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Caesar’s Civil War (49-45B.C) Flashcards

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What line did Caesar cross which started his civil war against Pompey and the Loyalist senate?

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The Rubicon River

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In what year did Caesar cross the Rubicon and start his civil war?

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49 B.C.

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What war ignited in 49 B.C.?

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Caesar’s civil war

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What was the first (major) battle in Caesar’s Civil war?

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Ilreda

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Who were Caesar’s enemies at the battle of Ilerda?

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Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius

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Where did Caesar go after successfully taking control of Italy?

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Spain

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Where was Caesar’s first direct engagement with Pompey?

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Dyrrachium

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Other than Gergovia, what was Caesar’s only defeat.

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Dyrrachium

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When was the battle of Ilreda fought?

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49 B.C.

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What major battles of Caesar’s civil war were fought in 48 B.C.?

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Dyrrachium and Pharsalus

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After what battle was Pompey murdered?

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Pharsalus

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What famous poet participated in the battle of Pharsalus?

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Horace

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Where did Caesar follow Pompey to before Egypt?

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Asia Minor

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Where was Pompey killed?

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Alexandria (Prompt on Egypt or Aegyptus)

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During the year 48 B.C. in what city was Caesar besieged?

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Alexandria

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What year was Caesar besieged in the Royal Quarter of Alexandria by Ptolemy XIII?

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48 B.C.

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At what battle did Caesar’s crush a Pontic king’s army?

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Zela

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18
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In what year was Zela fought?

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47 B.C.

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What quip of Caesar, first coined in a letter sent to a friend in Rome, is associated with Caesar’s swift victory at Zela?

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“Veni, Vidi, Vici”

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Who was the belligerent against Caesar during his Pontic campaign?

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Pharnaces II

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In what battle did Pompey’s troops along with Titus Labienus and Metellus Scipio regroup to Face Caesar in Africa?

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Thapsus

22
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After what battle, leaving Caesar’s lieutenant Curio overconfident, was Curio’s army ambushed by Juba and Saburra

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The Battle of the Bagradas

23
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Who did Caesar’s lieutenant Curio fight in 49 B.C. at the Battle of the Bagradas?

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Publius Attius Varus

24
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For what reasons was Juba predisposed to an alliance with Pompey against Caesar?

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  1. Pompey had reinstated his father: Hiempsal II as king of Numidia under Sulla.
  2. Caesar had defended a Numidian noble accused by Hiempsal and pulled on Juba’s beard during the trial
  3. When an Allied tribune of Caesar (Gaius Scribonius Curio) openly proposed the private sale of Numidia in 50 B.C.
25
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Who was Juba’s Military commander?

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Saburra

26
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Where did Cato the Younger commit suicide after Thapsus in 46 B.C.?

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Utica

27
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How did Juba I of Numidia die?

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He was killed in a suicide pact with one of Pompey’s two lieutenants at the battle of Ilerda: Marcus Peterius after the battle of Thapsus.

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What Mauritanian King invaded Numidia right before Thapsus drawing away some of Juba’s forces and his military commander Saburra?

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Bocchus II

29
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What Roman mercenary led Bocchus II’s forces when he invaded Numidia?

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Publius Sittius

30
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Why had Publius Sittius fled Rome?

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The second Catilinarian Conspiracy

31
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How many lictors did Caesar have during his 4 Triumphs and what did this symbolize?

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72; This symbolized him having held the dictatorship (24 lictors) 3 times

32
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Who when portrayed in Caesar’s African triumph over “Numidia” did the crowd dislike because of the distasteful way Caesar used his image?

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Cato the Younger

33
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How did Caesar Sanitize his Triumph over fellow Romans in the Civil war in his African Triumph?

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By calling it a Triumph over Numidia

34
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Even though Caesar should’ve been on the back foot in his second Spanish Campaign what caused the Pompeians to engage him in battle?

A

Desertions

35
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What famous Quote of Caesar describes his experience at the battle of Munda?

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“I had often striven for victory, but now first for my life”

36
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Who was the main Military advisor to the Pompeians at Munda?

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Titus Labienus

37
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With which Veteran Caesarean legion did Caesar Achieve a breakthrough at Munda?

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the 10th

38
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In what year was the Battle of Munda fought?

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45 B.C.

39
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Who lost a lot of popularity in 47 B.C. opposing Dolabella’s debt cancellation platform with much violence as Magister Equitum?

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Marcus Antonius (Marc Antony)

40
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Who was famously pardoned by Caesar in 47 B.C. in Brundisium after abandoning his hopes of Pompeian victory when Pompey was murdered?

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

41
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After the Mutiny in 47 B.C. what office and with what Colleague did Caesar take in 46 B.C. instead of Dictator?

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Consul; Marcus Aemelius Lepidus

42
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In 47 B.C. two of Caesar’s legions Mutinied in Campania. Who did Caesar send to quell their rebellion? Before going in person.

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Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)

43
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What Title was Caesar given after Munda?

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Liberator

44
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To what was a temple dedicated after Caesar’s victory at Munda?

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Liberty

45
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Why did Caesar’s Triumph(s) after Munda leave a bad taste in the mouth of the Roman Citizenry.

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There was no way to disguise this as conquest; he was staging a Triumph for beating other Romans in a civil war.

46
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The election of who to the position of Consul for only a few hours by Caesar, left Cicero to write to a friend: “If you could see it, you would weep”

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Gaius Caninius Rebilus

47
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What two lieutenants of Caesar celebrated Triumphs after Munda?

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Quintus Pedius and Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 B.C.)

48
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To what office did Caesar declare held “in perpetuum”

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Dictator

49
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Who commanded the navy when Caesar made his two daring Adriatic crosses?

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Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus

50
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To what City did Pompey first flee after Pharsalus?

A

Mytilene

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