Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

OHJCL Certamen 23−24 > History Introduction Toss-Ups > Flashcards

History Introduction Toss-Ups Flashcards

1
Q

What elderly senator was elected to succeed Domitian in 96 A.D?

A

Nerva, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What Arvernian chieftan was defeated by Caesar at Alesia in 52 BC?

A

Vercingetorix, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Who was the first Roman emperor to wear a beard?

A

Hadrian, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What conflict began when all of the Roman citizens of Cirta were slaughtered after the city was besieged in 111 BC?

A

Jugurthine War, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

The construction of the Mamertinum and the Pons Sublicius both ocurred during the reign of which king of Rome?

A

Ancus Marcius, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Which emperor left Sejanus in charge of his affairs when he retired to Capri for the final years of his reign?

A

Tiberius, Week 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Who was the governor of Upper Germany in A.D. 97 when he learned that he had been adopted as the heir of the emperor Nerva?

A

Trajan, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What grandiose palace did Nero construct in the area cleared by fire of 64 A.D?

A

Domus Aurea, Week 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Which enemy of Rome committed suicide at Panticapaeum in 63 BC after leading Pontus in 3 wars against the Romans?

A

Mithridates VI, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Who was the first emperor from the Equestrian rank?

A

Macrinus, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What king of Mauretania betrayed Jugurtha by turning him over to Sulla in 106 BC?

A

Bocchus, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What Roman commander was the victorious admiral at the battle of Aegates Islands?

A

Lutatius Catulus, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Tarquinnius Priscus enlarged the Senate by adding another 100 members, many of whom were probably Etruscan. What were these new members called?

A

Minores Gentes, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What emperor ruled from 161 to 180 A.D?

A

Marcus Aurelius, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Which king of Rome was raised by a shepherd named Faustulus and his wife Acca Larentia?

A

Romulus, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What Roman commander committed the devotio during the battle of Sentinum?

A

Decius Mus, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What man, having seen 12 vultures fly overhead, interpreted that he would be the rightful king of Rome and killed his brother?

A

Romulus, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

By entrenching himself in a series of double barricades Caesar was able to beseige what Gallic stronghold and defeat the Arverni in 52 BC?

A

Alesia, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

At what battle in 260 AD did Valerian become the first emperor captured alive in battle?

A

Edessa, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What Germanic Chieftan sacked Rome in 476 AD and deposed Romulus Augustulus?

A

Odoacer, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What king of Rome was killed when it became clear that his adopted son Servius Tullius was being groomed as his successor?

A

Tarquinnius Priscus, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What group of Campanian Mercenaries seized the city of Messana in 289 B.C?

A

The Mamertines, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

What woman vowed to allow the Sabines into Rome if they gave her the gold on their arm but was instead crushed by their shields?

A

Tarpeia, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Who sacked Carthage in 146 BC?

A

Scipio Aemilianus, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Which of the five Good Emperors expanded the borders of the empire to their furthest extent?

A

Trajan, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Where did Marcus Aurelius die of plague in 180 A.D?

A

Vindobonna, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Who attempted to populate the city of Rome by holding a festival in honor of the god Consus in order to attract the nearby Sabine women?

A

Romulus, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

What tribune of the Praetorian guard was responsible for the assassination of Caligula in 41 A.D?

A

Cassius Chaerea, Week 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

At what battle in 36 BC did Agrippa, commanding Octavian’s army, defeat the forces of Sextus Pompey?

A

Naulochus, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

What Roman emperor’s last words were supposedly Qualis artifex pereo?

A

Nero, Week 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Where in 390 B.C were the Romans routed by Gaullic invaders?

A

Allia River, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Who was the Samnite commander at the battle of Caudine Forks?

A

Gavius Pontius, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Who did Pompey replace in command against Mithridates by means of the Lex Gabinia?

A

Lucullus, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Who established a twelve month lunar calendar and established various priestly colleges during his peaceful reign as second king of Rome?

A

Numa Pompilius, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

What man ruled Rome as emperor between 27 BC to 14 AD?

A

Augustus, Week 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Who negotiated with Bocchus for the surrender of Jugurtha?

A

L. Cornelius Sulla, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Which king, a grandson of Numa, built a bridge across the Tiber and annexed the Janiculum hill?

A

Ancus Marcius, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

Which king of Rome, often identified with the Etruscan hero Mastarna, took the first census, divided the city into four regions, and sourrounded its seven hills with a wall?

