Imperium - full deck Flashcards
1
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Part One
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Senator - 79-70BC
2
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Urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole et in ista luce vibe
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“Rome! Stick to Rome, my dear fellow, and live in the limelight” - Letter to Caelius, 26 June 50BC
3
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Narrator of Cicero books
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Tiro
4
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How long was Tiro Cicero’s secretary
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36 years
5
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What has Tiro developed to assist his work
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Shorthand
6
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How old is Tiro when he writes the books
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Nearly 100
7
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Paper Tiro writes on
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Hieratica
8
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Meaning of Imperium
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Power of life and death, as vested by the state in an individual
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How old were Tiro and Cicero when Tiro enters Cicero’s service
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24 and 27
10
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Cicero family estate
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Arpinium
11
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Cicero’s listeners in Arpinium would call him …
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The Scholar or The Greek
12
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Where do Cicero and Tiro sail for Greece from?
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Brindisium
13
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What year do Cicero and Tiro sail for Greece
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Consulship of Servilius Vatia and Claudius Pulcher - 675
14
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Where did Cicero study Philosophy in Athens
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The Academy (Aristotle)
15
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Famous Stoic lecturing in Athens
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Antiochus of Ascalon
16
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Three principles of Stiocism
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Virtue sufficient for happiness, nothing except virtue is good, emotions are not to be trusted
17
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Dominant school of rhetoric
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Asiatic school - elaborate and flowery
18
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Leading exponent of the Asiatic school
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Quintus HORTENTIUS Hortalus
19
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Hortentius’s nickname
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The Dancing Master
20
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Who does Cicero travel to Rhodes to consult
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Apollonius Molon
21
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Where was Molon originally from
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Alabanda
22
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Molon: “Nothing dries more quickly …”
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“… than a tear”
23
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Where does Molon take Cicero to practice
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The beach
24
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Domosthenes: “Only three things matter:”
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“Delivery, delivery and delivery”
25
Cicero's younger brother
Quintus
26
Cicero's cousin
Lucius
27
Cicero's two great friends
Servius, Atticus
28
Entry qualification to Senate
31 years old, a million sesterces
29
Who does Cicero marry for money
Terentia
30
Terential's half sister
Vestal virgin
31
Cicero's first government post
Quaestor, Sicily
32
Which port does Cicero travel from Sicily via
Puteoli
33
Who humiliates Cicero on the quay at Puleoli
Verres
34
Cicero's house in Rome
Esquiline Hill
35
Cicero's daughter
Tullia - Tulliola
36
Cicero's junior secretaries
Sositheus and Laurea
37
Cicero's steward
Eros
38
Terentia's business manager
Philotimus
39
Cicero's household philospher
Diodotus and Stoic
40
Cicero's name derived from ...
Chickpea
41
Visitor to Cicero with case against Verres
Sthenius of Thermae
42
What do Sicilians call Verres
The Boar with Blood on his Snout
43
Chief executioner of Siciliy
Sextius
44
Sthenius's stolen treasures
Corinthian and Delian bronzes, Myron's Discus Thrower, Polycleitus's Spear Bearer, silver cups by Mentor
45
Who accuses Sthenius of forgery
Agathinus - client of Verres
46
Marcus Cicero is the second best lawyer in Rome. Who's the first
Hortensius
47
Cicero's legal textbooks
Hostilius Precedents in Pleading, Manilius Conditions of Sale
48
Who does Cicero defend from the charge of paricide
Caius POPILLIUS Laenas
49
Presiding consul for November
Gellius Publicola
50
How many senators
600
51
How many praetors
8
52
How many consuls
2
53
Open air lobby outside senate
Senaculum
54
Most senators are ...
Pedarii - men who vote with their feet
55
Three Metellus brothers
Quintus, Lucius, Marcus
56
Two elderly ex-consuls
Catulus and Isauricus
57
Catulus's sister married to
Hortensius
58
Who is putting down the Slave Revolt (Spartacus)
Marcus Crassus
59
Who is fighting in Spain
Pompey the Great
60
Who is winning victories against King Mithradates
Lucius Lucullus
61
Catulus's greatx5 grandfather
Triumphed over Hamilcar, First Punic War
62
Whose consulship did Catulus enter the senate in
Claudius Pulcher and Marcus Perperna
63
When is the last hour of the business day
When the sun drops west of the Maenian Column
64
Consul's chair
Curule
65
Where does Cicero send Tiro to consult Sicily's accounts
The National Archive
66
Who had built the National Archive six years earlier
Catulus
67
Catulus blamed suicide of his father on ...
