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monarchy/republic Flashcards

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the monarchy lasted from…

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April 21, 753 BC – 510 BC

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2
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Numa Pompilius was a…

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Sabine

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Servius Tullius was allegedly an Etruscan mercenary called…

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Mastarna

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4
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The naval engineering feat first used at the Battle of Mylae was…

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the corvus

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the corvus was a…

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(gang) blank used to board enemy ships

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6
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Hasdrubal was defeated in 207 at Metaurus River by…

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Claudius Nero and Livius Salinator

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Claudius Nero and Livius Salinator defeated Hasdrubal at Metaurus River in…

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207 BC

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8
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The Numidian king who waged a series of wars from
111-104 BC against Rome was…

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Jugurtha

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9
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Who was Jugurtha’s father-in-law who betrayed him and therefore sealed Roman victory?

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King Bocchus 1 of Maurentia

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10
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Which of Caesar’s trusted lieutenants abandoned him right before crossing the
Rubicon so that he could bring warning to Rome?

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Labienus

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Labienus was the…

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trusted lieutenant of Caesar that abandoned him right before crossing the Rubicon so he could warn Rome.

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12
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Cincinnatus was the farmer who…

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left his plow for 16 days to rescue Roman soldiers trapped at Mount Algidus in 458 BC by the Aequi

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Cincinnatus’s son … was put on trial for murder, absconded on bail, and left his father to pay an exorbitant fine.

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Caeso

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14
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Pyrrhus is credited to be the first to…

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introduce Romans to elephants

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15
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45 B.C was the battle of…

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Munda

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What was the omen that convinced Caesar to adopt Octavian as his heir?

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A palm shoot would sprout overnight

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17
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Before what battle of 45 BC did Caesar receive an omen that would convince him to adopt Octavian as heir?

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Munda

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18
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The rape…

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Lucretia

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19
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Lucretia’s rape…

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ignited a war against Tarquin the Proud and led to
the installation of the Roman Republic

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20
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Lucius Junius Brutus simultaneously died in the Battle of Silva Arsia with…

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Aruns, son of Tarquinius Superbus

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21
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509 was the battle of…

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Silva Arsia!

22
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During the 2nd Punic War, what Greek scientist/mathematician helped his native
Syracuse repulse Roman attacks?

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Archimedes

23
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Archimedes defended … during the 2nd Punic War against Roman attacks?

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Syracuse

24
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Lex Manilia?

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Gave Pompey command against Mithridates

25
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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?”

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26
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Clodius Pulcher had a vendetta against Cicero following the orator’s use of
power in the Catilinarian Conspiracy. Who physically protected Cicero from
Pulcher’s gang of thugs?

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27
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Battle of Lake Regillus?

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Romans vs Latin League and Tarquin the Proud, Castor and Pollux help! Took place in 496 BC

28
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Warlord from north of the Thames vs. Caesar?

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Cassivellaunus

29
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When the Celts invaded Rome in 390, the Romans took shelter in the citadel because … had heard the honking of Juno’s geese?

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Manlius Capitolinus

30
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Manlius Capitolinus

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31
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At what battle of the Third Samnite War did another Publius Decius Mus
perform his devotio?

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32
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133 BC?

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Attalus III bequeaths Pergamum to Rome

33
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1st pleb to serve as Censor in 351?

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Gaius Marcius Rutilus

34
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Vercingetorix’s dad, Celtillus…

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tried to unite Celts under one banner and was executed by his own tribesmen for trying to fight Caesar

35
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Lex Gabinia…

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enacted in 67 BC, gave Pompey command over pirates in Mediterranean

36
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What law of 67 BC-

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Lex Gabinia

37
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What law of 66 BC-

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Lex Manilia

38
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71-73 BC?

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Slave revolt of Spartacus

39
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What law of 287-

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Lex Hortensia

40
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Battle of 102?

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Aquae Sextiae

41
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Aquae Sextiae…

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Gaius Marius defeats Teutones in 102 BC

42
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Battle of 101?

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Vercellae

43
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Vercellae…

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Gaius Marius defeats the Cimbri in 101 BC

44
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The Lex Hortensia…

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made it so ALL laws made by the plebs had to be followed by EVERYONE; plebiscita became binding on all classes of citizens

45
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The plebiscita were…

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proposals brought forward by the Tribunes of the Plebs that were approved by majority vote of the tribes of the Concilium Plebis

46
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Clodius is killed by Milo’s followers in…

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52 BC

47
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Battle of Alesia?

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52 BC, Caesar defeats Vercingetorix

48
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Pompey sole consul in…

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52 BC

49
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“Alea iacta est” (the die is cast)

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49 BC

50
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Battle of Munda…

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45 BC, Caesar defeats Pompey’s sons (leaders of the Optimates)

51
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Caesar defeats Pompey’s sons at the…

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Battle of Munda

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