Roman History Cards Set I Flashcards
What was the name of Romulus’s Sabine wife?
Hersilia
What emperor preceded Otho?
Galba
What battle occurred in 241 BC?
Aegates Island(Roman naval victory)
What emperor succeeded Commodus?
Pertinax (193 AD)
What Roman general stopped Atilla the Hun in 451 AD at the battle the Catalaunian Plains?
Flavius Aetius
When did the first triumvirate begin?
60 BC
In 219 BC, what Spanish city does Hannibal besiege therefore breaking the Ebro treaty and leading to the Second Punic War?
Saguntum
What emperor was also a stoic philosopher and wrote the Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Who’s defeat occurred in 249 BC?
Claudius’s
At what battle in 321 BC were the Romans crushed by the Samnites after which they were forced to “pass under the yoke”?
Caudine Forks
What two sets of triplets fought during the reign of Tullus Hostilius?
The Roman Horatii triplets and the Alban Curiatii triplets
Who earns the consulship with Bibulus in 59 BC
Julius Caesar
Who was Tiberius the uncle of?
Germanicus
What emperor succeeded Titus?
Domitian (81 AD)
What governor of Gallia backed Galba against Nero?
Julius Vindex
At what battle in 207 BC was Hasdrubal, the brother of Hannibal, defeated by the Romans?
Metaurus River
When and where did Marius fight the Cimbri?
Vercellae in 101 BC
Which emperor had a limp and a tic and pretended to be stupid?
Claudius
During what emperor’s reign does Mt. Vesuvius erupt?
Titus’s
What provinces was Augustus given when he began?
Egypt, Gaul, and Syria
What emperor died after eating poisoned mushrooms?
Claudius
What type of battle was the Battle of Agrigentum?
land battle
At what battle in 390 BC did Brennus lead the Gauls in a victory against Rome?
Allia River
What emperor started the building of the Colosseum in 72 AD?
Vespasian
Claudius Pulcher threw the sacred chickens into the sea immediately before losing what naval battle in 249 BC?
Drepanum
What Pyrrhic victory took place in 279 BC?
Asculum
At what battle of 42 BC do Octavian and Antony defeat Brutus and Cassius?
Philippi
What occurred in 211 BC?
Hannibal’s March on Rome and the defeat of the Scipios in Spain
What emperor conquered Britain?
Claudius
Who was the last Flavian emperor?
Domitian
Whom did Nero blame for the Great Fire in 64 AD?
Christians
Who defeated the forces of Perseus of Macedon at the battle of Pydna in 168 BC?
Aemilus Paulus
What Roman committed an act of “devotio”, sacrificing himself to ensure victory over the Samnites at the battle of Sentinum in 295 BC?
(Publius) Decius Mus
Who took the throne from Numitor?
Amulius
What emperor preceded Vitellius?
Otho
What emperor co-ruled with Lucius Verus?
Marcus Aurelius
What emperor began a urine tax?
Vespasian
Who was the first king of Rome?
Romulus
What emperor became a Christian at his deathbed?
Constantine
What emperor succeeded Claudius
Nero (68 AD)
What battle took place in 280 BC?
Heraclea
At what battle of 47 BC does Caesar defeat Pharnaces and utter “Veni, vidi, vici”?
Zela
What type of battle was the Battle of Mylae?
naval
What Roman consul is victorious at the battle of Zama over Hannibal in 202 BC?
(Pubilus Cornelius) Scipio Africanus
Following the death of Crassus, what man becomes sole consul of Rome in 52 BC?
Pompey
Which king built the Servian wall?
Servius Tullius
What emperor succeeded Trajan?
Hadrian (117 AD)
On what day does the Empire begin?
January 16, 27 BC
What law of 66 BC gave Pompey command against Mithridates (King of Pontus)
Lex Manilia
Which of the emperors of 69 AD was named by princeps by armies in the Lower Rhine (Germany)?
Vitellius
At what battle of 31 BC did the forces of Octavian (led by Agrippa) defeat Antony and Cleopatra
Actium
In what year was the first triumvirate formed?
60 BC
When was the Battle of Mylae?
260 BC
During what event in 64 AD is it said that Nero “fiddled”?
Great Fire
What occurred in 237 BC?
Hamilcar to Spain
Who was the last of the emperors of 69 AD who went on to rule for 10 more years?
Vespasian
Whom does Flavius Aetius defeat at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451 AD?
Atilla the Hun
What two brothers each became tribunes in an attempt to pass land reform: one in 133 BC and the other in 121 BC?
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
When was the Battle of Zela?
47 BC
Who and where did Cincinnatus fight?
Aequi at Mount Algidus
What occurred in 230 BC?
Hasdrubal succeeds Hamilcar in Spain
Who did Marius fight for during the Civil War?
populares
What Roman king destroyed Alba Longa and its king Mettius Fufetius?
Tullus Hostilius
Who Tiberius the son of?
Livia
What battle does Rome lose to Carthage in 217 BC?
Lake Trasimene
What war lasts from 264-241 BC?
1st Punic War
What emperor succeeded Macrinus?
