History Introduction Toss-Ups Flashcards
(203 cards)
1
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What elderly senator was elected to succeed Domitian in 96 A.D?
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Nerva, Week 5
2
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What Arvernian chieftan was defeated by Caesar at Alesia in 52 BC?
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Vercingetorix, Week 3
3
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Who was the first Roman emperor to wear a beard?
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Hadrian, Week 5
4
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What conflict began when all of the Roman citizens of Cirta were slaughtered after the city was besieged in 111 BC?
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Jugurthine War, Week 3
5
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The construction of the Mamertinum and the Pons Sublicius both ocurred during the reign of which king of Rome?
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Ancus Marcius, Week 1
6
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Which emperor left Sejanus in charge of his affairs when he retired to Capri for the final years of his reign?
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Tiberius, Week 4
7
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Who was the governor of Upper Germany in A.D. 97 when he learned that he had been adopted as the heir of the emperor Nerva?
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Trajan, Week 5
8
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What grandiose palace did Nero construct in the area cleared by fire of 64 A.D?
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Domus Aurea, Week 4
9
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Which enemy of Rome committed suicide at Panticapaeum in 63 BC after leading Pontus in 3 wars against the Romans?
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Mithridates VI, Week 3
10
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Who was the first emperor from the Equestrian rank?
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Macrinus, Week 6
11
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What king of Mauretania betrayed Jugurtha by turning him over to Sulla in 106 BC?
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Bocchus, Week 3
12
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What Roman commander was the victorious admiral at the battle of Aegates Islands?
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Lutatius Catulus, Week 2
13
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Tarquinnius Priscus enlarged the Senate by adding another 100 members, many of whom were probably Etruscan. What were these new members called?
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Minores Gentes, Week 1
14
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What emperor ruled from 161 to 180 A.D?
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Marcus Aurelius, Week 5
15
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Which king of Rome was raised by a shepherd named Faustulus and his wife Acca Larentia?
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Romulus, Week 1
16
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What Roman commander committed the devotio during the battle of Sentinum?
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Decius Mus, Week 2
17
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What man, having seen 12 vultures fly overhead, interpreted that he would be the rightful king of Rome and killed his brother?
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Romulus, Week 1
18
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By entrenching himself in a series of double barricades Caesar was able to beseige what Gallic stronghold and defeat the Arverni in 52 BC?
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Alesia, Week 3
19
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At what battle in 260 AD did Valerian become the first emperor captured alive in battle?
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Edessa, Week 6
20
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What Germanic Chieftan sacked Rome in 476 AD and deposed Romulus Augustulus?
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Odoacer, Week 6
21
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What king of Rome was killed when it became clear that his adopted son Servius Tullius was being groomed as his successor?
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Tarquinnius Priscus, Week 1
22
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What group of Campanian Mercenaries seized the city of Messana in 289 B.C?
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The Mamertines, Week 2
23
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What woman vowed to allow the Sabines into Rome if they gave her the gold on their arm but was instead crushed by their shields?
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Tarpeia, Week 1
24
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Who sacked Carthage in 146 BC?
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Scipio Aemilianus, Week 2
25
Which of the five Good Emperors expanded the borders of the empire to their furthest extent?
Trajan, Week 5
26
Where did Marcus Aurelius die of plague in 180 A.D?
Vindobonna, Week 5
27
Who attempted to populate the city of Rome by holding a festival in honor of the god Consus in order to attract the nearby Sabine women?
Romulus, Week 1
28
What tribune of the Praetorian guard was responsible for the assassination of Caligula in 41 A.D?
Cassius Chaerea, Week 4
29
At what battle in 36 BC did Agrippa, commanding Octavian's army, defeat the forces of Sextus Pompey?
Naulochus, Week 3
30
What Roman emperor's last words were supposedly Qualis artifex pereo?
Nero, Week 4
31
Where in 390 B.C were the Romans routed by Gaullic invaders?
Allia River, Week 2
32
Who was the Samnite commander at the battle of Caudine Forks?
Gavius Pontius, Week 2
33
Who did Pompey replace in command against Mithridates by means of the Lex Gabinia?
Lucullus, Week 3
34
Who established a twelve month lunar calendar and established various priestly colleges during his peaceful reign as second king of Rome?
