 58 to 57 B.C.?
Vesontio
4214
What tribe did Caesar defeat in 57 B.C.?
Nervii
4215
What year did Julius Caesar defeat the Nervii?
57 B.C.
4216
Who was the chieftain of the Nervii that Julius Caesar fought against in 57 B.C.?
Bodougnatus
4217
What year did Julius Caesar defeat the sea-faring Veneti?
56 B.C.
4218
What sea-faring tribe did Caesar defeat in 56 B.C.?
Veneti
4219
At what battle in 54 B.C. did Julius Caesar defeat the Catuvellauni under the British war king Cassivellaunus?
Thames River
4220
What year did Caesar defeat the Catuvellauni under the British king Cassivellaunus at Thames River?
54 B.C.
4221
What British war king did Caesar defeat at Thames River in 54 B.C.?
Cassivellaunus
4222
Where did Caesar defeat the Catuvellauni under Cassivellaunus in 54 B.C.?
Thames River
4223
Of what tribe was Cassivellaunus?
Catuvellauni
4224
What did Julius Caesar use to defeat the Veneti in 56 B.C.?
Scythes
4225
What two years did Julius Caesar cross into Britannia?
55, 54 B.C.
4226
What channel did Julius Caesar cross to fight Cassivellaunus in 55 B.C.?
English Channel
4227
Who defeated Cassivellaunus when campaigning in Germany?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4228
Who was almost defeated by the Nervii in 54 B.C.?
Quintus Cicero (brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero)
4229
What year did the Nervii almost defeat Quintus Cicero?
54 B.C.
4230
What tribe almost defeated Quintus Cicero in 54 B.C.?
Nervii
4231
Who saved Quintus Cicero from the Nervii in 54 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4232
Who was Julius Caesar's most important enemy in his Gallic campaigns?
Vercingetorix
4233
Who defeated Julius Caesar's forces at Gergovia in 52 B.C.?
Vercingetorix
4234
Where did Vercingetorix defeat Caesar's forces in 52 B.C.?
Gergovia
4235
What year was Caesar defeated by Vercingetorix at Gergovia?
52 B.C.
4236
Who was Vercingetorix's father?
Celtillos
4237
Who defeated Vercingetorix at the siege of Alesia in 52 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4238
At what battle, after his loss at Gergovia, did Caesar defeat Vercingetorix in 52 B.C.?
Alesia
4239
What year did Caesar defeat Vercingetorix at Alesia?
52 B.C.
4240
What Arvernian chieftain was displayed in Julius Caesar's triumph in 46 B.C. and executed shortly afterward?
Vercingetorix
4241
Of what tribe was Vercingetorix?
Arverni
4242
What year did the triumvirs have a meeting at Luca?
56 B.C.
4243
Where did the triumvirs meet in 56 B.C.?
Luca
4244
By how long was Julius Caesar's command in Gaul extended after the triumvirs' meeting in Luca in 56 B.C.?
5 years
4245
What year did Julius Caesar first attack Britain?
55 B.C.
4246
What year did Julia die?
54 B.C.
4247
What battle was Caesar's first major clash with Vercingetorix in the year 52 B.C.?
Avaricum
4248
What year did Caesar besiege and defeat the Gauls under Vercingetorix at Avaricum?
52 B.C.
4249
Who did Caesar defeat at Avaricum in 52 B.C.?
Vercingetorix
4250
At what stronghold did Julius Caesar brutally cut off the hands of every male prisoner and starve them as they begged for food in 51 B.C.?
Uxellodunum
4251
What was the final battle of the Gallic Wars, occurring in 51 B.C. where Caesar brutally tortured many slaves?
Uxellodunum
4252
How did Caesar treat the slaves, following the Siege of Uxellodunum?
Cut off the hands of every male prisoner
4253
What year was the final battle of the Gallic Wars, happening at Uxellodunum?
51 B.C.
4254
What chieftains, of the Carduci and Senones, respectively, did Caesar defeat at the siege of Uxellodunum in 51 B.C.?
Lucterius, Drapes
4255
What tribe was behind Lucterius at Uxellodunum when Caesar sieged them in 51 B.C.?
Carduci
4256
What tribe was behind Drapes at Uxellodunum when Caesar sieged them in 51 B.C.?
Senones
4257
Who aided Caesar in defeating the Veneti in 56 B.C. by improvising scythes on long poles to cut the enemy rigging on the seas?
Decimus Iunius Brutus
4258
What tribe did Decimus Iunius Brutus aid Caesar in defeating in 56 B.C.?
Veneti
4259
Who did Decimus Iunius Brutus aid in defeating the Veneti in 56 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4260
What weapons did Decimus Iunius Brutus improve which would be used to cut the Veneti's rigging?
Scythes
4261
Where was Julia (Caesar's daughter) buried?
Campus Martius
4262
Following Avaricum and preluding Alesia, where did Vercingetorix attack Julius Caesar in 52 B.C. but was repelled by Germanic cavalry which saved the Romans?
Dijon
4263
What saved the Romans from being defeated at the battle of Dijon in 52 B.C.?
Germanic cavalry
4264
What year was the battle of Dijon?
52 B.C.
4265
Who attacked Julius Caesar at Dijon in 52 B.C. but was repelled by Germanic cavalry which saved the Romans?
Vercingetorix
4266
In 57 B.C. where did Julius Caesar wait for the Belgae's supplies to run out, leading to them dispersing before there was even a battle?
Aisne
4267
What year did Caesar wait for the Belgae's supplies to run out at Aisne, leading to them dispersing before there was even a battle?
57 B.C.
4268
In 57 B.C., Caesar waited for what tribe's supplies to run out at Aisne, leading to them dispersing before there was even a battle?
Belgae
4269
Where did Caesar defeat Cassivellaunus and take his stronghold in the Upper Lea Valley?
Wheathampstead
4270
Where was Cassivellaunus' stronghold?
Weathampstead
4271
What leader's stronghold was located at Weathampstead?
Cassivellaunus
4272
Where did Cassivellaunus rule over a principality in Britain?
Middlesex and Hertfordshire
4273
What leader ruled over Middlesex and Hertfordshire?
Cassivellaunus
4274
The ingenious strategy of circumvallation was doubly used by Julius Caesar at what battle of 52 B.C.?
Alesia
4275
How did Caesar defeat Vercingetorix at Alesia?
Circumvallation
4276
Who made easy work of all the tribes along the western seaboard from Normandy to the Garonne during Caesar's Gallic campaigns?
Publius Licinius Crassus
4277
Following Decimus Brutus' victories over the Gauls, who advanced the to Pyrenees and reduced the small and weak Aquitanian tribes without struggle?
Publius Licinius Crassus
4278
Which of Caesar's lieutenants aided him in defeating Ariovistus at the foot of the Vosges in 58 B.C.?
Publius Licinius Crassus (son of Marcus Licinius Crassus)
4279
Following the battle of the Sambre (Sabis), what lieutenant of Caesar accepted the surrender of the tribes living on the western seaboard of Gaul in 57 B.C.?
Publius Licinius Crassus
4280
In the latter half of 55 B.C., Caesar crossed the English Channel and landed on the east coast of Kent but had to turn back when what happened?
Ships destroyed in a storm
4281
What year did Caesar cross the English Channel and land on the east coast of Kent but had to turn back when his ships were destroyed in a storm?
55 B.C.
4282
Cassivellaunus laid the foundation of British imperialism by subduing what neighboring tribe in Essex?
Trinovantes
4283
Where did Ambiorix destroy one and a half legions in 53 B.C.?
Liege
4284
Who destroyed one and a half legions at Liege in 53 B.C.?
Ambiorix
4285
What year did Ambiorix destroy one and a half legions at Liege?
53 B.C.
4286
Where were Caesar's headquarters located in 53 B.C. from which he marched to save Quintus Cicero (brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero) from the Nervii?
Samarobriva
4287
Who won a small victory at Lutetia in 52 B.C.?
Titus Labienus
4288
Who said that Caesar should be handed over to the Usipetes because of his betrayal and brutality towards them?
Cato the Younger
4289
Cato the Younger said that Caesar should be handed over to what tribe because of his betrayal and brutality towards them?
Usipetes
4290
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (Civil War of Caesar & Pompey)
4291
What was another name for Ptolemy XII Auletes?
Ptolemy the Fluteplayer
4292
Across what sea did Pompey flee in 49 B.C.?
Adriatic Sea
4293
What year did Pompey flee across the Adriatic Sea?
49 B.C.
4294
Who fled across the Adriatic Sea in 49 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
4295
For how many days was Caesar dictator in 48 B.C.?
11
4296
Who was elected dictator for 11 days in 48 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4297
What year was Caesar elected dictator for 11 days?
48 B.C.
4298
What son of Pompey the Great was instrumental in beating off Caesar during the siege of Petra in 48 B.C.?
Gnaeus Pompey
4299
At what siege did Gnaeus Pompey help to beat off Caesar in 48 B.C.?
Petra
4300
What son of Pompey the Great aided in beating off Caesar at the siege of Petra in 48 B.C.?
Gnaeus Pompey
4301
What year was the siege of Petra?
48 B.C.
4302
Who was co-consul with Caesar in 48 B.C.?
Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus
4303
Who was Caesar's co-consul in 46 B.C.?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
4304
What year were Caesar and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus consular colleagues?
46 B.C.
4305
In what year was Caesar sole consul?
45 B.C.
4306
What year did the former tribune Publius Vatinius become consul?
47 B.C.
4307
What temple did Pompey loot from 54-53 B.C. to fund his endeavors?
Temple at Jerusalem
4308
Who looted the Temple at Jerusalem from 54-53 B.C. to fund his endeavors?
Pompeius Magnus
4309
How did Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator die after the battle of Alexandria in 47 B.C.?
Drowned in the Nile
4310
What year did Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator die at Alexandria?
47 B.C.
4311
In what river did Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator drown in 47 B.C.?
Nile
4312
What year did Ptolemy XII Auletes die?
51 B.C.
4313
What adventurer in Egypt made an unsuccessful attempt to collect the money due from Ptolemy XII Auletes to Pompey and Caesar?
Rabirius Postumus
4314
What king of Egypt owed money to Pompey and Caesar, prompting Rabirius Postumus to conduct an unsuccessful attempt in collecting it?
Ptolemy XII Auletes
4315
Ptolemy XII Auletes owed money to what two men which prompted Rabirius Postumus to conduct an unsuccessful attempt in collecting the money?
Gaius Julius Caesar and Pompeius Magnus
4316
Who did Pompey appoint as his consular colleague for the remainder of the year 52 B.C.?
Metellus Scipio (Same one who died at Thapsus)
4317
What year were Pompey and Metellus Scipio (same one from Thapsus) consular colleagues?
52 B.C.
4318
How was Metellus Scipio related to Pompey?
Father-in-law
4319
What father-in-law of his was Pompeius Magnus' consular colleague in late 52 B.C.?
Metellus Scipio
4320
What year did Pompey become sole consul for the beginning of the year?
52 B.C.
4321
What year did Pompey and the Senate try to force Julius Caesar to lay down his command because his 5-year extended command ended?
50 B.C.
4322
What were the dates of the Civil War of Caesar?
49-45 B.C.
4323
What was the exact date that Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon?
January 10, 49 B.C.
4324
What river did Caesar cross on January 10, 49 B.C.?
Rubicon
4325
What did Julius Caesar say when he crossed the Rubicon?
Alea iacta est
4326
What is the meaning of Caesar's phrase "Alea iacta est" which he said when crossing the Rubicon?
The die is cast
4327
What does "Alea iacta est" mean?
The die is cast
4328
What year was the Senatus Consultum Ultimum passed against Julius Caesar?
49 B.C.
4329
What year was the battle of Ilerda?
49 B.C.
4330
At what battle did Julius Caesar march to Spain and defeat Pompey's commanders, Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius, in 49 B.C.?
Ilerda
4331
What two legates of Pompey led the Spaniards at the battle of Ilerda in 49 B.C.?
Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius
4332
Whose army was led by Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius at the battle of Ilerda in 49 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
4333
What ex-tribune of Caesar was defeated and killed by Attius Varus and Juba I at the battle of Bagradas Valley in 49 B.C.?
Scribonius Curio
4334
Where did Attius Varus serve as governor?
Africa
4335
Where did Juba I serve as king?
Numidia
4336
What year was the battle of Bagradas Valley where Attius Varus and Juba I defeated Scribonius Curio?
49 B.C.
4337
What African governor and Numidian king defeated the ex-tribune of Caesar, Scribonius Curio, at the battle of Bagradas Valley in 49 B.C.?
Attius Varus and Juba I
4338
Who did Fulvia marry after Clodius Pulcher died in 52 B.C.?
Scribonius Curio
4339
List, in order, the 3 husbands of Fulvia.
Clodius Pulcher, Scribonius Curio, Mark Antony
4340
What optimate consul in 50 B.C. tried to pass a Senatus Consultum Ultimum against Caesar, which Scribonius Curio vetoed?
Gaius Marcellus
4341
Who vetoed Gaius Marcellus' Senatus Consultum Ultimum against Caesar in 50 B.C.?
Scribonius Curio
4342
What year did Gaius Marcellus try to pass a Senatus Consultum Ultimum against Caesar, which Scribonius Curio vetoed?
50 B.C.
4343
What consul of 50 B.C. again pressed for Caesar's early recall; this time Pompey now declared himself in favor of giving Caesar no less, but also no more than his legal due?
Gaius Marcellus
4344
When Gaius Marcellus pressed for Caesar's early recall for a second time, what man declared himself in favor of giving Caesar no less, but also no more than his legal due?
Pompeius Magnus
4345
What consul of 51 B.C. made a counter proposal to Caesar's request to have a prolonged stay in Gaul to the end of 49 B.C.?
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
4346
What former quaestor of Marcus Licinius Crassus in 51 B.C. beat off the remnants of Orodes II's former army as they tried to invade Syria?
Gaius Cassius Longinus
4347
The former quaestor of 51 B.C., Gaius Cassius Longinus, beat off the remnants of what king whose army tried to invade Syria?
Orodes II
4348
What year did the former quaestor, Gaius Cassius, beat off the remnants of Orodes II's army as they tried to invade Syria?
51 B.C.
4349
What governor of Africa, along with Juba I, defeated Scribonius Curio at the battle of Bagradas Valley in 49 B.C.?
Attius Varus
4350
What Numidian king, along with Attius Varus, defeated Scribonius Curio at the Battle of Bagradas Valley in 49 B.C.?
Juba I
4351
What year was the battle of Dyrrachium?
48 B.C.
4352
At what battle of 48 B.C. did Pompey defeat Caesar?
Dyrrachium
4353
What year was the battle of Pharsalus?
48 B.C.
4354
Hoc voluērunt were Julius Caesar's words after what battle in 48 B.C.?
Pharsalus
4355
What did Caesar say after the battle of Pharsalus? (in Latin)
Hoc voluerunt
4356
What do the words "Hoc voluerunt" mean?
They wanted this
4357
Who was Caesar's co-consul in 44 B.C.?
Mark Antony
4358
What year was Gaius Julius Caesar assassinated?
44 B.C.
4359
What does the quote by Metellus Scipio "imperator se bene habet" mean? (Said at Thapsus in 46 B.C.)
All is well with the general
4360
Who commemorated his victory in a curiously hybrid coinage showing on one side a Parthian horse of Arab type with a quiver?
Quintus Labienus (son of Titus Labienus)
4361
Who spoke the words "Imperator se bene habet" at Thapsus in 46 B.C. as he was mortally wounded?
Metellus Scipio
4362
At what battle did the commander Metellus Scipio say "imperator se bene habet" in 46 B.C.?
Thapsus
4363
What year did Metellus Scipio say "Imperator se bene habet" at Thapsus?
46 B.C.
4364
What mortally wounded general exclaimed "imperator se bene habet" in an attempt to encourage his troops to defeat Caesar at Thapsus?
Metellus Scipio
4365
What year did Caesar speak the words "Hoc voluerunt" after Pharsalus?
48 B.C.
4366
At what battle of 48 B.C. did Julius Caesar decisively defeat Pompey?
Pharsalus
4367
What future Triumvire aided Julius Caesar at Pharsalus?
Mark Antony
4368
After what battle did Pompey flee to Alexandria, Egypt in 48 B.C.?
Pharsalus
4369
Where did Pompey the Great die in 48 B.C.?
Pelusium, Egypt
4370
What year did Pompey the Great die at Pelusium, Egypt?
48 B.C.
4371
On the orders of what Egyptian king was Pompey assassinated upon his arrival at Alexandria?
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
4372
What year was the Second Battle of Zela?
47 B.C.
4373
Who did Julius Caesar defeat at the second battle of Zela in 47 B.C.?
Pharnaces II
4374
At what battle did Caesar defeat Pharnaces II?
Zela
4375
What Numidian king aided Caesar at the battle of Thapsus in 46 B.C.?
Juba I
4376
At what battle did Juba I aid Caesar in 46 B.C.?
Thapsus
4377
What year did Juba I aid Caesar at the battle of Thapsus?
46 B.C.
4378
Who led the remnants of Pompey's army at Thapsus in 46 B.C.?
Metellus Scipio
4379
Whose remnants of an army did Metellus Scipio lead at Thapsus in 46 B.C.?
Pompeius Magnus
4380
What year did Cato the Younger commit suicide at Utica?
46 B.C.
4381
Who said in the year 46 B.C. "O Cato, I envy you your death; you denied me the chance to spare your life"?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4382
What year did Caesar say "O Cato, I envy you your death; you denied me the chance to spare your life"?
46 B.C.
4383
What famous words did Caesar say after Cato the Younger's death?
O Cato, I envy you your death; you denied me the chance to spare your life
4384
Where did Cato the Younger commit suicide in 46 B.C.?
Utica
4385
What year was the battle of Munda?
45 B.C.
4386
At what battle did Caesar defeat Pompey's sons in 45 B.C.?
Munda
4387
What son of Pompey did Julius Caesar defeat at Munda in 45 B.C.?
Gnaeus Pompey
4388
Sextus Pompey did not fight at the battle of Munda because he was commanding a garrison where?
