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Dictator - full deck Flashcards

1
Q

Tiro’s shorthand system

A

Notae Tironianae

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2
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Quote at start of part one - “The melencholy of the antique world …”

A

Flaubert

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3
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Part One - Exile

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58-47BC

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4
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always …

A

a child

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5
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Colour of Cicero’s toga during exile

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Black

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6
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Governor of Sicily who refuses Cicero permission to land

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Gaius Vergilius

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7
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Distance Cicero has to get from Rome

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400 miles

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8
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Shrine to be erected on Cicero’s house

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Liberty

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9
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Friend providing sanctuary near Brindisium

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Flaccus

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10
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Where does Cicero land in Illyricum

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Dyrrachium

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11
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Where does Cicero intend making for

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Epirus - Atticus

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12
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Governor denying sanctuary in Macedonia

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Apuleius Saturnius

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13
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Quaestor offering sanctuary in Thessalonica

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Gnaeus Plancius

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14
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Highway to Byzantium

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Egnatia

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15
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Town on border with Macedonia

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Lychnidos

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16
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Where had Terentia had to take refuge

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House of the Vestal Virgins

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17
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Island annexed by Clodius

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Cyprus

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18
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Governor of Cyprus

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Cato, assisted by Brutus (nephew)

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19
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King of Armenia lodged with

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Lucius Flavius (by Pompey)

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20
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Friend of Pompey’s killed by Clodius’s followers

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Marcus Papirius

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21
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Couriers between Rome and Thessalonika provided by

A

Epiphanes

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22
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Who comes to see Cicero from Rome

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Titus Annius Milo

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23
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Milo’s gladiator

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Birria

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24
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What is Milo’s profession

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Gladiator school

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25
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Senior consul in Rome at the time of Cicero’s exile

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Piso

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26
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Piso governorship after consul

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Macedonia

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27
Q

Where does Tiro catch up with Caesar

A

Mutina

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28
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Caesar’s staff officer who recognises Tiro

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Publius Crassus (son of Marcus)

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29
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Caesar’s accounts of his campaign

A

Commentaries

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30
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Where does Caesar battle with the Helvetii

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Bibracte

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31
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Caesar’s aide-de-camp

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Aulus Hirtius (later consul)

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32
Q

Word Caesar writes on Cicero’s letter

A

Approved

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33
Q

Who is at Brindisium to meet Cicero

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Tullia

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34
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Which villa does Cicero inspect on his way back to Rome

A

Formiae

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35
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River Almo

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Temple of the Great Mother

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36
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Cicero makes offerings to

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Minerva

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37
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Consul when Cicero returns from exile

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Lentulus Spinther, Metellus Nepos

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38
Q

Terentia’s steward

A

Philotimus

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39
Q

Cicero family dog - terrier, killed

A

Myia

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40
Q

Cicero’s nephew

A

Quintus jr

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41
Q

Right of citizens to demonstrate outside house of people responsible for grievance

A

Flagitatio

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42
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“It is human nature that what starts as gratitude quickly becomes dependency and ends as

A

entitlement

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43
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Cicero appeals the destruction of his house on Victory Rise to

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Pontifical college, old Regia

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44
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Only absent pontiff

A

Caesar

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45
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Senior pontiff hearing Cicero’s appeal

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Publius Albinovanus

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46
Q

Statue puporting to by Liberty, installed by Clodius

A

Statue of courtesan, stolen from Tanagra by Appius, brother of Clodius

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47
Q

Compensation granted to Cicero for damage to property

A

Palatine - 2mTusculum - 0.5mFormiae - 0.25m

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48
Q

Who contributes builders to help Cicero

A

Pompey

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49
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House Cicero takes refuge in when attacked by Clodios’s followers

A

Tettius Damio

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50
Q

Who has had Terentia whipped

A

Clodia

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51
Q

Where is Quintus appointed grain commissioner by Pompey

A

Sardinia

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52
Q

Murdered philosopher

A

Dio of Alexandria

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53
Q

Where was Dio staying

A

Titus Coponius

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54
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Who is the exiled pharaoh behind the murder of Dio

A

Ptolemy XII - the Flute Player

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55
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Three candidates to assist Ptolemy XII

A

Spinther, Crassus, Pompey

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56
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Reward for the restoration of Ptolemy XII

A

6,000 gold talents

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57
Q

Dogs beloved of Egyptians

A

Greyhounds

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58
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Ptolemy’s 11 year old daughter