Numa Pompilius, Week 1
35
What man ruled Rome as emperor between 27 BC to 14 AD?
Augustus, Week 4
36
Who negotiated with Bocchus for the surrender of Jugurtha?
L. Cornelius Sulla, Week 3
37
Which king, a grandson of Numa, built a bridge across the Tiber and annexed the Janiculum hill?
Ancus Marcius, Week 1
38
Which king of Rome, often identified with the Etruscan hero Mastarna, took the first census, divided the city into four regions, and sourrounded its seven hills with a wall?
Servius Tullius, Week 1
39
Where did the army of Vitellius under Caecina and Valens defeat the Otho in 69 A.D?
Bedriacum / Cremona, Week 5
40
Where did Constantine and Licinius meet in 313 AD so that Licinius could marry Constantia and the two men could make an agreement on religious toleration?
Milan, Week 6
41
What Numidian chieftain declared Rome "a city for sale" because of the ease with which he was able to bribe several Roman consuls into inaction?
Jugurtha, Week 3
42
What Ampitheather did Titus open during his reign?
Flavian Amphitheater / Colosseum , Week 5
43
Who declares Rome a city for sale during attempted negotiations with Calpurnius Bestia?
Jugurtha, Week 3
44
At what site did Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus meet to form the First Triumvirate?
Luca, Week 3
45
What autocratic title did Domitian prefer over the traditional princeps?
Domnius et Deus, Week 5
46
Who ruled from 211 and 217 A.D?
Caracalla, Week 6
47
What two day battle did Pyrrhus fight against the Romans in 279 B.C, ultimately winning another Pyrrhic victory?
Asculum, Week 2
48
What woman was deified as the goddess Hora after the death of her husband Romulus?
Hersilia, Week 1
49
Whose heroic deeds such as being the first over the wall of Numantia, and saving the entrapped army of Hostilius Mancinus were quickly forgotten when he was clubbed to death on the Capitolin because of his radical proposals?
Tiberius Gracchus, Week 3
50
Where in 295 B.C did the Romans defeat a coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, Sabines, and Umbrians?
Sentinum, Week 2
51
Name the wife of L. Tarquinius Priscus whom tradition credits for his succession to the kingship of Rome.
Tanaquil, Week 1
52
In what year did Trajan decisively defeat Decebalus, leading to the latter's suicide?
106 A.D, Week 5
53
After what battle in 42 BC do Brutus and Cassius commit suicide?
Philippi, Week 3
54
Who was the last emperor to rule a united Roman Empire?
Theodosius I, Week 6
55
What two bothers were raised by a she-wolf until they were discovered by the shepherd Faustulus and his wife?
Romulus & Remus, Week 1
56
What disaster on August 24th, 79 A.D cast a shadow over the early part of Titus' reign?
Eruption of Vesuvius/ destruction of Pompeii, Week 5
57
Who bribed the Mauretanian king Bocchus to hand over his son-in-law Jugurtha?
Sulla, Week 3
58
Which king of Rome was killed when the palace roof was struck by lightning causing a fire?
Tullus Hostilius, Week 1
59
Who starved Numantia into submission?
Scipio Aemilianus, Week 3
60
Which Roman king was the son of Demaratus of Corinth, who fled to Etruria?
Tarquinnius Priscus, Week 1
61
What battle of 321 B.C was a decisive victory for the Samnites?
Caudine Forks, Week 2
62
By allying himself with Appius Claudius Pulcher, Publius Licinius Crassus, and the jurist Mucius Scaevola, what tribune secured much needed support for a string of radical proposals which end with him being clubbed to death on the Capitoline Hill?
Tiberius Gracchus, Week 3
63
Bocchus received the western portion of Numidia after what king was handed over to the Romans in 104 BC?
Jugurtha, Week 3
64
Who divided the empire into twleve dioceses?
Diocletian, Week 6
65
What emperor ushered in a "pax Romana" and built the Ara Pacis during his reign from 27 B.C. to 14 A.D.?
Augustus, Week 4
66
Which Imperial Structure depicts in high relief the Jewish menorah and other spoils from the conquest of Jerusalem?
Arch of Titus, Week 5
67
Who sacked Corinth in 146 BC?