Corduba
4389
What son of Pompey was busy commanding a garrison at Corduba which is why he did not fight at Munda in 45 B.C.?
Sextus Pompey
4390
What Mauretanian king assisted Julius Caesar at the battle of Munda in 45 B.C.?
Bogud
4391
At what battle did the Mauretanian king Bogud assist Julius Caesar against Pompey's sons in 45 B.C.?
Munda
4392
Whose sons did Caesar defeat with the help of Bogud in 45 B.C. at Munda?
Pompeius Magnus
4393
What were the years Caesar was elected consul?
59, 48, 46, 45, and 44 B.C.
4394
What were the years Caesar was elected dictator?
49, 47, 46, 45, and 44 B.C.
4395
How many times was Caesar elected consul?
5
4396
How many times was Caesar elected dictator?
5
4397
What was Cato the Younger also called, derived from the city at which he killed himself in 46 B.C.?
Cato Uticensis
4398
Who was the first wife of Cato the Younger?
Atilia
4399
Who was the second and final wife of Cato the Younger?
Marcia
4400
Who was the mother of Cato the Younger?
Livia
4401
Who was Cato the Younger's half-brother and childhood companion?
Servilius Caepio
4402
How was Servilius Caepio related to Cato the Younger?
Half-brother
4403
After what quick battle of 47 B.C. against Pharnaces II did Julius Caesar use the phrase "Veni, Vidi, Vici" in a letter to the Roman Senate?
Zela
4404
What does "Veni, Vidi, Vici" mean?
I came, I saw, I conquered
4405
What famous Roman orator did Caesar unsuccessfully attempt to win over to his side?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4406
With the help of what Alexandrian astronomer did Julius Caesar revise the calendar in 46 B.C.?
Sosigenes
4407
After the battle of Pharsalus, what officer was sent by Caesar to expel Pharnaces but was defeated after Pharnaces set up a position near Nicopolis?
Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus
4408
After the battle of Pharsalus, Caesar sent Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus to expel whom, but was defeated after this man set up a position near Nicopolis?
Pharnaces II
4409
In 48 B.C. what young orator and politician's rebellion did Servilius put down for Caesar?
Caelius Rufus
4410
What year was Caelius Rufus apart of a rebellion?
48 B.C.
4411
What man put down the rebellion of Caelius Rufus for Caesar in 48 B.C.?
Servilius
4412
What year was Caelius Rufus killed?
48 B.C.
4413
What former protege of Marcus Licinius Crassus and Cicero rebelled in 48 B.C. but was put down by Servilius?
Caelius Rufus
4414
Who were the two tribunes of 49 B.C.? (The two mentioned in Heichelheim)
Mark Antony and Quintus Cassius
4415
What year did Mark Antony and Quintus Cassius serve as tribunes together?
49 B.C.
4416
At what battle of 46 B.C. did Titus Labienus defeat Caesar? Before this battle, Caesar allegedly said "I have you now, Africa".
Ruspina
4417
Who defeated Caesar at Ruspina in 46 B.C.?
Titus Labienus
4418
Who was defeated by Titus Labienus at Ruspina in 46 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4419
What did Caesar allegedly say before the battle of Ruspina in 46 B.C.?
I have you now, Africa
4420
What year was the battle of Ruspina?
46 B.C.
4421
How did Cato the Younger die at Thapsus in 46 B.C.?
Fell on his sword
4422
What tribune was lynched at the funeral of Julius Caesar after being mistaken for an unrelated Cornelius Cinna who had spoken out in support of the dictator's assassins in 44 B.C.?
Helvius Cinna
4423
What two men, one a eunuch chamberlain of Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, and the other the rhetoric tutor of Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, suggested that Pompey be killed upon his arrival in Alexandria?
Pothinus and Theodotus
4424
Who ordered that Pompey be decapitated and later presented the severed head to Julius Caesar?
Pothinus
4425
What Egyptian king did Pothinus and Theodotus serve?
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
4426
What did Pothinus serve as to Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator?
Eunuch chamberlain
4427
Who killed Pompey?
Achillas, Lucius Septimius
4428
Pompey was assassinated on the orders of what Egyptian king?
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
4429
Who was the father of Pharnaces II?
Mithridates VI
4430
What did Theodotus serve as to Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator?
Rhetoric tutor
4431
Who was the head of Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator's army?
Achillas
4432
What year was the battle of Corfinium during the civil war of Caesar and Pompey?
49 B.C.
4433
Who was encircled and destroyed at the battle of Corfinium in 49 B.C. by Caesar?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
4434
At what battle did Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus make an unauthorized attempt to intercept Caesar in 49 B.C. only to be encircled and destroyed?
Corfinium
4435
In 48 B.C. what young noble's rebellion did Mark Antony put down for Caesar?
Cornelius Dolabella
4436
What year did Mark Antony put down the rebellion of Cornelius Dolabella for Caesar?
48 B.C.
4437
Who put down the rebellion of Cornelius Dolabella in 48 B.C. for Caesar?
Mark Antony
4438
What year did Caesar revise the calendar with the help of the Alexandrian astronomer, Sosigenes?
46 B.C.
4439
What profession did Sosigenes have?
Astronomer
4440
What Dacian king was Julius Caesar planning an expedition against before his death in 44 B.C.?
Burebistas
4441
What Parthian king was Julius Caesar planning an expedition against before his death in 44 B.C.?
Orodes II
4442
What year was Caesar appointed dictator for life?
44 B.C.
4443
Who was Caesar's Magister Equitum at first?
Mark Antony
4444
Who was Caesar's Magister Equitum after Mark Antony?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
4445
What year was the Forum of Caesar built?
46 B.C.
4446
Though he was later proclaimed dictator perpetuus, what year was Caesar made dictator for 10 years?
46 B.C.
4447
For how many years was Caesar made dictator in 46 B.C.?
10
4448
What year did Aemilius Lepidus become Caesar's magister equitum?
45 B.C.
4449
What temple did Julius Caesar build in the Forum of Caesar in 46 B.C.?
Venus Genetrix
4450
In what forum was the temple of Venus Genetrix made?
Forum of Caesar
4451
What Roman man reformed the calendar?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4452
Who was the first Roman to put the face of a living person on coins?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4453
What Roman was planning a campaign against the Parthians and Dacians before his assassination?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4454
What two campaigns was Caesar planning at the time of his death?
Dacia and Parthia
4455
What title did Julius Caesar receive before his assassination in 44 B.C.?
Pater Patriae
4456
Who led the conspiracy against Julius Caesar's life?
Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus
4457
Who was the first wife of Marcus Iunius Brutus?
Claudia Pulchra
4458
Who was the second and final wife of Marcus Iunius Brutus?
Porcia
4459
What is an alternate way of spelling Marcus Iunius Brutus' wife's name, Porcia?
Portia
4460
Who was the mother of Marcus Iunius Brutus?
Servilia
4461
Marcus Iunius Brutus loaned a substantial sum to the people of what Greek city and demanded interest at 48% per annum?
Salamis
4462
Who loaned a substantial sum to the people of Salamis and demanded interest at 48% per annum?
Marcus Iunius Brutus
4463
When Marcus Iunius Brutus loaned a substantial sum to the people of Salamis he demanded interest at what rate per annum?
0.48
4464
In what theater was Caesar stabbed to death?
Theater of Pompey
4465
What was the exact date Julius Caesar was assassinated?
March 15, 44 B.C.
4466
What is Julius Caesar said to have muttered after being stabbed in 44 B.C.?
Et tu, Brute?
4467
What does "And you, Brutus?" translate to in Greek?
Kai su, teknon?
4468
What year did Caesar's third wife Calpurnia die?
44 B.C.
4469
Who was Caesar's third wife?
Calpurnia
4470
What is known as the Ides of March?
March 15
4471
Who was Julius Caesar's legatus?
Titus Labienus
4472
What son of Julius Caesar's legatus allied with Orodes II?
Quintus Labienus
4473
What Parthian king did Quintus Labienus ally with?
Orodes II
4474
According to Nicolaus of Damascus, where is Decimus Brutus said to have stabbed Julius Caesar?
Thigh
4475
According to Nicolaus of Damascus, what assassin of Caesar is said to have stabbed him on the thigh?
Decimus Iunius Brutus
4476
Who was Julius Caesar's first assassin?
Servilius Casca
4477
Approximately how many stab wounds did Julius Caesar have in all?
23
4478
Who was proclaimed Dictator Perpetuus before his assassination in 44 B.C.?
Julius Caesar
4479
What daughter of Julius Caesar died in 54 B.C.?
Julia
4480
What year did Julius Caesar's daughter, Julia die?
54 B.C.
4481
Who were the parents of Caesarion?
Gaius Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII
4482
Who was the legitimate heir of Julius Caesar by Antony?
Caesarion
4483
What other name did Caesarion go by?
Ptolemy XV Caesar
4484
Whose most ambitious projects provided for the drainage of the Pomptine marshes and of the Fucine Lake?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4485
What son of Mithridates VI did Caesar send to deal with Asander in Russia?
Mithridates of Pergamum
4486
Who did Caesar allow to wage war against Asander and conquer the Cimmerian Bosporus because Asander "had been mean to his friend Pharnaces" in 47 B.C.?