Elagabalus (218 AD)
At what age was Nero made emperor?
around 16
Who were in the second triumvirate?
Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus
When and where did Marius fight the Teutones?
Aqua Sextiae in 102 BC
What was Rome’s second province?
Corsica and Sardinia
Who was the sixth king of Rome?
Servius Tullius
Who issued the Edict of Milan to legalize Christianity?
Constatine
Who did Romulus co-rule with?
Titus Tatius
What Spanish city, the new capital of Carthage, does Rome capture in 209 BC?
Carthago Nova (New Carthage)
Where was Mithridates king?
Pontus
What battle took place in 168 BC?
Battle of Pydna
Who are the three members of the 2nd Triumvirate?
Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus
What year is considered the beginning of the Roman Empire?
27 BC
Which king built the Curia?
Tullus Hostilius
Which Roman king built a namesake wall surrounding the city of Rome?
Servius Tullius
Who lead the famous slave revolt?
Spartacus
What was Horatius Cocles also known as?
One-Eyed
What three cities does the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroy?
Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae
Who led the decemviri?
Appius Claudius
What king had the nymph Egeria as a consort?
Numa Pompilius
What nymph did Numa Pompilius have as a consort?
Egeria
What did the Lex Gabinia do?
gave Pompey command over pirates in the Mediterranean
Who was the second king of Rome?
Numa Pompilius
Who was the first of the emperors of 69 AD?
Galba
What Roman king both drained the Forum and began work on the Circus Maximus?
Tarquinius Priscus
Who were the first two Caesars of the Tetrarchy?
Galerius and Constantius
Who were the first two Augusti of the Tetrarchy?
Diocletian and Maximian
When did the First Punic War end?
241 BC
Who was the wife of Coriolanus?
Volumnia
What emperor preceded Nerva?
Domitian
What man fought Etruscans at Sublician Bridge (Pons Sublicius)?
Horatius Cocles
What battles occur in 218 BC?
Ticinus River and Trebia River(Rome loses both)
How many times did Marius serve as consul?
seven
What emperor preceded Tiberius?
Augustus
After what 1st Punic War naval battle in 256 BC does Regulus land in Africa?
Cape Ecnomus
What occurred in 247 BC?
Hamilcar Barca starts Carthaginian offensive in western Sicily
What Roman king built the Curia (senate house)?
Tullus Hostilius
Who was Claudius’ brother?
Germanicus
What emperor succeeded Galba?
Otho (69 AD)
What edict of Constantine legalized Christianity in the empire?
Edict of Milan
Who was the first emperor born in Spain?
Trajan
What emperor preceded Hadrian?
Trajan
What emperor had Livia as his second wife?
Augustus
What emperor succeeded Nerva?
Trajan (98 AD)
With what Egyptian ruler did Marc Antony ally himself?
Cleopatra
Whose edict of toleration reopened pagan temples and recalled exiled Christian bishops in 362 AD?
Julian the Apostate’s
What emperor preceded Pertinax?
Commodus
What emperor succeeded Vespasian?
Titus (79 AD)
What man instituted the Tetrarchy, splitting the empire into 4 sections?
Diocletian
What emperor preceded Antoninus Pius?
Hadrian
What emperor was the uncle of Germanicus?
Tiberius
When was the Battle of Lake Trasimene?
217 BC
What kind of battle was Ecnomus?
naval victory
At what battle of 45 BC does Caesar defeat the sons of Pompey in Spain?
Munda
When was the second consulship of Crassus and Pompey?
55 BC
What man tried to kill Porsenna, was captured, then thrust his right arm into a fire to prove his bravery, and was released because of this?
Gaius Mucius Scaevola
Who defeated the Volscian city of Corioli, was exiled from Rome, and then attacked Rome,but was only stopped by the pleas of his mother and wife?
Coriolanus
Name two women that Claudius married.
Messalina and Agrippina the Younger (Claudius’ niece)
What battle occurred in 256 BC?
Ecnomus
What emperor preceded Septimius Severus?
Didius Julianus
Which king is said to have drained the Forum and begun work on the Circus Maximus?
Tarquinius Priscus
When was Hasdrubal defeated?
207 BC
Who was the third emperor of the Julio-Claudians?
Caligula
What did the Lex Titia do?
made the second triumvirate legal
In what year does Odoacer depose Romulus Augustulus, marking the end of the Roman empire in the west?
476 AD
A number of events occur in 63 BC. What man wins the consulship along with Antonius Hybrida?
Cicero
Which of the emperors of 69 AD was named princeps by armies in the Near East?
Vespasian
What emperor succeeded Hadrian?
Antoninus Pius (138 AD)
What were Rome and Carthage fighting over?
Messana(Sicily)
What did the Lex Manilia do?
gave Pompey command against Mithridates
What emperor succeeded Marcus Aurelius?
Commodus (180 AD)
Where did Romulus go to help his grandfather get his throne back?
Alba Longa
What was the first bridge across the Tiber river?
Pons Sublicius
What major event occurred in 390 BC?
Gauls beat Rome at Allia River
How did Nero die?
He committed suicide
Whose Constitutio Antoniniana gave citizenship to all free men in the empire?
