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Pre-State Questions—Intermediate Flashcards

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Transfer of command against what eastern king to Marius led Sulla to march on Rome in 88 BC?

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MITHRIDATES (VI)

B1 What tribune of 88 proposed the transfer of command?

P. SULPICIUS RUFUS

B2 What law of 66 BC gave command of the Third Mithridatic War to Pompey?

LEX MANILIA

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What battle of 197 BC proved the tactical superiority of the Roman legion over the Greek phalanx?

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CYNOCEPHELAE

B1 What enemy king of Rome was defeated at the battle?

PHILIP V

B2 Who was the Roman commander?

FLAMININUS

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Codified in the Lex Rubria, at what site in North Africa did Gaius Gracchus propose establishing a colony?

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CARTHAGE

B1: What name was given to the proposed colony?

JUNONIA

B2: When Gracchus was killed, they also killed the consul of the year 125 BC, M. Fulvius Flaccus. What reform had Flaccus proposed that angered the senate?

CITIZENSHIP FOR ALLIES

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What law of 445 BC allowed plebians and patricians to marry?

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LEX CANULEIA

B1 What law of 367 BC gave plebians the ability to become consul?

LEX LICINIA SEXTIA

B2 What law of 287 made the plebiscita binding on all citizens?

LEX HORTENSIA

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What emperor of the Flavian dynasty was ascribed the phrase “pecunia non olet” when defending his tax on urine to his son, Titus?

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VESPASIAN

B1: What emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty reportedly said “qualis artifex pereo” when he died in 68 AD?

NERO

B2: What Julio-Claudian emperor was a fan of the phrase “oderint dum metuant” (let them hate me so long as they fear me) as a sort of personal motto?

CALIGULA

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What emperor granted citizenship to every free person in the Empire?

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CARACALLA

B1 Who was the praetorian prefect who assassinated Caracalla in 217 AD?

MACRINUS

B2 In what year did Caracalla enfranchise all free persons in the Empire?

212 AD

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Who became sole consul upon the death of Brutus in 509 BC, and was the first Roman to celebrate a triumph?

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P. VALERIUS PUBLICOLA

B1: At what battle, at which Brutus was killed, was Publicola the commander of the infantry?

SILVIA ARSIA

B2: On which hill did Publicola try to build a house, before deciding to build it at the foot so that he wouldn’t be seen as a monarch?

VELIAN

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Of the four emperors of 69 AD, who was declared emperor by Caecina and Fabius Valens in Cologne, Germany?

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VITELLIUS

B1 At what battle did Vitellius defeat Otho?

CREMONA

B2 Who overcame Vitellius’ forces at Bedriacum and thus succeeded Vitellius as emperor?

VESPASIAN

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A column dedicated to what emperor was erected in 113 AD to celebrate his campaign against the Dacians?

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TRAJAN

B1: The capture of what Dacian capital effectively ended the Dacian Wars?

SARMIZEGETHUSA

B2: What Dacian king fled and later committed suicide to avoid capture by the Romans?

DECEBALUS

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What barbarian king was stopped by a combined force of Romans and Visigoths at the Battle ofm Catalaunian Plains in 451 AD?

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ATTILA THE HUN

B1 Who was the Roman commander at that battle?

(FLAVIUS) AETIUS

B2 What Western Roman emperor assassinated Aetius in 453 AD?

VALENTINIAN III

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What emperor, born in 10 BC, was the first emperor to be born outside of Italy?

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CLAUDIUS

B1 In what city in Gaul was Claudius born?

LUGDUNUM

B2 What later emperor was also born in Lugdunum in 188 AD?

CARACALLA

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Who led a force of Goths in Theodosius’ army against Arbogast at Frigidus River in 394 AD, although he is more known for being the Visigothic king who sacked Rome in 410 AD?

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ALARIC (I)

B1: The murder of Valentinian III prompted what tribe under Gaiseric to invade Italy and eventually sack Rome in 455 AD?

VANDALS

B2: Who invaded Italy in 452 to pursue a marriage claim to Honoria, and was only convinced to not sack Rome by Pope Leo I?

ATTILA

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Which Roman king finally destroyed Alba Longa and transfered its population to Rome?

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TULLUS HOSTILIUS

B1: Who was the last king of Alba Longa, who was drawn and quartered after the city was taken?

METTIUS FUFETIUS

B2: Who was Tullus Hostilius’ grandfather, who fought with Romulus against the Sabines?

HOSTIUS HOSTILIUS

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Who was given the titles Restitutor Orientis and Restitutor Orbis for reunifying the Roman empire after the Crises of the Third Century?

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AURELIAN

B1: The reconquest and destruction of what city prompted the Senate to give Aurelian the title Restitutor Orientis ?

PALMYRA

B2: What Gallic Emperor did Aurelian “defeat” prompting the Senate to give him the
title Restitutor Orbis?

TETRICUS

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Who called Rome “urbs venalis” after attempting to negotiate with the Republic in 111 BC?

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JUGURTHA

B1: The massacre of Roman citizens in what North African city prompted Rome to go to war with Jugurtha in 112 BC?

CIRTA
B2: What adopted brother of Jugurtha, who had the backing of Rome, was also killed at Cirta?

ADHERBAL

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The tribune Terentilius Harsa first voiced the need for what codification of laws, which were written by a board of ten men in 451 BC?

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TWELVE TABLES

B1: Who was the only man two serve on both decemviri boards?

APPIUS CLAUDIUS

B2: What event caused the abdication of the decemviri?

(SECOND) SECESSION OF THE PLEBS

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At what battle of 280 BC did Romans first encounter elephants?

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HERACLEA

B1 What year was Beneventum, the last battle Rome fought against Pyrrhus?

275 BC

B2 Who was the Roman general at Beneventum?

CURIUS DENTATUS

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What Sabine king co-ruled with Romulus?

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TITUS TATIUS

B1 What was Romulus’ name after he was deified?

QUIRINUS

B2 What highest individual military honor was Romulus the first to receive?

SPOLIA OPIMA

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Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene, and Ptolemy Philadelphus were the three children of what Roman general and Egyptian Queen?

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MARC ANTONY and CLEOPATRA

B1: Whom did Antony recognize as Caesar’s biological son so as to invalidate Octavian as Caesar’s heir?

CAESARION

B2: What half sister of Cleopatra was executed on Antony’s orders, even though she had been granted sanctuary at the temple of Artemis at Ephesus?

ARSINOE

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