78 BC - 62 BC Flashcards
When was the War against Sertorius?
80-73 BC
What war was from 80-73 BC?
War against Quintus Sertorius
Was Sertorius pro- or anti-Sullan?
Anti-Sullan
Sertorius was governor of what region during the war against him?
Spain
Who claimed a white fawn, a gift of Diana, gave him advice and followed him?
Quintus Sertorius
Sertorius claimed he received this gift from Diana, giving him advice and following him
A white fawn
Sertorius claimed he received a white fawn as a gift from what deity, which gave him advice and followed him?
Diana
Who received the command against Sertorius first in 79 BC?
Quintus Caecilius Metellus
Metellus received command against what man in 79 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
When did Metellus Pius receive his command against Sertorius?
79 BC
Who shared the command against Sertorius with Metellus?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Pompey shared command against Sertorius with what man?
Quintus Caecilius Metellus
Pompey and Metellus shared the command against what man?
Quintus Sertorius
What man ultimately killed Sertorius?
Marcus Perperna
Perperna killed what Roman, leader of a rebellion against Rome from 122-73 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
Who willed Bithynia to Rome in 74 BC?
Nicomedes IV
When did Nicomedes IV will Bithynia to Rome?
74 BC
What kingdom of his did Nicomedes IV will to Rome in 74 BC?
Bithynia
Mithridates VI allied with what son-in-law of his during the Third Mithridatic War?
Tigranes II
Name the father-in-law of Tigranes II that he allied with during the Third Mithridatic War
Mithridates VI
What kingdom did Tigranes II rule over?
Armenia
Who ruled the kingdom of Armenia during the Third Mithridatic War?
Tigranes II
Who first received the main command against Mithridiates VI during the Third Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Lucullus first received the command against what king of Pontus during that king’s rebellion against Rome?
Mithridates VI
Name the co-consul of Lucullus the year he received the command against Mithridates VI (74 BC)
Marcus Aurelius Cotta
Cotta was co-consul with what man in 74 BC, the start of the Third Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
When was the Battle of Tigranocerta?
69 BC
What battle was in 69 BC?
Battle of Tigranocerta
Name the victorius Roman commander at Tigranocerta?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Lucullus invated what city in Armenia in 69 BC, notably without senatorial permission?
Tigranocerta
When was the First Battle of Zela?
67 BC
What battle was in 67 BC?
First Battle of Zela
Name the victor and loser at the First Battle of Zela
Mithridates VI defeats Gaius Triarius (legate of Lucullus)
Who took command against Mithridates VI after Lucullus during the Third Mithridatic War?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Pompey took command from who against Mithridates VI during the Third Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
What Roman commander brought back the apricot and cherry to Rome?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
What two fruits did Lucullus bring back to Rome from fighting with Mithridates VI?
Apricot and Cherry
What fruit was known as the malum armeniacum?
Apricot
What would the Romans have called an apricot?
Malum Armeniacum
What fruit was known as the cerasus?
Cherry
What would the Romans have called a cherry?
Cerasus
When was the Third Servile War?
73 - 71 BC
What war was from 73 - 71 BC?
Third Servile War
What Thracian slave led the rebellion in the Third Servile War?
Spartacus
Where was Spartacus from?
Thrace
Who did the Senate appoint in order to defeat Spartacus?
Marcius Licinius Crassus
Crassus was appointed by the Senate in order to defeat what man during his rebellion from 73-71 BC?
Spartacus
What triumvir was famous for his willingness to defend anyone in court?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
To what ciry did Crassus pursue Spartacus before Pompey ended things?
Bruttium
Who crucified 5000 of Spartacus’ slaves along the Via Appia, allowing him to take credit for ending the Third Servile War?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Pompey crucified 5000 of Spartacus’ slaves along what Roman road?
Via Appia
Who did Pompey steal credit from for ending the Third Servile War?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Pompey crucified how many of Spartacus’ slaves along the Via Appia?
5000
Who lived from 106-43 BC?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
Give the lifespan of Cicero
106-43 BC
Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
What famous Roman orator was born at Arpinum?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
Who prosecuted Verres, a corrupt governor of Sicily, on a charge of extortion 70 BC?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
Who did Cicero prosecute, a corrupt governor of Sicily, on a charge of extortion in 70 BC?
