Last Republicans (Part 2) Flashcards by Noah Harris

What dangerous man nearly became praetor in 55 BC but was never officially elected since Pompey called off the voting on a religious pretext?

Cato the Younger

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After Pompey defeated the Mediterranean pirates within 3 months, what law transferred the command against Mithridates from Lucullus to him?

Lex Manilia

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What daughter of a praetor was betrothed to Pompey leading to his unsurprising acquittal?

Antistia

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In addition to his scandal-free private life, who, by offering a tenth of his possessions to Hercules, gave each citizen three months worth of grain and treated them to a proper feast?

Crassus

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In his ceremony for military discharge, what Roman consul stated that he always served under himself and appended “Magnus” to his name?

Pompey

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After his son betrayed him and Tigranes put a bounty on his head, who finally committed suicide in Crimea in 63 BC?

Mithridates VI

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What consul of 49 BC gave command of the Republic’s forces to Pompey against Caesar?

Claudius Marcellus

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In a bargain for his life with Pompey, who offered the Roman generals letters of correspondence from Sertorius to senators which Pompey promptly burned instead?

Perperna

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6000 slaves were crucified from Rome to Capua along what road after Crassus put down Spartacus’s revolt?

Via Appia

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“Asinus asinum fricat” might best describe what two politicians on the campaign trail for the consulship of 70 BC?

Crassus & Pompey

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At whose funeral in 264 BC did the first gladiatorial combats take place?

Iunius Pera

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After his antics with Metellus Creticus, who only furthered the divide with the Metellans by divorcing Mucia Tertia for infidelity?

Pompey

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What potential capitalist in Ancient Rome snuck in the name of a man whose property into the proscriptions of Sulla, leading to their breakdown in trust?

Crassus

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What daughter of Metellus Pius Scipio did Pompey marry as his 4th wife?

Cornelia

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Even though Crassus did much of the heavy lifting against Spartacus, what man took credit for the victory?

Pompey

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Despite both serving in Sulla’s ranks, what two consuls spent their year together dismantling much of Sulla’s reforms including restoring the power of tribune in 70 BC?

Crassus & Pompey

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Following the surrender of what Armenian king did Pompey annex Syria and conquer Judaea?

Tigranes

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Told by Sulla that he “give[s] [him] the shades of [his] murdered father and brother. Go now and avenge them” in lieu of a bodyguard, who was given the task to recruit troops among the Marsi who had just rebelled against Rome in 83 BC?

Crassus

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At what battle in 48 BC did Caesar defeat Pompey despite his men being outnumbered 2:1?

Pharsalus

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Wanting total glory over the dismantling of Mediterranean pirates within 3 months, Pompey ordered what lieutenant to cease operations against the pirates in Crete, but was ignored?

Metellus Creticus

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After his brother was executed, who was believed to be too young to be any danger and was spared by the forces of Marius after his dad committed suicide.

Crassus

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What Marian general was Pompey sent to defeat in Sicily as propraetor?

Carbo

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Even though Pompey had his enemy Cicero exiled in 58 BC, what once ally of Pompey turned against him?

Clodius

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Which wife of Pompey died in 54 BC leading to the dismantlement of the First Triumvirate?

Julia

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Whose head was ignominiously displayed in Parthian theatrical productions following his death at Carrhae in 53 BC?

Crassus

Understanding his limitations as a general, who decided to starve out the enemy army until the senate decreed him to go all in at Pharsalus?

Pompey

When pirates captured two Roman praetors and started to make their way inland, what law granted Pompey almost imperial powers to deal with them?

Lex Gabinia

To what province was Pompey sent by Sulla as propraetor to defeat the Marian general Carbo?

Sicily

The Surenas' prowess in archery outmatched the slower legions of Crassus near what Parthian city?

Carrhae

When he was denied a triumph due to his lack of magistracy by Sulla, who ominously responded by saying that men look to the rising sun rather than the setting sun?

Pompey

Who was arrested because he had apparently successfully cursed Crassus and his army against Parthia?

Capito

In 67 BC, what tribune proposed Pompey be given unbridled power to deal with Cilician pirates in the Mediterranean?

Gabinius

Sulla cut Pompey out of his will after he supported what man's candidacy for the consulship in 78 BC?

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

After crossing the Euphrates River, Crassus and his men opted to take the most direct route towards what city, the capital of the old empire led by Antiochus III?

Seleucia

While Lucllus opted for chasing around Mithridates with his increasingly more tired army, who instead made it diplomatically impossible for Mithridates to find any allies leading to the enemy's suicide in Crimea in 63 BC?

