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Who was the legendary founder of Rome?

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Romulus

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In what year did the Western Roman Empire come to an end?

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476 AD

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When did Julius Caesar die?

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44 BC

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The ancient city of Rome was built on this many hills:

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7

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In ancient Roman cities, what was the marketplace and meeting area called?

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Forum

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From What years was the Roma Empire

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27 BC – 395 AD

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7
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What overtook Rome as Capital of the Empire

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Constantinople

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What did Romes population grow to

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50 - 90 Million (around 20% of the Population)

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9
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How long did the Republic live for prior to the Empire

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500 years

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10
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From what years did the republic live for

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509 BC–27 BC

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11
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What Battle did Octavian defeat Mark Anthony and Cleopatra and what year

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Battle of Actium - 31 BC

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What year was Octavian give the title Augustus and made Romes first emperor

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27 BC

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from what years did the Eastern Empire live after the downfall of the Western Empire

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395 – 1453

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14
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What year was Gaius (Caligula) assasinated

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41 AD

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15
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What Emperor Commited Suicide in AD 68

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Nero

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16
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Who came out victorious after the “Year of four Emperors” and what year was it

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Vespasian 69AD

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17
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What dynasty did Vespasian found

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The Flavian

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18
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Who Succeeded Vespasian

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Titus

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19
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What was one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions in European history.

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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79

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Who Succeeded Titus

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Domitian

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21
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Who were the “Five Good Emperors”

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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius

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22
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What year was Severus assasinated

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235 AD

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23
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How many men were declared Emperor in the 3rd century by the Senate

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26 over a span of 50 years

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24
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under whose reign was the Empire finaly stabalized after the crisis of the 3rd century

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Diocletian

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25
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Who was co Emperor from 286 with Diocletian

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Maximian

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Under whos rule was considered the Empire at its great est extent and what years did he reign

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Trajan 98 - 117 AD

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Who was victorious after the Wars of the Tetrachy

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Constantine I

28
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Were did Constantine move his capital to and what year

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Byzantium 330 AD

29
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What did Constantine rename Byzantium

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Constantinople

30
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What Emperor adopted Christianity as Romes official religion

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Constantine

31
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Who was the last Emperor to rule a united Empire , what years did he rule

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Theodosius I - 379 - 395

32
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Who sacked Rome in AD 410

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Visigoths

33
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Who Sacked Rome in AD 455

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The Vandals

34
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What is considered to mark the end of the empire in the West

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the deposition of the emperor, Romulus Augustulus, in 476 by Odoacer

35
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How did the Eastern Empire die

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It fell to the ottoman Turks in 1453

36
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The Roman Empire covered how much land at its extent under Trajan

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5 million square kilometres

37
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What year was Rome traditionally founded

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753 BC

38
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Where was Rome founded

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on the Palatine Hill along the river Tiber in Central Italy

39
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What year was the Republic Founded

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509 BC

40
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Why was Rome founded where it was

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It provided easily defensible positions in the wide fertile plain surrounding them

41
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(Myth) what Prince came to Rome at the very beginning

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A Trojan prince Aeneas

42
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Where do we trace the legendary founding of Rome

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he Aeneid of Virgil

43
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What was Augustus mythical claim that was used by Virgil for the founding of Rome

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ancestry through Julius Caesar from the hero Aeneas and his mother Venus.

44
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the survivors from the fallen city of Where banded together under Aeneas and underwent a series of adventures around the Mediterranean Sea

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Troy

45
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Who was Aeneses son

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Ascianus

46
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Ascanio son of Aeneas founded which city

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Alba Longa

47
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What ruler of Alba Longer seized Power and dethroned Nimitor

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Amulius

48
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What did Amulius do once he dethroned Nimitor

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killed his male heirs and forced his daughter, Rhea Silvia, to become a Vestal Virgin so that she would not provide a male heir to the throne.

49
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Who did Rhea Silvia give birth to

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Romulus and Remus, whose father was thought to be Mars, the god of War.

50
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What did Amulius do with the baby boys of Rhea Silvia

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condemned the babies to death by drowning in the river Tiber.

51
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What happened after Amulius condemned the babies Romulus and Remus to death what

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the servant took pity on them, placed them into a basket and pushed them down the River Tiber. They were safely carried to the seven hills.

52
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What happened when the twins Romulus and Remus reached the Seven hills after the servent had pushed them down the River

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the boys were found by a she-wolf called Lupa who nursed them in her lair in Palatine Hill, they were then raised by shephards

53
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What did Romulus and Remus first do when they grew up

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Romulus and Remus were two natural born leaders and in a fight killed King Amulius and reinstated Nimitor as king of Alba Longa

54
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After reinstating Nimitor what did Romulus and Remus do

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Seeking to establish their own settlement, Romulus finally built a wall around the Palatine Hill, the location he had chosen for the founding Rome.

55
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Why did Romulus and Remus quarrell

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Remus wished to start the city on the Aventine Hill, while Romulus preferred the Palatine Hill.

56
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What marked the end of the story of Romulus and Remus

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in 754 BC, Romulus built a wall on his hill, which Remus decided to jump over. Angered Romulus killed him.

57
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What people ruled Rome by the late 7th Century BC

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The Etruscans

58
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What type of rule did the Etruscans install in Rome

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aristocratic and monarchical elite

59
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From what years did the Early Kings of Rome rule

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753 - 509 BC

60
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Who were the 7 Kings of Rome between 753 - 509 BC

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Romulus
Pompilius
Nostilius
Marcius
Priscus
Tullius 
Superbus
61
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WHat was one of Romulus first acts as King

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He permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens

62
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What is Romulus credited with

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He is credited with establishing the city’s religious, legal and political institutions

63
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What did Romulus establish

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Romulus established the senate as an advisory council with the appointment of 100 of the most noble men in the community

64
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Romulus was behind one of the most notorious acts in Roman history, What?

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the rape of the Sabine women

65
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What was the purpose of the Rape of Sabine Woman

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a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region, due to a shortage of woman

66
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How did the rape of the Sabine woman end

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a battle came to an end, and the Sabines agreed to unite in one nation with the Romans

67
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How long did Romulus reign for

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36 Years

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