Gaius Verres
When did Cicero prosecute Verres for extortion?
70 BC
What did Cicero prosecute Verres for in 70 BC?
Extortion
Who was Cicero’s opponent, defending Verres on a charge for extortion?
Hortensius Hortalus
Hortenius Hortalus went up against who when defending Verres on a charge of extortion in 70 BC?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
Who was called the “first foreign king at Rome since the Tarquins”?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
What nickname was given to the novus homo from Arpinum, Cicero (other than pater patriae)?
First foreign king at Rome since the Tarquins
Who lived from 100-44 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
Give the lifespan of Caesar
100-44 BC
Name the aunt of Caesar, who was also the husband of Marius?
Julia
Caesar’s aunt Julia was the wife of what famous novus homo from Arpinum?
Gaius Marius
Give the name of Caesar’s first wife, also the daughter of Cinna
Cornelia Cinnae
Cornelia Cinnae was the first wife of what famous Roman dictator?
Gaius Julius Caesar
Name the father of Cornelia Cinnae, the first wife of Caeasar
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Name the tribune that removed Lucullus from his command in Bithynia
Aulus Gabinius
What law was passed in 67 BC?
Lex Gabinia
When was the Lex Gabinia passed?
67 BC
Who passed the Lex Gabinia?
Aulus Gabinius
Gabinius removed what man from his command in Bithynia?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
What did the Lex Gabinia do?
Made Pompey supreme commander over the Meditteranean in order to defeat the pirates that had attacked Ostia
What law made Pompey supreme commander over the Meditteranean in order to defeat the pirates that had attacked Ostia?
Lex Gabinia
In how much time did Pompey rid the Meditteranean of its pirates?
40 days
Who rid the Meditteranean of the pirates that had attacked Ostia in 40 days, during 67 BC?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
When was the Lex Manilia passed?
66 BC
What law was passed in 66 BC?
Lex Manilia
Who passed the Lex Manilia?
Gaius Manilius
Manilius passed what law in 66 BC?
Lex Manilia
What did the Lex Manilia do?
Gave Pompey supreme command of all forces in Asia Minor, to fight Mithridates VI
What law gave Pompey supreme command of all forces in Asia Minor, to fight Mithridates VI?
Lex Manilia
After his subjects turned on him, what Roman enemy commander killed himself in 63 BC?
Mithridates VI
When did Mithridates VI die?
63 BC
Name the son of Mithridates VI who allied with Rome (Pompey) to gain the kingdom of Bosporus
Pharnaces II
Name the father of Pharnaces II
Mithridates VI
What kingdom did Pharnaces II get by giving his father Mithridates VI’s body to Pompey (aka allying with Rome)?
Bosporus
Name the three people that ran for consul in 63 BC
Lucius Sergius Catilina, Gaius Antonius Hybrida, Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cicero, Antonius Hybrida, and Catiline all ran for consul in what year?
63 BC
Who were the consuls of 63 BC
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Gaius Antonius Hybrida
Cicero and Hybrida were consuls of what year?
63 BC
In 63 BC, what tribune proposed a land law that would set up a commission regulating land distribution?
Publius Servillius Rullus
Whose laws in 63 BC was portrayed as a plot against Pompey by Cicero?
Publius Servillius Rullus
Rullus’ laws of 63 BC was portrayed by Cicero as a plot against what man, because they achieved something he had been promising his soldiers?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
When were Rullus’ laws passed?
63 BC
At Caesar’s instigation, what elderly knight was prosecuted for murdering Saturninus (ally of Marius)?
Rabirius
Rabirius was prosecuted for murdering what man, who was subject to the second senatus consultum ultimum?
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus
When was the Second Catilinarian Conspiracy?
63 BC
Whose conspriacy was in 63 BC?
Catiline’s
It was considered the second because Cicero thought there was a first
Who ran for consulship for the second time in 62 BC, losing because of Cicero once again?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
When did Catiline try running for consul for the second time, losing again due to the efforts of Cicero?
62 BC
After losing consulship for the 2nd time in 62 BC, who formed an army under Manlius in Etruria and Sura, hoping to get rid of Cicero?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
Catiline formed an army under Manlius and Sura against what man due to losing consulship twice due to him?