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Cleopatra

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59
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Who is accused of killing Dio

A

Publius Asicius - Pompey’s estate manager

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60
Q

Present from Ptolemy to Cicero

A

Jade statue of Hedj-Wer, god of writing - baboon

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61
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Who provides Asicius with an alibi for the murder of Dio

A

Rufus

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62
Q

Whose house is attacked by the followers of Clodius

A

Milo

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63
Q

Who is Rufus prosecuting for bribery

A

Bestia

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64
Q

Why does Cicero offer to defend Bestia

A

He saved Publius Sestia in the forum

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65
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What is the countersuit against Rufus brought by Bestia and Clodius

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Political violence, poisoning of Clodia

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66
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Who defends Rufus against the suit brought by Bestia and Clodius

A

Cicero

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67
Q

Rufus’s trial starts on the festival of the …

A

great mother

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68
Q

Rufus’s other advocate

A

Crassus

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69
Q

Atticus’s new wife

A

Pilia

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70
Q

Tullia’s new husband

A

Furius Crassipes

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71
Q

The Medea of the Palatine

A

Clodia (Cicero)

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72
Q

Blind ancestor of Clodia who Cicero pretend’s to be

A

Appius Claudius

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73
Q

New villa left to Cicero in a will

A

Cumae - Lucrine Lake

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74
Q

Pompey’s new suburban villa

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Pincian Hills

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75
Q

Sybil …

A

Lives in a jar in Cumae

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76
Q

Who brings news of the meeting at Luca to Cicero

A

Lucius Vibullius Rufus - officer of Pompey’s

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77
Q

What is the message from the triumvirate in Luca to Cicero

A

Shut up

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78
Q

Where do the Triumvirate meet

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Luca (Luca accord)

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79
Q

Five year governorships …

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Pompey to Spain, Crassus to Syria

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80
Q

What does Cicero call his long letter to Pompey

A

Palinode

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81
Q

Who returns from Cyprus at this time

A

Cato and Brutus

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82
Q

Who grants Quintus a commission at Cicero’s request

A

Caesar

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83
Q

Which empire does Crassus attack

A

Parthian

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84
Q

Governor of Syria who restores Ptolemy XII

A

Gabinius

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85
Q

Crassus’s wife

A

Tertulla

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86
Q

Publius Crassus’s new bride

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Cornelia - daughter of Scipio Nasica

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87
Q

Who has Milo married

A

Faustus - twin sister of Sulla

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88
Q

Manuscripts in Sulla’s library

A

Aristotle’s Politics

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89
Q

Cicero’s reworking of Aristotle

A

On the Republic

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90
Q

Where does Tiro fall ill

A

Arpinium

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91
Q

Greek doctor sent by Cicero to treat Tiro

A

Andricus

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92
Q

Praetor who frees Tiro

A

Caius Marcellus

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93
Q

Month renamed July

A

Quintilus

94
Q

Where is Crassus killed

A

Carrhae

95
Q

Crassus’s legate who sends news of his death

A

Cassius (Longinus)

96
Q

Parthian king

A

Orodes II

97
Q

Parthian capital

A

Seleucia

98
Q

Parthian commander

A

Sillaces

99
Q

Play Crassus’s head is used as a prop during

A

The Bacchae

100
Q

Crassus’s mouth filled with

A

molton gold

101
Q

Elections that year

A

Clodius as praetor, Milo for consul

102
Q

Fasces of missing consuls placed in …

A

Temle of Libitina, goddess of the dead

103
Q

Why does Milo travel to Lanuvium

A

New priest for the Temple of Juno the Saviour

104
Q

Milo and Clodius fight at

A

Bovillae, Via Appia

105
Q

Who throws a javelin at Clodius

A

Birria

106
Q

Who kills Clodius

A

Milo

107
Q

Senator who brings Clodius’s body home

A

Sextus Tedius

108
Q

Where is Clodius’s funeral pyre

A

Senate chamber

109
Q

In the absence of consuls, who is the interrex

A

Lepidus

110
Q

Where does the Senate meeting after the chamber is burnt down

A

Pompey’s theatre

111
Q

Who owns the eating house of the eating house plot

A

Licinius (near Circus Maximus)

112
Q

Who is given the task of selling Milo’s assets to help his wife

A

Philotimus

113
Q

Who marries Cornelia, the widow of Publius Crassus

A

Pompey

114
Q

Pompey’s father in law now …

A

Scipio Nasica

115
Q

Province drawn by Cicero

A

Cilicia (including Cyprus)

