Republic: Extras and MTQs

Question 1

When, and in what battle, did Catiline die?

Answer 1

62 B.C. Battle of Pistoria

Question 2

Which of the Germano-Celtic tribes fought at Arausio under which tribal leaders in 105 B.C. against the Consuls Quintus Servilius Caepio and Gnaeus Mallius Maximus?

Answer 2

Cimbri under Boiorix and the Teutons under Teutobad

Question 3

What is the alternate name for the battle of Vercellae?

Answer 3

The battle of the Raudine Plain

Question 4

Which tribe fought at Vercellae against Marius and the Proconsul Lutatius Catulus?

Answer 4

Cimbri under Boiorix

Question 5

what were the years of the first servile war?

Answer 5

135-132 B.C.

Question 6

who were the assailants against Rome in the first servile war?

Answer 6

The Syrian Ennus (king Antiochus) and The Cilician Cleon

Question 7

What were the years of the second servile war?

Answer 7

104-100 B.C.

Question 8

What caused the second servile revolt?

Answer 8

A reversal of a promised manumission by Publius Licinius Nerva

Question 9

Who led the second Servile revolt against Rome?

Answer 9

Salvius (King Tryphon) and Athenion of Cilicia

Question 10

Who was sent to deal with the second servile revolt but after only a short time was replaced?

Answer 10

Lucius Licinius Lucullus

Question 11

Who finally ended the second servile war?

Answer 11

Manius Aquillius

Question 12

What year was the battle of the Colline gates?

Answer 12

82 B.C.

Question 13

What famous wife of Numa does Ovid claim melted into tears and turned into a fountain upon his death?

Answer 13

Egeria

Question 14

Who is the wife of Servius Tullius?

Answer 14

Tarquinia (Livy) or Gergania (Plutarch)

Question 15

What is the name of the battle caused by the rape of the Sabines which Hersillia ends?

Answer 15

Lacus Curtius

Question 16

When is Caesarion born and killed?

Answer 16

44 B.C. - 30 B.C.

Question 17

The Valerian Law, giving the right of appeal to Roman Citizens, passed 3 times by the same family was passed a final time in what year?

Answer 17

299 B.C.

Question 18

Why was the Valerian Law, a law giving Roman Citizens the right to appeal, ineffective according to Livy?

Answer 18

The punishment for a breech of the appeal by a magistrate was that his act be deemed unlawful and wicked.

Question 19

What laws expanded the protections of the Valerian Laws and gave those who broke them punishment?

Answer 19

The Porcian Laws

Question 20

What did the Lex Julia De Vi Publica protect against?

Answer 20

Rape

Question 21

What Legendary Augur was killed and later immortalized in a statue next to the senate house after he blocked Tarquinius Priscus’s movement to expand the Tribal Assembly to glorify his reign?

Answer 21

Attus Navius

Question 22

Who was declared imperator by his troops in 43 B.C. after a victory of the Bessi (a Thracian tribe)?

Answer 22

Marcus Iunius Brutus

Question 23

What was the exact date Caesar crossed the Rubicon?

Answer 23

January 10th 49 B.C.

Question 24

What king of the Bituriges ruled a large Celtic Kingdom during Tarquinius Priscus’s reign?

Answer 24

Ambigatus

Question 25

What nephew of Ambigatus led an immigration to Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy)?

Answer 25

Bellovesus

Question 26

Who led a second Celtic immigration to northern Italy this time settling in Verona and Venetia?

Answer 26

Etitovius

Question 27

What Roman Republican led the Parthian invasion of Syria in 40 B.C.?

Answer 27

Quintus Labienus

Question 28

What son of king Orodes II of Parthia led the reinvasion of Syria in 38 B.C.?

Answer 28

Pacores I

Question 29

What Roman defended two Parthian invasions in 40 and 38 B.C.?

