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Mastermind 2016 - Robert Harris > Lustrum > Flashcards

Lustrum Flashcards

1
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Part one

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Consul - 63BC

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2
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Lustrum

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Five years

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3
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Quote from JG Farrell book

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Siege of Krishnapur - “We look on past ages with condescension”

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What is pulled from the Tiber two days before Cicero is inaugurated as consul

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Body of a boy

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5
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Magistrate responsible for keeping order

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Octavius, aedile of the plebs

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How old is the body

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Twelve - human sacrifice

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7
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Who does the dead slave belong to

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Antonius Hybrida

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8
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Who does Cicero ask about the human sacrifice

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Sanga - patron of Gauls

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9
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Who visits Cicero just before his inauguration

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Catulus, Isauricus, Hortensius and Rabirius

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Who is Rabirius charged with killing

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Saturnius

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What is the ancient charge being brought against Rabirius

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Perduellio - Treason

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12
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What is the penalty for perduellio

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Crucifixion

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13
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Who appoints the two judges for Rabirius’s trial

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Lentulus Sura

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14
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Who does Sura appoint to try Rabirius

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Julius Ceasar and his cousin Lucius

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15
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Who has laid the charge against Rubirius

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Labienus - tribune

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16
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Caesar claims descent from …

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Venus

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17
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Caesar’s daughter

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Julia

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18
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Caesar’s mother

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Aurelia

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19
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Women seen leaving Caesar’s house

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Postumia, wife of Servius Sulpicius

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20
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Bronze in Caesar’s house

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Venus, by Myron

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21
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Caesar’s wife at this time

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Pompeia

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22
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Pularii

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Keepers of the sacred chickens

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23
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Augur that day

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Quintus Caecilius Metellus CELER

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24
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Celer’s wife

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Clodia

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25
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Where are new bills displayed

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Outside the Temple of Saturn

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26
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State land to be siezed

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Campania

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27
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Cicero’s refrain when spending money

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Macedonia will pay

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28
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Where does the senate meet

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Temple of Jupiter

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29
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How many vestal virgins

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Six

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30
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How many pontiffs of state religion

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Fourteen

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31
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Sacrifice to Jupiter

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White bull

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32
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Cicero’s first law of rhetoric - a speech must contain at least one …

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surprise

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33
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What is held on the Alban Mount

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Latin Festival

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34
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Highlight of Latin Festival

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Swinging competition

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35
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What has been erected on the Field of Mars

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Cross - Rabirius

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36
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Nationality of Hybrida’s murdered slave

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Smyrnan

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37
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Who killed Hybrida’s slave

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Catiline - hammer

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38
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How does Cicero halt Rabirius’s trial

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Hauls down the flag on the Janiculum Hill

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39
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Pontifex Maximus who dies

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Metellus Pius

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40
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Two candidates for Pontifex Maximus

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Catulus and Isauricus

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41
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Who wins the election for Pontifex Maximus

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Caesar - 7 tribes, against Catulus (6), Isauricus (4)

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42
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Who has Pompey defeated in the east

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Mithradates Eupator

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43
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What do they call Pompey in the east

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Warden of Land and Sea

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44
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Official residence of the Pontifex Maximus

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Via Sacra

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45
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Terentia has supervison of …

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Cult of the Good Goddess

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46
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Good Goddess’s temple

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Aventine (snakes)

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47
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Who comes to tell Cicero of the plot against him

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Unnamed mistress of Quintus Curio

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48
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Where is Cicero’s seaside villa

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Formiae

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49
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Julius Caesar’s new mistress

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Servilia - wife of Julius Silanus

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50
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Cicero’s bodyguards

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Sextus brothers - Titus and Quintus

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51
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Lucullus’s palace on the Bay of Naples

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Villa Cornelia

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52
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Lucullus’s slave girl

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Agathe

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53
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What does Lucullus call his largest eel

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Pompey

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54
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Cicero’s name for Clodia

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Lady Ox-Eyes

55
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“If a fire is raised to consume my fortunes then I will put it out - not by water but by

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demolition

56
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Which of Catilina’s military lieutenant disappears to raise troops

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Manlius

57
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Phrase used to mock Cicero

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“I have been informed”

58
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Who does Tullia marry

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Gaius Frugi

59
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Cicero’s guard dog

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Sargon (Assyrian king)

60
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Which town does Manlius intend to seize on Catiline’s behalf

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Praenestre

61
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Who leaves the anonymous letters at Crassus’s house telling of the plan to seize Praenestre

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Cicero via Sositheus

62
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Sura’s stepson

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Mark Anthony

63
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Mark Anthony betrothed to

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Antonia, daughter of Hybrida

64
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Catiline’s first ancestor

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Sergestus, companion of Aeneas

65
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Where does Catiline pretend to exile himself to

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Massila (Marseilles)

66
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Who will come to kill Cicero for Catiline

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Vargunteius and Cornelius

67
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Who comes to warn Cicero that Catiline is sending men to kill him

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Rufus

68
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Rufus sent back to his father’s house in