Gratidianus (distant relative of Cicero's)
68
Who killed Gratidianus
Sergius Cataline
69
Quintus's wife
Pomponia (Atticus's sister)
70
Praetor of the extortion court until January
Hortentius
71
What is Servius's advice to Sthenius
Suicide
72
One power left to tribunes
Potestas auxilii ferendi - protection to private persons against unjust decisions of magistrates
73
"You will never conquer Rome is you cannot rule ..."
"... your wife"
74
Headquarters of the Tribunes
Basilica Porcia
75
How many tribunes
Ten
76
Mural on Basilica Porcia
Defeat of the Carthiginians
77
Speaker in the Basilica Porcia
Cato
78
What is Cato arguing for
A pillar
79
Tribune Cicero deals with for Sthenius
Lollius Palicanus
80
When do Tribunes start their term
December 10th
81
Palicanus's house
Aventine Hill
82
Age qualification for consulship
42
83
Pompey's platform for consulship
Full restoration of tribunician power
84
Palicanus's artwork
Representations of Pompey
85
Who raids Cicero's house looking for Sthenius
Timarchides, freedman of Verres
86
Where is Sthenius's bolthole
Argiletum - Terentia's tenemant block
87
Pompey's tame praetor
Lucius Afranius
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Homeland of both Pompey and Afrianus
Picenum
89
Palicanus's daghter
Lollia
90
Lollia married to
Gabinius - another Pompey lieutenant
91
Scinnius calls Crassus ...
The most dangerous bull in the herd
92
Crassus's son
Publius
93
How many slaves does Crassus crucify
6,000 - 350 miles, 117 paces
94
What does Crassus have to settle for instead of a triumph
An Ovation
95
Age qualification for aedile
36
96
Where does voting, etc, take place
Fields of Mars
97
Where does Pompey set up his HQ
Villa Publica
98
Pompey to hold games dedicated to
Hercules
99
Crassus to provide free food for ...
three months
100
Not genius that takes a man to the top, but
Perseverence
101
Two more sicilians
Heraclius of Syracuse, Epicrates of Bidis
102
Lawyer defending Sthenius in Sicily
Giaus Claudius - Verres's business manager
103
Cicero's tribe
Cornelia
104
Cicero's election slogan
Justice and Reform
105
Cato wants to marry
Aemilia Lepida - 16, his cousin
106
Lepida marries
Scipio Nasica
107
Nasica means ...
Pointed nose
108
Nasica is adopted son of
Metellus Pius, Pontifex Maximus
109
Pompey's son
Gnaeus
110
Verres's wedding present to Scipio
Myron bronze of Apollo - shrine of Aesculapius at Agrigentum
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Cato's half sister
Servilia
112
Cato's philosopher
Antipater the Stoic
113
Servilius's older broter
Caepio - engaged to Hortensius's daughter
114
Servilia's advice to Cicero on Verres's prosecution
Drop it
115
Who has rebuilt the Temple of Jupiter
Catulus
116
Pompey's speech to Senate written by ...