Mummius, Week 2
68
What emperor was referred to as the "Apostate" because of his attempt to restore Paganism as the state religion?
Julian, Week 6
69
What king of Dacia launched an invasion of Roman territory in 85 A.D?
Decebalus, Week 5
70
What son of Germanicus succeeded Tiberius as Emperor?
Caligula, Week 4
71
What Roman general, endowed with the power of the Lex Gabinia, completed the reduction of Mediterranean pirates in only 90 days?
Pompey, Week 3
72
What praetorian prefect who supplanted Gordian III ruled Rome during Rome's 1000th anniversary?
Philip the Arab, Week 6
73
Which king of Rome had a co-regent, a Sabine named Titus Tatius?
Romulus, Week 1
74
What Sennonian chieftain reprotedly said vae victis to the Romans when they complained of weighted scales?
Brennus, Week 2
75
What emperor built an 80 mile long stone wall in Britain from theTyne to Clyde?
Hadrian, Week 5
76
Who was reported to have announced "alea iacta est" before crossing the Rubicon and sparking a civil war in 49 BC?
(Gaius) Julius Caesar, Week 3
77
What son of Marcus Aurelius ruled from 180-192 A.D?
Commodus, Week 6
78
What Syrian woman was the wife of Septimius Severus?
Julia Domna, Week 6
79
Who, seventeen or eighteen at the time, obtained control of the East, while his ten-year-old brother became the Western Emperor in 395AD?
Arcadius, Week 6
80
Off the coast of what city near the Straits of Messana did Sextus Pompey suffer a crushing defeat against the forces of Octavian in 36 BC?
Naulochus, Week 3
81
What queen of the Iceni led a rebellion against Roman authority in Britain in 61 A.D?
Boudicca, Week 4
82
What latin title meaning “best prince” was bestowed upon Trajan perhaps as early as 100 A.D?
Optimus Princeps, Week 5
83
What tribune, because he vetoed his collegue's radical proposals was removed from office in 133 BC?
M. Octavius, Week 3
84
Whose career as tribune began in 103 BC with legislation to provide land settlements to Marius’ veterans and ended with a senātūs cōnsultum ultimum and a shower of roof tiles?
Saturninus, Week 3
85
Awakening from a dream, what general did Augustus demand "bring back his legions" which had been defeated in the Teutoburg Forest?
Quintilius Varus, Week 4
86
Name the three original tribes of Rome which were established by Romulus.
Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres, Week 1
87
Who was the wife of Romulus?
Hersilia, Week 1
88
What happened to the Roman army at the Caudine Forks after they were defeated?
Driven under the Yolk, Week 2
89
The Senate debated the idea of restoring the Republic after whose assassination in 41 AD?
Caligula, Week 4
90
What name was given to Jersualem after the suppression of the Third Jewish Revolt?
Aelia Capitolina, Week 5
91
What Plebian consul, responsible for the Foedus Cassianum, was executed by a patrician consul n 485 B.C?
Spurrius Cassius, Week 2
92
Redistribution of grain, the estblishment of the colony Iunonia, and the extension of citizenship to Latins were proposals by what tribune which designated him as a target of the Senatus Consultum Ultimum?
Gaius Gracchus, Week 3
93
Who reigned as emperor from 222-235 A.D?
Severus Alexander, Week 6
94
After what disaster in 105 BC was Marius called upon to deal with the threat of the Cimbri and Teutones?
Battle of Arausio, Week 3
95
Under what king was the forum drained to become the center of commercial, social, and political life?
Tarquinnius Priscus, Week 1
96
What Spartan mercenary did the Carthaginians hire in 255 B.C to reform their military?
Xanthippus, Week 2
97
What future emperor captured Jerusalem in 70 AD?
Titus, Week 5
98
Who was granted the first senatus consultum ultimum to deal with the radical Gaius Gracchus?
L. Opimius, Week 3
99
For his defeat of what king of Caenina did Romulus earn the first ever Spolia Opima?
Acron, Week 1
100
What man did Hadrian ultimately adopt as his heir?
Antoninus Pius, Week 5
101
According to Roman Tradition, what hero saved Rome from the Etruscans by defending the Pons Sublicius?