Answer 29

Publius Ventidius Bassus

Question 30

What Assassin of Caesar led the remnants of Crassus's army from Carrhae in a defense of Roman Syria?

Answer 30

Gaius Cassius Loginus

Question 31

What battle of 38 B.C. led to the defeat of the second Parthian invasion of Syria under Publius Ventidius Bassus?

Answer 31

Mt. Gindarus

Question 32

How many Centuries were in the Comitia Centuriata during the early republic?

Answer 32

100

Question 33

What succession of the plebs created the tribunate?

Answer 33

1st

Question 34

In what battle of 102 B.C. did Gaius Marius defeat the Teutones and the Ambrones under Teutobad?

Answer 34

Aquae Sextiae

Question 35

identify the order and the tribe with which Rome fought in the north in the three battles from 105-101 B.C.

Answer 35

Arausio- Cimbri and Teutones; Aquae Sextiae- Teutones and Ambrones; Vercellae- Cimbri

Question 36

Which hill did the Plebs succeed to in 494?

Answer 36

Mons Sacer

Question 37

after which succession of the plebs were the Valerio-Horatian laws passed?

Answer 37

The 2nd

Question 38

Who and in what year was the first plebian Pontifex Maximus?

Answer 38

254 B.C. Tiberius Coruncanius

Question 39

What year did Hamilcar Barka embark on his Sicilian Campaign?

Answer 39

247 B.C.

Question 40

What are the years of the Jugurthine war?

Answer 40

111-106 B.C.

Question 41

What supposed grandson of Marius was killed by Antony in 44?

Answer 41

Amatius

Question 42

Who was the Parthian Commander at Carrhae?

Answer 42

Surena

Question 43

What king of Syracuse was murdered after pledging his loyalty to Carthage after Cannae?

Answer 43

Hieronymus

Question 44

What predeceasing Alban King died making Mettius Fufetius dictator?

Answer 44

Gaius Cluilius

Question 45

During the 2nd Punic War, Hasdrubal Gisco betrothed his daughter to Massinissa, then Syphax, king of the Masasyli, then she married Massinissa after Syphax’s defeat? Who was this famed Carthaginian beauty?

Answer 45

Sophronisba

Question 46

Who is the leader of the Volscians which Coriolanus replaces?

Answer 46

Tullus Aufidius

Question 47

Gaius Marcius (who would become Coriolanus) received an oak-leaf crown for bravery during the Battle of Lake Regillus—who bestowed him with this honor?

Answer 47

Cominius Auruncus

Question 48

Who was Cincinnatus’s dutiful wife?

Answer 48

Roscilia

Question 49

What Roman General razed Clusium and the tomb of Lars Porsena in 89 B.C.?

Answer 49

Sulla

Question 50

The Grandson of what Triumvir was eligible to obtain the spolia opima but was denied it by Octavian?

Answer 50

Crassus

Question 51

What king did Marcus Licinius Crassus the younger defeat in single combat making him eligible for the Spolia Opima?

Answer 51

King Deldo

Question 52

What king of Rome's name means "Crooked arm"

Answer 52

Ancus Marcius

Question 53

What wealthy senator does Suetonius claim supported Caesar in 59 B.C. prompting his enemies to elect Bibulus as his Co-Consul?

Answer 53

Brutus

Question 54

What Tyrant of Cumae did Tarquinius Superbus find refuge with?

Answer 54

Aristodemus

Question 55

What Syracusan Tyrant hired the Mamertines originally?

Answer 55

Agathocles

Question 56

At what battle of 340 did Publius Decius Mus perform his devotio?

Answer 56

Vesuvius

Question 57

Catiline was able to battle the Republic because he rallied which tribe against Rome?

Answer 57

Allobroges

Question 58

Who was the Senate’s first choice to put down the Spartacus’ rebellion?

Answer 58

Lucius Licinius Lucullus

Question 59

After the Battle of Arausio in 105, this 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. Who was this valiant legate?