Varro
117
New consuls preside over
Latin Festival, Alban Mount
118
Extortion court meets for the trial of Verres
Temple of Castor and Pollux
119
Praetor of the extortion court
Aciliius Glabrio
120
Glabrio's former wife
Aemilia - divorced, then married Pompey
121
Who also applies to prosecute Verres
Caecilius Niger
122
How long does Glabrio adjourn Verres's trial for
110 days
123
How abstained from choosing Verres's prosecutor
Catulus
124
Governor of Sicily
Lucius Meteelus
125
Young man who works for Cicero during trial
Giaus Frugi
126
How much does Cicero try to borrow from Terentia
100,000 st - gets half
127
When does Cicero leave for Siciliy
Ides of January - last day Festival of Nymphs
128
Temple at Velia
Apollo Oulius - God of Healing
129
Where does Cicero land in Sicily
Messana
130
Welcoming citizens at Messane
Basiliscus and Percennius
131
Roman citizen crucified in Messana for spying
Publius Gavius
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Where does Publius Gavius say he's escaped from
Stone Quarries in Syracuse
133
Goddess stolen from shrine in Agrigentum
Ceres
134
Four towns of Syracuse
Achradina, Tycha, Neapolis and The Island
135
Tomb Cicero had found in Syracuse
Archimedes - cylinder and sphere
136
Lodgings in Syracuse
Lucius Flavius
137
Pirate Captain in alliance with Verres
Heracleo
138
Spanish banker beheaded in Syracuse
Lucius Herennius
139
What does Cicero raid in Syracuse
Offices of the revenue collectors
140
Public holiday Cicero times his raid for
Terminalia
141
Director of the revenue collectors
Carpinatius
142
Former financial director who has kept a set of records
Vibius
143
Where are the crews of "spy ships" imprisoned
Stone quarries
144
Who built the stone quarries
Dionysus the Tyrant
145
Sicilian word edikaiothesan
Death penalty
146
Most senior senator in Syracuse
Diodorus
147
Theft from the temple of Minerva
27 portraits
148
Name of fictitious moneylender
Gaius Verrucius - Verres
149
When does Cicero return to Rome
Ides of March
150
How many Sicilians are brought to Rome to give evidence
about 100
151
How many days does Cicero take to set out his prosecution of Verres
10
152
How many aediles
4
153
Who enters the senate at the same time Cicero is elected aedile
Julius Caesar
154
Where had Caesar gone to study rhetoric on Cicero's recommendation
Rhodes - Appolonius Molon
155
Caesar claims decent from ...
Venus
156
Which tribe finally elects Cicero as aedile
Falerna
157
Verres defence lawyer
Hortensias
158
Junior counsel for Verres
Scipio Nasica - Cato's love rival
159
Limit of Cornelian law
48 witnesses
160
" ... will never convict any man, however guilty, if he has sufficient ..."
Money
161
How many days does Cicero take to put the case against Verres
10
162
Cicero's first witness
Sthenius of Thermae
163
Who was the first advocate Sthenius went to for advice
Hortensias
164
What did Publius Gavius cry as he was flogged
I am a Roman citizen
165
Where does Verres flee to
Massilia (Marseilles)
166
Hortensias's offer from Verres
1m sesterces
167
Who persuades Cicero to settle with Verres
Pompey
168
What does Cicero eventually accept
1.5m
169
What did Verres give Hortensias
Ivory sphinx
170
Conquests of Lucullus
Tigranes, Nisibisis
171
Part two
Praetorian: 68-64BC
172
Eloquence that does not startle I do not consider eloquence
Cicero
173
Aediles headquarters
Temple of Ceres
174
Festival of Ceres tradition
Foxes with torches
175
Cicero's nicknames
The Scholar, The Greek
176
Cicero's mansion in the Alban Hills
Tusculum
177
Cicero's neighbours in Tusculum
Catulus, Hortensias
178
Cicero's Tusculum house has once belonged to ...
Sulla
179
Pompey's crony who becomes a tribune
Gabinius
180
Cicero's gift to Pompey
Letter inthe hand of Zeno
181
Gabinius's father in law
Palucanus
182
Governor of Gaul, friend of Pompey's, defened by Cicero
Marcus Fonteius
183
Gaulish chief bringing prosecution against Fonteius
Induciomarus
184
How does Lucius take his life
Hemlock
185
Where do they take Lucius's ashes
Arpinium
186
Who dies while they are on the way to Arpinium
Cicero's father
187
25th November sacred to
Proserpina, Queen of Hades
188
Cicero's mother
Helvia
189
River near Arpinium
Fibrenus
190
Who attacks Ostia while Cicero is in Arpinium
Pirates
191
Pompey's third wife
Mucia
192
Pompey's son
Gnaeus
193
Pompey's daughter
Pompeia
194
Destroyed at Ostia
19 consular war triremes
195
Seized at Ostia
Two preators
196
Kidnapped from Misenum
Lady Antonia
197
Pompey divides Mediterranean into how many zones
Fifteen
198
Who places the bill proposing Imperium to defeat the pirates
Gabinius
199
Who does Tiro catch with Pompey's wife Mucia
Julius Ceasar
200
Where did the Rostra get its name
Six ships battering rams or beaks, captured from the carthiginians
201
How long an imperium does the lex Gabinia grant
Three years
202
Who accuses Pompey of setting himself up as a second Romulus
Piso
203
Who are Crassus's tame tribunes, ready to veto the lex Gabinia
Roscius and Trebellius
204
Elder brother of Cato, recently died in the East
Caepio
205
Who does Cicero want Pompey to emulate when he refuses command
Cincinnatus
206
What does Terentia call Pompey
The Prince of Picenum
207
Crassus's "shadow", mocked by Catullus for affected speech
Quintus Arrius
208
The only lasting glory is on the page or
The battlefield
209
Historical figure Crassus compares Cicero to
Tiberius Gracchus - agrarian bill
210
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always ...