Horatius Cocles, Week 2
102
Where did the Romans defeat Pyrrhus in 275 B.C?
Beneventum, Week 2
103
What two brothers, the "jewels" of their mother Cornelia Scipio, were killed during the Second Centruy BC because of their radical political reforms?
Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus, Week 3
104
What two brothers succeeded Septimius Severus?
Caracalla and Geta, Week 6
105
What son of Julia Soaemias ruled from 218-222 A.D. and identified himself with the Syrian sun god Elagabal?
Elagabalus/Heliogabalus/Varius Avitus, Week 6
106
What general earned the title "Last of the Romans" after his defeat of Attila in 451 BC?
Aetius, Week 6
107
The year 59 BC was jokingly referred to as the year of Gaius and Caesar because of the lack of influence of what co-consular colleague of Caesar?
Bibulus, Week 3
108
What son of Ocrisia, a captive of war, became the sixth king of Rome?
Servius Tullius, Week 1
109
What title, conferred upon Augustus in 2 B.C., a title previously given to Cicero and Julius Caesar literally means “father of the country”?
Pater Patriae, Week 4
110
What consul was victorious at the battle of Mylae?
Duilius, Week 2
111
Which king of Rome purchased three of the Sibylline books only after allowing the other six to be burned?
Tarquinnius Superbus, Week 1
112
What ex-consul led the mob which clubbed Tiberius Gracchus to death along with 300 of his followers?
Scipio Nasica, Week 3
113
Who leapt over the pomerium upon seeing six vultures and was killed instantly by his brother?
Remus, Week 1
114
At what battle in 31 BC did Octavian defeat the forces of Antony and Cleopatra?
Actium, Week 3
115
What woman after treacherously allowing the Sabines into Rome was thrown from a rock which now bears her name?
Tarpeia, Week 1
116
At what battle of 378 AD was the emperor Valens killed in battle?
Adrianople, Week 6
117
What emperor issued an edict of maximum prices in 301 AD?
Diocletian, Week 6
118
Off the coast of what city in Epirus does Octavian defeat the forces of Antony and Cleoptra in 31 BC?
Actium, Week 3
119
What law of 66 BC granted Pompey command against Mithridates?
Lex Manilia, Week 3
120
What Roman count (comes) checked Atila and the Huns at the Battle of Catalaunian Plain?
Aetius, Week 6
121
What emperor could allegedly hit an ostrich with a javelin at 50 paces and could frequently be seen in the arena dressed as Hercules?
Commodus, Week 6
122
What emperor attempted to secure the pax deorum by performing the first systematic prosection of Christians throughout the empire?
Decius, Week 6
123
Who was murdered in the Theater of Pompey on March 15, 44 BC?
C. Julius Caesar, Week 3
124
What emperor succeeded an Apostate and restored Christianity as the official state religion?
Jovian, Week 6
125
What mistress of Commodus took part in the plot that ultimately killed him in 192 A.D?
Marcia, Week 6
126
Who stuck his right hand in a fire to prove the resolve of the Romans to Lars Porsenna?
Mucius Scaevola, Week 2
127
Which emperor advanced the efforts of his predecessor when he moved beyond the shores of Kent and conquered Britain in 43 AD?
Claudius, Week 4
128
Where, in 225 BC, did the consuls Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus decimate a force of over 70,000 Insubrian Gauls?
Cape Telamon, Week 2
129
Where on August 9, 378 AD was a Roman emperor killed in battle against the gothic chieftan Fritigern?
Adrianople, Week 6
130
Which Roman king added to the Senate a hundred members, who were called minores gentes?
Tarquinnius Priscus, Week 1
131
What governor of Gallia Lugdunensis revolted against Nero with the support of Galba and Otho in 68 A.D?
Vindex, Week 4
132
Which of the emperors of 69 AD committed suicide after being defeated at the First Battle of Bedriacum?
Otho, Week 5
133
What conflict began when Manius Aquilius compelled Nicomedes IV to attack Pontus?
First Mithridatic War, Week 3
134
What emperor coined the phrase "oderint dum probent" during his tyrannical reign from 14 t0 37 A.D.?
Tiberius, Week 4
135
Whose last words to his sons were supposedly “agree with each other, enrich the soldiers, and despise everyone else”?