Mithridates of Pergamum
4487
What year did Asander revolt against Pharnaces II?
47 B.C.
4488
What king of Bosporus revolted against Pharnaces II in 47 B.C., who had supplanted him?
Asander
4489
When Asander "had been mean to his friend Pharnaces" in 47 B.C., Caesar sent Mithridates of Pergamum to conquer what kingdom?
Bosporus
4490
What general of the Roman Republic was Asander at war with during the time of his revolt against his father-in-law, Pharnaces II?
Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus
4491
How was Pharnaces II related to Asander?
Father-in-law
4492
What chief confidant in Equestrian standing of Caesar became a Roman citizen after coming from Gades?
Cornelius Balbus
4493
From where did Cornelius Balbus come before becoming a Roman citizen?
Gades
4494
Who were Caesar's two chief confidants?
Cornelius Balbus and Gaius Oppius
4495
What man was reported to have dined with Caesar, Sallust, Hirtius, Oppius, and Sulpicus Rufus on the night after his famous crossing of the Rubicon in 49 B.C.?
Cornelius Balbus
4496
Who was Caesar's consul suffectus in 44 B.C.?
Cornelius Balbus
4497
What wealthy man of Greek origin had assumed the mantle of popular leadership and convinced many people that he was actually a grandson of Marius and, therefore, a relative of Caesar?
Amatius
4498
What man claimed to be the son of Gaius Marius the Younger, which later earned him the nicknames "Pseudo-Marius" and "False Marius"?
Amatius
4499
What year did Amatius calling himself "Gaius Marius" first appear in Rome?
45 B.C.
4500
On whose orders was Amatius murdered, following the death of Caesar?
Mark Antony
4501
On whose orders was Amatius murdered, following the death of Caesar?
Mark Antony
4502
What "false Marius" was murdered on the orders of Mark Antony, following the death of Caesar?
Amatius
4503
What law confirmed Octavian as Caesar's son?
Lex Curiata
4504
In what year did Julius Caesar refound Corinth?
44 B.C.
4505
What city did Caesar refound in 44 B.C.?
Corinth
4506
Who refounded Corinth in 44 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4507
What proconsul of Gaul unsuccessfully defended Massilia against Caesar in 49 B.C.?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
4508
Which of Caesar's trusted lieutenants abandoned him right before crossing the Rubicon so that he could bring warning to Rome?
Titus Labienus
4509
Titus Labienus abandoned Caesar right before what event so that he could bring warning to Rome?
Crossing the Rubicon
4510
Before which battle in 45 B.C. did the omen of a palm shoot sprouting overnight convince Caesar to adopt Octavian as his heir?
Munda
4511
Who was convinced by a palm shoot sprouting overnight to adopt Octavian as his heir?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4512
Before the battle of Munda, what omen convinced Caesar to adopt Octavian as his heir?
Palm shoot sprouting overnight
4513
What year did Caesar adopt Octavian (in his will) who was 18 years old at the time?
44 B.C.
4514
What Pompeian general was the only one to survive the slaughter at Thapsus?
Titus Labienus
4515
Titus Labienus was the only Pompeian general to survive the slaughter at what location?
Thapsus
4516
In 49 B.C., Caesar, heading east to face Pompey, appointed what man to take charge of the affairs of the city of Rome?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
4517
What year did Caesar appoint Marcus Aemilius Lepidus to take charge of the affairs of the city of Rome?
49 B.C.
4518
Pliny the Elder thought Pompey was quite equal to what man?
Alexander the Great
4519
Who did Pliny the Elder say was quite equal to Alexander the Great?
Pompeius Magnus
4520
What ex-tribune invaded Africa for Caesar but was killed?
Scribonius Curio
4521
Which general, who fought for Caesar, was defeated and killed in the Bagradas Valley in 49 B.C.?
Scribonius Curio
4522
At what battle was Scribonius Curio killed?
Bagradas Valley
4523
What year was Scribonius Curio killed at the Battle of Bagradas Valley?
49 B.C.
4524
What two provinces were assigned to Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 44 B.C.?
Crete and Cyrene
4525
What two men were assigned Crete and Cyrene in 44 B.C.?
Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus
4526
What year were Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus assigned Crete and Cyrene?
44 B.C.
4527
What province was Marcus Iunius Brutus given in 44 B.C.?
Crete
4528
What province was Gaius Cassius Longinus given in 44 B.C.?
Cyrene
4529
Who became consul suffectus in 44 B.C. upon Caesar's assassination?
Cornelius Dolabella
4530
What Idumaean official aided Mithridates of Pergamum in saving Caesar at Alexandria?
Antipater
4531
Who did the Idumaean official Antipater aid in saving Caesar at Alexandria?
Mithridates of Pergamum
4532
What tyrannicide, who legally held the province of Asia Minor in 44 B.C., was assassinated by a certain Cornelius Dolabella in Smyrna?
Gaius Trebonius
4533
Who assassinated Gaius Trebonius in Smyrna in 44 B.C.?
Cornelius Dolabella
4534
What year did Cornelius Dolabella assassinate Gaius Trebonius in Smyrna?
44 B.C.
4535
What officer was sent to Asia Minor to deal with Pharnaces II, prior to Caesar's Zela campaign of 47 B.C.?
Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus
4536
After resigning dictatorial powers in favor of the consulship, who became the co-consul of Caesar in 48 B.C.?
Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus
4537
What year did Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus become the co-consul of Caesar?
48 B.C.
4538
What year was Numidia annexed to create the Roman province of Africa Nova?
46 B.C.
4539
What province was annexed and renamed to Africa Nova in 46 B.C.?
Numidia
4540
What general of Caesar eventually defected to the Republican forces and died at the Battle of Munda in 45 B.C.?
Titus Labienus
4541
At what battle did Titus Labienus die?
Munda
4542
What three men did Caesar defeat at Munda?
Titus Labienus, Gnaeus Pompey, Attius Varus
4543
What African governor did Caesar defeat at Munda?
Attius Varus
4544
Who served as the African governor during the Civil War of Pompey and Caesar?
Attius Varus
4545
What year did Titus Labienus die?
45 B.C.
4546
What law did Caesar break by crossing the Rubicon?
Maiestas
4547
How was Caesar breaking the law of treason (maiestas) when he crossed the Rubicon?
Ventured outside his province
4548
Who broke the law of treason (maiestas) when he crossed the Rubicon, going outside of his province?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4549
Who, Rome's greatest scholar, was put in charge of Rome's first public library?
Varro Reatinus
4550
Who made modifications to Caesar's calendar in 1582 A.D.?
Pope Gregory XIII
4551
What was July called before Caesar's reforms?
Quintilus
4552
Octavian was named Caesar's chief heir. Who was named Caesar's contingent heir?
Decimus Iunius Brutus
4553
In the summer of 49 B.C. who was nominated by the senate to govern Transalpine Gaul along with an ex-praetor in Cisalpine Gaul?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
4554
Where did Pompey make his headquarters after fleeing across the Adriatic?
Thessalonica
4555
After being given pardons by Caesar in 44 B.C., what position were Brutus and Cassius given?
Praetor
4556
What two men were given the praetorship by Caesar in 44 B.C.?
Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus
4557
How many days did Caesar add to the calendar in 46 B.C.
67
4558
After Caesar's death, what man was going to charge the capitol but was held back by Mark Antony?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
4559
Where did Lepidus go to be governor after Caesar's death?
Gallia Narbonensis and Hispania Citerior
4560
Who gave Caesar's laudatio?
Mark Antony
4561
Following Caesar's death, what province did Decimus Brutus take control of?
Transalpine Gaul
4562
Following Caesar's death, what province did Gaius Trebonius take control of?
Asia
4563
Who was sent to stop Cornelius Dolabella after he had been declared an outlaw with the killing of Gaius Trebonius in Asia?
Gaius Cassius Longinus
4564
In what Greek city was Gaius Trebonius assassinated by Cornelius Dolabella in 44 B.C.?
Smyrna
4565
Following Caesar's death, what province did Antony take control of?
Macedon
4566
Following Caesar's death, what province did Cornelius Dolabella take control of?
Syria
4567
After Caesar's assassination, in what eastern province did Gaius Cassius Longinus put down the revolt by Dolabella in 43 B.C.?
Syria
4568
In what Syrian port did Cassius Longinus capture Dolabella?
Laodicea
4569
What revolter was captured by Cassius Longinus in Laodicea in 43 B.C.?
Cornelius Dolabella
4570
What officer of Pompey was the first to thrust his sword into Pompey?
Lucius Septimius
4571
Where did Aulus Gabinius die after falling ill in 47 B.C. after returning from exile when Caesar recalled him?
Illyria
4572
What town across the Rubicon did Julius Caesar first capture in 49 B.C.?
Ariminum
4573
What temple did Pompey build at his theatre?
Venus Victrix
4574
Who built the temple of Venus Victrix in his theatre?
Pompeius Magnus
4575
What building was started by Caesar and finished by Augustus to replace the Curia Cornelia which replaced the Curia Hostilia?
Curia Julia
4576
On what hill did Caesar give a house to Cleopatra and Caesarion?
Janiculum
4577
To what two people did Caesar give a house on the Janiculum Hill?