Answer 59

Marcus Aurelius Scaurus

Question 60

What engagement, the only engagement Hannibal Gisco wins, was Scipio Asina captured?

Answer 60

Lipari Encounter

Question 61

According to Livy, what was the first act of Romulus as king?

Answer 61

Fortify the Palatine

Question 62

According to Livy, who announced the Accension of Romulus?

Answer 62

Proculus Iulius

Question 63

What Sabine chief occupied Rome's citadel in 460 B.C.?

Answer 63

Appius Herdonius

Question 64

What dictator was in charge in the battle against Tolumnius

Answer 64

Mamercus

Question 65

What tribe opposed Hannibal's march through the alps?

Answer 65

The Allobroges

Question 66

What Trinovantian king was installed by Caesar after his second British invasion?

Answer 66

Mandubracius

Question 67

What proconsul in Gaul in 120 B.C. completed the defeat of the Allobroges?

Answer 67

Quintus Fabius Maximus

Question 68

What ended the 1st Macedonian War formally in 205?

Answer 68

Peace of Phoenice

Question 69

After what victory was the 1st major Roman fleet constructed?

Answer 69

Agrigentum

Question 70

Who created the Acta Dicturna, the worlds first newspaper?

Answer 70

Caesar

Question 71

On whom did Carthage declare war in 151?

Answer 71

Massinisa

Question 72

What is the name of the earliest Roman assembly which operated until the reign of Tullus Hostillius ?

Answer 72

Comitia Curiata

Question 73

What assembly replaces the Comitia Curiata?

Answer 73

Comitia Centuriata

Question 74

What year did Sulla start his siege of Athens?

Answer 74

87 B.C.

Question 75

Which Roman statesman in 55 introduced his candidacy for the consulship by stating he would recall Caesar from Gaul?

Answer 75

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus

Question 76

Which law gave the Roman king supreme military and judicial power?

Answer 76

Lex Curiata De Imperio

Question 77

Which city did the Romans conquer to secure the eastern portion of Sicily in 254?

Answer 77

Panormus

Question 78

In what year was the cult of the Great Mother formally established in Rome?

Answer 78

204 B.C.

Question 79

What law established the first permanent court, presided over by a praetor?

Answer 79

Lex Calpurnia

Question 80

What consul allowed himself to be lured by the Tigurni and was killed in an ambush in 107?

Answer 80

Lucius Cassius Longinus

Question 81

Viriathus spared what consul after outmaneuvering him in 141 in exchange for a favorable peace treaty?

Answer 81

Fabius Maximus Servilianus

Question 82

After the death of Tarquinius Priscus, to where did the sons of Ancus Marcius flee?

Answer 82

Suessa Pometia

Question 83

In 49 Caesar, heading east to face Pompey, appointed what son of a rebel leader to take charge of the affairs of the city of Rome?

Answer 83

Marcus Aemelius Lepidus

Question 84

Who harshly prosecuted followers of Tiberius Gracchus while consul in 132, went into self imposed exile when targeted by Gaius Gracchus, and returned to Rome after Gaius’s death?

Answer 84

Popillius Laenas

Question 85

Who first called Pompey "Magnus"?

Answer 85

Sulla

Question 86

When was Philippi Fought?

Answer 86

42 B.C.

Question 87

What Vestal Virgin was buried alive for incest?

Answer 87

Minucia

Question 88

when was the first Sucessio Plebis?

Answer 88

494 B.C.

Question 89

Which king of Rome established the fetiales?

Answer 89

Numa

Question 90

Who was the consul suffectus to Marius following his death in 86 BC?

Answer 90

Lucius Valerius Flaccus

Question 91

What Jewish leader did Pompey support in the fight for control of Jerusalem in 63 BC?

Answer 91

Hyrcanus

Question 92

At what battle, the last major encounter of the Third Samnite War, did Papirius Cursor defeat the Samnite “Linen Legion”?