A

Servius Tullius, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Where did the army of Vitellius under Caecina and Valens defeat the Otho in 69 A.D?

A

Bedriacum / Cremona, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

Where did Constantine and Licinius meet in 313 AD so that Licinius could marry Constantia and the two men could make an agreement on religious toleration?

A

Milan, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

What Numidian chieftain declared Rome “a city for sale” because of the ease with which he was able to bribe several Roman consuls into inaction?

A

Jugurtha, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

What Ampitheather did Titus open during his reign?

A

Flavian Amphitheater / Colosseum , Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

Who declares Rome a city for sale during attempted negotiations with Calpurnius Bestia?

A

Jugurtha, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

At what site did Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus meet to form the First Triumvirate?

A

Luca, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

What autocratic title did Domitian prefer over the traditional princeps?

A

Domnius et Deus, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

Who ruled from 211 and 217 A.D?

A

Caracalla, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

What two day battle did Pyrrhus fight against the Romans in 279 B.C, ultimately winning another Pyrrhic victory?

A

Asculum, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

What woman was deified as the goddess Hora after the death of her husband Romulus?

A

Hersilia, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

Whose heroic deeds such as being the first over the wall of Numantia, and saving the entrapped army of Hostilius Mancinus were quickly forgotten when he was clubbed to death on the Capitolin because of his radical proposals?

A

Tiberius Gracchus, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

Where in 295 B.C did the Romans defeat a coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, Sabines, and Umbrians?

A

Sentinum, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

Name the wife of L. Tarquinius Priscus whom tradition credits for his succession to the kingship of Rome.

A

Tanaquil, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

In what year did Trajan decisively defeat Decebalus, leading to the latter’s suicide?

A

106 A.D, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

After what battle in 42 BC do Brutus and Cassius commit suicide?

A

Philippi, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

Who was the last emperor to rule a united Roman Empire?

A

Theodosius I, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

What two bothers were raised by a she-wolf until they were discovered by the shepherd Faustulus and his wife?

A

Romulus & Remus, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
56
Q

What disaster on August 24th, 79 A.D cast a shadow over the early part of Titus’ reign?

A

Eruption of Vesuvius/ destruction of Pompeii, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
57
Q

Who bribed the Mauretanian king Bocchus to hand over his son-in-law Jugurtha?

A

Sulla, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
58
Q

Which king of Rome was killed when the palace roof was struck by lightning causing a fire?

A

Tullus Hostilius, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
59
Q

Who starved Numantia into submission?

A

Scipio Aemilianus, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
60
Q

Which Roman king was the son of Demaratus of Corinth, who fled to Etruria?

A

Tarquinnius Priscus, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
61
Q

What battle of 321 B.C was a decisive victory for the Samnites?

A

Caudine Forks, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
62
Q

By allying himself with Appius Claudius Pulcher, Publius Licinius Crassus, and the jurist Mucius Scaevola, what tribune secured much needed support for a string of radical proposals which end with him being clubbed to death on the Capitoline Hill?

A

Tiberius Gracchus, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
63
Q

Bocchus received the western portion of Numidia after what king was handed over to the Romans in 104 BC?

A

Jugurtha, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
64
Q

Who divided the empire into twleve dioceses?

A

Diocletian, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
65
Q

What emperor ushered in a “pax Romana” and built the Ara Pacis during his reign from 27 B.C. to 14 A.D.?

A

Augustus, Week 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
66
Q

Which Imperial Structure depicts in high relief the Jewish menorah and other spoils from the conquest of Jerusalem?

A

Arch of Titus, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
67
Q

Who sacked Corinth in 146 BC?

A

Mummius, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
68
Q

What emperor was referred to as the “Apostate” because of his attempt to restore Paganism as the state religion?

A

Julian, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
69
Q

What king of Dacia launched an invasion of Roman territory in 85 A.D?

A

Decebalus, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
70
Q

What son of Germanicus succeeded Tiberius as Emperor?

A

Caligula, Week 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
71
Q

What Roman general, endowed with the power of the Lex Gabinia, completed the reduction of Mediterranean pirates in only 90 days?

A

Pompey, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
72
Q

What praetorian prefect who supplanted Gordian III ruled Rome during Rome’s 1000th anniversary?

A

Philip the Arab, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
73
Q

Which king of Rome had a co-regent, a Sabine named Titus Tatius?