Cleopatra VII and Caesarion
4578
What bankrupt young nobleman was paid an enormous price by Caesar to defend his interests, such as vetoing his early recall from Gaul in 50 B.C.?
Scribonius Curio
4579
What son of Pompey can be called "Pompey the Younger", though he was still the oldest of his two sons?
Gnaeus Pompey
4580
Where did Scribonius Curio fight a preliminary to the Battle of Bagradas Valley, though this time he actually won against Attius Varus and Juba I?
Utica
4581
What general of Caesar defeated Attius Varus and Juba I at the Battle of Utica in 49 B.C. before dying in a battle at Bagradas Valley?
Scribonius Curio
4582
What man claimed that he had simply built a temple with steps attached to it in order to maneuver his way around a ban on stone theaters?
Pompeius Magnus
4583
Fall of the Republic 133-27 BC (Second Triumvirate)
4584
Who fled to Macedon after the Battle of Mutina but was deserted by his troops and then put to death by a brigand chief in the Carnic Alps?
Decimus Brutus
4585
After the shipwreck of his fleet, what man is said to have declared "I am going to win, in spite of Neptune and all."?
Octavian
4586
As Caesar's executor, what man began to govern on the basis of laws allegedly detailed in the papers that Caesar had left in which after he appointed people to key positions, cynical Romans called these office holders "Charonites" after Charon, who ferries the dead over the Styx?
Mark Antony
4587
How many sesterces did Caesar posthumously leave to every Roman?
300
4588
Who was the first wife of Mark Antony?
Fadia
4589
What two admirals of Sextus Pompey defeated Octavian at the Battle of Tauromenium in 36 B.C.?
Demochares and Apollophanes
4590
Whose army defeated Octavian and was led by Demochares and Apollophanes at Tauromenium in 36 B.C.?
Sextus Pompey
4591
At what battle did Demochares and Apollophanes lead Sextus Pompey's army to defeat Octavian in 36 B.C.?
Tauromenium
4592
What year was the battle of Tauromenium, at which Sextus Pompey's army was led by Demochares and Apollophanes who defeated Octavian?
36 B.C.
4593
In 43 B.C., while Lepidus was in Gallia Narbonensis, two more armies of considerable strength were set in Hispania Ulterior and Gallia Comata under what two former officers of Caesar who were now governors of those places?
Asinius Pollio (Gallia Narbonensis) and Munatius Plancus (Gallia Comata)
4594
Where was Asinius Pollio serving as governor in 43 B.C.?
Gallia Narbonensis
4595
Who was governor of Gallia Narbonensis in 43 B.C.?
Asinius Pollio
4596
Where was Munatius Plancus serving as governor in 43 B.C.?
Gallia Comata
4597
Who was governor of Gallia Comata in 43 B.C.?
Munatius Plancus
4598
Who was the second wife of Mark Antony?
Antonia
4599
Who was the third wife of Mark Antony?
Fulvia
4600
Who was the fourth wife of Mark Antony?
Octavia the Younger
4601
Who was the fifth and final wife of Mark Antony?
Cleopatra VII
4602
How many wives did Mark Antony have in all?
5
4603
Mark Antony shared the cares of his office with what actress?
Cytheris
4604
Who shared the cares of his office what the actress Cytheris?
Mark Antony
4605
What name was given to office holders whom Mark Antony appointed on the basis of Caesar's allegedly detailed papers which he had left before he died?
Charonites
4606
What freedman of his did Cassius Longinus ask to end his life on October 3, 42 BC?
Pindarus
4607
Who asked the freedman Pindarus to end his life on October 3, 42 B.C.?
Gaius Cassius Longinus
4608
What year did Cassius Longinus ask the freedman Pindarus to end his life?
42 B.C.
4609
What sister of Cleopatra VII did Mark Antony execute at the behest of Cleopatra in 41 B.C.?
Arsinoe IV
4610
At the behest of Cleopatra VII, who executed Cleopatra's sister Arsinoe IV in 41 B.C.?
Mark Antony
4611
What year did Mark Antony execute Arsinoe IV at the behest of Cleopatra VII?
41 B.C.
4612
Where did Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony join forces in a colorful meeting in 41 B.C.?
Tarsus
4613
To where did Cleopatra VII sail in 41 B.C. on her luxurious barge to meet with Mark Antony while planning to develop a personal relationship with him in order to maintain Egypt's alliance with Rome and her position as queen of Egypt?
Tarsus
4614
What two people met at Tarsus to develop a personal relationship in order to maintain Egypt's alliance with Rome?
Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII
4615
What year did Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII meet at Tarsus?
41 B.C.
4616
What year was Caesarion removed from his Ptolemaic throne by Octavian?
30 B.C.
4617
Who was named sole heir of Caesar in 43 B.C.?
Octavian
4618
What year was Octavian named sole heir of Caesar?
43 B.C.
4619
Where was Octavian born in 63 B.C.?
Velitrae
4620
Who were the elected consuls for the year 43 B.C.?
Aulus Hirtius and Vibius Pansa
4621
Who did Mark Antony try to besiege at Mutina in 43 B.C.?
Decimus Brutus
4622
Where did Mark Antony try to besiege Decimus Brutus in 43 B.C.?
Mutina
4623
What year did Mark Antony try to besiege Decimus Brutus at Mutina?
43 B.C.
4624
When Octavian marched on Rome, with what cousin of his did he declare himself consul in 43 B.C.?
Quintus Pedius
4625
How was Quintus Pedius related to Octavian?
Cousin
4626
After a preliminary skirmish at Forum Gallorum in 43 B.C., where was Mark Antony defeated by Aulus Hirtius and Vibius Pansa?
Mutina
4627
Who defeated Mark Antony at Mutina in 43 B.C.?
Aulus Hirtius and Vibius Pansa
4628
When Mark Antony abandoned his siege of Mutina, he retreated across the Alps into southern Gaul to get the support of what two consuls in 42 B.C.?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Munatius Plancus
4629
After divorcing his fourth wife, Octavia the Younger, Mark Antony deposited his last will and testament with what group of people?
Vestal Virgins
4630
After Mark Antony divorced Octavia the Younger, what man informed Octavian that Mark Antony had deposited his last will and testament with the Vestal Virgins?
Munatius Plancus
4631
Who revealed that Mark Antony had deposited his will to the Vestal Virgins?
Munatius Plancus
4632
Who deposited his last will and testament with the Vestal Virgins?
Mark Antony
4633
Who was told by Munatius Plancus that Mark Antony had deposited his last will and testament with the Vestal Virgins, prompting this man to illegally extort it from them and read it at the next meeting of the senate?
Octavian
4634
Who were the two consuls of the year 42 B.C.?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Lucius Munatius Plancus
4635
Who marched on Rome and declared himself consul in 43 B.C.?
Octavian
4636
What year was the Second Triumvirate formed?
43 B.C.
4637
Who were the members of the Second Triumvirate?
Octavian, Mark Antony, Aemilius Lepidus
4638
What was the original name of Augustus when he was born in 63 B.C.?
Gaius Octavius Thurinus
4639
Where did Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus meet to form the second Triumvirate?
Near Bononia (modern day Boulogne)
4640
What year did Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus meet near Bononia to form the second Triumvirate?
43 B.C.
4641
On what island did Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus meet to form the second Triumvirate in 43 B.C.?
Reni
4642
What law legalized the Second Triumvirate in 43 B.C.?
Lex Titia
4643
What year was there a preliminary skirmish at Forum Gallorum?
43 B.C.
4644
What two consuls fought against Mark Antony at Forum Gallorum in 43 B.C.?
Aulus Hirtius and Vibius Pansa
4645
Who was Mark Antony's father?
Marcus Antonius Creticus
4646
On what exact day was the Lex Titia passed?
November 27, 43 B.C.
4647
What sister of Octavian did Mark Antony marry?
Octavia the Younger
4648
What does "Cicero" mean?
Chickpea
4649
Who stabbed Cicero's tongue after he died for saying mean things about her husband?
Fulvia
4650
What part of Cicero's body did Fulvia stab after he died?
Tongue
4651
Where did Cicero die in 43 B.C.?
Formiae
4652
What year did Cicero die at Formiae?
43 B.C.
4653
Which speech of Cicero's was an attack against Mark Antony in 44 and 43 B.C.?
Philippics
4654
Who were Cicero's "Philippics" directed towards?
Mark Antony
4655
What year was the battle of Philippi?
42 B.C.
4656
Who were the two victorious generals at the battle of Philippi?
Octavian and Mark Antony
4657
What man founded Augusta Raurica (44 B.C.) and Lugdunum (43 B.C.)?
Munatius Plancus
4658
What city did Munatius Plancus found in 44 B.C.?
Augusta Raurica
4659
What city did Munatius Plancus found in 43 B.C.?
Lugdunum
4660
What year did Munatius Plancus found Augusta Raurica?
44 B.C.
4661
What year did Munatius Plancus found Lugdunum?
43 B.C.
4662
At what battle of 42 B.C. did Octavian and Mark Antony defeat Marcus Iunius Brutus and Cassius Longinus?
Philippi
4663
What two men fought against Marcus Iunius Brutus and Cassius Longinus at Philippi in 42 B.C.?
