History Flashcards
2nd king of Rome, peaceful reign
Numa Pompilius
1st king of Rome
Romulus
Nymph and prophetess who advised Numa Pompilius
Egeria
3rd king of Rome
Tullus Hositilius
4th king of Rome
Ancus Marcius
5th king of Rome, Etruscan
Tarquinius Priscus
6th king of Rome
Servius Tullius
7th and final king of Rome
Tarquinius Superbus (the proud)
Where did Spartacus train?
Capua
The women raped by Romulus were of which tribe?
Sabines
Which emperor built the Theater of Amman?
Marcus Aurelius
Which emperor was Caracella’s father?
Lucius Septimius Severus
Who does Caesar have to thank for Pompey’s death?
Ptolemy XIII
Who was Constantine fighting when he had a vision compelling him to paint crosses on his army’s shields?
Emperor Maxentius
What words did Constantine see painted across the sky next to a cross in his dream?
In hoc signo vinces = in this sign you will conquer
Which king destroyed Alba Longa?
Tullius Hositilius
Which king built the seaport at Ostia?
Ancus Marcius
Which king built the Cloaca Maxima, the Circus Maximus, and the Temple of Jupiter?
Tarquinius Priscus
Which king created social classes based on wealth?
Servius Tullius
The son of which king raped Lucretia?
Tarquinius Superbus
In the first century AD, Emperor Vespasian introduced what unusual tax?
The urine tax
Which emperor killed his mother Agrippina and his wife Octavia?
Nero
What were Nero’s last words?
Qualis artifex pereo! = What an artist I die!
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?
Emperor Claudius
In what year did Spartacus lead the slave revolt?
73 BC
Who did Cinncinatus fight as dictator?
The Aequi and the Vosci
Who were Romulus’ adoptive parents?
Faustulus and Galerentia
Who was Romulus’s mother?
Rhea Silvia
Which king is Ancus Marcius’s grandfather?
Numa Pompilius
How did Tullus Hostilius die?
He was struck by lightning (by performing the rites of Jupiter Elicius incorrectly)
How did Tarquinius Priscus become king?
The previous king’s sons were on vacation, and there was no available heir
Who was Tarquinius Priscus’s wife?
Tanaquil
What omen caused Tanaquil to think Servius Tullius would become king?
His head burst into flame
How did Servius Tullius die?
His daughter conspired with Tarquinius Superbus to take the throne and run him over with a chariot
Where was Catullus born?
Verona
Who is “Lesbia” most likely?
Clodia Metelli
Who pioneered the neoteric style of poetry in the Alexandrian school?
Callimachus
Where was Vergil born?
Andes, in Cisalpine Gaul
Who wrote the Bucolics/Ecolgues?
Vergil
Who wrote the Georgics?
Vergil
Vergil’s full name?
Publius Vergilius Maro
Who coined the saying “tempus fugit”?
Vergil, in the Georgics
How many books are in the Aeneid?
12
What is Horace’s full name?
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Where was Horace born?
Venusia
Who wrote two books of ten satires each, one in 33 BC and another in 30 BC?
Horace
Who pioneered a new form of verse with the Epodes and Odes?
Horace
Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare are part of what collection?
Horace’s epistles (moral essays written as letters in hexameter)
What is Ovid’s full name?
Publius Ovidius Naso
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
Who wrote the Amores?
Ovid
Who wrote Ars Amatoria?
Ovid
Who wrote the Heroides/Epistulae Heroidum?
Ovid
Who wrote the Metamorphoses?
Ovid
What is Seneca’s full name?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba, in Hispania
Second wife of Claudius and mother of Nero
Agrippina
From which Greek playwrights did Seneca adapt Oedipus and Agamemnon?
Sophocles and Aeschylus, respectively
Who pioneered the Roman tragedy, with scenes of horror and use of asides and soliloquies?
Seneca the Younger
Who wrote Pharsalia/De Bello Civile?
Lucan
What nephew of Seneca the Younger was also a friend of Nero and a successful poet in his own right?
Lucan
Who wrote five books of Satire in dactylic hexameter circa 110 AD?
Juvenal
What is Juvenal’s full name?
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Who wrote Naturalis Historia?
Pliny the Elder
What was Pliny the Younger’s full name?
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Who wrote the Lives of the Twelve Caesars?
Suetonius
Who wrote De Viris Illustribus?
Suetonius
What four men claimed the throne in 69 AD?
Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian
Who wrote the Germania?
Tacitus
Who wrote the Annals, about the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero?
Tacitus
Who wrote Ab Urbe Condita?
Livy
What is Livy’s full name?
Titus Livius
What is the first Gallic tribe Caesar faces in 58 BC?
Helvetii, formerly led by Orgetorix
Which coastal tribe rebels in 56 BC and is ultimately defeated in a naval battle by Caesar?
Veneti
At what battle does Caesar defeat Vercingetorix and his fourteen tribe revolt?
Alesia
At what battle are Caesar’s forces almost defeated by Vercingetorix’s Gallic rebellion?
Gergovia
Who wrote De Senectute about the advantages of old age?
Cicero
Cicero’s lifelong friend and publisher
Atticus
Who ended all of his speeches with Carthago Delenda Est?
Cato the Elder
Who wrote Cato Maior?
Cicero
What is the full name of the Roman general who destroyed Carthage?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Trustworthy pig-herder in the Odyssey
Eumaeus
Odysseus’s dog
Argus
What three groups occupy Gaul in Caesar’s time?
Belgi (Belgians), Aquitani (Aquitanians), Celts/Gauls
Who wrote Commentarii De Bello Gallico?
Caesar
What tribe executed a mass migration in Gaul?
Helvetians
Who burned off his right hand in an Etruscan camp to prove his bravery?
Mucius Scaevola
Which king was the son of a slave?
Servius Tullius
Who built the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?
Tarquin Kings
Which deities were worshipped at the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?
Jupiter, Juno, Minerva
Who wrote in historical monographs?
Sallust
Who was responsible for starting the third Punic War?
Cato the Elder