A

Romulus, Week 1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
74
Q

What Sennonian chieftain reprotedly said vae victis to the Romans when they complained of weighted scales?

A

Brennus, Week 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
75
Q

What emperor built an 80 mile long stone wall in Britain from theTyne to Clyde?

A

Hadrian, Week 5

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
76
Q

Who was reported to have announced “alea iacta est” before crossing the Rubicon and sparking a civil war in 49 BC?

A

(Gaius) Julius Caesar, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
77
Q

What son of Marcus Aurelius ruled from 180-192 A.D?

A

Commodus, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
78
Q

What Syrian woman was the wife of Septimius Severus?

A

Julia Domna, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
79
Q

Who, seventeen or eighteen at the time, obtained control of the East, while his ten-year-old brother became the Western Emperor in 395AD?

A

Arcadius, Week 6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
80
Q

Off the coast of what city near the Straits of Messana did Sextus Pompey suffer a crushing defeat against the forces of Octavian in 36 BC?

A

Naulochus, Week 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
81
Q

What queen of the Iceni led a rebellion against Roman authority in Britain in 61 A.D?

A

Boudicca, Week 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
82
Q

What latin title meaning “best prince” was bestowed upon Trajan perhaps as early as 100 A.D?

A

Optimus Princeps, Week 5

83
Q

What tribune, because he vetoed his collegue’s radical proposals was removed from office in 133 BC?

A

M. Octavius, Week 3

84
Q

Whose career as tribune began in 103 BC with legislation to provide land settlements to Marius’ veterans and ended with a senātūs cōnsultum ultimum and a shower of roof tiles?

A

Saturninus, Week 3

85
Q

Awakening from a dream, what general did Augustus demand “bring back his legions” which had been defeated in the Teutoburg Forest?

A

Quintilius Varus, Week 4

86
Q

Name the three original tribes of Rome which were established by Romulus.

A

Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres, Week 1

87
Q

Who was the wife of Romulus?

A

Hersilia, Week 1

88
Q

What happened to the Roman army at the Caudine Forks after they were defeated?

A

Driven under the Yolk, Week 2

89
Q

The Senate debated the idea of restoring the Republic after whose assassination in 41 AD?

A

Caligula, Week 4

90
Q

What name was given to Jersualem after the suppression of the Third Jewish Revolt?

A

Aelia Capitolina, Week 5

91
Q

What Plebian consul, responsible for the Foedus Cassianum, was executed by a patrician consul n 485 B.C?

A

Spurrius Cassius, Week 2

92
Q

Redistribution of grain, the estblishment of the colony Iunonia, and the extension of citizenship to Latins were proposals by what tribune which designated him as a target of the Senatus Consultum Ultimum?

A

Gaius Gracchus, Week 3

93
Q

Who reigned as emperor from 222-235 A.D?

A

Severus Alexander, Week 6

94
Q

After what disaster in 105 BC was Marius called upon to deal with the threat of the Cimbri and Teutones?

A

Battle of Arausio, Week 3

95
Q

Under what king was the forum drained to become the center of commercial, social, and political life?

A

Tarquinnius Priscus, Week 1

96
Q

What Spartan mercenary did the Carthaginians hire in 255 B.C to reform their military?

A

Xanthippus, Week 2

97
Q

What future emperor captured Jerusalem in 70 AD?

A

Titus, Week 5

98
Q

Who was granted the first senatus consultum ultimum to deal with the radical Gaius Gracchus?

A

L. Opimius, Week 3

99
Q

For his defeat of what king of Caenina did Romulus earn the first ever Spolia Opima?

A

Acron, Week 1

100
Q

What man did Hadrian ultimately adopt as his heir?

A

Antoninus Pius, Week 5

101
Q

According to Roman Tradition, what hero saved Rome from the Etruscans by defending the Pons Sublicius?

A

Horatius Cocles, Week 2

102
Q

Where did the Romans defeat Pyrrhus in 275 B.C?

A

Beneventum, Week 2

103
Q

What two brothers, the “jewels” of their mother Cornelia Scipio, were killed during the Second Centruy BC because of their radical political reforms?

A

Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus, Week 3

104
Q

What two brothers succeeded Septimius Severus?

A

Caracalla and Geta, Week 6

105
Q

What son of Julia Soaemias ruled from 218-222 A.D. and identified himself with the Syrian sun god Elagabal?

A

Elagabalus/Heliogabalus/Varius Avitus, Week 6

106
Q

What general earned the title “Last of the Romans” after his defeat of Attila in 451 BC?

