Last Republicans (Part 2) Flashcards
What dangerous man nearly became praetor in 55 BC but was never officially elected since Pompey called off the voting on a religious pretext?
Cato the Younger
After Pompey defeated the Mediterranean pirates within 3 months, what law transferred the command against Mithridates from Lucullus to him?
Lex Manilia
What daughter of a praetor was betrothed to Pompey leading to his unsurprising acquittal?
Antistia
In addition to his scandal-free private life, who, by offering a tenth of his possessions to Hercules, gave each citizen three months worth of grain and treated them to a proper feast?
Crassus
In his ceremony for military discharge, what Roman consul stated that he always served under himself and appended “Magnus” to his name?
Pompey
After his son betrayed him and Tigranes put a bounty on his head, who finally committed suicide in Crimea in 63 BC?
Mithridates VI
What consul of 49 BC gave command of the Republic’s forces to Pompey against Caesar?
Claudius Marcellus
In a bargain for his life with Pompey, who offered the Roman generals letters of correspondence from Sertorius to senators which Pompey promptly burned instead?
Perperna
6000 slaves were crucified from Rome to Capua along what road after Crassus put down Spartacus’s revolt?
Via Appia
“Asinus asinum fricat” might best describe what two politicians on the campaign trail for the consulship of 70 BC?
Crassus & Pompey
At whose funeral in 264 BC did the first gladiatorial combats take place?
Iunius Pera
After his antics with Metellus Creticus, who only furthered the divide with the Metellans by divorcing Mucia Tertia for infidelity?
Pompey
What potential capitalist in Ancient Rome snuck in the name of a man whose property into the proscriptions of Sulla, leading to their breakdown in trust?
Crassus
What daughter of Metellus Pius Scipio did Pompey marry as his 4th wife?
Cornelia
Even though Crassus did much of the heavy lifting against Spartacus, what man took credit for the victory?
Pompey
Despite both serving in Sulla’s ranks, what two consuls spent their year together dismantling much of Sulla’s reforms including restoring the power of tribune in 70 BC?
Crassus & Pompey
Following the surrender of what Armenian king did Pompey annex Syria and conquer Judaea?
Tigranes
Told by Sulla that he “give[s] [him] the shades of [his] murdered father and brother. Go now and avenge them” in lieu of a bodyguard, who was given the task to recruit troops among the Marsi who had just rebelled against Rome in 83 BC?
Crassus
At what battle in 48 BC did Caesar defeat Pompey despite his men being outnumbered 2:1?
Pharsalus
Wanting total glory over the dismantling of Mediterranean pirates within 3 months, Pompey ordered what lieutenant to cease operations against the pirates in Crete, but was ignored?
Metellus Creticus
After his brother was executed, who was believed to be too young to be any danger and was spared by the forces of Marius after his dad committed suicide.
Crassus
What Marian general was Pompey sent to defeat in Sicily as propraetor?
Carbo
Even though Pompey had his enemy Cicero exiled in 58 BC, what once ally of Pompey turned against him?
Clodius
Which wife of Pompey died in 54 BC leading to the dismantlement of the First Triumvirate?
Julia
Whose head was ignominiously displayed in Parthian theatrical productions following his death at Carrhae in 53 BC?
Crassus
Understanding his limitations as a general, who decided to starve out the enemy army until the senate decreed him to go all in at Pharsalus?
Pompey
When pirates captured two Roman praetors and started to make their way inland, what law granted Pompey almost imperial powers to deal with them?
Lex Gabinia
To what province was Pompey sent by Sulla as propraetor to defeat the Marian general Carbo?
Sicily
The Surenas’ prowess in archery outmatched the slower legions of Crassus near what Parthian city?
Carrhae
When he was denied a triumph due to his lack of magistracy by Sulla, who ominously responded by saying that men look to the rising sun rather than the setting sun?
Pompey
Who was arrested because he had apparently successfully cursed Crassus and his army against Parthia?
Capito
In 67 BC, what tribune proposed Pompey be given unbridled power to deal with Cilician pirates in the Mediterranean?
Gabinius
Sulla cut Pompey out of his will after he supported what man’s candidacy for the consulship in 78 BC?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
After crossing the Euphrates River, Crassus and his men opted to take the most direct route towards what city, the capital of the old empire led by Antiochus III?
Seleucia
While Lucllus opted for chasing around Mithridates with his increasingly more tired army, who instead made it diplomatically impossible for Mithridates to find any allies leading to the enemy’s suicide in Crimea in 63 BC?
