Republic: Fall of the Republic (Part 2)

Question 1

Name the three members of the First Triumvirate.

Answer 1

Julius Caesar, Pompey, & Crassus

Question 2

In what year was the battle of Actium?

Answer 2

31 BC

Question 3

Give the exact date of Julius Caesar’s assassination.

Answer 3

March 15th (The Ides of March), 44 BC

Question 4

Whom did Mark Antony marry, solidifying the Second Triumvirate?

Answer 4

Octavia (the sister of Octavian)

Question 5

Which of the members of the First Triumvirate was the first to die?

Answer 5

Crassus

Question 6

What was the result of the battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC?

Answer 6

Caesar defeats Pompey

Question 7

Where does Caesar defeat Pompey in 48 BC?

Answer 7

Pharsalus

Question 8

In what year does Julius Caesar serve as consul?

Answer 8

59 BC

Question 9

Who fights a series of wars in Gaul from 58-51 BC and authors a De Bello Gallico about his conquest?

Answer 9

Julius Caesar

Question 10

Give the Latin & English for the phrase Caesar says after the battle of Zela in 47 BC against Pharnaces II?

Answer 10

veni, vidi, vici - I came, I saw, I conquered

Question 11

At what battle does Crassus die against the Parthians in 53 BC?

Answer 11

Carrhae

Question 12

What general of Octavian leads his forces at the battle of Actium against Mark Antony in 31 BC?

Answer 12

Agrippa

Question 13

What staunch enemy of Mark Antony and Pater Patriae is killed at Formiae in 43 BC?

Answer 13

Cicero

Question 14

In his own forum, Julius Caesar built a temple to what goddess, from whom he claimed ancestry?

Answer 14

Venus Genetrix

Question 15

Where does Caesar defeat Vercingetorix and the Arverni in 52 BC?

Answer 15

Alesia

Question 16

In what year was the Second Triumvirate formed?

Answer 16

43 BC

Question 17

What name is given to the alliance between Julius Caesar, Pompey, & Crassus?

Answer 17

First Triumvirate

Question 18

Who was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC?

Answer 18

Julius Caesar

Question 19

Who used propaganda to put Mark Antony’s loyalty to Rome in question because of his love affair with Cleopatra VII of Egypt?

Answer 19

Octavian

Question 20

In what year was Caesar appointed dictator perpetuus or “dictator for life”?

Answer 20

44 BC

Question 21

What two men led the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar?

Answer 21

(Marcus Iunius) Brutus & (Gaius) Cassius (Longinus)

Question 22

Who campaigns against the Parthians until his death at Carrhae in 53 BC?

Answer 22

Crassus

Question 23

In what year does Octavian earn the name “Augustus” ending the Republic and beginning the Empire?

Answer 23

27 BC

Question 24

Who fled from Actium to Egypt in 31 BC when Agrippa gained the upper hand in battle?

Answer 24

Mark Antony

Question 25

Mark Antony has an open affair with what Egyptian queen, leading some Romans to question his allegiance to Rome?

Answer 25

Cleopatra VII

Question 26

In what year does Caesar defeat Vercingetorix at Alesia?

Answer 26

52 BC

Question 27

What tribune under Caesar passes a law exiling Cicero?

Answer 27

Clodius Pulcher

Question 28

What law legalized the Second Triumvirate?

Answer 28

Lex Titia

Question 29

In what year was the battle of Philippi?

Answer 29

42 BC

Question 30

In what year does Caesar cross the Rubicon, saying **"alea iacta est**", and igniting civil war against Pompey?

Answer 30

49 BC

Question 31

In what year was the battle of Munda?

Answer 31

45 BC

Question 32

Who crosses the Rubicon in 49 BC, engaging in a civil war with Pompey?

Answer 32

Julius Caesar

Question 33

Of what Gallic tribe was Vercingetorix the chieftain?

Answer 33

Arverni

Question 34

Whom do Octavian and Mark Antony defeat at the battle of Philippi in 42 BC?

Answer 34

Brutus & Cassius

Question 35

What former consul was exiled due to a law passed by Clodius Pulcher, a tribune under Caesar?

Answer 35

Cicero

Question 36

In 44 BC, who was appointed **dictator perpetuus** or "dictator for life"?

Answer 36

Julius Caesar

Question 37

During Caesar's Gallic campaigns, into what other province did he cross in 55 BC & 54 BC?

Answer 37

Britannia

Question 38

GIve the Latin & English for the phrase Caesar says as he crosses the Rubicon in 49 BC.

Answer 38

**alea iacta est** - the die is cast

Question 39

At what battle of 42 BC do Octavian and Mark Antony defeat Brutus and Cassius?

Answer 39

Philippi

Question 40

Name the three members of the Second Triumvirate.

Answer 40

Octavian, Mark Antony, & Lepidus

Question 41

What Gallic chieftain was displayed in Caesar's triumph and executed shortly afterwards in 46 BC?

Answer 41

Vercingetorix

Question 42

What wife of Pompey dies in 54 BC precipitating the downfall of the First Triumvirate?

Answer 42

Julia

Question 43

During Caesar's Gallic campaigns, who defeated Caesar at Gergovia in 52 BC?

Answer 43

Vercingetorix (& the Arverni)

Question 44

Name the two battles which Caesar loses in his life?

Answer 44

Gergovia and Dyrrhachium

Question 45

At what battle of 31 BC does Octavian (but really Agrippa) defeat Mark Antony and Cleopatra?

Answer 45

Actium

Question 46

Which member of the Second Triumvirate had an open affair with Cleopatra VII of Egypt?

Answer 46

Mark Antony

Question 47

In what year does Crassus die at the battle of Carrhae against the Parthians?

Answer 47

53 BC

Question 48

Although it was likely in Greek, what Latin phrase is Caesar said to have muttered upon his death?

Answer 48

**Et tu, Brute**

Question 49

Who defeats Caesar at Gergovia in 52 BC?

Answer 49

Vercingetorix

Question 50

Against what foreign people does Crassus campaign until his death at Carrhae in 53 BC?

Answer 50

Parthians

Question 51

After what battle against Pharnaces II does Caesar say **"Veni, vidi, vici"**?

Answer 51

Zela

Question 52

In what year did Caesar decisively defeat Pompey at Pharsalus?

Answer 52

48 BC

Question 53

In what year do Julius Caesar, Pompey, & Crassus agree to an alliance called the First Triumvirate?

Answer 53

60 BC

Question 54

Who served as co-consul with Caesar in 59 BC?

Answer 54

Bibulus

Question 55

Where in Spain does Caesar defeat his former lieutenant, Titus Labienus, and the sons of Pompey?

Answer 55

Munda

Question 56

What political alliance was legalized by the Lex Titia?

Answer 56

Second Triumvirate

Question 57

Where does Vercingetorix defeat Caesar in 52 BC?

Answer 57

Gergovia

Question 58

The First Triumvirate was cemented once Pompey married what woman, the daughter of Julius Caesar?

Answer 58

Julia

Question 59

Where do the members of the First Triumvirate meet to reestablish their alliance?

Answer 59

Luca

Question 60

What general of Octavian defeats Sextus Pompey at the battle of Naulochus in 36 BC?

Answer 60

(Marcus) Agrippa