A

Aetius, Week 6

107
Q

The year 59 BC was jokingly referred to as the year of Gaius and Caesar because of the lack of influence of what co-consular colleague of Caesar?

A

Bibulus, Week 3

108
Q

What son of Ocrisia, a captive of war, became the sixth king of Rome?

A

Servius Tullius, Week 1

109
Q

What title, conferred upon Augustus in 2 B.C., a title previously given to Cicero and Julius Caesar literally means “father of the country”?

A

Pater Patriae, Week 4

110
Q

What consul was victorious at the battle of Mylae?

A

Duilius, Week 2

111
Q

Which king of Rome purchased three of the Sibylline books only after allowing the other six to be burned?

A

Tarquinnius Superbus, Week 1

112
Q

What ex-consul led the mob which clubbed Tiberius Gracchus to death along with 300 of his followers?

A

Scipio Nasica, Week 3

113
Q

Who leapt over the pomerium upon seeing six vultures and was killed instantly by his brother?

A

Remus, Week 1

114
Q

At what battle in 31 BC did Octavian defeat the forces of Antony and Cleopatra?

A

Actium, Week 3

115
Q

What woman after treacherously allowing the Sabines into Rome was thrown from a rock which now bears her name?

A

Tarpeia, Week 1

116
Q

At what battle of 378 AD was the emperor Valens killed in battle?

A

Adrianople, Week 6

117
Q

What emperor issued an edict of maximum prices in 301 AD?

A

Diocletian, Week 6

118
Q

Off the coast of what city in Epirus does Octavian defeat the forces of Antony and Cleoptra in 31 BC?

A

Actium, Week 3

119
Q

What law of 66 BC granted Pompey command against Mithridates?

A

Lex Manilia, Week 3

120
Q

What Roman count (comes) checked Atila and the Huns at the Battle of Catalaunian Plain?

A

Aetius, Week 6

121
Q

What emperor could allegedly hit an ostrich with a javelin at 50 paces and could frequently be seen in the arena dressed as Hercules?

A

Commodus, Week 6

122
Q

What emperor attempted to secure the pax deorum by performing the first systematic prosection of Christians throughout the empire?

A

Decius, Week 6

123
Q

Who was murdered in the Theater of Pompey on March 15, 44 BC?

A

C. Julius Caesar, Week 3

124
Q

What emperor succeeded an Apostate and restored Christianity as the official state religion?

A

Jovian, Week 6

125
Q

What mistress of Commodus took part in the plot that ultimately killed him in 192 A.D?

A

Marcia, Week 6

126
Q

Who stuck his right hand in a fire to prove the resolve of the Romans to Lars Porsenna?

A

Mucius Scaevola, Week 2

127
Q

Which emperor advanced the efforts of his predecessor when he moved beyond the shores of Kent and conquered Britain in 43 AD?

A

Claudius, Week 4

128
Q

Where, in 225 BC, did the consuls Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus decimate a force of over 70,000 Insubrian Gauls?

A

Cape Telamon, Week 2

129
Q

Where on August 9, 378 AD was a Roman emperor killed in battle against the gothic chieftan Fritigern?

A

Adrianople, Week 6

130
Q

Which Roman king added to the Senate a hundred members, who were called minores gentes?

A

Tarquinnius Priscus, Week 1

131
Q

What governor of Gallia Lugdunensis revolted against Nero with the support of Galba and Otho in 68 A.D?

A

Vindex, Week 4

132
Q

Which of the emperors of 69 AD committed suicide after being defeated at the First Battle of Bedriacum?

A

Otho, Week 5

133
Q

What conflict began when Manius Aquilius compelled Nicomedes IV to attack Pontus?

A

First Mithridatic War, Week 3

134
Q

What emperor coined the phrase “oderint dum probent” during his tyrannical reign from 14 t0 37 A.D.?

A

Tiberius, Week 4

135
Q

Whose last words to his sons were supposedly “agree with each other, enrich the soldiers, and despise everyone else”?

A

Septimius Severus, Week 5

136
Q

Who won battles at Vosges, Bibracte, and Alesia in route to conquering Gallia Transalpina in the mid 1st Century BC?

A

Julius Caesar, Week 3

137
Q

Who allegedly saw a burning cross with the phrase in hoc signo vinces in the sky before attacking Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge?

A

Constantine, Week 6

138
Q

Where in 458 B.C was a Roman army trapped by the Aequi?