Pompey
70 BC & 55 BC saw the co-consulships of what two men?
Crassus & Pompey
Before Pompey via the Lex Manilia, Lucullus was in charge of defeating what long time Roman enemy?
Mithridates VI
From what other Roman general had Pompey taken the command against Mithridates via the Lex Manilia?
Lucullus
What ancient religion was adopted the Parthians?
Zoroastrianism
Until he was betrayed by Cilician pirates, who tried to flee to Sicily to start another slave revolt but was forced to meet Crassus in battle in 71 BC?
Spartacus
Deemed ‘the vilest man alive’ by Rutilius Rufus, who switched sides between Marius and his enemies before his body was desecrated by the Roman people following his death by plague?
Pompeius Strabo
What was the capital of the Parthian empire?
Ctesiphon
What man, his now father-in-law, did Pompey take as his co-consul in 51 BC?
Metellus Pius Scipio
In an emulation of Sulla a few years earlier, who attempted to march against Rome in 78 BC before being defeated by Lutatius Catulus?
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Whose forces suffered a massive defeat against Spartacus for which Crassus decimated the army and made the survivors pay a deposit on their sword and shield?
Memmius
Unlike Julius Caesar, who was convinced to divorce his wife Antistia in favor of Sulla’s stepdaughter Aemilia?
Pompey
Both Clodius and Cornelius steered clear of what Roman politician whose backroom deals and deep pockets left few public scandals?
Crassus
Who earned the name of ‘butcher boy’ after capturing and executing Carbo in a show trial?
Pompey
Hoping to steal the glory of Metellus Pius against Sertorius, who engaged Sertorius in battle before having to be saved by Metellus Pius?
Pompey
After defeating Carbo in Sicily, Pompey headed to Africa to deal with what other Marian, an ancestor of Nero?
C. Domitius Ahenobarbus
Whose marriage sealed the alliance of the First Triumvirate?
Pompey and Julia’s
Shouts of Talassio met the ‘Not Guilty’ verdict of what man as a result of his marriage to the daughter of the presiding judge?
Pompey
Following the meeting of Luca, where did Pompey take command though he never went in person, instead ruling through legates?
Spain
Santa Maria Capua Vetere was the site of a famous gladiatorial school where whose slave revolt started and was eventually put down by Crassus?
Spartacus
After Aemilia died in childbirth shortly after her betrothal to Pompey, what Metellan woman did Pompey then wed?
Mucia Tertia
Cato and Bibulus both supported what man, their enemy, to be sole-consul of 52 BC in the wake of Crassus’s defeat in Parthia?
Pompey
Where, the final Mediterranean power that had not yet submitted to Rome, did Pompey flee following the battle of Pharsalus?
Egypt
On his campaign in Parthia, Crassus took seven legions and what future assassin of Julius Caesar?
Cassius Longinus
In what Tuscan city did Pompey, Caesar, & Crassus meet to resolidify the First Triumvirate in 55 BC?
Luca
In 65 BC, what co-censor foiled Crassus’s plans to enfranchise the Transpadanes after which the pair resigned citing irrevocable differences?
Lutatius Catulus
Who was led astray by Arab guides on his way to Seleucia only to be met with waves of Parthian archers near Carrhae?
Crassus
Where did Pompey first withdraw in 49 BC with Caesar following close behind?
Greece
Accusing Crassus of breaking faith with Parthia, what tribune tried in vain to arrest Crassus, only being able to curse him and his army instead?
Capito
What demagogue attempted to overthrow the recently adopted Sullan constitution until he was thwarted by Lucullus?
Lucius Quinctius
After he was orphaned by his parents, Cato the Younger was raised by what man, his maternal uncle, most famous for holding the Tribunate in 91 BC?
Livius Drusus
After being given a naval command by Marcius Rex, who was captured by Cilician pirates and released unharmed?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Whose knowledge of the Roman treasury shocked his clerks in his term as quaestor during which he forced Sulla’s informers to pay back the money Sulla gave them?
Cato the Younger
The objectivity of Cato the Younger was not able to successfully convict Licinius Murena because of the legal abilities of what two advocates?
Cicero and Hortensius
Whom did Poppaedius Silo jokingly threaten to defenestrate when he asked him to intercede for him with Drusus, his adopted father?
Cato the Younger
Lucullus decided to allow Mithridates to escape rather than allow what man to share the glory in his capture?
Fimbria
After shamelessly cultivating the mistress of Cethegus, who earned command in the east against Mithridates?