Caracalla’s
Which emperor was the son of Marcus Aurelius?
Commodus
Who were Romulus and Remus raised by?
Faustulus the shepard
Who beats who at the Battle of Zama?
Scipio beats Hannibal
Who were the first two consuls of the republic?
Lucius Junius Brutus and Collatinus
What Roman girl held by Porsenna swam the Tiber to get back to Rome?
Cloelia
What occurred in 46 BC?
Caesar was made dictator for ten years and Caesar won the Battle of Thapsus
What two islands combine to form Rome’s 2nd province?
Sardinia and Corsica
When was the Battle of Alesia?
52 BC
What was significant about Appius Claudius Caecus?
he was blind
What law was written in 66 BC?
Lex Manilia
When was Caesar’s first dictatorship?
49 BC
Who is the last Roman emperor in the west?
Romulus Augustulus
How many Roman kings were there?
seven
In 9 AD, who loses 3 legions in Germany at the battle of Teutoburg Forest?
Varus
What two men, one a stoic philosopher and the other a military man, served as tutors of Nero?
Seneca and Burrus
Who was the Gallic chief at Allia River in 390 BC?
Brennus
Name the Flavian emperors in order?
Vespasian, Titus, Domitian
At what battle in 275 BC did the Romans finally defeat Pyrrhus?
Beneventum/Malventum
On which hill did Romulus build a city?
Palatine
How was Caligula killed?
Praetorian Guard
What man puts down the slave revolt led by Spartacus in 71 BC?
Crassus
Name two notable Roman defeats during the 2nd Samnite War, and give the years they occurred.
Caudine Forks (321 BC) and Lautulae (315 BC)
Who did Tiberius marry?
Augustus’ daughter Julia
What emperor defeated Maxentius at Milvian Bridge in 312 AD?
Constantine
What was the worst Roman defeat up until that point?
Battle of Canae
Who was the mother of Severus Alexander?
Julia Mamaea
What emperor preceded Marcus Aurelius?
Antoninus Pius
What “defects” did Claudius have?
a limp and a tic and pretended to be stupid
At what battle in 315 BC were the Romans again defeated by the Samnites in the 2nd Samnite War?
Lautulae
Besides the Battle of the Great Plains, what occurred in 203 BC?
Hannibal recalled to Carthage
Who was the fourth king of Rome?
Ancus Marcius
When did the monarchy end?
510 BC
When did the First Punic War begin?
264 BC
What was the outcome of the Battle of Lake Trasimene?
Rome lost(compensated with a victory in a naval battle off the Ebro river)
When did Caligula’s reign begin and end?
AD 37 - 41
What Roman orator always ended his speech with “Carthago delenda est” (“Carthage must be destroyed”)?
Cato the Elder
Who threw the sacred chickens into the sea before Rome’s disastrous defeat at Drepanum in 249 BC?
Claudius Pulcher
Which emperor was exiled to Rhodes before retiring to Capri?
Tiberius
Who became tribune in 121 BC
Gaius Gracchus
What emperor preceded Domitian?
Titus
Who was the fourth king of Rome?
Ancus Marcius
What emperor preceded Caracalla?
Septimius Severus
What wars lasts from 218-201 BC?
2nd Punic War
What was Rome’s first province?
Sicily
What occurred in 312 BC?
Appius Claudius Caecus built the Appian Way and Aqua Appia
Whom does Constantine defeat at Milvius Bridge in 312 AD?
Maxentius
What two men were the first consuls of Rome?
Lucius Iunius Brutus & Collatinus
What was unique about Egeria?
a nymph
Just one year after the death of Scipio Africanus, what Carthaginian commits suicide in 183 BC?
Hannibal
What was the first battle of the First Punic War?
Battle of Agrigentum
Who were the two sons of Septimius Severus?
Caracalla and Geta
Who was admiral during the Battle of Mylae?
Duilius
What event occurred in 52 BC?
Clodius is killed by Milo’s followers
Where did Tiberius retire later in life?
Capri
What emperor preceded Macrinus?
Caracalla
In what year was Caesar declared dictator for life and assassinated by Brutus, Cassius, and other senators?
44 BC
Who led the revolt in Britain during Nero’s reign?
Queen Boudicca
Who did Sulla fight for during the Civil War?
optimates
In 221 BC, what man succeeds Hasdrubal as leader of Carthage?
Hannibal
What famous line came from the Battle of Zela?
veni, vidi, vici
Following the battle of Metaurus River in 207 BC, whose head do the Romans fling into Haniball’s camp?
Hasdrubal’s (His brother’s)
Where was Pyrrhus king of?
Epirus (Greece)
Who was the first of the Five Good Emperors?
Nerva
When did the Third Punic War begin?
149 BC
At what battle of 279 BC did Pyrrhus technically defeat the Romans, but lost too many troops in the “Pyrrhic victory”?
Asculum
Which emperor was the son of Livia?
Tiberius
What two triumvirs serve as consuls in 55 BC?
Crassus and Pompey
What occurred in 206 BC
Battle of Ilipa
Give the specific date of Mt. Vesuvius’s eruption.