A

Mt.Algidus, Week 2

139
Q

Who was mercifully apppointed as Corrector Lucaniae after the fall of the Imperium Galliarum in 273 AD?

A

Tetricus, Week 6

140
Q

What emperor permanently disbanded the praetorian guard?

A

Constantine, Week 6

141
Q

Who rescued Hostilius Mancinus and his entrapped army from the Numantians?

A

Tiberius Gracchus, Week 3

142
Q

Name the shepherd and his wife who discovered Romulus and Remus.

A

Faustulus & Acca Larentia, Week 1

143
Q

What emperor declared his horse Incitatus a senator in addition to other deranged acts which led to his assassination in 41 A.D.?

A

Caligula, Week 4

144
Q

What consul of 249 B.C was responsible for the naval disaster at Drepana?

A

Publius Claudius Pulcher, Week 2

145
Q

What senator purchased the empire at an auction for 25,000 sesterces?

A

Didius Julianus, Week 6

146
Q

What domineering mother acted as empress of Rome throughout the reign of her son Severus Alexander?

A

Julia Mamaea, Week 5

147
Q

The Fetiales, Flamines, Pontices, and Vestal Virgins were among the priestly colleges established by which king of Rome?

A

Numa Pompilius, Week 1

148
Q

What governor of Gallia Lugdunensis prevented Nero from touring Asia Minor and Egypt by rebelling against him in 68AD?

A

Vindex, Week 4

149
Q

What piece of naval technology did the Romans use against the Carthaginians to turn a naval battle into a land battle?

A

Corvus, Week 2

150
Q

Where were the forces of King Boiorix and the Cimbri massacred by a Roman army in 101 BC?

A

Vercellae, Week 3

151
Q

What event in 325 AD saw 300 bishops gathered to settle a dispute between the Arian Heresy and the Athanasians?

A

Council of Nicaea, Week 6

152
Q

After chasing him around the Bosphorus, where in September of 324 A.D. did the forces of Constantine finally defeat Licinius?

A

Chrysopolis, Week 6

153
Q

What naval battle of 241 B.C proved to be the deciding battle of the First Punic War?

A

Aegates island, Week 2

154
Q

Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?

A

Julia Domna, Week 5

155
Q

What emperor first led a campaign against Decebalus and the Dacians?

A

Domitian, Week 5

156
Q

What emperor was baptized on his deathbed in 337 AD?

A

Constantine, Week 6

157
Q

According to Livy, who organized the coup which overthrew Tarquinius Superbus and established the Roman Republic?

A

Lucius Junius Brutus, Week 1

158
Q

According to legend, who was predicted to become king of Rome when flames were observed around his head as he slept in his crib?

A

Servius Tullius, Week 1

159
Q

What man, the only member of both decemviri councils, is infamous for his tyrannical actions?

A

Appius Claudius, Week 2

160
Q

The consecration of the temple of Jupiter Elicius, the creation of a twelve month lunar calendar, and the insitution of twelve Salii all occurred during the reign of which Roman king?

A

Numa Pompilius, Week 1

161
Q

What war ended with the consul Gaius Lutatius Catulus destroying a Carthaginian fleet near the Aegates Islands in 241 BC?

A

First Punic War, Week 2

162
Q

Whose march upon Rome in 82 BC endured its final check when he defeated a combined force of Samnites and Populares at the Colline Gate?

A

Sulla, Week 3

163
Q

Who took refuge at Caere in Etruria after he and his sons were banished from Rome in 509 BC?

A

Tarquinnius Superbus, Week 1

164
Q

Where did Hadrian build a lavish villa during his reign?

A

Tibur/Tivoli, Week 5

165
Q

From 86-84 BC what consul was the virtual ruler of Rome?

A

Cinna, Week 3

166
Q

What emperor lived a life of leisure while his father ruled the empire, and continued to do so in Campania after he was deposed by Odoacer?

A

Romulus Augustulus, Week 6

167
Q

Which two women persuaded Coriolanus to turn back from his assault on Rome?

A

Veturia (mother), Volumnia (wife), Week 2

168
Q

What law of 67 BC granted Pompey six months of imperium to deal with the Mediterranean pirates?

A

Lex Gabinia, Week 3

169
Q

Whose careless haste in engaging the Parthains at Carrhae resulted in molten gold being poured down his throat after his defeat?

A

Crassus, Week 3

170
Q

What two young men killed Amulius and restored their grandfather Numitor to his rightful throne of Alba Longa?