Pompey

70 BC & 55 BC saw the co-consulships of what two men?

Crassus & Pompey

Before Pompey via the Lex Manilia, Lucullus was in charge of defeating what long time Roman enemy?

Mithridates VI

From what other Roman general had Pompey taken the command against Mithridates via the Lex Manilia?

Lucullus

What ancient religion was adopted the Parthians?

Zoroastrianism

Until he was betrayed by Cilician pirates, who tried to flee to Sicily to start another slave revolt but was forced to meet Crassus in battle in 71 BC?

Spartacus

Deemed 'the vilest man alive' by Rutilius Rufus, who switched sides between Marius and his enemies before his body was desecrated by the Roman people following his death by plague?

Pompeius Strabo

What was the capital of the Parthian empire?

Ctesiphon

What man, his now father-in-law, did Pompey take as his co-consul in 51 BC?

Metellus Pius Scipio

In an emulation of Sulla a few years earlier, who attempted to march against Rome in 78 BC before being defeated by Lutatius Catulus?

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

Whose forces suffered a massive defeat against Spartacus for which Crassus decimated the army and made the survivors pay a deposit on their sword and shield?

Memmius

Unlike Julius Caesar, who was convinced to divorce his wife Antistia in favor of Sulla's stepdaughter Aemilia?

Pompey

Both Clodius and Cornelius steered clear of what Roman politician whose backroom deals and deep pockets left few public scandals?

Crassus

Who earned the name of 'butcher boy' after capturing and executing Carbo in a show trial?

Pompey

Hoping to steal the glory of Metellus Pius against Sertorius, who engaged Sertorius in battle before having to be saved by Metellus Pius?

Pompey

After defeating Carbo in Sicily, Pompey headed to Africa to deal with what other Marian, an ancestor of Nero?

C. Domitius Ahenobarbus

Whose marriage sealed the alliance of the First Triumvirate?

Pompey and Julia's

Shouts of Talassio met the 'Not Guilty' verdict of what man as a result of his marriage to the daughter of the presiding judge?

Pompey

Following the meeting of Luca, where did Pompey take command though he never went in person, instead ruling through legates?

Spain

Santa Maria Capua Vetere was the site of a famous gladiatorial school where whose slave revolt started and was eventually put down by Crassus?

Spartacus

After Aemilia died in childbirth shortly after her betrothal to Pompey, what Metellan woman did Pompey then wed?

Mucia Tertia

Cato and Bibulus both supported what man, their enemy, to be sole-consul of 52 BC in the wake of Crassus's defeat in Parthia?

Pompey

Where, the final Mediterranean power that had not yet submitted to Rome, did Pompey flee following the battle of Pharsalus?

Egypt

On his campaign in Parthia, Crassus took seven legions and what future assassin of Julius Caesar?

Cassius Longinus

In what Tuscan city did Pompey, Caesar, & Crassus meet to resolidify the First Triumvirate in 55 BC?

Luca

In 65 BC, what co-censor foiled Crassus's plans to enfranchise the Transpadanes after which the pair resigned citing irrevocable differences?

Lutatius Catulus

Who was led astray by Arab guides on his way to Seleucia only to be met with waves of Parthian archers near Carrhae?

Crassus

Where did Pompey first withdraw in 49 BC with Caesar following close behind?

Greece

Accusing Crassus of breaking faith with Parthia, what tribune tried in vain to arrest Crassus, only being able to curse him and his army instead?

Capito

What demagogue attempted to overthrow the recently adopted Sullan constitution until he was thwarted by Lucullus?

Lucius Quinctius

After he was orphaned by his parents, Cato the Younger was raised by what man, his maternal uncle, most famous for holding the Tribunate in 91 BC?

Livius Drusus

After being given a naval command by Marcius Rex, who was captured by Cilician pirates and released unharmed?

Publius Clodius Pulcher

Whose knowledge of the Roman treasury shocked his clerks in his term as quaestor during which he forced Sulla's informers to pay back the money Sulla gave them?

Cato the Younger

The objectivity of Cato the Younger was not able to successfully convict Licinius Murena because of the legal abilities of what two advocates?

Cicero and Hortensius

Whom did Poppaedius Silo jokingly threaten to defenestrate when he asked him to intercede for him with Drusus, his adopted father?

Cato the Younger

Lucullus decided to allow Mithridates to escape rather than allow what man to share the glory in his capture?

Fimbria

After shamelessly cultivating the mistress of Cethegus, who earned command in the east against Mithridates?