116
Q

Cilicia borders …

A

Syria

117
Q

Current governor of Cilicia

A

Appius Clodius Pulcher (Clodius’s brother)

118
Q

Standing army for Cicilian governor

A

14000

119
Q

Praetors Cicero appoints with him for Cilcia

A

Caius Pomptinus and Quintus

120
Q

Tullia has just been divorced by …

A

Crassipes

121
Q

Pompey’s summer villa

A

Tarentum

122
Q

Final victory of Caesar’s in Gaul

A

Uxellodunum (capture of Vercingetorix)

123
Q

What does Caesar do to two thousand gallic fighters at Uxellodunum

A

Cuts their hands off

124
Q

Principle professor at the Athens academy, Epicurean

A

Aristus

125
Q

First town in Cilicia

A

Laodicea

126
Q

Cassius besieged by the son of the King of Parthia at

A

Antioch

127
Q

Revolting fortress in Cicilia

A

Pindessium

128
Q

Tullia’s new (third) husband

A

Publius Cornelius Dolabella

129
Q

Greek merchant Tiro stays with while sick in Patrae

A

Lyso

130
Q

Greek doctor attendingto Tiro in Lyso

A

Asclapo

131
Q

House Tiro moves to in Patrae

A

Manius Curius

132
Q

Where does Cicero withdraw to when Caesar invades Italy

A

Formiae

133
Q

Boys’ tutor in Cicilia (informant)

A

Dionysus

134
Q

Cicero tells Tiro he’ll meet “Where I was first visited by Tiro”

A

Thessalonica

135
Q

Port Caesar seizes in Illyricum

A

Apollonia

136
Q

Caesar’s deputy in the civil war

A

Mark Anthony

137
Q

Pompey’s camp in Illyricum

A

Apsos

138
Q

Cicero’s tent next to Cato’s nephew

A

Brutus

139
Q

Battle won by Pompey

A

Dyrrachium

140
Q

Via Egnatia

A

Road to Byzantium

141
Q

Pompey’s naval commander in civil war

A

Caius Coponius

142
Q

Rhodian quniquereme where oarsman has a dream

A

Europa

143
Q

Decisive battle of civil war, Pompey’s defeat

A

Pharsalus

144
Q

Where do Senate make for following defeat at Pharsalus

A

Corcyra (Corfu)

145
Q

Temple senate meets in on Corcyra

A

Zeus

146
Q

Son of Pompey who attacks Cicero

A

Gnaeus

147
Q

Who saves Cicero from Gnaeus Pompey

A

Cato

148
Q

Who does Cicero find when he returns to Curius’s house in Patrae

A

Quintus, Marcus, Quintus Jr

149
Q

Where has Pompey fled to meet his wife following defeat at Pharsalus

A

Lesbos

150
Q

Ex-Tribune who puts Cicero under house arrest when he returns to Italy

A

Vatinius (ugliest man in Rome)

151
Q

New Master of Horse

A

Mark Anthony

152
Q

Kill stirring up trouble in Campania

A

Tiro and Rufus

153
Q

Pompey killed in

A

Egypt - Pelusium

154
Q

Pompey killed by

A

Achillas - Egyptian general and Lucius Septimus - military tribune

155
Q

Anthony’s wife, later divorced

A

Antonia

156
Q

Anthony’s new wife

A

Fulvia - widow of Clodius

157
Q

Anthony’s mistress

A

Volumnia Cytheris - nude actress

158
Q

Caesar in Egypt with

A

Cleopatra

159
Q

Cato raising an army in

A

Egypt

160
Q

Ceasar returns to Italy via

A

Tarentum

161
Q

Part Two

A

Redux - 47BC-43BC

162
Q

Cicero and Terentia divorce at

A

Tusculum

163
Q

Library at Tusculum

A

Lyceum (Aristotle)

164
Q

Garden at Tusculum

A

Academy (Plato)