Octavian and Mark Antony
4664
What two men were Octavian and Mark Antony fighting against at Philippi in 42 B.C.?
Marcus Iunius Brutus and Cassius Longinus
4665
Who killed himself after the first battle of Philippi in 42 B.C.?
Gaius Cassius Longinus
4666
Who killed himself at the second battle of Philippi in 42 B.C.?
Marcus Iunius Brutus
4667
What were the dates of the Perusine War?
41-40 B.C.
4668
Which war lasted from 41-40 B.C.?
Perusine War
4669
What 3 men maneuvered Lucius Antonius and Fulvia and put them under siege in the Etruscan hillside town of Perusia during the Perusine War (41-40 B.C.)?
Octavian, Agrippa, and Quintus Salvidienus Rufus
4670
What man and woman did Octavian, Agrippa, and Quintus Salvidienus maneuver into the Etruscan hillside town of Perusia and put under siege?
Lucius Antonius and Fulvia
4671
What two men accompanied Octavian to Apollonia in 44 B.C. while Caesar was being assassinated?
Marcus Agrippa and Quintus Salvidienus Rufus
4672
What was Agrippa's full name?
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
4673
Who commanded the fleet of Octavian in 42 B.C. against Sextus Pompey?
Quintus Salvidienus Rufus
4674
Who was sent to Spain with six legions, but hastily retreated to Italy to oppose Lucius Antonius and Fulvia (Mark Antony's wife), who had taken up arms against Octavian, starting the so-called Perusine War?
Quintus Salvidienus Rufus
4675
What brother of Mark Antony was pinned up in the Etruscan hill-city of Perusia and sieged by forces of Octavian?
Lucius Antonius
4676
What year was the Conference at Brundisium?
40 B.C.
4677
Where did Octavian and Mark Antony almost fight in 40 B.C.?
Brundisium
4678
What parts of the Empire did Octavian receive at the Conference at Brundisium in 40 B.C.?
Gaul, Spain, and Illyricum (western provinces)
4679
What two men met at Brundisium in 40 B.C.?
Octavian and Mark Antony
4680
What was the primary motivation for the Perusine War?
Fulvia's jealousy of Cleopatra VII
4681
Where was the second triumvirate renewed in 40 B.C.?
Brundisium
4682
What year was the second triumvirate renewed?
40 B.C.
4683
What battle of 38 B.C. did King Orodes II's son, Pacorus, suffer a decisive defeat at the hands of Ventidius Bassus?
Mt. Gindarus
4684
Who was defeated by Ventidius Bassus at the battle of Mt. Gindarus in 38 B.C.?
Pacorus
4685
What year did Ventidius Bassus defeat Pacorus at the battle of Mt. Gindarus?
38 B.C.
4686
At what battle of 38 B.C. did Pacorus die?
Mt. Gindarus
4687
What year did Pacorus die at Mt. Gindarus?
38 B.C.
4688
What son of Orodes II died at Mt. Gindarus in 38 B.C.?
Pacorus
4689
Orodes II entrusted his forces to what son of his along with Quintus Labienus (son of Titus Labienus)?
Pacorus
4690
What general of Antony recaptured Jerusalem with Herod the Great from Parthia in 40 B.C.?
Gaius Sosius
4691
In 40 B.C., Gaius Sosius recaptured Jerusalem with Herod the Great from what region?
Parthia
4692
Who aided Gaius Sosius in the recapture of Jerusalem from Parthia in 40 B.C.?
Herod the Great
4693
In 40 B.C., Gaius Sosius recaptured what city back from Parthia with the help of Herod the Great?
Jerusalem
4694
What year did Gaius Sosius recapture Jerusalem from Parthia with Herod the Great?
40 B.C.
4695
After the Conference at Brundisium what did Antony receive?
Eastern provinces
4696
After the Conference at Brundisium what did Lepidus receive?
Africa
4697
When Mark Antony set out for Athens with his bride, Octavia the Younger, he sent who to subdue the Parthi in the Balkans?
Asinius Pollio
4698
When Antony set out for Athens with his bride, Octavia the Younger, he sent Asinius Pollio to subdue the Parthi at what location?
The Balkans
4699
After Mark Antony died, who became the guardian of Mark Antony's children?
Octavia the Younger
4700
Who did Antony send to drive out the Parthian invaders from Syria, Palestine, and Asia Minor?
Ventidius Bassus and Herod the Great
4701
Who won the battles of Mt. Amanus (39 B.C.) and Mt. Gindarus (38 B.C.)?
Ventidius Bassus
4702
Who did Mark Antony send to assist Herod, who returned to Palestine at the time and was slowly consolidating his position there?
Ventidius Bassus
4703
Who did Lucius Antonius send to pacify Armenia in 36 B.C., to avenge Carrhae?
Canidius Crassus
4704
Who attempted to besiege the city of Phraaspa in 36 B.C. but had to retreat when his commander's two legions were destroyed by Artavasdes I?
Mark Antony
4705
What eyewitness and lieutenant of Mark Antony helped in the retreat of Phraaspa?
Quintus Dellius
4706
Who was called the "Desultor of the civil wars" due to his repeated switching of sides?
Quintus Dellius
4707
What nickname was Quintus Dellius called due to his repeated switching of sides?
Desultor of the civil wars
4708
Bocchus II of Mauretania is said to have contracted a big loan with what money-dealer?
Publius Sittius
4709
What ruler of Mauretania is said to have contracted a big loan with the money-dealer, Publius Sittius?
Bocchus II
4710
What king of Media Atropatene destroyed Mark Antony's commander's two legions while they were attempting to besiege Phraaspa, which led to their retreat in late 36 B.C.?
Artavasdes I
4711
Where did Artavasdes I rule as king?
Media Atropatene
4712
What year did Mark Antony attempt to besiege Phraaspa but ultimately failed?
36 B.C.
4713
To avenge what city did Lucius Antonius send Canidius Crassus to pacify Armenia?
Carrhae
4714
Lucius Antonius sent Canidius Crassus to pacify Armenia in what year?
36 B.C.
4715
Who sent Canidius Crassus to pacify Armenia in 36 B.C.?
Lucius Antonius
4716
Lucius Antonius sent Canidius Crassus to pacify what region in 36 B.C.?
Armenia
4717
What year was the Conference at Misenum?
39 B.C.
4718
Between what 3 men was the Conference at Misenum held in 39 B.C.?
Octavian, Mark Antony, and Sextus Pompey
4719
Because of the Conference at Misenum in 39 B.C., what did the second Triumvirate give Sextus Pompey?
Control of Sicily, Sardinia, and the Peloponnesus
4720
Because of the Conference at Misenum in 39 B.C., what did the second Triumvirate get in return for handing over control of Sicily, Sardinia, and the Peloponnesus to Sextus Pompey?
Sextus Pompey ended his grain blockade
4721
What year was the Conference at Tarentum?
37 B.C.
4722
At what Conference did Octavian and Antony provide each other with ships in 37 B.C.?
Conference at Tarentum
4723
What year did Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII marry?
37 B.C.
4724
Until what year was the second Triumvirate renewed for a second time?
33 B.C.
4725
What year was the battle of Naulochus?
36 B.C.
4726
Where did Marcus Agrippa defeat Sextus Pompey in 36 B.C.?
Naulochus
4727
Who defeated Sextus Pompey at Naulochus in 36 B.C.?
Marcus Agrippa
4728
What year did Sextus Pompey attack Asia Minor which led to his capture and execution?
35 B.C.
4729
What province did Sextus Pompey attack which led to his capture and execution in 35 B.C.?
Asia Minor
4730
What year was Sextus Pompey captured and executed in Miletus?
35 B.C.
4731
Where was Sextus Pompey captured and executed in 35 B.C.?
Miletus
4732
Who did Mark Antony and Cleopatra appear to the Egyptians as?
Osiris and Isis
4733
Whose balsam gardens did Mark Antony give Cleopatra VII in Jericho?
Herod the Great
4734
Where were the gardens of Herod the Great located which Mark Antony gave to Cleopatra VII?
Jericho
4735
Mark Antony's invasion on Parthia failed because what king of Armenia, after persuading him to attack his enemy Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene, pulled out losing him 20,000 men?
Artavasdes II
4736
Where was Artavasdes II ruler?
Armenia
4737
Who persuaded Mark Antony to attack his enemy Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene?
Artavasdes II
4738
What famous general of Octavian defeated Sextus Pompey at Naulochus in 36 B.C.?
Marcus Agrippa
4739
Who prevented the grain supply on Sicily from reaching Rome around 36 B.C.?
Sextus Pompey
4740
Sextus Pompey prevented the grain supply of what province from reaching Rome in 36 B.C.?
Sicily
4741
What year did Mark Antony divorce Octavia?
32 B.C.
4742
Like Caesar, who had an open affair with Cleopatra VII of Egypt?
Mark Antony
4743
Who famously used propaganda to make Mark Antony look bad?
Octavian
4744
Who were the children of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt?
Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene, Ptolemy Philadelphus
4745
Which two children of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII were twins?
Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene
4746
What was the exact date of the Battle of Actium?
September 2, 31 B.C.