August 24th, 79 AD
What Roman king’s name means “the Proud”?
Tarquinius Superbus
When was Caesar’s first consulship?
59 BC
What war began when Hannibal crossed the Ebro River in Spain in 218 BC?
Second Punic War
Who were Nero’s tutors?
Seneca (stoic philosopher) and Burrus (military man)
What year was Caesar elected Pontifex Maximus?
63 BC
Who was the mother of Romulus
Rhea Silvia
What occurred in 208 BC?
Battle of Baecula
Which of the emperors of 69 AD defeats Otho at Cremona?
Vitellius
What was the aftermath of the battle that took place in AD 9?
Varus loses 3 legions in Germany
What name is given to Romulus’s deified form following his death?
Quirinus
Which emperor was the son of Germanicus?
Caligula
Whom does Octavian (and Agrippa) defeat at the battle of Actium in 31 BC?
Antony and Cleopatra
What emperor purchased the empire at an auction, beating out Sulpicianus?
Didius Julianus
What set of laws were codified by the decemviri and officially enacted in 449 BC?
12 Tables
At what battle of 168 BC did the Roman Aemilius Paulus defeat Perseus of Macedon?
Pydna
What emperor preceded Titus?
Vespasian
The provinces of Egypt, Gaul, and Syria are given to what emperor in 27 BC?
Augustus
Between what years were the 12 Tables written?
451 BC - 450 BC
What two battles does Rome lose against Carthage in 218 BC?
Ticinus River and Trebia River
When was the Battle of Canae?
216 BC
How did Caligula die?
Killed by Praetorian guard
Which king was supposedly born a slave?
Servius Tullius
Which king of Rome was also known as, “The Proud”?
Tarquinius Superbus
What emperor captured Jerusalem in 70 AD?
Titus
Name the five major events that happened in 63 BC.
1) Octavian born; 2) Julius Caesar becomes Pontifex Maximus; 3) Cicero consul (with Antonius Hybrida); 4) conspiracy of Catiline; 5) Mithridates dies
What man, who swore his hatred to the Romans had a young age at the behest of his father, was defeated by the Romans in the Second Punic War?
Hannibal
Who was the first Flavian emperor?
Vespasian
What Roman king is said to have built the Pons Sublicius, the first bridge across the Tiber River?
Ancus Marcius
A number of events occur in 63 BC. What office does Julius Caesar earn in 63 BC?
Pontifex Maximus?
What phrase is used to depict how Augustus ruled?
Found Rome brick and left it marble
What legislation did Tiberius Gracchus attempt to pass?
Agrarian (land) reform
What man uttered “Vae Victis” (“Woe to the Conquered”) after defeating the Romans at Allia River in 390 BC?
Brennus
What Roman ambassador did Pyrrhus try to bribe to no avail?
Fabricius
What occurred in 209 BC?
Capture of New Carthage
The construction of what Roman structure, primarily used for chariot races, was begun by Tarquinius Priscus?
Circus Maximus
Which of the triumvirs perishes at the battle of Carrhae against the Parthians?
Crassus
Which orator finished each of his speeches with the same phrase until the year 149 BC, and what was that phrase?
Cato the Elder said, “Carthago delenda est” - Carthage must be destroyed
Who was the victorious Roman general during the 3rd Punic War?
Scipio Aemilianus
The rape of what woman, the wife of Collatinus, by Sextus Tarquinius largely led to the downfall of Tarquinius Superbus?
Lucretia
Who was the seventh king of Rome?
Tarquinius Superbus
What was the last battle of the Second Punic War?
Zama
At what battle in 52 BC does the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix defeat Caesar?
Gergovia
What emperor preceded Severus Alexander?
Elagabalus
At what battle of 202 BC does Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal leading to the end of the Second Punic War?
Zama
Who captured Carthage?
Scipio Aemilianus
What emperor is called the Apostate?
Julian
Name the members of the first triumvirate.
Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
How did Claudius obtain the status of emperor?
the Praetorian Guard chose him
What did the great fire enable Nero to do?
build the domus aurea (house of gold)
With what man did Sulla engage in a civil war on the side of the optimates?
Marius
When does the Second Punic War begin?
218 BC
Who captures the emperor Valerian in 260 AD?
Shapur I
What king bequeaths his kingdom of Pergamum to Rome in 133 BC?
Attalus III
What emperor ruled during the 900th anniversary of Rome
Antoninus Pius
What occurred between 261 and 260 BC
Rome builds naval fleet
How was Nero related to Claudius?
Nero was the step son of Claudius
What battle took place in 275 BC?
Beneventum
Where was the naval defeat in 249 BC located?
Drepanum
Who were the two leaders during the Civil War?
Marius vs. Sulla
For how many days was Cincinnatus dictator?
16
What emperor succeeded Tiberius?
Caligula (37 AD)
What Roman king died in a fire at his palace after neglecting the worship of Jupiter Elicius?
Tullus Hostilius
What emperor was born in Leptis Magna?
Septimius Severus
Who was the first of the Severan emperors?
Septimius Severus
A number of events occur in 63 BC. What future emperor was born in 63 BC?