Lucullus
Educated in both Greek and philosophy, who served both as the literary executor of Sulla and his child’s guardian?
Lucullus
Milo and Clodius Pulcher met by happenstance near what town which led to a fatal brawl for Clodius?
Bovillae
During his tenure as quaestor in 61 BC, who was tried for his impiety until his family bribed and intimidated the jury into acquitting him?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Whose house did Publius Clodius Pulcher destroy and consecrate the ground to Libertas?
Cicero’s
What tribune, whom Cicero would later defend in a famous speech, did Pompey appoint as a counter-force to Clodius?
Milo
After capturing what city did Cato the Younger urge Metellus Scipio not to fight Caesar, advice which fell on deaf ears?
Utica
Because of her brother’s machinations of mutiny of the troops of Lucullus, what woman did Lucullus divorce before marrying the half-sister of Cato?
Clodia
In order to seduce Julius Caesar’s wife, who dressed up as a female musician to infiltrate the Bona Dea festival?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
While serving as military tribune in Macedonia, Cato the Younger hurried out to Greece when he heard about the imminent death of what man, his childhood friend and half-brother?
Servilius Caepio
Where did the Roman people demand Lucullus be buried, like Sulla, though his brother insisted on taking him back to the family estate?
Campus Martius
First the guardian of Sulla’s child Faustus then commander against Mithridates, what man’s positions grew the envy of Pompey?
Lucullus’s
Knocking over an abacus and tearing open his wounds, who committed suicide in Utica opting to be a free man in death rather than a slave to Caesar in life?
Cato the Younger
When Cato the Younger fled to Africa and was wanted by the soldiers to lead, he instead deferred to what man on account of his higher rank as ex-consul?
Metellus Scipio
With what “King of kings” did Mithridates join forces in Armenia?
Tigranes
What man, who opposed the death penalty for the Catilinarian conspirators, was accused by his lifelong enemy Cato the Younger for involving himself in that conspiracy?
Julius Caesar
That true happiness was to be found in virtue, no matter the external circumstances is a central tenet of what philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium?
Stoicism
After Cato the younger filibustered, who was forced to choose between a triumph and consulship upon his return from Spain, opting for the latter?
Julius Caesar
What consul of 62 BC did Cato the Younger prosecute for bribery?
Licinius Murena
After exiling the older Lucullus, who was later brought to trial by Licinius Lucullus for an unknown charge?
Servilius the Augur
Stating that he demanded a more lavish dinner since he’s dining with himself, whose demand for luxury was highlighted by his long-renowned gardens in Rome?
Lucullus
By saying that Lucullus was prolonging the war for his own glory, what man convinced Lucullus’s troops to mutiny against him?
Clodius Pulcher
Pompey decided to join the First Triumvirate with Caesar and Crassus following what political action from Lucullus?
Lucullus denied Pompey’s Asian settlement
To what island south of Asia Minor did the tribune Clodius send Cato the Younger?
Cyprus
Following his troops’ mutiny in the east, Lucullus was replaced by what man against Mithridates?
Pompey
After opposing the election of Crassus and Pompey to the consulship of 55 BC only to reluctantly support Pompey’s solo consulship of 52 BC, who again felt compelled to join the Pompeians against Caesar and was given command of Sicily?
Cato the Younger
Whom, his own wife, did Cato the Younger give in marriage to Hortensius, reclaiming her upon Hortensius’s death in 50 BC?
Marcia
When he was still just an infant, whose father was exiled from Rome by Servilius the Augur for burning the military stores in Sicily following his replacement?
Lucullus’s
Because he was patrician born through and through, who was adopted into a plebeian house before his tribunate of 58 BC during which he passed a law giving free grain to the plebeians?
Publius Clodius Pulcher
What festival, open only to women, saw the attempted feminine disguise of Publius Clodius Pulcher whose alibi was exploded by Cicero?
Bona Dea
What general did Tigranes not expect to rush into battle with him until he did so winning at Tigranocerta?
Lucullus
As consul in 74 BC, Lucullus proposed giving what man a command against the Cilician pirates which would later go to Pompey years later?
Marcus Antonius
Against what supporter of Pompey did Cato the Younger run for tribune of 62 BC, although both men were elected?
Metellus Nepos
Mostly to be with his childhood friend and half-brother Servilius Caepio, who volunteered for the campaign against Spartacus in 72 BC?
Cato the Younger
In 79 BC, Lucullus finally returned to Rome to become hold what office with his brother during which both earned much public favor for their lavish games?
Aedile