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1
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What Roman was Sabine in origin, migrated c. 504

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Attus Clausus

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2
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What name did Attus Clausus take

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Appius Claudius

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3
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Plebeian leader who signed a treaty with the Latins in 494, and was killed in 485 for “regal aspirations”

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Spurius Cassius

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4
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What did the nexum state

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that a lender could execute a debtor

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5
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What year was the first plebeian succession

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494

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6
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Where did the plebs secede to in 494

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Mons Sacer

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7
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Who convinced the plebs to return

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Menenius Agrippa

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8
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What law bound the Plebs to a sworn confederacy

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Lex Sacrata

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9
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Who first proposed a codification of Roman law in 461

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Terentilius Harsa

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10
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Consuls of 449 who passed the Valerio-Horation laws

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Valerius Potitus and Horatius Barbatus

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11
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What law gave every citizen the right to appeal a consul

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Lex Valeria

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12
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Law that allowed intermarriage

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Canuleian Law (445)

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13
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What year was the military tribune established

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444

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14
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What year was the censorship established

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443

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15
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What body did the lex Publilia of 471 create

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concilium plebis tributum

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16
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Who aided the Romans at Aricia (506)

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Aristodemus of Cumae

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17
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With whom did the Romans establish a divide and conquer technique against the Aequi and Volsci

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Hernici

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18
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Name of the Sabine chief who stole by night into Rome and occupied the Citadel on the Capitoline

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Appius Herdonius (460)

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19
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Battle in 431 where Romans defeat Aequi

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Mt. Algidus

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20
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Commander at Mt. Algidus in 431

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A. Postumius Tubertus

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21
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City the Romans attempted to seize in 79

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Fidenae

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22
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Where did the Romans almost lose the Fabian clan

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Cremera

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23
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Name of the Roman Commander who slew the king of Veians in 426 (Tolumnius)

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Aulus Cornelius Cossus

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24
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What law prohibited usury

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Lex Genucia - 342 BC

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25
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What law altered the nexum

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Lex Poetelia

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26
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Aedile of 309 BC who published a set of civil laws which elaborated on the 12 Tables

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Cn. Flavius

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27
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Name the two tribunes of 376 BC

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L. Sextius and L. Licinius Stolo

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28
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What was the land limit set by the Lex Licinia Sextia

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500 iugera

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29
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In what year was the praetorship created

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366

30
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What is a citizen’s right to appeal the decision of a magistrate called

A

Provocatio

31
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What law confirmed the right of provocatio

A

Lex Valeria - 300 BC

32
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What was the first establishment of prorogation imperii

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Publilius - 326 BC

33
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What law established a ten year interval between magistracies

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Lex Genucia - 342 BC

34
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What was the word a tribune used to proclaim his veto

A

Intercedo

35
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With whom did the Romans make peace in 331 BC

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Senones

36
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What two tribes did the Romans defeat in 351 BC

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Tarquinii and Falerii

37
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In what year did the Romans sign a treaty with the Samnites

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359 BC

38
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In what year did the Romans renounce their treat with the Samnites

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343 BC

39
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When did the Romans renew their treaty with Carthage

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348 BC

40
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Where did the Romans and Samnites defeat the Latins and Campanians

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Suessa Aurunca (340)

41
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What town did the Romans take from the Volsci during the Latin War

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Antium

42
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What colony did the Romans establish in 339 BC to secure Capua against the Samnites

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Cales

43
Q

What Greek town did the Romans take from the Samnites in 326 BC

A

Neopolis

44
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What outpost did the Samnites receive after the defeat at Caudine Forks

A

Fregellae

45
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Where did the Via Appia originally run to

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Capua

46
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Where did Q. Fabius Rullianus redeem his defeat at Lautulae in 310 BC

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Ciminian mountains

47
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Where did Rullianus follow up the victory after the Ciminian mountains

A

Lake Vadimo

48
Q

Who did the Samnites attempt to ally with by force in 298 BC

A

Lucanians

49
Q

What Roman led the force that expelled the Samnites from Lucania

A

L. Scipio Barbatus

50
Q

Who attacked Rome after the Gauls were defeated

A

Boii - 283 BC

51
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Who put down the Boii’s advance at Lake Vadimo

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P. Cornelius Dolabella

52
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Name the Spartan king who assisted the Tarentines against the Lucanians

A

Archidamus

53
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What Greek king did the Tarentines enlist to help against the Lucanians and negotiate a settlement w/ Rome

A

Alexander of Epirus

54
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Who was the Carthagenian ambassador who negotiated a treaty with Rome in regard to Pyrrhus

A

Mago

55
Q

Who did Rome obtain a grant of amicitia from in 273 BC

A

King Ptolemy II of Egypt

56
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In what year did Tarentum surrender

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272 BC

57
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Where did Gellius Egnatius defeat Scipio Barbatus

A

Camerinum

58
Q

Who seized Messana in 269 BC

A

Hiero II

59
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What consul, in his military failure, gained an alliance with Hiero

A

Manius Valerius (assumed cognomen Messala)

60
Q

What despot of Syracuse had invaded Carthage in the late 9th century BC almost destroying them

A

Agathocles

61
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What Carthaginian city in Sicily did the Romans take in 259 BC

A

Panormus

62
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What Carthaginian city in Sicily did the romans unsuccessfully attempt to siege in 249 BC

A

Lilybaeium

63
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What consul in 249 BC was defeated at Cape Passsaro

A

Iunius Pullus

64
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What two strongholds did Hamilcar Barca seize, thus making it possible to carry out guerrilla tactics against the Romans

A

Mt. Hercte and Mt. Eryx

65
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In what year was Flaminius made censor

A

220 BC

66
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When was Flaminius elected consul, thus becoming a novus homo

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223 BC

67
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What other road, built parallel to the Via Flaminia, ran from Tuscany to Pisae

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Via Aurelia

68
Q

What was Hamilcar Barca’s relation to Hasdrubal

A

Father-in-law

69
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What impressive base did Hasdrubal establish in Spain

A

Carthago Nova

70
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In what year was the Ebro treaty agreed upon

A

226 BC

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