Septimius Severus, Week 5
136
Who won battles at Vosges, Bibracte, and Alesia in route to conquering Gallia Transalpina in the mid 1st Century BC?
Julius Caesar, Week 3
137
Who allegedly saw a burning cross with the phrase in hoc signo vinces in the sky before attacking Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge?
Constantine, Week 6
138
Where in 458 B.C was a Roman army trapped by the Aequi?
Mt.Algidus, Week 2
139
Who was mercifully apppointed as Corrector Lucaniae after the fall of the Imperium Galliarum in 273 AD?
Tetricus, Week 6
140
What emperor permanently disbanded the praetorian guard?
Constantine, Week 6
141
Who rescued Hostilius Mancinus and his entrapped army from the Numantians?
Tiberius Gracchus, Week 3
142
Name the shepherd and his wife who discovered Romulus and Remus.
Faustulus & Acca Larentia, Week 1
143
What emperor declared his horse Incitatus a senator in addition to other deranged acts which led to his assassination in 41 A.D.?
Caligula, Week 4
144
What consul of 249 B.C was responsible for the naval disaster at Drepana?
Publius Claudius Pulcher, Week 2
145
What senator purchased the empire at an auction for 25,000 sesterces?
Didius Julianus, Week 6
146
What domineering mother acted as empress of Rome throughout the reign of her son Severus Alexander?
Julia Mamaea, Week 5
147
The Fetiales, Flamines, Pontices, and Vestal Virgins were among the priestly colleges established by which king of Rome?
Numa Pompilius, Week 1
148
What governor of Gallia Lugdunensis prevented Nero from touring Asia Minor and Egypt by rebelling against him in 68AD?
Vindex, Week 4
149
What piece of naval technology did the Romans use against the Carthaginians to turn a naval battle into a land battle?
Corvus, Week 2
150
Where were the forces of King Boiorix and the Cimbri massacred by a Roman army in 101 BC?
Vercellae, Week 3
151
What event in 325 AD saw 300 bishops gathered to settle a dispute between the Arian Heresy and the Athanasians?
Council of Nicaea, Week 6
152
After chasing him around the Bosphorus, where in September of 324 A.D. did the forces of Constantine finally defeat Licinius?
Chrysopolis, Week 6
153
What naval battle of 241 B.C proved to be the deciding battle of the First Punic War?
Aegates island, Week 2
154
Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?
Julia Domna, Week 5
155
What emperor first led a campaign against Decebalus and the Dacians?
Domitian, Week 5
156
What emperor was baptized on his deathbed in 337 AD?
Constantine, Week 6
157
According to Livy, who organized the coup which overthrew Tarquinius Superbus and established the Roman Republic?
Lucius Junius Brutus, Week 1
158
According to legend, who was predicted to become king of Rome when flames were observed around his head as he slept in his crib?
Servius Tullius, Week 1
159
What man, the only member of both decemviri councils, is infamous for his tyrannical actions?
Appius Claudius, Week 2
160
The consecration of the temple of Jupiter Elicius, the creation of a twelve month lunar calendar, and the insitution of twelve Salii all occurred during the reign of which Roman king?
Numa Pompilius, Week 1
161
What war ended with the consul Gaius Lutatius Catulus destroying a Carthaginian fleet near the Aegates Islands in 241 BC?
First Punic War, Week 2
162
Whose march upon Rome in 82 BC endured its final check when he defeated a combined force of Samnites and Populares at the Colline Gate?
Sulla, Week 3
163
Who took refuge at Caere in Etruria after he and his sons were banished from Rome in 509 BC?
Tarquinnius Superbus, Week 1
164
Where did Hadrian build a lavish villa during his reign?
Tibur/Tivoli, Week 5
165
From 86-84 BC what consul was the virtual ruler of Rome?
Cinna, Week 3
166
What emperor lived a life of leisure while his father ruled the empire, and continued to do so in Campania after he was deposed by Odoacer?
Romulus Augustulus, Week 6
167
Which two women persuaded Coriolanus to turn back from his assault on Rome?
Veturia (mother), Volumnia (wife), Week 2
168
What law of 67 BC granted Pompey six months of imperium to deal with the Mediterranean pirates?
