Pre-States Questions—Advanced Flashcards
Zela, Nicopolis, Cyzicus, and Tigranocerta were all battles from which war, fought from 74 to 66 BC?
THIRD MITHRIDATIC WAR
B1: The Third Mithradatic War began when Nicomedes IV bequeathed what kingdom to Rome?
BITHYNIA
B2: Emulating Alexander the Great’s troops at the Hyphasis River, whose troops mutinied after Tigranocerta, and refused to march any further?
LUCULLUS
Whose revolt in Syria in 175 AD delayed Marcus Aurelius’ campaigns along the Danube?
AVIDIUS CASSIUS
B1 What city was sacked by Avidius in 164 AD, and was also sacked earlier by Trajan in 116?
CTESIPHON
B2 What emperor sacked Ctesiphon in 197?
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
The capture of which Celtiberian fortress in 133 BC after 13 (?) months marked an end to the Spanish Wars?
NUMANTIA
B1: What Roman general led the seige and final capture of Numantia?
SCIPIO AEMILIANUS
B2: What Lusitanian leader and geurilla fighter convinced the Numantines to rebel against Roman rule?
VIRIATHUS
Who married Claudia Octavia, the daughter of Claudius and Valeria Messalina, in an effort to secure his claim to the imperial throne?
NERO
B1 Who was Nero’s second wife, whom he married nine days after he divorced Claudia Octavia?
POPPAEA SABINA
B2 What governor of Lusitania did Poppaea Sabina divorce so she could marry Nero?
OTHO
What law brought an end to the final secession of the plebs, and made the plebescita binding on all citizens?
LEX HORTENSIA
B1: The Lex Sacrata ended the first secession of the plebs in 494 BC by establishing which office?
TRIBUNE
B2: What law of 445 allowed intermarriage between patricians and plebians?
LEX CANULEIA
What commonality do the following battles share: Asculum, Mt. Vesuvius, Sentinum.
a DECIUS MUS commits DEVOTIO
B1 Who was the Samnite commander at the Battle of Sentinum?
GELLIUS EGNATIUS
B2 Who was Decius Mus’ consular colleague of 340, who had his son killed for abandoning his post for personal glory?
TITUS MANLIUS
What general, who was born in the Suburra of Rome, fought battles against the Veneti, Nervii, Suebi, and Helvetians during his Gallic campaigns which lasted from 58-51 BC?
JULIUS CAESAR
B1: Name the leader of the Helvetians who attempted to form a triumvirate with the goal of conquering Gaul.
ORGETORIX
B2: What brother of the Druid leader Divitiacus was part of this triumvirate?
DUMNORIX / DUBNORIX
Who was declared emperor by troops in the east in 193 AD, after the imperial throne was sold to Didius Julianus?
PESCENNIUS NIGER
B1 What province did Septimius Severus divide in two after he put down Pescennius’ revolt due to its support of the pretender?
SYRIA
B2 Name one of the two new provinces created by Severus out of Syria.
(Syria) COELE or PHOENICIA/PHOENICE
Which emperor, in an attempt to reform the currency and make up for budget shortfalls due to his increasing the wages of legionairies and completion of imperial baths started by his father, introduced a coin known as an Antoninianus in 215 AD?
CARACALLA
B1: The Antoninianus coins were supposed to be double the silver value of what coin,
although they were not, which led to money hoarding and inflation?
DENARIUS
B2: What emperor attempted to reform the coinage system in 301 AD by getting rid of the olddenominations, replacing them with new coins such as the follis, and introducing price maximums in attempt to reign in price increases?
DIOCLETIAN
What republic era office was reinstituted by Claudius in 47 AD and Vespasian in 73 AD?
CENSOR
B1 Who was the first plebian to become censor in 351 BC?
C. MARCIUS RUTILIUS
B2 What measure was passed in 339 BC by Quintus Publilius Philo regarding the censorship?
AT LEAST ONE CENSOR HAD TO BE PLEBIAN
What city asked for help from Archidamus of Sparta, Agathocles of Syracuse, and finally Pyrrhus of Epirus in dealing with Rome and its allies?
TARENTUM
B1 What city did Rome aid in 282 BC, prompting Tarentum to seek help from Pyrrhus?
THURII
B2 According to the Tarentines, Rome had violated a treaty it had made with what previous king of Epirus by helping Thurii?
ALEXANDER
Lucius Caesar, Gaius Caesar, Agrippina the Elder, Agrippa Postumus, and Julia the Younger were the five children of what powerful couple of the Julio-Claudian family?
AGRIPPA & JULIA THE ELDER
B1: Name Julia the Elder’s first husband, the first chosen successor of Augustus.
MARCELLUS
B2: Name Julia the Elder’s third husband, to whom she was married following Agrippa’s death in 12 BC.
TIBERIUS
At what city did the emperor Gallienus defeat an army of Alemanni in 259 and the usurper Aureolus in 268, although the emperor was assassinated after the battle?
MEDIOLANUM/MILAN
B1: Who, during the reign of Gallienus, created a breakaway Gallic Empire in 260?
POSTUMUS
B2: Who was the last emperor of the Gallic Empire, who was defeated by Aurelian in 274 AD?
TETRICUS (I)
Who was ruling Rome in the year 600 BC, and defeated the likes of the Sabines and Latins during his reign which was foretold by an encounter with an eagle?
TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
B1: What prophetess wife foretold the ascension of Priscus’ successor, Servius Tullius?
TANAQUIL
B2: According to Livy, Tarquinius Priscus made a bonfire-offering to what god following his victory over the Sabines? This god was also said to be the father of Servius Tullius.
VULCAN
Who had a senatus consultum ultimum passed against them in 78 BC after he raised a revolt in northern Italy?
M. AEMILIUS LEPIDUS
B1 At what battle in 78 BC was Lepidus defeated?
MILVIAN BRIDGE
B2 Who defeated Lepidus at this battle?
Quintus Lutatius CATULUS