Marcus Tullus Cicero
What two people gave Cicero information about the Second Catilinarian Conspiracy?
- A conspirator’s wife, Fulvia
- The tribe of the Allobroges
Fulvia and the Allobroges tribe gave Cicero information about whose conspiracy?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
When was the Battle of Pistoria?
62 BC
What battle was in 62 BC?
Battle of Pistoria
Who died fighting at Pistoria against Antonius Hybrida and Petreius?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
Catiline died at Pistoria fighting against what two men?
Antonius Hybrida, Marcus Petreius
During what battle did Catiline die?
Battle of Pistoria
Who died in 62 BC?
Lucius Sergius Catilina
When did Catiline die?
62 BC
When was the Bona Dea Scandal?
62 BC
What famous scandal occurred in 62 BC?
Bona Dea Scandal
Who was the subject of the Bona Dea Scandal?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Clodius Pulcher was the subject of what famous scandal of 62 BC?
Bona Dea Scandal
What did Clodius Pulcher do in the Bona Dea festival of 62 BC?
Snuck in using the guise of a woman
Who snuck into the Bona Dea festival under the guise of a woman?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Who was the alleged lover of Clodius Pulcher, the second wife of Caesar?
Pompeia
Pompeia, the second wife of Caesar, was the alleged lover of who?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Who lived from 122-73 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
How long did Sertorius live for?
122-73 BC
What two people are appointed as Roman commanders against Sertorius?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Metellus Pius
Pompey the Great and Metellus Pius were made commanders against what rebel in Spain, from 80-73 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
Name the capable legate of Sertorius who is defeated by Metellus Pius at Segovia
Lucius Hirtuleius
Hirtuleius was a capable legate under what rebel, who was killed by Perperna Vento in 72 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
What Roman commander defeatd Sertorius’ legate Hirtuleius at Segovia?
Metellus Pius
Where does Metellus Pius defeat Hirtuleius?
Segovia
When was the battle of Lauro River?
76 BC
What battle was in 76 BC?
Battle of Lauro River
At what battle in 76 BC did Sertorius defeat Pompey in hand to hand combat?
Battle of Lauro River
Who did Sertorius defeat in hand to hand combat at Lauro River in 76 BC?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Who defeated Pompey in hand to hand combat at Lauro River in 76 BC?
Quintus Sertorius
What was unique about the way Sertorius defeated Pompey at the Lauro River in 76 BC?
It was through hand-to-hand combat
Name the granddaughter of Sulla, the second wife of Caesar
Pompeia
Pompeia, the second wife of Caesar, was the granddaughter of what notable Roman dictator?
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
Name the father of Mark Antony, who gained a humiliating cognomen because of his failure to clear the Mediterranean Sea of pirates by losing at Crete in 68 BC
Marcus Antonius Creticus
Creticus was the father of what famous Roman, a 2nd triumvir?
Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony)
Where did Creticus get decisively defeated by the Meditteranean pirates in 68 BC?
Crete
Who decisively defeated Creticus at Crete in 68 BC?
Meditteranean pirates
When did the Meditteranean pirates decisively defeat Creticus at Crete?
68 BC
Name the lanista of Spartacus in Capua, who he escaped from to start the 3rd Servile War?
Lentulus
Lentulus was the lanista of what Thracian slave, who escaped from him to start the Third Servile War?
Spartacus
Where was the lanista Lentulus’ gladiator school located?
Capua
What Gaul aids Spartacus during his revolt?
Crixus
The Gaul Crixus aided what Thracian slave in his revolt, the third of its kind?
Spartacus
Name the consuls of 74 BC, the start of the 3rd Mithridatic War
Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Marcus Aurelius Cotta
When was the Third Mithridatic War?
74-63 BC
What war was from 74-63 BC?
Third Mithridatic War
Lucullus and Aurelius Cotta were consuls of what year, the start of the Third Mithridatic War?
74 BC
What war was caused by Rome annexing Bithynia, having been bequeathed to them by Nicomedes IV in 74 BC?
Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War was caused by Rome annexing what kingdom, having been bequeathed to them by Nicomedes IV in 74 BC?
Bithynia
Name the victorious and losing commanders at the Battle of Chalcedon, in the Third Mithridatic War
Victor: Mithridates IV
Loser: Marcus Aurelius Cotta
At what battle was Aurelius Cotta decisively defeated by Mithridates VI, in the early Third Mithridatic War?