165
Q

Cicero’s favourite statue

A

Hermathena - gift fromAtticus

166
Q

Book of oratory

A

Brutus

167
Q

Brutus son of

A

Servilia - Caesar’s old mistress

168
Q

Companion volume to Brutus

A

Orator

169
Q

Lucullus’s property next door now owned by

A

Hirtius

170
Q

Cassius married to …

A

Brutus’s sister

171
Q

Woman Tiro encounters in Dolabella’s house

A

Metella

172
Q

Cato commits suicide after battle of

A

Thaspus

173
Q

Cato dies at

A

Utica

174
Q

Gaulish chief strangled after Caesar’s triumph

A

Vercingetorix

175
Q

Senate meeting at

A

Pompey’s theatre, Field of Mars

176
Q

Pompey’s sons leading uprising in Spain

A

Gnaeus and Sextus

177
Q

Cicero’s new properties

A

Astura (island) and Puteoli

178
Q

Cicero marries again

A

Publilia

179
Q

Tullia’s sone

A

Publius Lentulus

180
Q

Tullia dies of

A

Consumption

181
Q

Cicero’s work on grief

A

Consolation

182
Q

Cicero’s work on death

A

Tusculum Disputations

183
Q

Dolabella wounded at

A

Munda

184
Q

Ceasar circulates a riposte to Cicero’s eulogy of

A

Cato

185
Q

Client who leaves estate at Puteoli to Cicero

A

Cluvius

186
Q

Engineer that dies when Caesar is in Puteoli

A

Mamurra - apoplexy

187
Q

Ceasar has seventh month renamed

A

July

188
Q

New Master of Horse stationed on Tibur Island on Ides of March

A

Lepidus

189
Q

Gladiators nearby on the Ides of March provided by

A

Decimus

190
Q

Caesar first struck by

A

Tillius Cimber and Publius Casca

191
Q

Who knifes Brutus in the hand

A

Cassius

192
Q

Caesar’s last words

A

Even you?

193
Q

Brutus cries out

A

Long Live Cicero

194
Q

Assassins flee to

A

Capital

195
Q

Who summons the Senate following the assassination

A

Mark Anthony

196
Q

Lepidus married to

A

Junia Secunda (Brutus’s sister)

197
Q

Anthony convenes Senate at

A

Temple of Tellus

198
Q

Consul’s appointed by Caesar before assassination

A

Mark Anthony and Dolabella

199
Q

Where did Caesar make a new will

A

Lavicum

200
Q

Who is now living in Pompey’s old house

A

Mark Anthony

201
Q

Appointed Caesar’s heir

A

Octavius - now Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus

202
Q

Octavian is son of

A

Caesar’s niece Atia

203
Q

How much to every citizen in Caesar’s will

A

300s, public park along the Tibur

204
Q

Caesar’s eulogy delivered by

A

Mark Anthony

205
Q

Poet mistakenly killed by mob

A

Helvius Cinna

206
Q

Who bring Octavian to see Cicero

A

Balbus

207
Q

New Pontifex Maximum

A

Lepidus

208
Q

Brutus’s current position

A

Urban Praetor - Games of Apollo

209
Q

“I have put out my books and now my house has

A

a soul”

210
Q

Cicero gives Tiro …

A

On Friendship

211
Q

Agathe owns the bathhouse in

A

Baiae

212
Q

Natural phenomenon following the death of Caesar

A

Comet

213
Q

Senate now meeting at

A

Temple of Concordia

214
Q

Cicero’s denounciations of Mark Anthony

A

Philippics (five)

215
Q

Philippics named after

A

Demonthenes’s oratons against Philip II

216
Q

Atticus’s new villa

A

Lake Volsinii

217
Q

New consuls

A

Hirtius and Pansa - both die in battle

218
Q

Hirtius suffering from what Hippocrates calls

A

Carcino

219
Q

Decimus besieged by Mark Anthony at

A

Mutina (Modena)

220
Q

Cicero says Octavian will be …

A

Raised, Praised and Erased

221
Q

Peace delegation sent to Mark Anthony

A

Piso, Philippus and Servius Sulpicius (who dies)

222
Q

Spartan warriors

A

“I shall return either with my shield, or on it”

223
Q

Assassin tortured and killed by Dollabella

A

Trebonius

224
Q

Battle at which Hirtius and Pansa both die

A

Forum Gallorum

225
Q

“Will the Dog Star still rise on the same date?”

A

“It will do as it is told”

226
Q

Who does Atticus lend money

A

Fulvia - Anthony’s wife

227
Q

Tiro acquires some …

A

Hemlock

228
Q

Elderly neighbour killed in Rome

A

Caesetius Rufus

229
Q

Where do Octavian, Anthony and Lepidus meet

A

Bononia

230
Q

Cicero killed at

A

Formiae

231
Q

Cicero killed by

A

Caius Popillius Laenas (parricide defendant)

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