A

Romulus & Remus, Week 1

171
Q

What governor of Upper Germany defeated Vindex at Vesontio in 68 A.D?

A

(L) Verginius Rufus, Week 4

172
Q

What battle of 260 B.C was Rome’s first major naval victory?

A

Mylae, Week 2

173
Q

The ashes of which emperor, a distant relative of the Julio-Claudians, were the last to be placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus in 98 AD?

A

Nerva, Week 5

174
Q

Who was the last Western Roman emperor?

A

Romulus Augustulus, Week 6

175
Q

What law of 43 BC legalized the Second Triumvirate?

A

Lex Titia, Week 3

176
Q

Which king of Rome oversaw the first Roman coinage, constructed a temple to Diana with help from neighboring Latin cities, and was the victim of a deadly conspiracy involving his daughter?

A

Servius Tullius, Week 1

177
Q

What King of Epirus did the Tarentines appeal to for help in 280 B.C?

A

Pyrrhus, Week 2

178
Q

At what battle in 102 BC were Teutobod and the Teutones defeated by Marius?

A

Aquae Sextiae, Week 3

179
Q

What man served as Praetorian prefect for the majority of Tiberius’ reign?

A

Sejanus, Week 4

180
Q

Where did Pyrrhus defeat the Romans in 280 B.C?

A

Heraclea, Week 2

181
Q

Augustus numbered the years of his reign based on the number of times he held what power?

A

tribunicia potestas, Week 4

182
Q

What group did Nero blame for the fire of 64 A.D?

A

The Christians, Week 4

183
Q

Who was executed by Pothinus and Achillas when he fled to Egypt after the battle of Pharsalus?

A

Pompey, Week 3

184
Q

What nickname was given to the son of Cleopatra by Julius Caesar?

A

Caesarion, Week 3

185
Q

At what battle in 312 AD did the usurper Constantine defeat Maxentius?

A

Milvian Bridge / Saxa Rubra, Week 6

186
Q

Who allied himself with Crixus and Oenomaus to spark a three year slave rebellion throughout Italy?

A

Spartacus, Week 3

187
Q

Who was given the cognomen Ponticus for his campaigns against Mithridates?

A

Lucullus, Week 3

188
Q

Where were the forces of King Teutobod massacred by a Roman army in 102 BC?

A

Aquae Sextiae, Week 3

189
Q

Whose revolt in Judaea circa 135 AD was put down by Julius Severus who had to be recalled from Britain?

A

Simon Bar Cosiba, Week 5

190
Q

What Roman patrician, exiled through plebeian hostility, led a Volscian attack on Rome in 491 B.C?

A

Coriolanus, Week 2

191
Q

What half-vandal soldier served as magister equitum for Theodosius and regent for his young son Honorius?

A

Stilicho, Week 6

192
Q

Which king of Rome was said to receive prophecies from a water nymph named Egeria?

A

Numa Pompilius, Week 1

193
Q

Whose life and tyrannical reign were ended by Cassius Chaerea just four years after he solidified himself as the successor of Tiberius?

A

Caligula, Week 4

194
Q

Where did Constantine summon an ecumenical council to solve the religious differences in the Christian church?

A

Nicaea, Week 6

195
Q

Which Tetrarch moved the Eastern capital of the empire to Nicomedia?

A

Diocletian, Week 6

196
Q

What Dacian capital city falls to Rome in 106 AD?

A

Sarmizegethusa, Week 5

197
Q

Which king of Rome assumed the deified name Quirinus?

A

Romulus, Week 1

198
Q

Upon hearing the news that his political enemies had been attacking his conduct during the Gallic Wars, where did Caesar meet with Crassus and Pompey to renew their political alliance in 56 BC?

A

Luca, Week 3

199
Q

After what battle in 324 AD did Constantine emerge as sole emperor?

A

Chrysopolis, Week 6

200
Q

What daughter of Scipio Africanus referred to her two sons as her jewels?

A

Cornelia, Week 3

201
Q

What man did the Senate chose to be dictator to save the Romans at Mt.Algidus?

A

Cincinnatus, Week 2

202
Q

Who killed Acron and earned the first ever Spolia Opima?

A

Romulus, Week 1

203
Q

What tribune attempted to establish a colony at Iunonia in 122 BC?

A

Gaius Gracchus, Week 3

OHJCL Certamen 23−24 (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions