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What freedman advisor to Nero convinced the Praetorian Guard to betray Nero?

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Nymphidius Sabinus

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Which wife of Augustus had their mother sent a note before the marriage had even been consummated claiming she was still in “mint-condition”

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Clodia

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What Grandfather of Vespasian received a pardon by Caesar during the civil war?

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Titus Flavius Petro

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What eastern general handled the short-term governance of Rome while Vespasian was still out east?

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Gaius Licinius Mucianus

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Where did Gaius Licinius Mucianus persuade Vespasian to take up arms against Vitellius

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Mount Carmel

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Where did the eastern generals supporting Vespasian’s bid for the throne hold a war council in July?

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Berytus (Beirut)

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What king of Judea had built the fortifications at Massada?

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King Herod the Great

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Which Roman prefect of Judea immediately preceded Pontius Pilate

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Valerius Gratus

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What governor of Judea started his term in 130 A.D. and unsuccessfully combated the early uprising faze of the Simon Bar Kokhba with some even claiming he helped provoke it?

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Quintus Tineius Rufus

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What general under Nero reportedly said “Axios” as he fell on his sword meaning “I am worthy”

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Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo

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When he was stationed in Germania Inferior during the reign of Claudius, what tribes did Corbulo have to resist uprisings from?

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Cherusci and Chauci

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Where was Corbulo stationed as governor in 52 B.C.?

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Asia

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Against what Armenian king did Corbulo fight?

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Tiridates I

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What king of Parthia was brother in law to Tiridates I and supported him through the wars with Corbulo?

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Vologases I

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When did Corbulo begin his offensive in Armenia after being reinforced with German troops?

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58 B.C.

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What Armenian prince does Corbulo replace Tiridates I with?

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Gaius Iulius Tigranes VI

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What governor of Cappadocia resented Corbulo’s success and was soundly defeated at Rhandeia?

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Lucius Caesennius Paetus

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Who leads the invasion, under Vespasian, of Commagene after sending a letter to Vespasian claiming that their king wasn’t loyal?

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Lucius Caesennius Paetus

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What demand did the Praetorians make of the new emperor Nerva – a demand which he acceded to?

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They wanted to execute Domitian’s killers

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What does Vitellius mean?

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young-calf

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Who revolted in Britain before being assassinated by his finance minister Allectus?

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Carausius

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What Persian king was the father of Shapur I and fought Alexander Severus in the east?

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Ardashir

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Who, likely the father in law of Artashir I was the first “Sassanian king” minted on coins being minted on Ardashir’s coins after his death?

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Pabag (Papak)

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What last Parthian Shahanshah was defeated at Hormozdgan in 224 by Ardashir I?

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Artabanus IV

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What kingdom did Ardashir I rule for about 12 years before revolting against the Parthians?

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Pars (King of Persis)

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What king fought a war with Alexander Severus in Mesopotamia?

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Ardashir I

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When did Hatra fall to Ardashir I?

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(April or September) 240 A.D.

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Which of Vitellius’s two generals fought for 4 of the Emperors in 69 A.D., and was executed by Titus for his previous lack of loyalty?

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Caecina

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Who was the second wife of Herod the Great?

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Mariamne I

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What wife of Herod the Great was the mother of Herod Antipas?

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Malthrace

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What son of Macrinus was also raised to the rank of Augustus?

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Diadumenian (Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus)

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At what battle did Elagabalus seize control of the empire?

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Antioch

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What general served for Elagabalus in the battle of Antioch?

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Gannys

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Who wrote the earliest known comprehensive refutation of Christianity: “The True Word”?

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Celsus

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When Claudius invaded Britain, he actually did so at the invitation of several British chieftains who feared what man’s power?

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Caratacus

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Who handed Caratacus over to the Romans during their conquest of Britain?

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Catimandua

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What British chieftain made a speech that so impressed Claudius that he was spared?

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Caratacus

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What British monarch fled to Rome and gave Claudius the pretext to invade Britain?

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Verica

39
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Who made the poison responsible for killing Claudius?

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Locusta

40
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What cupbearer of Claudius was most likely responsible for administering the poison to him?

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Halotus

41
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Who was emperor of the east from 457-474 B.C.

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Leo I

42
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What Roman, who shares a name with a Consul of 13 A.D., was executed under Claudius for his affair and attempted coup with the empress Messalina?

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Gaius Silius

43
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Who exposed the marriage of Messalina and Gaius Silius to Claudius?

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Narcissus

44
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What freedman advisor of Claudius wanted him to marry Agrippina the Younger?

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Pallas

45
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What Governor of Germania Superior, who was one of only a few survivors of those allied with Sejanus, ended up being executed under Caligula for a plot to replace him?

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(Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus) Gaetulicus

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What Batavian led a revolt in Gallia Lugdunensis in 69 A.D. at the prompting of Vespasian?

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Julius Civilis

47
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Who puts down the revolt of Julius Civilis after he refuses Vespasian’s request to lay down arms?