Octavian/Augustus
What emperor succeeded Caligula?
Claudius (41 AD)
What occurred in 204 BC?
Scipio lands in Africa
Where was Tiberius in exile first to?
Rhodes
Which two members of the 2nd Triumvirate defeat Brutus and Cassius at the battle of Philippi in 42 BC?
Octavian and Antony
What emperor preceded Claudius
Caligula
What law made the second triumvirate legal?
Lex Titia
What emperor married his stepsister Octavia?
Nero
The Gracchi brothers are the grandsons of which famous Roman?
Scipio Africanus
What was Nero’s real name?
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
What year did King Attalus III Pergamum to Rome?
133 BC
What was the aftermath of the battle of Actium?
Octavian wins. Octavian has only army in the Mediterranean
What did King Attalus III bequeath to Rome?
Pergamum
With what Sabine king did Romulus co-rule?
Titus Tatius
What wife of Faustulus helped raise Romulus and Remus?
Acca Laurentia
When did the Republic end?
27 BC
At what battle in 378 AD was Valens defeated by the Goths?
Adrianople
Who defeated the Veii, was later exiled, then finally,when he helped rid Rome of Gauls, was called pater patriae?
Camillus
What blind censor in 312 BC built both the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia?
Appius Claudius Caecus
What man, though believed to have said “Et tu, Brute” at his death, actually said the Greek phrase “Kai su, technon” on the Ides of March, 44 BC?
Julius Caesar
The Gracchi brothers are grandsons of what famed Roman general of the Second Punic War?
Scipio Africanus
Who won the battle of Gergovia?
Vercingetorix
Where does the First Triumvirate meet in 56 BC to divvy up duties and to decide on the consulship?
Luc(c)a
What occurred in 250 BC?
Romans win at Panormus; siege of Lilybaeum
Which emperor liked to dress up as Hercules and fight in the arena?
Commodus
What man, known as the “delayer”, was elected dictator during the Second Punic War?
Fabius Maximus Cunctator
Name the Julio-Claudian Emperors in order
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
Who was the sixth king of Rome?
Servius Tullius
Besides a battle, what occurred in 256 BC?
Regulus lands in Africa
Because he became emperor at 13, what emperor’s mom and grandmom helped him rule?
Severus Alexander
Who was in the first triumvirate?
Caesar, Crassus, and Pomey
Who rules Rome as dictator from 81-79 BC following his victory at the Colline Gate against Marius?
Sulla
What emperor succeeded Domitian?
Nerva (96 AD)
To decide the war against Alba Longa, two sets of triplets fought against each other. What were the names of the triplets on both sides?
Horatii (Roman) & Curiatii (Alban)
What emperor fought Dacia and built a column to commemorate it?
Trajan
What emperor reduced Italy to an imperial province?
Hadrian
When was the second triumvirate?
43 BC
Who did the Romans have to face at Teutoburg Forest?
Arminius
What war lasts from 149-146 BC?
3rd Punic War
What man in an act of devotion charged between his cavalry and the Gauls to his death?
Decius Mus
When was the famous slave revolt?
73 BC - 71 BC
What brother of Caracalla was killed by him and suffered a Damnatio Memoriae in 212 AD?
Geta
What emperor built a wall between Britain and Scotland?
Hadrian
What Roman hero rescued hostages held by Porsenna by swimming across the Tiber and was released due to her willingness to sacrifice herself?
Cloelia
Who was the first wife of Augustus?
Scribonia
What emperor lived in a giant golden house called the “domus aurea”?
Nero
When was the defeat of Regulus’s army?
255 BC
What was the name of the laws codified by the decemviri?
12 Tables
What Roman king built the Cloaca Maxima, an underground sewer system in Rome?
Tarquinius Superbus
Who was the king of Alba Longa when it was destroyed?
Mettius Fufetius
What emperor’s real name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus?
Nero
A number of events occur in 63 BC. What man becomes Pontifex Maximus in 63 BC?
Julius Caesar
Who was the consort of Numa Pompilius?
Egeria
What river does Caesar cross in 49 BC officially starting his civil war against Pompey?
Rubicon
Which of the Five Good Emperors ruled the longest?
Antoninus Pius
When did the monarchy begin?
April 21, 753 BC
In what year was Carthage finally destroyed by Scipio Aemilianus?
146 BC
Where was Caesar defeated by Pompey?
Dyrrhachium
Who was the fifth king of Rome?
Tarquinius Priscus
Constantinople was renamed twice to what?
Byzantium then Istanbul
Where does Caesar defeat Vercingetorix in 52 BCE?
Alesia
Which two Flavian Emperors were brothers?
Titus and Domitian
Who was the grandmother of Severus Alexander?
Julia Maesa
What nickname did Cornelia give to her sons, the Gracchi brothers?
Gemmae (her gems)
What emperor succeeded Nero?
Galba (69 AD)
What emperor succeeded Antoninus Pius?
Marcus Aurelius (161 AD)
When did the Republic begin?
509 BC
When was the battle of Actium?
31 BC
Who did Marius defeat at Aqua Sexitae?
