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Roman History Flashcards

1
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Where did the Romans defeat Pyrrhus of Epirus in 275 B. C. ?

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Malventum

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Who infamously disrupted the sacred rites of the Bona Dea in 62 B. C. ?

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Clodius Pulcher

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Which emperor of Rome demanded to be called Dominus et Deus?

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Domitian

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4
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Which of these men did NOT rule in the year 238 A. D. ?

A. Decius B. Gordian II C. Maximinus Thrax D. Pupienus

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A. Decius

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The emperor Titus carried on an unpopular affair with which Jewish woman?

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Berenice

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What elderly senator was selected to replace Domitian in 96 A. D. ?

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Nerva

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Where did the emperor Augustus die in 14 A. D. ?

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Nola

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Which general was called Rome’s second founder?

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Camillus

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Which of the following generals survived the disaster at Cannae in 216 B. C. ?

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Varro

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10
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Which king established a cult to Diana on the Aventine?

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Servius Tullius

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Where did Caesar defeat Pharnaces II of Pontus in 47 B. C. ?

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Zela

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In what year did Marius and Lutatius Catulus defeat the Cimbri at Vercellae?

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101 B. C

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13
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What emperor’s misrule was helped by the use of secret police called frumentarii?

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Commodus’

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To what city in modern day Croatia did Diocletian retire in A. D. 305?

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Split

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Where did Acilius Glabrio win a battle against Antiochus III in 191 B. C. ?

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Thermopylae

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16
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Which emperor completed the wall which was begun by Aurelian?

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Probus

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17
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What Numidian king allied himself with Hannibal against the Romans?

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Syphax

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18
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Which of the following was NOT a child of Agrippa and Julia the Elder?
A. C. Caesar B. Agrippa Postumus C. Julia the Younger D. Agrippina the Younger

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D. Agrippina the Younger

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Who defeated the Samnites at Colline Gate in 82 B. C. ?

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Sulla

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What general died after he fell from his horse in 9 B. C. ?

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Drusus

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What general quelled the revolt of Bar Kochba in Jersusalem in A. D. 135?

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Julius Severus

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22
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Where in Africa was the emperor Septimius Severus born?

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Leptis Magna

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23
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Who was the first Plebeian to hold the office of dictator?

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C. Marcius Rutilus

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At which of the following sites did a P. Decius Mus NOT commit devotio?
A. Heraclea B. Asculum C. Sentinum D. Mt. Vesuvius

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A. Heraclea

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What emperor issued the Constitutio Antoniniana which granted citizenship to all freedmen?

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Caracalla

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26
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In what year was the First Mithridatic War concluded by the Treaty of Dardanus?

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85 B. C

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27
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What Numidian chieftian was defeated by Cornelius Dollabella in A. D. 24?

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Tacfarinas

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28
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Who, the agent of king Pyrrhus of Epirus, called the Roman Senate an “assembly of kings”?

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Cineas

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29
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What general led the invasion of Britain under Claudius in A. D. 43?

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A. Plautius

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30
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What consul of 195 B. C. was sent to Spain to take command against the Celtiberians and Turdetani?

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M. Porcius Cato

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31
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Whose cult, which involved a ritual baptism with the blood of a bull, became popular with Roman soldiers?

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Mithras’

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32
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Which king of Rome established the fetiales and drained the salt marshes at Ostia?

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Ancus Marcius

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33
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Where did Scipio, the future Africanus, earn his final victory in Spain in 206 B. C. ?

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Ilipa

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34
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What wife of Trajan played a critical role in the ascension of Hadrian?

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Plotina

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35
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What Spanish city did Scipio Aemilianus starve into submission in 133 B. C. ?

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Numantia

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36
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What battle of A. D. 324 ultimately decided the war between Constantine and Licinius?

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Cibalae

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What law of 59 B. C. secured Caesar’s governorship of both Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum?

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lex Vatinia

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38
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Which general under Domitian defeated the Caledonians at Mons Graupius?

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Agricola

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Which general who fought for Caesar was defeated and killed in the Bagradas Valley in 49 B. C. ?

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Curio

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40
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Who was the mother of the emperor born as Bassianus?

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Julia Soaemias

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41
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How many times was Julius Caesar elected consul?

42
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Which member of the Praetorian Guard assassinated Caligula in A. D. 41?

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Cassius Chaerea

43
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Who revolted against Sulla’s restoration government and was defeated at the Milvian Bridge?

44
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Whom did the Senate declare joint emperors in A. D. 238?

A

Pupienus & Balbinus

45
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Who convinced the Plebeians to return to the city with his parable of the “belly and the limbs”?

A

Menenius Agrippa

46
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Where was the emperor Augustus born?

47
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Who was the victorious admiral at the battle of Mylae in 260 B. C. ?

48
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Who was Rome’s third consul?

A

Valerius Publicola

49
Q

To what city did Honorius move the capital of the Roman Empire?

50
Q

Which notorious Prefect under Commodus sold 25 consulships in one day?

