Cicero

Question 1

What town was Cicero born in?

Answer 1

Arpinum

Question 2

Who did Cicero defend in his first major trial in Rome

Answer 2

Roscius

Question 3

From what order were the jury drawn in the trial of Verres?

Answer 3

Senatorial order

Question 4

Who did Sulla oppose?

Answer 4

Marius

Question 5

How many times was Marius consul?

Answer 5

7

Question 6

How long was Marius consul for the last time?

Answer 6

13 days

Question 7

Who were the members of the first triumvirate?

Answer 7

Caesar, Pompey & Crassus

Question 8

Caesar was made ‘dictator perpetuus’. What does this mean?

Answer 8

dictator for life

Question 9

Who killed Clodius?

Answer 9

Milo

Question 10

What relation was Octavian to Caesar?

Answer 10

Great nephew

Question 11

Where was Mark Antony defeated by Octavian?

Answer 11

Mutina

Question 12

How old was Octavian when he demanded the consulship?

Answer 12

19

Question 13

Where was Crassus killed?

Answer 13

In the east

Question 14

How did Cicero fall out with Clodius?

Answer 14

He exposed his alibi over the Bona Dea scandal as false, revealing the Clodius was in Rome at the time

Question 15

What position did Mark Antony offer Brutus after the murder of Caesar?

Answer 15

Director of the Corn Supply

Question 16

What was the name of Cicero’s secretary?

Answer 16

Tiro

Question 17

Which conspiracy did Cicero defeat in his time as consul?

Answer 17

Catilinarian

Question 18

What was Cicero’s nickname?

Answer 18

Chickpea

Question 19

Name the two Gracchi brothers in order of their role as Tribune

Answer 19

Tiberius Gracchus 133BC

Gaius Gracchus 123BC

Question 20

How had Sulla reduced the power of the tribunes?

Answer 20

They were no longer part of the Cursus Honorum