4747
Who commanded the right wing of Octavian's army at the battle of Actium 31 B.C.?
Marcus Lurius
4748
Marcus Lurius commanded the right wing of Octavian's army at what battle of 31 B.C.?
Actium
4749
Marcus Lurius commanded which wing of Octavian's army at Actium in 31 B.C.?
Right wing
4750
Who commanded the left wing of Octavian's army at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C.?
Arruntius
4751
Arruntius commanded the left wing of Octavian's army at what battle of 31 B.C.?
Actium
4752
Arruntius commanded which wing of Octavian's army at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C.?
Left wing
4753
Whose army's wings were commanded by Marcus Lurius and Arruntius at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C.?
Octavian
4754
What man had full command of the entire conflict on the sea at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C.?
Marcus Agrippa
4755
Who were Mark Antony's admirals at the battle of Actium?
Gaius Sosius and Gellius Publicola
4756
Whose army was commanded by Gaius Sosius and Gellius Publicola at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C.?
Mark Antony
4757
What year did Gellius Publicola (commander of Antony at Actium) serve as consul with Marcus Cocceius Nerva?
36 B.C.
4758
Who served as consul with Gellius Publicola in 36 B.C.?
Marcus Cocceius Nerva
4759
Who served as consul with Marcus Cocceius Nerva in 36 B.C.?
Gellius Publicola
4760
What two men served as consular colleagues in 36 B.C.?
Gellius Publicola and Marcus Cocceius Nerva
4761
What man served under Mark Antony but refused to fight Octavian, bringing about a truce between the two men?
Marcus Cocceius Nerva
4762
How did Mark Antony commit suicide in 30 B.C.?
Fell on his sword
4763
How did Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII die?
Suicide
4764
Mark Antony's daughter, Antonia the Elder, married what man?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (Grandfather of Nero)
4765
What daughter of Mark Antony married Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus?
Antonia the Elder (Grandmother of Nero)
4766
Who were the parents of Sextus Pompey?
Pompeius Magnus and Mucia Tertia
4767
Who was the wife of Sextus Pompey?
Scribonia (not same as Augustus' second wife)
4768
Son of Neptune was a title that what man had bestowed upon himself?
Sextus Pompey
4769
What Roman deity did Sextus Pompey take to calling himself?
Neptune
4770
What title did Sextus Pompey bestow upon himself, perhaps in reference to his success in sea battles?
Son of Neptune
4771
Who was the first husband of Atia (Octavian's mother)?
Gaius Octavius
4772
Who was the second husband of Atia (Octavian's mother)?
Marcius Philippus
4773
Who was the mother of Octavian?
Atia
4774
Who was the father of Octavian?
Gaius Octavius
4775
Where did Agrippa defeat Sextus Pompey before defeating him again at Naulochus?
Mylae
4776
Who defeated Sextus Pompey at Mylae before defeating him again at Naulochus in 36 B.C.?
Marcus Agrippa
4777
What year did Marcus Agrippa defeat Sextus Pompey at Mylae?
36 B.C.
4778
Whose death signaled the end of the Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for 300 years?
Cleopatra VII
4779
Who unsuccessfully fought against Gnaeus and Sextus Pompey in Spain and was replaced by Asinius Pollio, however, this man later had a triumph in Rome in 29 B.C. for defeating the Suebi?
Gaius Carrinas
4780
Who replaced Gaius Carrinas in Spain?
Asinius Pollio
4781
Who did Asinius Pollio replace in Spain?
Gaius Carrinas
4782
What year did Gaius Carrinas celebrate a triumph against the Suebi?
29 B.C.
4783
Against what tribe did Gaius Carrinas celebrate a triumph in 29 B.C.?
Suebi
4784
Who celebrated a triumph against the Suebi in 29 B.C.?
Gaius Carrinas
4785
What three knights did Octavian raise an army with to face Mark Antony and Aemilius Lepidus?
Marcus Agrippa, Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, Maecenas
4786
Octavian raised an army with Marcus Agrippa, Salvidienus and Maecenas to face what two men?
Mark Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
4787
What woman protested the triumvirs' policy to tax the women of Rome?
Hortensia
4788
From 44-43 B.C. Marcus Iunius Brutus sieged Apollonia and the troops of what commander, whose troops then deserted him?
Gaius Antonius
4789
What man went up against Marcus Iunius Brutus while he was sieging Apollonia from 44-43 B.C.?
Gaius Antonius
4790
What city did Marcus Iunius Brutus siege from 44-43 B.C.?
Apollonia
4791
From 44-43 B.C., what man sieged Apollonia?
Marcus Iunius Brutus
4792
From what years was Marcus Iunius Brutus sieging Apollonia?
44-43 B.C.
4793
During the Conference at Tarentum in 37 B.C., where was Marcus Agrippa training a new fleet which he had turned into a naval harbor?
Lake Avernus
4794
What name did Marcus Agrippa give to the Lake Avernus when he turned it into a naval harbor?
Portus Iulius
4795
Where did Ventidius Bassus defeat the Parthians in 39 B.C.?
Mt. Amanus
4796
What people did Ventidius Bassus defeat at Mt. Amanus in 39 B.C.?
Parthians
4797
What year did Ventidius Bassus defeat the Parthians at Mt. Amanus?
39 B.C.
4798
Who defeated the Parthians at the battle of Mt. Amanus in 39 B.C.?
Ventidius Bassus
4799
The Roman fleet on Lake Avernus was constructed in preparation for conflict with what man, who had escaped death at Munda and used his naval superiority to restrict the 2nd Triumvirate's access to grain until he was defeated at Naulochus in 36 B.C.?
Sextus Pompey
4800
Before the battle of Naulochus, Sextus Pompey defeated Octavian decisively at what site near Messana?
Tauromenium
4801
Who defeated Octavian at Tauromenium in 36 B.C.?
Sextus Pompey
4802
Who was defeated by Sextus Pompey at Tauromenium in 36 B.C.?
Octavian
4803
Who was the mother of Clodia Pulchra? (Octavian's first wife)
Fulvia
4804
What daughter of Fulvia did Octavian later take as his first wife?
Clodia Pulchra
4805
To what son of Mark Antony and Fulvia did Octavian betroth his 2-year-old daughter, Julia?
Antyllus
4806
At what age was Augustus' daughter, Julia, betrothed to Antyllus, the son of Mark Antony and Fulvia?
2
4807
Who were the parents of Antyllus?
Mark Antony and Fulvia
4808
After Octavian convinced Lepidus' troops to desert him and had all of his titles stripped (with the exception of Pontifex Maximus), to what seaside town in Latium did Lepidus retire in 43 B.C.?
Circeii
4809
What year did Lepidus retire to Circeii after having all of his titles stripped (except for Pontifex Maximus)?
43 B.C.
4810
In 43 B.C., all but which of Lepidus' titles were stripped?
Pontifex Maximus
4811
After having all but one of his titles (Pontifex Maximus) stripped of him, who retired to Circeii in 43 B.C.?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
4812
Who was the younger son of Mark Antony and Fulvia?
Iullus Antonius
4813
Who was the older son of Mark Antony and Fulvia?
Antyllus
4814
Who were the two sons of Mark Antony and Fulvia?
Antyllus and Iullus Antonius
4815
Where did Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus meet in 43 B.C. to form the Second Triumvirate?
Bononia (Boulogne)
4816
What year did Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus meet at Bononia to form the Second Triumvirate?
43 B.C.
4817
What area did Caesar give to the public for use in his will?
His gardens
4818
Who stated in his will that his gardens were meant to be for public use after his death?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4819
What harpoon-like device did Mark Antony use to defeat Sextus Pompey at Naulochus?
Harpax
4820
At what battle did Mark Antony make use of the "Harpax" to defeat Sextus Pompey?
Naulochus
4821
Who made use of the "Harpax" at the battle of Naulochus to defeat Sextus Pompey?
Mark Antony
4822
Marcus Iunius Brutus' troops declared him Imperator after his victory over what Thracian tribe in 43 B.C.?
Bessi
4823
What year did Marcus Iunius Brutus defeat the Bessi?
43 B.C.
4824
Who had a victory over the Bessi in 43 B.C.?
Marcus Iunius Brutus
4825
As what Greek god and goddess did Mark Antony and Cleopatra proclaim themselves to be in favor of the Greeks?
Dionysus and Aphrodite
4826
As what Egyptian god and goddess did Mark Antony and Cleopatra proclaim themselves to be in favor of the Egyptians?
Osiris and Isis
4827
What father of his did Phraates IV murder?
Orodes II
4828
What son of Orodes II murdered him?
Phraates IV
4829
Who succeeded his father Orodes II after murdering him?
Phraates IV
4830
Who was the first foreign consul in 40 B.C.?
Cornelius Balbus
4831
In what year did Octavian refound Carthage?
29 B.C.
4832
What city did Octavian refound in 29 B.C.?
Carthage
4833
Who refounded Carthage in 29 B.C.?
Octavian
4834
What sundial did Octavian construct?
Horologium Augusti
4835
Many Roman soldiers and merchants worshiped what Persian god of light?
Mithras
4836
What year was the temple of Mars Ultor built?
42 B.C.
4837
What temple was built in 42 B.C.?
