Chapter 8 Key People

Question 0

Spartacus

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A famous gladiator who led a slave revolt that involved over 70,000 slaves and lasted two years.

Question 1

Livia

Answer 1

The second wife of Caesar Augustus, the empress exercised considerable indirect power over political affairs.

Question 2

Sulla

Answer 2

A Roman general who put down a Roman civil war and emerged as a dictator.

Question 3

Julius Caesar

Answer 3

A Roman general and dictator who blended political ambition with military genus to restore order to the Greco-Roman world.

Question 4

Marc Antony

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Julius Caesar’s defender who married Cleopatra and was a member of the Second Triumvirate.

Question 5

Cleopatra

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The Queen of Egypt who was the last of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Question 6

Virgil

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One of Rome’s most noteworthy poets who portrayed Rome as the benefactor of the known world.

Question 7

Ovid

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A Roman Poet who immortalized Rome’s religious and seasonal festivals in verses that nearly everyone could read and enjoy.

Question 8

Horace

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A Roman poet whose eloquent, soaring odes praised the accomplishments of Caesar Agustus

Question 9

Pontius Pilate

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Roman procurator of Judea from 26 to 36 B.C. He was a tough former legionary turned political official and condemned Jesus to death.

Question 10

Nero

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The Roman emperor who persecuted Christians.

Question 11

Marcus Aurelius

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The last of the “Five Good Emperors.” He reigned when a deadly smallpox epidemic drastically reduced the empire’s population and eventually killed him.