Answer 92

Aquilonia

Question 93

Who won the battle of Pistoria?

Answer 93

Marcus Peterius

Question 94

What hill were the Albans settled on under Tullus Hostillius?

Answer 94

Caelian

Question 95

What is the final battle in the Seleucid war?

Answer 95

Magnesia ad Sipylum

Question 96

Members of what neighboring town saved Rome after the Capitol had been captured by the Sabine Appius Herdonius in 460 BC?

Answer 96

Tusculum

Question 97

Following the assassination of Julius Caesar, what province did the tyrannicide Gaius Trebonius seize control of?

Answer 97

Asia

Question 98

Much to the chagrin of the Romans, in what temple in Rome did Julius Caesar place a statue of his lover Cleopatra?

Answer 98

Venus Genetrix

Question 99

What tribes did Servius Tullius reorganize the Romans into?

Answer 99

Palatine; Colline; Esquiline; Saburan (Sucusana)

Question 100

What enemy of Rome was active during the 3rd Illyrian war?

Answer 100

Genthius

Question 101

What act helped to equalize the classes of Rome during the centuries-long Conflict of the Orders by its publication of the legis actiones and its placing of a calendar in the Forum listing the dies fasti and nefasti?

Answer 101

Ius Civile Flavianum

Question 102

What despot of Syracuse led an invasion of Africa from 310-306 BC and nearly succeeded in taking Carthage itself?

Answer 102

Agathocles

Question 103

What legislation of the Second Triumvirate was the direct cause of a fiery speech delivered at the rostra by the orator Hortensia?

Answer 103

Increased Taxation

Question 104

Who was the sole heir to the Fabii gens after the battle of Cremera?

Answer 104

Qiuntus Fabius Vibulanus

Question 105

Who was the first Pontifex Maximus?

Answer 105

Numa Marcius

Question 106

Who led the first Roman attacks against Corsica and Sardinia?

Answer 106

Lucius Cornelius Scipio

Question 107

Who succeeded Lucius Cornelius Scipio and finished the subjugation of Sardinia?

Answer 107

Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus

Question 108

What year did Pompey Besiege Jerusalem?

Answer 108

63 B.C.

Question 109

Which two Optimate leaders came up with the compromises to have Pompey elected sole Consul in 62 B.C.?

Answer 109

Cato the Younger and Bibulus

Question 110

Where did Milo go into exile

Answer 110

Massilia

Question 111

Who did Caesar give the kingdom of Pontus to after Zela, the same man who brought him a legion in Alexandria?

Answer 111

Mithridates of Pergamum (Son of Mithridates VI)

Question 112

What Egyptian Astronomer assisted Caesar with his Calendar reforms?

Answer 112

Sosigenes of Alexandria

Question 113

Who, after the death of Caesar, erected a shrine to him in the middle of the forum?

Answer 113

Amatius

Question 114

Where did Agrippa crush Sextus Pompey in 36 B.C.

Answer 114

Naulochus

Question 115

Where was Lepidus put into exile?

Answer 115

Circeii

Question 116

What king of Armenia withdrew his support for Antony during the Parthian campaign?

Answer 116

Artavasdes II

Question 117

Where was Sextus Pompey finally Captured and killed?

Answer 117

Asia Minor (35 B.C.)

Question 118

What kingdom did Antony conquer in 34 B.C.?

Answer 118

Armenia (After the betrayal of it's king Artavasdes II)

Question 119

What building in the Forum did Octavian place the Rostra of the enemy ships at Actium in front of?

Answer 119

Temple of the Divine Caesar

Question 120

What famous statue was placed in Octavian's Curia Julia soon after Actium?

Answer 120

Statue of Victory (Nike)

Question 121

What famous Senatorial title did Sulla abolish?

Answer 121

Princeps Senatus

Question 122

Who was the first Emperor not to take the title of Pontifex Maximus?

Answer 122

Gratian