Battle of Chalcedon
When was the Battle of Cyzicus?
74 BC
What battle was in 74 BC?
Battle of Cyzicus
Name the victorious and losing commanders at Cyzicus in 74 BC?
Victorious: Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Loser: Mithridates VI
When was the battle of Lemnos?
73 BC
What battle was in 73 BC?
Battle of Lemnos
Name the victorious and losing commanders at Lemnos in 73 BC?
Victorious: Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Loser: Mithridates VI
When was the battle of Cabira?
72 BC
What battle was in 72 BC?
Batle of Cabira
Name the victorious and losing commanders at Cabira in 72 BC
Victorious: Lucius Licinius Lucullus + Deitoraurus of Galatia
Losing: Mithridates VI
At what three battles in 74, 73, and 72 BC respectively did Lucullus defeat Mithridates VI, during the Third Mithridatic War?
Battle of Cyzicus, Battle of Lemnos, Battle of Cabira
What Galatian chieftain assisted Lucullus in defeating Mithridates VI at Cabira in 72 BC?
Deiotarus
Who did Deitoarus of Galatia assist in defeating Mithridates VI at Cabira in 72 BC?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
What kingdom did Deiotarus rule over?
Galatia
Name the captial of Armenia that Lucullus approached after Mithridates VI fled to its ruler, Tigranes II
Artaxata
Artaxata was the captial of what kingodm?
Armenia
At what battle did Mithridates VI annihilate two legions under Gaius Triarius, a legate of Lucullus, in 67 BC?
1st Battle of Zela
Gaius Triarius was the legate of what Roman commander?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Name the legate of Lucullus who got annihilated by Mithridates VI at Zela in 67 BC?
Gaius Triarius
Who replaced Lucullus to be the second person put in charge against Mithridate VI, during the Third Mithridatic War?
Manius Acilius Glabrio
Glabrio replaced what person to be the second person put in charge against Mithridates VI, during the Third Mithridatic War?
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Glabrio replaced Lucullus to be the second person put in charge against what foreign enemy?
Mithridates VI
Who is put in charge against Mithridates VI after Glabrio, being the third person to be put in that position?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Pompey replaced what man to be the third person put in charge against Mithridates VI?
Manius Acilius Glabrio
Pompey replaced Glabrio to be the third person put in charge against what foreign enemy?
Mithridates Vi
When was the Battle of Nicopolis?
63 BC
What battle was in 63 BC?
Battle of Nicopolis
What battle ends the Third Mithridatic War, in 63 BC?
Battle of Nicopolis
The Battle of Nicopolis (63 BC) ends what war?
Third Mithridatic War
Name the victorious and losing commanders at Nicopolis, in 63 BC
Victorious: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Losing: Mithridates VI
At what battle in the Third Mithridatic War did Pompey decisively defeat Mithridates VI, in 63 BC?
Battle of Nicopolis
Where did Mithridates VI commit suicide in 63 BC?
Panticapaeum
Who commtited suicide at Panticapaeum in 63 BC?
Mithridates VI
Where did Verres flee after being convicted of embezzlement, despite Cicero defending him?
Massilia
What corrupt Sicilian governor fled to Massilia after being convicted of embezzlement, despite Cicero defeinding him in 70 BC?
Lucius Verres
Who is said to have wept at a statue of Alexander the Great while serving his questorship in Spain, in 69 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
Caesar is said to have wept at a statue of what man, while serving his quaestorship at Spain in 69 BC?
Alexander the Great
Where did Caesar spend his quaestorship in 69 BC?
Spain
Who spent his quaestorship in Spain during 69 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
When was Caesar quaestor?
69 BC
Who was quaestor in 69 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
What two Jewish brothers fought for the throne of Judean kingship in 67 BC?
John Hyrcanus and Aristobulus
Hyrcanus and Aristobulus fought for the throne of what kingdom in 67 BC?
Judean
When were Hyrcanus and Aristobulus fighting for the throne of Judean kingship?
67 BC
When was Cato the Younger quaestor, prosecuting corrupt quaestors?
65 BC
Whose quaestor-ship was in 65 BC, which he spent prosecuting corrupt quaestors?