a child
211
Where was Tiberius Gracchus murdered
Temple of Fides
212
Word Pompey writes on Cicero's dispatch
Agreed
213
Tribune who decides not to veto lex Gabinia
Trebellius
214
Clamour on the passing of lex Gabinia kills ...
a raven
215
Cloak of a proconsul on active service
Paludamentum
216
Which court does Cicero win as preator
Extortion
217
Who does Tullia marry first
Frugi
218
How long does it take Pompey to wipe out the pirate threat
49 days
219
Where does Terentia go to pray each day
Temple of the Good Goddess - Aventine Hill
220
Last stronghold of the pirates
Corcesium, Cilicia
221
Tribune proposing law granting way against Mithrdates o Pompey
Manilius - lex Manilia
222
Chief lictor
proximus lictor
223
New apprentice
Marcus Caelius Rufus
224
Governor of Macedonia who dies after losing in Cicero's court
Caius Licinius Macer
225
Games of Apollo held by
Hybrida - Urban Praetor
226
Ponitifex Maximum summoning Cicero to talk about Cateline
Metellus Pius
227
Vestal Virgin Cateline is accused of seducing
Fabia - Terentia's half sister
228
Province Cateline governs
Africa
229
Pompey's former tribune accused of treason
Caius Cornelius
230
Who decides to prosecute Cataline for his governorship of Africa
Publius Clodius Pulcher
231
Cicero's son
Marcus
232
Who eventually defends Catiline
Tarquatus
233
Catiline nearly found guilty - ie ...
aquitted per infamiam
234
Where does Cicero go campaigning for the consulship
Nearer Gaul
235
Palicanus's daughter
Lollia - about to marry Gabinius. Screwing Ceasar
236
Where does Caelius go after Cicero
Crassus
237
Provincial capital of Nearer Gaul
Placentia
238
Atticus a devote follower of ...
Epicurus - ataraxia, freedom from disturbance
239
Hybrida running for consulship with ...
Catiline
240
Ranunculus's nickname
Tadpole
241
Election bribery - players
Interpretes, Sequestres, Divisores
242
Law forbidding electoral malpractice - criminal offence to accept a bribe
lex Figula - Marcius Figulus
243
Pompey's base on the Black Sea
Amisus
244
Name given to Pompey's house on the Esquiline
domus rostra
245
Bribery agent found by Ranunculus
Giaus Salinator
246
Salinatus's bar
Bacchante
247
Who does Cicero ask for information about Crassus
Cealius Rufus
248
Banner for citizens from Nearer Gaul
Veturia
249
Tribune who denounces Cicero as unfit to be consul
Mucius Orestinus
250
Who does Rufus smuggle into Crassus's house to overhear his meeting
Tiro
251
What is on the tapestry behind which Tiro hides behind in Crassus's house
Diana bringing down a stag with a spear
252
First item of Crassus's agenda
Egypt
253
Where are the public lands Crassus intends to give away
Campagnia
254
How much has Crassus spent on the elections
20m
255
How big is the commission proposed by Crassus's coup
10
256
Who does Cicero send the transcript of Crassus's meeting to
Hortensias
257
vita umbratils
A life in the shade
258
Where does Cicero meet the aristocrats with evidence of Crassus's scheme
Palace of Lucullus
259
Room in Lucullus's palace
Room of Apollo
260
Who demands Tiro passes a shorthand test
Catulus
261
Morbus comitalis
Epileptic fit - epileptics asked to leave the Fields of Mars during voting
262
Flag hoisted during election
Red, over the Janiculum Hill
263
How many centuries does Cicero have voting for his consulship
193
264
Age of Cicero when consul
42
