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1
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How many kings were there?

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7

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2
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Who was the first king?

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Romulus

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3
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Who was the last king?

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Tarquinius Superbus

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4
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Who were the first consuls?

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Brutus and Collatinus

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5
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When was the Monarchy?

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753 - 509 BC

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6
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When was the Republic?

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509 - 27 BC

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7
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When was the Empire

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27 BC - 476 AD

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8
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Who was Cincinnatus?

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The altruistic dictator who left his farm to kill bad guys, then returned to farming.

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9
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How many Punic Wars were there?

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3

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10
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Who were the Punic Wars against?

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Carthage

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11
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Which Punic War involved Hannibal?

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2

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12
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Who crossed which mountain range with elephants in the 2nd Punic war?

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Hannibal, Pyrenees (Between Spain and France)

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13
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Where was Rome’s first province?

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Sicily

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14
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Who defeated Hannibal where?

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Publius Cornelius Scipio at the Battle of Zama (Near Carthage). He earned the cognomen Africanus.

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15
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Who said “Carthago Delenda Est”

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Cato the Elder

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16
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What became a province as a result of the 3rd Punic War?

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Hispania

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17
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Who ended the slave revolt started by Spartacus where?

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Pompey, _______??????

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18
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The pirates were defeated by whom, where?

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Pompey, Mare Nostrum

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19
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Who was in the first triumvirate?

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Caesar, Pompey, Crassus

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20
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Who lost the standards where?

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Crassus, Parthia

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21
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Who conquered Gaul and Helvetia, and also invaded Germany and Brittania?

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Caesar (duh)

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22
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Caesar crossed where and declared war on Rome?

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The Rubicon

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23
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____ and ____ fled Rome after Caesar crossed the Rubicon to ____

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Pompey and the Senate fled to Epirus (Greece)

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24
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Caesar defeated Pompey where?

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Pharsalus (IS THIS MACEDONIA OR EPIRUS?)

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25
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After Pompey was defeated at Pharsalus, he fled where?

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Egypt

26
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Where did Caesar say Veni Vidi Vici?

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Pontus where he defeated some insignificant king. (Which BTW is northern Asia Minor)

27
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When was Caesar killed and by whom?

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44 BC on the Ides of March by Brutus and the other Senators

28
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Who formed the 2nd Triumvirate?

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Marc Antony, Octavian, Lepidus

29
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Pompey defeated Marc Antony where?

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Battle of Actium (Naval)

30
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What was the ara pacis?

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Altar of peace made by Augustus.

31
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Who closed the doors of the temple of Janus?

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Augustus, Pax Romana

32
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Who was the patron of Vergil and Horace?

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Maecenas (a good friend of Augustus)

33
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Who was Augustus’ right hand man?

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Agrippa

34
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What did Agrippa build?

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The Pantheon

35
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Who were the Julio-Claudian emperors?

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Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
36
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Who were in the Year of the Four?

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Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian

37
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Who were the Flavian emperors?

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Vespasian
Titus
Domitian

38
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Who were the five good emperors?

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Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
39
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What did Commodus do?

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Thought he was Hercules (crazy). End of the 5 good emperors.

40
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What did Diocletian do?

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Split the Empire into East and West?

41
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What was the Edict of Milan, and who wrote it.

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Constantine wrote it, the Edict of Milan promoted religious tolerance

42
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What was the Court of Nicaea

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Where Constantine got involved with Christianity

43
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What big building right next to the Colosseum?

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Arch of Constantine

44
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Tiberius

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Ruled from Capri (Very small island), paranoid about being assassinated, guess what he was assassinated, almost betrayed by Sejanus, a member of his Praetorian guard, most likely because he was so paranoid

45
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____ invaded _____ for seashells.

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Caligula, Britain

46
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Caligula

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In addition to invading Britain for it’s seashells, he also made his horse a senator. And he was assassinated.

47
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Claudius

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Pretended to be stupid. He annexed Brittania, killed by his evil wife Agrippina the Younger. (Who put Nero on the throne. Great idea)

48
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Nero

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Crappiest person ever. End of the Julio-Claudians (BC he sucked so much). Set a fire in Rome. Built the Domus Aurea with the Colossus, a giant golden statue of himself. He was not assassinated :O He suicided.

49
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Vespasian

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Started the Flavian dynasty (yay), began construction of the Flavian Amphitheater aka the Colosseum

50
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Titus

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Son of Vespasian, was emperor when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

51
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_____, the person who completed the Colosseum, also sacked ______ in 70 AD

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Titus, Jerusalem

52
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Vesuvius was located where?

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Campania, the vacation area of Rome

53
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What places did Vesuvius destroy?

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Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabeii

54
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Domition

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Ended the Flavian dynasty, bro to bro succession. He sucked, so he was assassinated. Go figure

55
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Nerva

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Good emperor #1! He was appointed by the Senate

56
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Trajan

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Good emperor #2!

57
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Who was the first foreign emperor and where was he from?

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Trajan, Hispania

58
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What wall did the first foreign emperor build, and where?

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Hadrian’s wall (wow how clever)

In Britannia.

59
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Where was the 3rd good emperor from and who was he?

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Hadrian, Spain (Just like Trajan!)

60
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Antoninus Pius

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There is nothing significant about this guy. But he wasn’t bad…

61
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Marcus Aurelius

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Last of the 5 good emperors. He was a philosopher. Wrote the Meditations. He was stoic.

62
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The ____ associated with creativity lived onMt. Parnasus in where?

A

Muses, Achia

Latin Vocab (14 decks)

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