Teutones
What emperor succeeded Vitellius?
Vespasian (69 AD)
What island becomes Rome’s first official province following the 1st Punic War?
Sicily
Who was the seventh and final king of Rome?
Tarquinius Superbus
Who was the king of Alba Longa when Tullus Hostilius destroyed it?
Mettius Fufetius
Who became tribune in 133 BC?
Tiberius Gracchus
What man defeated the Teutones at Aquae Sextiae in 102 BC and the Cimbri at Vercellae in 101 BC?
(Gaius) Marius
When was the Battle of the Great Plains?
203 BC
Who was the Gaul’s chieftain during the Battle of Gergovia?
Vercingetorix
When was Carthage captured?
147 BC
Who did Nero marry?
Claudius’ daughter Octavia
What city did Tullus Hostilius destroy?
Alba Longa
A number of events occur in 63 BC. What king of Pontus dies in 63 BC?
Mithridates
What two men and future members of the First Triumvirate serve as consuls in 70 BC?
Crassus and Pompey
Against what people did Rome fight a series of Punic Wars?
Carthage
After Romulus and Remus were abandoned and nursed by a wolf, what shepherd took them in?
Faustulus
What law was established in 43 BC?
Lex Titia
What emperor preceded Trajan?
Nerva
What emperor preceded Nero?
Claudius
Who forced Hannibal to swear an oath of hatred against Rome?
(His father) Hamilcar Barca
Who was the brother of Romulus?
Remus
Which Roman king was supposedly born a slave?
Servius Tullius
On which hill did Remus build a city?
Aventine
Who was the wife of Faustulus?
Acca Laurentia
Who does Caesar defeat at the Battle of Alesia?
Vercingetorix
When does the Second Punic War end?
201 BC
Who was the last of the Five Good Emperors?
Marcus Aurelius
Who did Claudius father with Messalina?
Brittanicus and Octavia
What law of 43 BC officially makes the 2nd triumvirate legal?
Lex Titia
What emperor preceded Elagabalus?
Macrinus
When was the Battle of Gergovia?
52 BC
Who were consuls in 70 BC?
Crassus and Pompey
What was the capital of Etruria?
Clusium
What nickname was given to Gaius Mucius Scaevola?
Lefty
What was unique about the succession patterns of the Five Good Emperors?
They adopted their successors rather than choose by blood
In what year did the Monarchy end?
510 BC
What Roman dictator went back to his plow after just 16 days?
Cincinnatus
What emperor had Scribonia as his first wife?
Augustus
Who was the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors?
Nero
Name the emperors of 69 AD (Civil War emperors) in order.
Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian
With what man did Marcus Aurelius co-rule?
Lucius Verus
What man leads a slave revolt in 73 BC which was eventually quelled by Crassus?
Spartacus
What bad omen foresaw the naval defeat in 249 BC?
Claudius throws sacred chickens overboard
Where does Caesar defeat Pompey?
Pharsalus
Who was the first king of Rome?
Romulus
What Roman king had a wife named Tanaquil?
Tarquinius Priscus
What Praetorian Prefect became emperor after killing Caracalla?
Macrinus
What husband of Zenobia dies in 268 paving the way for her to ascend to queen of Palmyra?
Odenathus
When was Caesar born?
July 12, 100 BC
When did Nero’s reign begin and end?
AD 54 - 68
Where does Pompey flee to after being defeated?
Egypt, where Pompey is killed by Egyptians
In what year did the Republic end and Empire begin?
27 BC
What was Romulus called after death?
Quirinus
What event occurred in AD 64?
The great fire
What emperor is said to have found Rome brick and left it marble?
Augustus
When was Caesar in Gaul and Britain?
58-50 BC
What man led the decemviri in the codification of the 12 Tables?
Appius Claudius
What famous quote did Brennus say, and what does it translate to in English?
Vae Victis - “Woe to the conquered”
What emperor succeeded Septimius Severus?
Caracalla (211 AD)
What relation was Claudius to Caligula?
Claudius was Caligula’s uncle
What Roman king was killed by both his successor and his daughter?
Servius Tullius
On what specific day was Julius Caesar assassinated?
Ides of March (March 15th), 44 BC
What emperor loved travel, architecture, and Greek things, the cause of his nickname “Graeculus”?
Hadrian
When was the Battle of Agrigentum?
262 BC
What emperor preceded Commodus?
Marcus Aurelius
How were Claudius and Caligula related?
Claudius was Caligula’s uncle
Who is the mother of the Gracchi Brothers?
Cornelia
Name two of Augustus’ wives?
Scribonia and Livia
What was Rome’s first naval victory?
Mylae
What does the name “Caligula” mean?
little boots
What was the capital city of Etruria during the early republic?
Clusium
With what king of Epirus did Rome fight a war starting in 280 BC?
Pyrrhus
What queen revolted in Britain during the reign of Nero?
Boudicca
Which Roman consul of 216 BC survives the onslaught of Cannae?
Varro
Who was the fourth emperor of the Julio-Claudians?
Claudius
What emperor broke the trend of his predecessors and chose his son to be emperor?