51
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Who was killed by her brother at the Capena Gate for weeping over her dead fiancé?

52
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Who succeeded Valentinian III as emperor in the West in A. D. 455?

A

Petronius Maximus

53
Q

What chieftain of the Cherusci defeated three Roman legions at Teutoberg Forest in A. D. 9?

54
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Who was the king of the Dacians during the time of Julius Caesar?

A

Burebistas

55
Q

What Mauretanian emperor elevated his son Diadumenianus to the rank of Caesar?

56
Q

In what year did Constantius Chlorus, the father of Constantine, die at Eboracum?

57
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From the years 444-367 B. C. , what office was not held in Rome?

58
Q

Stilicho defeated Alaric in two consecutive battles at Pollentia and

59
Q

What general sacked Athens in 86 B. C. ?

60
Q

What emperor died while fighting the Parthians in A. D. 363?

61
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Against what enemy were the Fabii nearly annihilated at the Cremara rivulet c. 475 B. C. ?

62
Q

What Roman colony built in 328 B. C. disallowed the Samnites from entering the Liris Valley and cut them off
from the western seaboard?

63
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What member of the original tetrarchy was said to have been descended from Claudius Gothicus?

A

Constantius Chlorus

64
Q

What was the age of Tiberius when he died in 37 A. D. ?

65
Q

What famous jurist served as praetorian prefect during the reign of Alexander Severus?

66
Q

What battle of 171 B. C. began the Third Macedonian War with Perseus?

67
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What Carthaginian leader in the Second Punic War died on a voyage back home from Genua in 205 B. C. ?

A

Mago Barca

68
Q

Where did the Second Triumvirate meet in 39 B. C. to negotiate with Sextus Pompey?

69
Q

Who created an independent imperium Galliarum in A. D. 260?

70
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What two provinces were assigned to Brutus and Cassius in 44 B. C. ?

A

Crete & Cyrene

71
Q

What emperor made a bonfire in the Forum of records of some 900 million sesterces’ worth of such debts owed
to the fiscus?

72
Q

A battle fought at Naraggara is more commonly known to us at what?

73
Q

What city was sacked by Gaiseric and the Vandals in 439 A. D. ?

74
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What consul of 290 B. C. concluded Rome’s conflict with the Samnites?

A

Curius Dentatus

75
Q

What emperor required all citizens to carry around libelli, documents which proved their allegiance to the pagan
gods?

76
Q

In what city was Pyrrhus of Epirus killed in 272 B. C. when someone dropped a tile on his head?

77
Q

What slave on Sicily called himself King Tryphon?

78
Q

Where were the Goths defeated in 269 A. D. by Claudius Gothicus?

79
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What king of Alba Longa ruled in the time of Tullus Hostilius?

A

Gaius Cluilius

80
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What island was cleared of pirates by Q. Metellus from 68-67 B. C. ?

81
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What praetorian prefect was executed by Commodus on an unfounded charge of treason in 185 B. C. ?

82
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Tarquinius Superbus secured the aid of Lars Porsenna after what indecisive battle against Rome?

A

Silva Arsia

83
Q

What emperor built the world’s first university in Constantinople?

84
Q

During which emperor’s reign was the Parthian capital Ctesiphon sacked?

A

Septimius Severus’

85
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What battle of 305/304 B. C. concluded the Second Samnite War?

86
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What emperor was defeated and killed at Aquilea by one of his own family members?

A

Constantine I

87
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What Carthaginian admiral defeated the Romans at Cape Passaro in 249 B. C. ?

88
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What man from Aricia was put to death for speaking out against Tarquinius Superbus?

A

Turnus Herdonius

89
Q

What emperor formally renounced the title of Pontifex Maximus?

90
Q

Which of the following emperors was the half-brother of his predecessor?

91
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What Gallic tribe did NOT fight with the Romans during Caesar’s campaign?
A. Morini B. Remi C. Menapii D. Ambiani

92
Q

In what year was the denarius first introduced into Roman currency?

93
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What governor of Britain reconstructed Hadrian’s Wall from 205 to 207 A. D. ?

A

Lucius Senecio

94
Q

Who became proconsul of Cilicia in 96 B. C. ?

95
Q

What tribune increased the power of the Tribal Assembly in religious matters after a Vestal Virgin was struck by
lightning in 114 B. C. ?

A

Sex. Peducaeus

96
Q

What king of Armenia was deposed by Trajan in 114 A. D. ?

A

Parthamasiris

97
Q

What general of Marc Antony recaptured Jerusalem from the Parthians in 37 B. C. ?

A

Gaius Sosius

98
Q

In what city did Maximinus Daia meet his death having been defeated several times by his eastern rival Licinius?

99
Q

What former governor of Egypt became the first ever praefectus annonae?

A

C. Turranius

100
Q

Which of the following is the correct sequence of emperors who ruled in the West from 461 to 474 A. D. ?

A

Severus III, Anthemius, Olybrius, Glycerius

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