Chapter 78: New Men

Question 1

Brutus of Britain

Answer 1

he was the grandson of Aeneas, when he wanted on an expedition and stumbled across and island, he named it Britain after himself.

Question 2

Cassivelaunus

Answer 2

he was called by Geoffrey of Monmouth, “king of the Britains,” but who appears in Julius Caesar’s account as a rouge warrior who usurped the throne of the Trinovates tribe. He was the brother of king Lud.

Question 3

Cicero

Answer 3

he was a Roman politician and consul.

Question 4

Gladiator War/Third Servile War

Answer 4

the war lasted for more than two years, it was the last war against slaves and the Roman republic.

Question 5

Historia Regum Britannia

Answer 5

it was written by Geoffrey of Monmouth, it combines Roman and medieval place names with Welsh legend, a thin thread of fact, and a strong patriotic bent.

Question 6

Hyrcanus II (John Hyrcanus)

Answer 6

he was a Hasmonean leader of the 2nd century BC.

Question 7

Lud

Answer 7

he was the king of the Trinovates, one of the most powerful tribal kingdoms to the south.

Question 8

Mandubracius

Answer 8

he was the son of king Lud, he was displaced from the throne.

Question 9

Pompeia

Answer 9

she was the only daughter of Pompey the Great from his third marriage.

Question 10

Spartacus

Answer 10

he was chosen to be the leader of the gladiators during the third servile war.

Question 11

Transalpine Gaul

Answer 11

it was the western part of the province on the other side of the Alps (the eastern portion was known as “Cisalpine Gaul).

Question 12

Trinovantes

Answer 12

it was one of the Celtic tribes of pre-Roman Britain.

Question 13

44 BC

Answer 13

it was the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Antony.

Question 14

Carrhae

Answer 14

it was old Haran, the city where Nabonidus was born, and where Terah, father of Abraham, died.

Question 15

Cleopatra VII

Answer 15

she was the last active pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, only shortly survived by her son, Caesarion as pharaoh.

Question 16

The Ides of March

Answer 16

it is when Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, is stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.

Question 17

Marcus Brutus

Answer 17

he was a politician of the late Roman Republic.

Question 18

Mark Antony

Answer 18

he was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from an oligarchy into the autocratic Roman Empire.

Question 19

Novus homo (new man)

Answer 19

he was a man who was the first in his family to serve in the Roman Senate or, more specifically, to be elected as consul.

Question 20

Octavian Orodes

Answer 20

he was the king of Parthia, he used Crassus’s head as a prop in a victory play.

Question 21

Ptolemy XIII

Answer 21

he was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.

Question 22

Ptolemy XV Caesarion

Answer 22

he was the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, who reigned jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt, from September 2, 44 BC.