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Interamna

69
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Who comes with reinforcements to stop the attack on Cicero’s house

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Atticus

70
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What does Clodia send as a gift following the unsuccessful attack on Cicero’s house

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Basket of fruit

71
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“How much longer, Catiline …

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… will you try our patience”

72
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Catiline leaves Rome with a silver eagle that once belonged to

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Marius

73
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Tribe chosen to set up trap

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Allobroges

74
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Who takes command of the army to go against Catiline

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Hybrida

75
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Who does Cicero appoint as second in command to Hybrida

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Petreius

76
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Who is appointed to accompany the Gauls

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Flaccus and Pomptinus, century from Reate

77
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Where is the ambush of the Gauls’ expedition planned

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Mulvian Bridge over the Tiber

78
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Password for the Mulvian Bridge

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Aemilius Scaurus

79
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Knight carrying the letters

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Titus Volturcius of Croton

80
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Senate to meet to discuss the conspiracy

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Temple of Concordia

81
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Chief of the Allobroges

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Catugnatus

82
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What does Sura mean by “the lowest of the low”

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Slaves

83
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Where are the prisoners strangled

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Carcer

84
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Who suggests life imprisonment for the conspirators

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Caesar

85
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Who turns the vote to death for the conspirators

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Cato

86
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Conspirators executed

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Sura, Capito, Statilius, Caeparius, Cethegus

87
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What does Cicero say to the crowd in the forum

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They have lived - Vixerunt

88
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Title bestowed on Cicero

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Father of the Country - Pater Patriae

89
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Where does Catiline make his last stand

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Pisae

90
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Who did the house on Victory Rise previously belong to

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M Livius Drusus

91
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Who is in the house next door

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Celer

92
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What price does Crassus settle on for the Drusus house

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3.5m

93
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Which of the conspirators does Cicero defend for two million sesterces

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Publius Cornelius Sulla

94
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Who does Cicero approach to write his biography in epic verse

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Archias and Thyillus

95
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Who does Clodius marry

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Fulvia

96
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Where does Atticus go back to

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Epirus

97
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Who is discovered in Caesar’s house on the night of the Good Goddess

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Clodius

98
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Why does Caesar divorce Pompeia after the night of the Good Goddess

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Because the wife of the chief priest must be above suspicion

99
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Which of Cicero’s secretaries dies

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Sositheus

100
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What does Pompey’s daughter quote to his on his return

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Helen to Paris - Homer “You came back from the war. I wish you had died there”

101
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Nefas

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Impious deed, sin, etc - Clodius

102
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Penalty for violating the sanctity of the vestal virgins

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Beaten to death

103
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Entrance to Apollo’s shrine at Delphi

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Know thyself, Desire nothing too much, Never go to law

104
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Who is providing Clodius with an alibi

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C Causinius Schola from Interamna - 90 miles from Rome

105
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Which aged senator dies in Cicero’s house during a conference following Clodius’s acquittal

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Catulus

106
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Pompey’s cloak

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Alexander the Great

107
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Pompey’s new nickname

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The Pharaoh

108
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What is Pompey building on the Fields of Mars

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Theatre

109
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Metelli’s family symbol

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Elephant

110
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Caesar’s Spanish engineer

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Balbus - born in Gades

111
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Triumvirate (first)

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Caesar, Crassus, Pompey - Beast with three heads

112
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Who does Caesar have removed from the Senate and imprisoned

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Cato

113
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Caesar’s fellow consul who stands against land reform

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Bibulus

114
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Tribune for triumvirate - ugliest man in Rome

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Vatinius

115
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Who does Cicero have to defend in the treason court

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Hybrida

116
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Who is prosecuting Hybrida

A

Caelius Rufus

117
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Qualification for land reform

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More than three children

118
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Senators made to swear they won’t repeal land reform act on …

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Sacred stone of Jupiter

119
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Region Hybrida is accused of losing

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Histria - lower Danube

120
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Who defeats Hybrida’s forces on the Danube

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Basterns

121
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Who arranges for Clodius to become a pleb

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Caesar

122
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Who has replaced Catulus in the college of priests

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Crassus

123
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Who adopts Clodius so he can be a pleb

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Publius Fonteius

124
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Provinces granted to Caesar for five years

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Lower Gaul and Bithynia

125
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How is Celer presumed to have died

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Poison (Clodia, his wife)

126
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Who is seen with Clodia after Celer dies

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Caelius Rufus

127
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Who has Pompey married

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Julia - Caesar’s daughter

128
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Cicero’s wedding gift to Pompey

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Silver dish

129
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Who does Caesar force to apologise to him in the senate on his knees

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Lucullus

130
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Who does Caesar marry

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Calpernia - daughter of Lucius Calpernius Piso

131
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What post does Caesar offer Cicero in Gaul

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Legate

132
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Which temple is disfigured by Clodius’s followers and used as a headquarters

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Castor

133
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What does Clodius’s bill forbid anyone to offer Cicero

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Fire and water

134
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Cicero’s most valuable possession

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Citrus-wood table, 500,000s

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