Cato the Younger
What did Cato the Younger do during his quaestor-ship of 65 BC?
Prosecuted other, corrupt quaestors
Who sought to buy the consulship of 65 BC with the help of Crassus, a censor that year, but failed?
Lucius Sergius Catalina
Catiline sought to buy the consulship of what year with the help of Crassus a censor, but failed?
65 BC
Catiline sought to buy the consulship of 65 BC with the help of what censor, failing regardless?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
When was Crassus censor?
65 BC
Who was censor in 65 BC?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Who had an affair with Servilia from 64 BC to his death, in 44 BC?
Gaius Julius Caesar
Who did Caesar have an affair with from 64 BC to his death?
Servilia
When did Caesar start having an affair with Servilia?
64 BC
Name the mother of M. Iunius Brutus, half-sister of Cato the Younger, and mother-in-law of Cassius Longinus, the mistress of Caesar?
Servilia
Servilia was the mother of what man, one of the assassins of Caesar?
Marcus Iunius Brutus
Servilia was the half-sister of what man, who was forced to Cyprus temporarily by Clodius Pulcher?
Cato the Younger
Servilia was the mother-in-law of what man, an assassin of Caesar?
Gaius Cassius Longinus
What two people helped Catiline build an army to march on Rome to get rid of Cicero?
Gaius Manlius, Lentulus Sura
Where did Gaius Manlius get people from to fuel Catiline’s army to march against Rome?
Etruria
Who got people from Etruria to help fuel Catiline’s march against Rome?
Gaius Manlius
Where did Sura get people from to help fuel Catiline’s March against Rome?
Rome
Who got people from Rome to help fuel Catiline’s march against Rome?
Lentulus Sura
Sura was the step-father of what man, a 2nd triumvir?
Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony)
Who was the step-father of Mark Antony, helping Catiline by enlisting Romans to March against Rome with him?
Lentulus Sura
What nickname did Cicero receive for stopping the Catilinarian conspiracy?
Pater Patriae
Who received the title Pater Patriae for stopping the Catilinarian conspiracy?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Letters intercepted at what location by the Allobroges were brought to Cicero, informing him of the Catilinarian conspiracy forming under him?
Milvian Bridge
What tribe intercepted letters at the Milvian Brdige, bringing them to Cicero to inform him of the Catilinarian conspiracy forming under him?
Allobroges
During the trial of Clodius Pulcher for the Bona Dea Scandal, who was the prosecutor of Clodius?
Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger was the prosecutor of what man on his trial for the Bona Dea Scandal?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Name the notable testifier at Clodius Pulcher’s trial, which sparked a huge rivalry between them
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cicero was a testifier against what man on his trial for the Bona Dea Scandal?
Publuis Clodius Pulcher
Clodius Pulcher was acquitted from his trial for the Bona Deal Scandal thanks to the bribery of what triumvir?
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Who was acquitted from his trial thanks to the bribery of Crassus, looking over his part in the Bona Dea Scandal?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Name the 4 slave leaders who helped Spartacus during the Third Servile War
Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, Oenomaus
Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus all helped what man revolt against Rome from 73-71 BC?
Spartacus
Who was the sole-consul of 68 BC?
Marcius Rex
Think of him as the guy who was consul a year before Gabinius
In what year was Marcius Rex sole-consul?
68 BC
Who finally managed to complete what Creticus failed to do by clearing pirates from Crete and subsequently establishing it as a province?
Quintus Metellus Creticus
Metellus Creticus established what region as a province for Rome by clearing the pirates from it, an endeavor Antonius Creticus failed to do?
Crete
What man was a legate under the rebel M. Lepidus, but was more well-known for murdering Sertorius?
Marcus Perperna
Perperna, the murderer of Sertorius, was a legate under what previous Roman rebel?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Who was the first to climb over the walls of the Temple of Jerusalem when it was stormed by Pompey in 63 BC?
Faustus Sulla
Faustus Sulla was the first to climb over the walls of what structure when it was stormed by Pompey in 63 BC?
Temple of Jerusalem
What Roman commander stormed the Temple of Jerusalem in 63 BC?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
When did Pompey storm the Temple of Jerusalem, against the wishes of Aristobulus II?
63 BC