Lucullus

Educated in both Greek and philosophy, who served both as the literary executor of Sulla and his child's guardian?

Lucullus

Milo and Clodius Pulcher met by happenstance near what town which led to a fatal brawl for Clodius?

Bovillae

During his tenure as quaestor in 61 BC, who was tried for his impiety until his family bribed and intimidated the jury into acquitting him?

Publius Clodius Pulcher

Whose house did Publius Clodius Pulcher destroy and consecrate the ground to Libertas?

Cicero's

What tribune, whom Cicero would later defend in a famous speech, did Pompey appoint as a counter-force to Clodius?

Milo

After capturing what city did Cato the Younger urge Metellus Scipio not to fight Caesar, advice which fell on deaf ears?

Utica

Because of her brother's machinations of mutiny of the troops of Lucullus, what woman did Lucullus divorce before marrying the half-sister of Cato?

Clodia

In order to seduce Julius Caesar's wife, who dressed up as a female musician to infiltrate the Bona Dea festival?

Publius Clodius Pulcher

While serving as military tribune in Macedonia, Cato the Younger hurried out to Greece when he heard about the imminent death of what man, his childhood friend and half-brother?

Servilius Caepio

Where did the Roman people demand Lucullus be buried, like Sulla, though his brother insisted on taking him back to the family estate?

Campus Martius

First the guardian of Sulla's child Faustus then commander against Mithridates, what man's positions grew the envy of Pompey?

Lucullus's

Knocking over an abacus and tearing open his wounds, who committed suicide in Utica opting to be a free man in death rather than a slave to Caesar in life?

Cato the Younger

When Cato the Younger fled to Africa and was wanted by the soldiers to lead, he instead deferred to what man on account of his higher rank as ex-consul?

Metellus Scipio

With what "King of kings" did Mithridates join forces in Armenia?

Tigranes

What man, who opposed the death penalty for the Catilinarian conspirators, was accused by his lifelong enemy Cato the Younger for involving himself in that conspiracy?

Julius Caesar

That true happiness was to be found in virtue, no matter the external circumstances is a central tenet of what philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium?

Stoicism

After Cato the younger filibustered, who was forced to choose between a triumph and consulship upon his return from Spain, opting for the latter?

Julius Caesar

What consul of 62 BC did Cato the Younger prosecute for bribery?

Licinius Murena

After exiling the older Lucullus, who was later brought to trial by Licinius Lucullus for an unknown charge?

Servilius the Augur

Stating that he demanded a more lavish dinner since he's dining with himself, whose demand for luxury was highlighted by his long-renowned gardens in Rome?

Lucullus

By saying that Lucullus was prolonging the war for his own glory, what man convinced Lucullus's troops to mutiny against him?

Clodius Pulcher

Pompey decided to join the First Triumvirate with Caesar and Crassus following what political action from Lucullus?

Lucullus denied Pompey's Asian settlement

To what island south of Asia Minor did the tribune Clodius send Cato the Younger?

Cyprus

Following his troops' mutiny in the east, Lucullus was replaced by what man against Mithridates?

Pompey

After opposing the election of Crassus and Pompey to the consulship of 55 BC only to reluctantly support Pompey's solo consulship of 52 BC, who again felt compelled to join the Pompeians against Caesar and was given command of Sicily?

Cato the Younger

Whom, his own wife, did Cato the Younger give in marriage to Hortensius, reclaiming her upon Hortensius's death in 50 BC?

Marcia

When he was still just an infant, whose father was exiled from Rome by Servilius the Augur for burning the military stores in Sicily following his replacement?

Lucullus's

Because he was patrician born through and through, who was adopted into a plebeian house before his tribunate of 58 BC during which he passed a law giving free grain to the plebeians?

Publius Clodius Pulcher

What festival, open only to women, saw the attempted feminine disguise of Publius Clodius Pulcher whose alibi was exploded by Cicero?

Bona Dea

What general did Tigranes not expect to rush into battle with him until he did so winning at Tigranocerta?

Lucullus

As consul in 74 BC, Lucullus proposed giving what man a command against the Cilician pirates which would later go to Pompey years later?

Marcus Antonius

Against what supporter of Pompey did Cato the Younger run for tribune of 62 BC, although both men were elected?

Metellus Nepos

Mostly to be with his childhood friend and half-brother Servilius Caepio, who volunteered for the campaign against Spartacus in 72 BC?

Cato the Younger

In 79 BC, Lucullus finally returned to Rome to become hold what office with his brother during which both earned much public favor for their lavish games?

Aedile

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