Lex Gabinia, Week 3
169
Whose careless haste in engaging the Parthains at Carrhae resulted in molten gold being poured down his throat after his defeat?
Crassus, Week 3
170
What two young men killed Amulius and restored their grandfather Numitor to his rightful throne of Alba Longa?
Romulus & Remus, Week 1
171
What governor of Upper Germany defeated Vindex at Vesontio in 68 A.D?
(L) Verginius Rufus, Week 4
172
What battle of 260 B.C was Rome's first major naval victory?
Mylae, Week 2
173
The ashes of which emperor, a distant relative of the Julio-Claudians, were the last to be placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus in 98 AD?
Nerva, Week 5
174
Who was the last Western Roman emperor?
Romulus Augustulus, Week 6
175
What law of 43 BC legalized the Second Triumvirate?
Lex Titia, Week 3
176
Which king of Rome oversaw the first Roman coinage, constructed a temple to Diana with help from neighboring Latin cities, and was the victim of a deadly conspiracy involving his daughter?
Servius Tullius, Week 1
177
What King of Epirus did the Tarentines appeal to for help in 280 B.C?
Pyrrhus, Week 2
178
At what battle in 102 BC were Teutobod and the Teutones defeated by Marius?
Aquae Sextiae, Week 3
179
What man served as Praetorian prefect for the majority of Tiberius' reign?
Sejanus, Week 4
180
Where did Pyrrhus defeat the Romans in 280 B.C?
Heraclea, Week 2
181
Augustus numbered the years of his reign based on the number of times he held what power?
tribunicia potestas, Week 4
182
What group did Nero blame for the fire of 64 A.D?
The Christians, Week 4
183
Who was executed by Pothinus and Achillas when he fled to Egypt after the battle of Pharsalus?
Pompey, Week 3
184
What nickname was given to the son of Cleopatra by Julius Caesar?
Caesarion, Week 3
185
At what battle in 312 AD did the usurper Constantine defeat Maxentius?
Milvian Bridge / Saxa Rubra, Week 6
186
Who allied himself with Crixus and Oenomaus to spark a three year slave rebellion throughout Italy?
Spartacus, Week 3
187
Who was given the cognomen Ponticus for his campaigns against Mithridates?
Lucullus, Week 3
188
Where were the forces of King Teutobod massacred by a Roman army in 102 BC?
Aquae Sextiae, Week 3
189
Whose revolt in Judaea circa 135 AD was put down by Julius Severus who had to be recalled from Britain?
Simon Bar Cosiba, Week 5
190
What Roman patrician, exiled through plebeian hostility, led a Volscian attack on Rome in 491 B.C?
Coriolanus, Week 2
191
What half-vandal soldier served as magister equitum for Theodosius and regent for his young son Honorius?
Stilicho, Week 6
192
Which king of Rome was said to receive prophecies from a water nymph named Egeria?
Numa Pompilius, Week 1
193
Whose life and tyrannical reign were ended by Cassius Chaerea just four years after he solidified himself as the successor of Tiberius?
Caligula, Week 4
194
Where did Constantine summon an ecumenical council to solve the religious differences in the Christian church?
Nicaea, Week 6
195
Which Tetrarch moved the Eastern capital of the empire to Nicomedia?
Diocletian, Week 6
196
What Dacian capital city falls to Rome in 106 AD?
Sarmizegethusa, Week 5
197
Which king of Rome assumed the deified name Quirinus?
Romulus, Week 1
198
Upon hearing the news that his political enemies had been attacking his conduct during the Gallic Wars, where did Caesar meet with Crassus and Pompey to renew their political alliance in 56 BC?
Luca, Week 3
199
After what battle in 324 AD did Constantine emerge as sole emperor?
Chrysopolis, Week 6
200
What daughter of Scipio Africanus referred to her two sons as her jewels?
Cornelia, Week 3
201
What man did the Senate chose to be dictator to save the Romans at Mt.Algidus?
Cincinnatus, Week 2
202
Who killed Acron and earned the first ever Spolia Opima?
Romulus, Week 1
203
What tribune attempted to establish a colony at Iunonia in 122 BC?
Gaius Gracchus, Week 3
