Testsssss Flashcards
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What was the name of the earliest Roman popular assembly?
Comitia Curiata
What city did Spartacus break loose to start the slave rebellion in 73bc?
Capua
In what year did the first Mithradatic war start?
89bc
What site saw the defeat of Catilines army and his death in 62bc?
Pistoria
What Roman statesman in 55bc introduced his candidacy for the consulship by stating he would recall Caesar from Gaul?
Domitius Ahenobarbus
What statesman of Rome passed laws giving free gifts of grain to the public?
Clodius Pulcher
What year was the cult of the great mother formally established?
204bc
What consul allowed himself to be lured by the Tigurni and was killed in an ambush in 107?
Cassius Longinus
At what city was Marcus Aurelius Cotta’s fleet burned and captured by the Kingdom of Pontus?
Chalcedon
Who did Caesar appoint in 49bc to take charge of the affairs of the city of Rome?
Lepidus
Who harshly prosecuted followers of Tiberius Gracchus while consul of 132bc, and went into self imposed exile when targeted by Gaius Gracchus?
Popilius Laenas
Who was supported by Caesar and Crassus in the candidacy of 64bc along side Hybrida?
Cateline
Pliny the elder wasn’t implicated and eliminated in what conspiracy of 65ad?
Pisonian Conspiracy
St Ambrose forced Theodosius 1 to repent for the massacre of what city?
Thessalonica
Whom did Septimius Severus appoint as Caesar in order to focus his war effort against Pescennius Niger?
Clodius Albinis
Whose death in 4ad cause a crisis of succession?
Gaius Caesar
What tribal leader conducted the resistance to Claudius’ invasion of Britain?
Caratacus
What two 3rd century ad emperors have been credited for a major victory over a Gothic coalition at the Battle of Naissus?
Gallienus/Claudius II
What emperor was struck by lightning?
Carus
Who was Caesar in the West under the second Tetrarchy?
Valerius Severus
Anthemius and Pulcheria acted as regents for what 5th century emperor?
Theodosius II
In whose court did Constantine serve at the start of the second Tetrarchy?
Galerius
What man was put to death for conspiring to install his grandson Gnaeus Pedianus Fuscus on the throne in 136ad?
Ursus Servianus
What deity, originally the agent of Ahura-Mazda, served as the counterpart to Ahriman but later become the central deity of a Roman mystery cult?
Mithras