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2nd king of Rome, peaceful reign

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Numa Pompilius

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1st king of Rome

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Romulus

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Nymph and prophetess who advised Numa Pompilius

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Egeria

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3rd king of Rome

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Tullus Hositilius

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4th king of Rome

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Ancus Marcius

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5th king of Rome, Etruscan

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Tarquinius Priscus

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6th king of Rome

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Servius Tullius

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7th and final king of Rome

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Tarquinius Superbus (the proud)

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Where did Spartacus train?

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Capua

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The women raped by Romulus were of which tribe?

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Sabines

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Which emperor built the Theater of Amman?

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Marcus Aurelius

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Which emperor was Caracella’s father?

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Lucius Septimius Severus

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Who does Caesar have to thank for Pompey’s death?

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Ptolemy XIII

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Who was Constantine fighting when he had a vision compelling him to paint crosses on his army’s shields?

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Emperor Maxentius

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What words did Constantine see painted across the sky next to a cross in his dream?

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In hoc signo vinces = in this sign you will conquer

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Which king destroyed Alba Longa?

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Tullius Hositilius

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Which king built the seaport at Ostia?

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Ancus Marcius

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Which king built the Cloaca Maxima, the Circus Maximus, and the Temple of Jupiter?

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Tarquinius Priscus

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Which king created social classes based on wealth?

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Servius Tullius

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The son of which king raped Lucretia?

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Tarquinius Superbus

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In the first century AD, Emperor Vespasian introduced what unusual tax?

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The urine tax

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Which emperor killed his mother Agrippina and his wife Octavia?

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Nero

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What were Nero’s last words?

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Qualis artifex pereo! = What an artist I die!

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The wife of which emperor was executed for entering into a contest with a prostitute over who could get the most clients in one night?

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Emperor Claudius

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In what year did Spartacus lead the slave revolt?

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73 BC

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Who did Cinncinatus fight as dictator?

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The Aequi and the Vosci

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Who were Romulus’ adoptive parents?

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Faustulus and Galerentia

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27
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Who was Romulus’s mother?

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Rhea Silvia

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Which king is Ancus Marcius’s grandfather?

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Numa Pompilius

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How did Tullus Hostilius die?

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He was struck by lightning (by performing the rites of Jupiter Elicius incorrectly)

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How did Tarquinius Priscus become king?

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The previous king’s sons were on vacation, and there was no available heir

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Who was Tarquinius Priscus’s wife?

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Tanaquil

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32
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What omen caused Tanaquil to think Servius Tullius would become king?

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His head burst into flame

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How did Servius Tullius die?

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His daughter conspired with Tarquinius Superbus to take the throne and run him over with a chariot

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34
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Where was Catullus born?

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Verona

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34
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Who is “Lesbia” most likely?

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Clodia Metelli

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35
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Who pioneered the neoteric style of poetry in the Alexandrian school?

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Callimachus

36
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Where was Vergil born?

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Andes, in Cisalpine Gaul

37
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Who wrote the Bucolics/Ecolgues?

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Vergil

38
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Who wrote the Georgics?

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Vergil

39
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Vergil’s full name?

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Publius Vergilius Maro

40
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Who coined the saying “tempus fugit”?

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Vergil, in the Georgics

41
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How many books are in the Aeneid?

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12

42
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What is Horace’s full name?

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus

43
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Where was Horace born?

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Venusia

44
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Who wrote two books of ten satires each, one in 33 BC and another in 30 BC?

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Horace

45
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Who pioneered a new form of verse with the Epodes and Odes?

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Horace

46
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Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare are part of what collection?

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Horace’s epistles (moral essays written as letters in hexameter)

47
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What is Ovid’s full name?

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Publius Ovidius Naso

48
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Where was Ovid born?

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Sulmo

49
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Who wrote the Amores?

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Ovid

50
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Who wrote Ars Amatoria?

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Ovid

51
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Who wrote the Heroides/Epistulae Heroidum?

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Ovid

52
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Who wrote the Metamorphoses?

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Ovid

53
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What is Seneca’s full name?

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

54
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Where was Seneca the Younger born?

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Corduba, in Hispania

55
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Second wife of Claudius and mother of Nero

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Agrippina

56
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From which Greek playwrights did Seneca adapt Oedipus and Agamemnon?

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Sophocles and Aeschylus, respectively

57
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Who pioneered the Roman tragedy, with scenes of horror and use of asides and soliloquies?

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Seneca the Younger

58
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Who wrote Pharsalia/De Bello Civile?

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Lucan

59
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What nephew of Seneca the Younger was also a friend of Nero and a successful poet in his own right?

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Lucan

60
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Who wrote five books of Satire in dactylic hexameter circa 110 AD?

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Juvenal

61
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What is Juvenal’s full name?

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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

62
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Who wrote Naturalis Historia?

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Pliny the Elder

63
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What was Pliny the Younger’s full name?

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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus

64
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Who wrote the Lives of the Twelve Caesars?

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Suetonius

65
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Who wrote De Viris Illustribus?

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Suetonius

66
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What four men claimed the throne in 69 AD?

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Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian

67
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Who wrote the Germania?

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Tacitus

68
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Who wrote the Annals, about the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero?

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Tacitus

69
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Who wrote Ab Urbe Condita?

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Livy

70
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What is Livy’s full name?

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Titus Livius

71
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What is the first Gallic tribe Caesar faces in 58 BC?

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Helvetii, formerly led by Orgetorix

72
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Which coastal tribe rebels in 56 BC and is ultimately defeated in a naval battle by Caesar?

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Veneti

73
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At what battle does Caesar defeat Vercingetorix and his fourteen tribe revolt?

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Alesia

74
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At what battle are Caesar’s forces almost defeated by Vercingetorix’s Gallic rebellion?

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Gergovia

75
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Who wrote De Senectute about the advantages of old age?

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Cicero

76
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Cicero’s lifelong friend and publisher

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Atticus

77
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Who ended all of his speeches with Carthago Delenda Est?

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Cato the Elder

78
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Who wrote Cato Maior?

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Cicero

79
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What is the full name of the Roman general who destroyed Carthage?

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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus

80
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Trustworthy pig-herder in the Odyssey

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Eumaeus

81
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Odysseus’s dog

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Argus

82
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What three groups occupy Gaul in Caesar’s time?

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Belgi (Belgians), Aquitani (Aquitanians), Celts/Gauls

83
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Who wrote Commentarii De Bello Gallico?

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Caesar

84
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What tribe executed a mass migration in Gaul?

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Helvetians

85
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Who burned off his right hand in an Etruscan camp to prove his bravery?

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Mucius Scaevola

86
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Which king was the son of a slave?

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Servius Tullius

87
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Who built the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?

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Tarquin Kings

88
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Which deities were worshipped at the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?

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Jupiter, Juno, Minerva

89
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Who wrote in historical monographs?

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Sallust

90
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Who was responsible for starting the third Punic War?

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Cato the Elder

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