Marcus Aurelius
Who saw the Chi Ro in the sky (in hoc signo vinces) before the battle of the Milvian Bridge?
Constantine
Which of the emperors of 69 AD was backed by Julius Vindex?
Galba
What emperor was an elderly senator before being declared emperor by the Roman senate?
Nerva
Who was the unbribable Roman ambassador who Pyrrhus attempted to bribe?
Fabricius
What battle of 280 BC was the first between Rome and Pyrrhus?
Heraclea
Who were the members of the second triumvirate?
Marc Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus
What battle took place in AD 9?
Teutoburg Forest
Who was the third king of Rome?
Tullus Hostilius
Who are the parents of Romulus and Remus?
Mars and Rhea Silvia
Which king invented the calendar?
Numa Pompilius
Between what years was Sulla dictator?
81 BC - 79 BC
What emperor is said to have “fiddled while Rome burned”?
Nero
Who was the second emperor of the Julio-Claudians?
Tiberius
What emperor preceded Vespasian?
Vitellius
Which of the emperors of 69 AD died by suicide?
Otho
When did Augustus’ reign begin and end?
27 BC - AD 14
What did the Gracchi Brothers’ mother call her sons?
her gems (gemmae)
What emperor succeeded Augustus?
Tiberius (14 AD)
What was the name of the grappling hook plank that Rome invented during the 1st Punic War in order to board Carthaginian ships?
Corvus
What emperor succeeded Pertinax?
Didius Julianus (193 AD)
When was Caesar killed?
March 15, 44 BC(Ides of March)
What battle of 260 BC during the First Punic War was the first naval victory for Rome?
Mylae
Which Roman king married Tullia, the daughter of his predecessor?
Tarquinius Superbus
With what famous quotation did Cato the Elder always end his speeches?
“Carthago delenda est”
Who bequeathed Pergamum to Rome?
King Attalus III
Which Roman consul of 216 BC perishes at the onslaught of Cannae?
Paullus
What battle of 216 BC, Rome’s worst defeat in history, is known as a ‘dies ater’?
Cannae
Which king was said to have build the Pons Sublicius?
Ancus Marcius
Which king of Rome built the Cloaca Maxima?
Tarquinius Superbus
Who was the wife of Tarquinius Priscus?
Tanaquil
What does Rome Capture in 254 BC?
Panormus
During what emperor’s reign was the Colosseum finished?
Titus’s (80 AD)
What occurred in 45 BC?
Caesar defeats the sons of Pompey at Munda(Spain)
Which king established religion?
Numa Pompilius
Which of the emperors of 69 AD was named princeps by the Praetorian guard in Rome?
Otho
Who was the daughter of Scribonia and Augustus?
Julia
What Macedonian does Aemilus Paulus defeat at the battle of Pydna in 168 BC?
Perseus
Where was Titus Tatius from?
Sabinia
When did Claudius’ reign begin and end?
AD 41 - 54
Who was the other consul in Caesar’s first consulship?
Bibulus
Who becomes queen of Palmyra after her husband dies in 268 AD?
Zenobia
What was the first set of emperors called?
Julio-Claudian Emperors
What name did Augustus have before he returned the power to the Senate?
Octavian
What emperor succeeded Didius Julianus?
Septimius Severus (193 AD)
What group of “10 men” led the codification of the 12 Tables?
Decemviri
Over what island was the 1st Punic War fought?
Sicily
What Etruscan city did Camillus defeat before he was exiled from Rome?
Veii
Who did Marius defeat at Vercellae?
Cimbri
Which Roman king reformed the calendar and religion?
Numa Pompilius
What day was Rome founded
April 21st, 753 BC
To what island does Tiberius retire?
Capri
Which “one-eyed” Roman hero defended the Pons Sublicius single handedly against the Etruscans?
Horatius Cocles
Name the Five Good Emperors in order.
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius
Having tried to kill Lars Porsenna, what Roman hero thrust his right arm into the fire to demonstrate his bravery and earned the nickname “Lefty”?
Gaius Mucius Scaevola
Who killed Servius Tullius?
his daughter Tullia and Superbus, her husband
With whom did Tarquinius Superbus seek help after beign chased out of Rome?
The Etruscans
During the reign of what emperor was the empire at its largest extent?
Trajan
When did the first triumvirate begin and who was in it?
60 BC with Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar
When did Caesar famously cross the Rubicon River?
49 BC
What law was written in 67 BC?
Lex Gabinia
Who killed Caesar?
senators led by Brutus and Cassius
What emperor succeeded Elagabalus?
Severus Alexander (222 AD)
What emperor receives the title Restitutor Orbis?
Aurelian
At what battle does Caesar defeat Pompey in 48 BC?
Pharsalus
Who was the second king of Rome?
Numa Pompilius
What emperor’s real name was Bassianus?
Elagabalus
What emperor was captured by Shapur I in 260 AD?
Valerian
At what battle against the Parthians does Crassus die in 53 BC?
Carrhae
In 458 BC, what man was appointed dictator to rescue Roman troops trapped at Mount Algidus by the Aequi?
