Assorted Missed Certamen Questions Flashcards
What tribe is Arminius from?
Cherusci
What does Cincinnatus Mean?
Curly Haired
Where did Rullianus defeat Etruscans in 310 B.C.
Lake Vatemo
During Avidius Cassius’s rebellion what two tribes were Marcus Aurelius fighting?
Quadi and Iazyges
How did Avidius Cassius die?
Killed by his own troops
Where did Marc Antony meet Cleopatra?
Tarsus, Cilicia
When did Marc Antony and Cleopatra marry?
37 B.C.
What king of Numidia Allies himself against the Romans in 204 B.C. and fights in Campi Magni
Syphax
What lake did Claudius unsuccessfully drain
Fucine
Who was Julia Maemaea’s sister
Julia Soaemias
Where in 255 B.C. did a Roman fleet engage the Carthaginians before engaging in a land invasion?
Cape Hermaeum
When was Pompeii leveled before
63 A.D.
Where does Diocletian renegotiate the Tetrarchy 3 years after his retirement?
Carnuntum
Where was Septimius Severus Declared Emperor
Carnuntum
What ended the election Military Tribunes
Lex Licinia Sextia
What tribe were Gratian’s bodyguard of Archers made up of?
Alans
What southern Gallic city did Antoninus Pius’s family originate from?
Nimes
In what city 10 miles west of Rome did Antoninus Pius die?
Lorium
Who established the Limes system?
Antoninus Pius
Where in 57 B.C. did a Belgic alliance fight Caesar as he approached their territory?
Axona River
Which emperor’s murder led to a breakdown in peace negotiations with the Vandals
Valentinian III
What year was Aegates Islands fought?
241 B.C.
Who did Romulus kill to win the spolia opima?
Acron
What country is Augusta Rauriciorum in?
Switzerland
Where did Agricola defeat the Britians in 84 A.D.
Mt. Graupius
Who was the son of Massinisa?
Micipsa
Where was Agricola born?
Gallia Narbonensis (40 B.C.)
In what year was the office of quaestor increased to four elected officials per year when the office was opened to plebeians?
422 B.C.
What ancient Volsci city was also the home of the Octavii Gens and the place where Augustus spent much of his childhood?
Velitrae (modern Velletri)
How many tables were there in 451 B.C.?
10
At what battle did the Romans first encounter elephants?
Heraclea
What two Scipiones led the battle in Spain against the Carthaginians before Africanus?
Gnaeus and Publius Scipio
What first engagement between the Gnaeus Scipio and Hanno led to the Roman foothold between the Ebro and the Pyrenees in 218 B.C.?
Battle of Cissa
In what battle of 217 B.C. did Hasdrubal fail to dislodge the Romans from modern Northern Spain?
The Battle of the Ebro River
What famous early Roman augur refused Tarquinius Priscus’s attempt to increase the number of equestrian centuries and name them in his honor on religious principle, and was subsequently killed and made into a statue?
Attus Navius
Which assassin of Caesar was declared imperator by his troops in 43 B.C. after a victory over the Bessi?
Marcus Iunius Brutus
What is the exact date of Caesar’s Rubicon crossing?
January 10th 49 B.C.
Ambigatus/Ambicatus/Ambitgatus was a legendary king of what tribe during which Roman kings reign?
Bituriges (A Celtic tribe); Tarquinus Priscus
Which son of the sister of Ambigatus led a Celtic migration to Italy?
Bellovesus
What city did the Celts that Bellovesus led across the Alps found?
Mediolanum (Milan)
Who led another group of Celts into Italy after Bellovesus, where they settled in Verona and Venetia?
Etitovius
What battle of 110 B.C. did Jugurtha beat Aulus Postumius Albinus?
Suthul
Who led the Romans after their defeat at the battle of Carrhae in 53 B.C. and protected Syria as a Propraetor from further incursions?
Gaius Cassius Loginus
What Roman deserter helped lead the Parthian invasion of Syria in 40 B.C.?
Quintus Labienus
Who, under Antony successfully defeated the Parthians in Cilicia before inflicting a massive defeat against them at Mt. Gindarus?
Publius Ventidius Bassus
Who led the Parthian re-invasion of Syria in 38 B.C.?
Pacores, son of king Orodes II
Where was the Parthian prince Pacores defeated by Bassus?
Mt. Gindarus
What tribune transferred the command against Mithridates VI from Sulla to Marius?
Sulpicius Rufus
Mt Vesuvius and Antium are battles in what war?
Great Latin War
Who did the Romans take Antinum from?
The Volscians
What was the year of the second battle of Pydna?
148 B.C.
What was Hadrian’s wife’s name
Sabina
What is the name of Lucius Varus’s wife
Lucila
Which Burr burr governor of Roman Britannia supervised the construction of a 37 mile wall from the Forth to the Clyde under Antoninus Pius?
Urbicus
Who supervised the construction of an 80 mile wall from the Tyne to Solway Firth under Hadrian?
Platorius
Under which emperor’s reign was the Antonine wall abandoned?
Commodus
What fort does Hamilcar Barka use as a base in Sicily?
Hercte
After what battle does Octavian establish control of all the senatorial legions in 43 B.C.?
Mutina
Where and when did Trajan die?
Selinus 117 B.C.