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Quintus Petillius Cerialis

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Quintus Petillius Cerialis served under Suetonius in the battle against Boudicca, in what city did he suffer a defeat at the hands of the Iceni queen?

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Camulodunum (Colchester)

49
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What were the years of Domitian’s Dacian wars?

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86 - 88 A.D.

50
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Who was the fist king to Successfully unify Dacia

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Burebista

51
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Under Augustus who had successfully defeated the Dacians and reportedly killed three of their five kings?

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Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives

52
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What Dacian king started Domitian’s Dacian war by leading an army into Moesia and annihilating Oppius Sabinus’s army

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Duras

53
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What Praetorian Prefect of Domitian led the attack into Dacia in 87 A.D. and was ultimately defeated at the fist battle of Tapae?

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Cornelius Fuscus

54
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Who led the Romans to victory at the second battle of Tapae in 88 A.D.?

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Tettius Julianus

55
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What events caused an early peace with Decebalus in 89 B.C.?

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The revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus and the insurrection of the Qaudi, Marcomanni, and Sarmatians.

56
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Who, along with the future emperor Trajan, put down the revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus?

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Lucius Appius Maximus Norbanus

57
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Who forces Gratian to raise Valentinian II to the rank of Co-Augustus?

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Merobaudes

58
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Where was Magnus Maximus defeated by Theodosius I?

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Poetovio

59
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After the defeat of Magnus Maximus who was made the Magister Militum of Valentinian II?

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Arbogast

60
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After the suspicious death of Valentinian II, who supported Eugenius on the throne?

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Arbogast

61
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What son of Magnus Maximus was raised to the rank of Augustus by Magnus?

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Victor

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How long was the interregnum in the west between the death of Valentinian II and the Ascension of Eugenius?

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4 months

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What wealthy Frankish military commander in the west supported Count Romanus, the proconsul of Africa, in a series of trials against Count Theodosius?

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Merobaudes

64
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Which emperor, upon taking power, wrote a letter to the Jews of Alexandria declaring his toleration of their way of life?

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Claudius

65
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Where was the imperial navy stationed?

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Misenum

66
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Who led the Praetorians in their siege against the Capital after the death of Domitian and succeed in their demands to punish his murder?

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Casperius Aelianus

67
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What man was made the first Prefect of Egypt under Augustus?

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Cornelius Gallus

68
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On what exact day in 69 A.D. was Galba murdered?

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January 15th

69
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Augustus’ constitutional settlement of 23 B.C. was based on the tribunicia poetestas and…?

A

maius proconsulare

70
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Who, before Augustus took it over, created the first free fire brigade in Rome and used it to advance up the Imperial cursus Honorem?

A

Marcus Egnatius Rufus

71
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Who was a Praetorian prefect under Claudius, was dismissed in favor of Burrus by Agrippina, and went on to marry Poppaea Sabina before Otho and Nero?

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Rufrius Crispinus

72
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What emperors were adopted by their predecessors in the Julio-Claudian dynasty?

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Tiberius; Caligula; Nero

73
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Where did Hadrian die?

A

Baiae

74
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what was irregular about Hadrian’s adoption?

A

He was not present for it and it was signed by Plotina instead of Trajan

75
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What ward of Hadrian’s became his Praetorian prefect?

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Attianus

76
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When was the sack of Rome under Gaiseric?

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455 A.D.

77
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When did Cleander raise himself and two others to the rank of Praetorian Prefect, which for the first time now had three simultaneous office holders?

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185 A.D.

78
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Who was appointed Augustus of the west in 308 A.D. at the conference of Carnuntum?

A

Licinius

79
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At which battle of 293 A.D. did Asclepiodotus defeat Allectus and re-establish Roman rule in Britain?

A

Silchester

80
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Along with governing the Empire what literary pastime did Gallienus engage himself with?

A

Poetry

81
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What heir of Caesar was Consul in 1 A.D.?

A

Gaius Caesar

82
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Who is the only Roman emperor never to hold the title “Augustus?”

A

Vitellius

83
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When and where was Agrippa Postumus banished?

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7 A.D.; Planasia

84
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During what emperor’s reign was John the Baptist killed?

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Tiberius

85
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What emperor styled himself as “Alexander the Great?”

A

Caracalla

86
Q

Who captured the Druidic stronghold Mona (Anglesey) in 59 A.D.?

A

Suetonius Paulinus

87
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What conspiracy led to the deaths of Seneca, Petronius, and Lucan?

A

Pisonian Conspiracy

88
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What relationship was common between Caenis and Vespasian, and Marcia and Commodus?

A

A informal marriage like relationship.

89
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What former Roman Solider led a north African Berber revolt during the beginning of Tiberius’s Riegn?

A

Tacfarinas

90
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What battle is Caratacus captured at?

A

Ceer Caradoc

91
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What Roman General, and the Governor of Britain who succeeded Aulus Plautinus, captured Caratacus at the battle of Ceer Caradoc?

A

Publius Ostorius Scapula

92
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After it’s abandonment by Hadrian, what emperor reinstates the province of Mesopitamia?

A

Septimius Severus

93
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A

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