Mars Ultor
4838
What battle was Mars Ultor built to commemorate?
Philippi
4839
At what battle did Statilius Taurus aid in the commanding?
Actium
4840
What year did Statilius Taurus build the first permanent amphitheater?
29 B.C.
4841
What former commander at Actium built Rome's first permanent amphitheater in 29 B.C.?
Statilius Taurus
4842
What structure did Statilius Taurus build the first permanent building of in Rome in 29 B.C.?
Amphitheater
4843
Who was known as the "Prince of Peace"?
Octavian
4844
In what year was the Temple of Janus closed for the third time?
29 B.C.
4845
After what battle was the Temple of Janus closed for the third time in 29 B.C.?
Actium
4846
Whose attack did Sextus Pompey beat off in 42 B.C. before the Battle of Philippi?
Octavian
4847
After being proscribed in 43 B.C., what province did Sextus Pompey take control of with Caesar's ships?
Sicily
4848
Who used Caesar's fleet to invade Sicily in 43 B.C.?
Sextus Pompey
4849
What year did Sextus Pompey use Caesar's fleet to invade Sicily?
43 B.C.
4850
Whose fleet did Sextus Pompey use to invade Sicily in 43 B.C.?
Gaius Julius Caesar
4851
During the War of Mutina, who was placed in command of the remains of Caesar's navy?
Sextus Pompey
4852
What title did Sextus Pompey receive when he was placed in command of Caesar's navy?
Praefectus Classis et Orae Maritimae
4853
Who sent an assassin to murder Cicero at Formiae in 43 B.C.?
Mark Antony
4854
Who did Mark Antony send an assassin to murder at Formiae in 43 B.C.?
Cicero
4855
What year did Mark Antony send an assassin to murder Cicero at Formiae?
43 B.C.
4856
What member of the Second Triumvirate sent an assassin to murder Cicero at Formiae in 43 B.C.?
Mark Antony
4857
What year was Amatius killed by Mark Antony?
44 B.C.
4858
What supposed grandson of Marius was killed by Mark Antony in 44 B.C.?
Amatius
4859
Who killed Amatius in 44 B.C.?
Mark Antony
4860
What woman did Mark Antony officially divorce in 32 B.C.?
Octavia the Younger
4861
Where did Mark Antony commit suicide in 30 B.C.?
Alexandria
4862
Where did Cleopatra VII commit suicide in 30 B.C.?
Alexandria
4863
Where did Mark Antony and then Cleopatra VII commit suicide in 30 B.C.?
Alexandria
4864
What year did Mark Antony and then Cleopatra commit suicide at Alexandria?
30 B.C.
4865
What man negotiated the end of the War of Brundisium?
Maecenas
4866
What conflict did Maecenas negotiate the end of?
War of Brundisium
4867
What admiral defeated the Triumvirs and cut them off from their supplies on the day of the First Battle of Philippi, though he was later reconciled with Antony and became consul in 32 B.C.?
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
4868
What two consuls of 32 B.C. passed a vote to censure Octavian but were vetoed by a tribune on February 1?
Gaius Sosius, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
4869
At what battle did a certain Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus defeat the Triumvirs and cut them off from their supplies on the day of the fight?
Philippi
4870
What treaty recognized Sextus Pompey as the ruler of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily?
Pact of Misenum
4871
What Etruscan town harbored Lucius Antonius and Fulvia after they were forced by Octavian to flee Rome in 40 B.C.?
Perusia
4872
What province did Decimus Brutus take over in 43 B.C.?
Cisalpine Gaul
4873
What Roman abolished the office of dictator?
Mark Antony
4874
What Roman drafted the "Donations of Alexandria"?
Mark Antony
4875
Who, by the "Donations of Alexandria", was proclaimed the legitimate son of Caesar and "King of Kings"?
Caesarion (Ptolemy XV)
4876
After what battle did Octavian have Caesarion killed?
Actium
4877
What son of Caesar did Octavian have killed after the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.?
Caesarion
4878
Who convinced the senate to issue a Senatus Consultum Ultimum against Octavian in 40 B.C.?
Lucius Antonius
4879
What year did Lucius Antonius convince the senate to issue a Senatus Consultum Ultimum against Octavian?
40 B.C.
4880
At what battle did Aulus Hirtius die in 43 B.C.?
Mutina
4881
What consul of 43 B.C. died at the battle of Mutina?
Aulus Hirtius
4882
Octavian stole whose army after the other man tried to steal Sicily?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
4883
In which province did Octavian convince Lepidus' soldiers to desert, effectively ending Lepidus' public career?
Sicily
4884
Where did Octavian and Agrippa fight from 35-34 B.C.?
Illyricum
4885
How old was Octavian when Caesar died?
18
4886
What law did Mark Antony pass in 44 B.C. to protect himself from Octavian after he failed in tricking Octavian out of his rights?
Lex Permutatione Provinciae
4887
Who passed the Lex Permutatione Provinciae in 44 B.C. to protect himself from Octavian after this man failed in tricking Octavian out of his rights?
Mark Antony
4888
The Lex Permutatione Provinciae gave Mark Antony control of what two provinces for 5 years instead of Macedon?
Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul
4889
Where did Decimus Brutus flee to after the Battle of Mutina but was deserted by his troops and then put to death by a brigand chief in the Carnic Alps?
Macedon
4890
In 43 B.C., the senate relented to give Marcus Iunius Brutus the proconsulship of what two provinces?
Macedon and Illyricum
4891
In 43 B.C., the senate relented to give what man proconsulship of Macedon and Illyricum?
Marcus Iunius Brutus
4892
Who tried to include Sextus Pompey in the Peace of Brundisium in 40 B.C.?
Mark Antony
4893
Where was Octavian and his two squadrons defeated by Sextus Pompey in 38 B.C.?
Strait of Messina
4894
After his own defeat at the Strait of Messina in 38 B.C., along what coast did Octavian suffer further losses after exposing his fleet during a storm?
Bruttium
4895
Where was Sextus Pompey's main base?
Messana
4896
Mark Antony hunted down and killed Arsinoe in return for Cleopatra's subsidies in what city?
Ephesus
4897
In what year were the Donations of Alexandria?
34 B.C.
4898
What title was Cleopatra given at the Donations of Alexandria in 34 B.C.?
Queen of Kings
4899
What title was Caesarion given at the Donations of Alexandria in 34 B.C.?
King of Kings
4900
What goddess was Cleopatra robed as at the Donations of Alexandria?
Isis
4901
What children of Mark Antony and Cleopatra were referred to as the Sun and the Moon, respectively?
Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene
4902
Hortensia opposed the taxation of women due to the war against what two men?
Marcus Iunius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus
4903
The Battle of Actium followed in the steps of Antium and Mylae when they took the prows of enemy ships and put them on what?
Rostra
4904
What wife of Mark Antony was the mother of his two sons, Antyllus and Iullus Antonius?
Fulvia
4905
What man assisted Marcus Agrippa in starving out Lucius Antonius at Perusia?
Quintus Salvidienus Rufus
4906
Who was the commander of Octavian's land forces at the Battle of Actium?
Statilius Taurus
4907
Where in Rome was the amphitheater of Statilius Taurus built?
Campus Martius
4908
What does the name "Caesarion" translate to?
Little Caesar
4909
What Roman general and governor of Macedon, to whom Octavian denied the Spolia Opima, defeated the Getae, Bastarnae, and Moesi from 30-27 B.C.?
Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger
4910
Where did Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger serve as governor?
Macedon
4911
From what years did Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger defeat the Getae, Bastarnae, and Moesi?
30-27 B.C.
4912
What three tribes did Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger defeat from 30-27 B.C.?
Getae, Bastarnae, Moesi
4913
Who was denied the Spolia Opima by Octavian even though he killed the king of the Bastarnae, Deldo, in single combat in 29/28 B.C.?
Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger
4914
Of what tribe was Deldo the king?
Bastarnae
4915
What year did Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger defeat and kill Deldo of the Bastarnae?
29/28 B.C.
4916
To what temple was the armor of Deldo dedicated?
Jupiter Feretrius
4917
What award was denied of Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger by Octavian in 29/28 B.C. on the grounds that Aulus Cornelius Cossus was consul at the time and not proconsul?
Spolia Opima
4918
Who denied Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger the Spolia Opima in 29/28 B.C. on the grounds that Aulus Cornelius Cossus was consul and not proconsul at the time?
Octavian
4919
From what region did King Deldo originate?
Macedon
4920
How was Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger (victor over the Bastarnae) related to the OG Marcus Licinius Crassus?
Grandson
4921
On what grounds did Octavian deny Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger the Spolia Opima in 29/28 B.C. after he killed King Deldo of the Bastarnae in single combat?
Aulus Cornelius Cossus was consul and not proconsul at the time
4922
At what preliminary to Mutina was the consul Vibius Pansa gravely wounded?
Forum Gallorum
4923
What consul was gravely wounded at the battle of Forum Gallorum in 43 B.C.?
Vibius Pansa
4924
Who led expeditions against the Salassi from 35-34 B.C.?
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus
4925
From what years did Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus lead expeditions against the Salassi?
35-34 B.C.
4926
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus led expeditions against what tribe from 35-34 B.C.?
Salassi