Cincinnatus
Who defeats the Gallic king Vercingetorix at Alesia in 52 BC?
Julius Caesar
Who was the first person to use elephants for warfare against Rome?
Pyrrhus
Who was the first of the Julio-Claudian Emperors?
Augustus
Which emperor called himself “dominus et deus”?
Domitian
What emperor married Agrippina the younger, his own niece?
Claudius
Who deposes Romulus Augustulus and becomes king of Italy in 476 AD?
Odoacer
What is the name of the Etruscan king who fought the Romans in the early republic?
Lars Porsenna
When was Caesar made dictator for life?
44 BC
Name the Severan emperors in order?
Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus, and Severus Alexander
What emperor succeeded Caracalla?
Macrinus (217 AD)
What does Caesar famously utter at the battle of Zela at which he defeated Pharnaces?
“Veni, vidi, vici” (“I came, I saw, I conquered”)
When was Caesar’s second consulship?
48 BC
What two senators were the main conspirators in the plot to kill Caesar?
Brutus and Cassius
When does Caesar defeat Pompey?
48 BC
Who was the third king of Rome?
Tullus Hostilius
What emperor married Messalina?
Claudius
What emperor preceded Galba?
Nero
What Gallic king does Caesar defeat at Alesia in 52 BC?
Vercingetorix
What is the name of Collatinus’s wife who was raped by Tarquinius’s son, told the consuls, and then killed herself?
Lucretia
Who was the first emperor of the Julio-Claudians?
Augustus
Who beat who at the battle of Pydna?
Roman Aemilius Paulus defeats Perseus of Macedon
At what battle during what year did Decius Mus fight?
Battle of Sentinum in 295 BC
Who was the mother of Coriolanus?
Veturia
In what year is Caesar declared dictator for the first time?
49 BC
What man helped rid Rome of Gauls for which he earned the title Pater Patriae?
Camillus
What father-in-law of Pertinax did Didius Julianus defeat at an auction for the empire in 193 AD?
Sulpicianus
Due to Bibulus’s largely infectivity as consul, what year is known as the “Consulship of Julius and Caesar”?
59 BCE
What occurred in 42 BC?
Antony and Octavian defeat Cassius and Brutus at Philippi
When was Caesar defeated by Pompey?
48 BC
Who did Nero blame for the great fire?
Christians
When did Tiberius’ reign begin and end?
AD 14 - AD 37
What occurred in 201 BC?
peace treaty
What emperor killed his brother Geta in 212 and issued a ‘damnatio memoriae’ upon him?
Caracalla
What law of 67 BC gave Pompey command to take down the pirates in the Mediterranean?
Lex Gabinia
When was Carthage destroyed?
146 BC
Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?
Julia Domna
Who was consul in 52 BC?
Pompey sole consul
Who is Caligula’s father?
Germanicus
What Roman, who received his name after defeating a Volscian city, is exiled from Rome then seeks to attack Rome before he is stopped by his family?
Coriolanus
What man was the first to fight Rome with elephants?
Pyrrhus
Which consuls died at the Battle of Canae?
Varro and Paulus(Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator is made dictator)
What name was given to the underground sewer system constructed by Tarquinius Superbus?
Cloaca Maxima
What battle in 241 BC ended the first Punic War?
Aegates Islands
What emperor preceded Caligula?
Tiberius
What emperor was defeated by the Goths at the battle Adrianople in 378 AD?
Valens
Who utters “Alea iacta est” as he crosses the Rubicon in 49 BC?
Julius Caesar
Against what general does Varus lose 3 legions at the battle of Teutoburg forest in 9 AD?
Arminius/Herman the German
Who was dictator in 458 BC?
Cincinnatus
What was the other name for Arminius?
Herman the German
What emperor defeated both Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger to become emperor?
Septimius Severus
What did Caesar say while he famously crossed the Rubicon River, and what does it mean?
Alea iacta est - the die is cast
Following the meeting at Luca, to what province does Caesar get sent in 56 BC?
Gaul
What Roman was consul a record 7 times?
(Gaius) Marius
From what Etruscan king did Tarquinius Superbus seek aid after he was driven out of Rome by Brutus and Collatinus?
Lars Porsenna
What event begins the Empire?
Octavian returns power to the Senate, they name him Augustus
What legendary Roman hero dies in 184 BC, 18 years following his famous victory at the battle of Zama?
Scipio Africanus
Who was the grandfather of Romulus?
Numitor
Which emperor married Julia, the daughter of Augustus?
Tiberius
When was the Battle of Zama?
202 BC
At what city does Pompey meet his death at the hands of Egyptians?
Alexandria
Who was the fifth emperor of the Julio-Claudians?
Nero
What emperor captures Zenobia and her son Vabalathus at the Battle of Palmyra in 273 AD?
Aurelian
What two women, his mother and wife, convince Coriolanus not to invade Rome?
Veturia (Mom) & Volumnia (Wife)
At what battle in 295 BC did Publius Decius Mus commit an act of “devotio”, sacrificing himself to ensure victory over the Samnites?
Sentinum
What occurred at the Battle of Zela?
Caesar beat king Pharnaces
What emperor was named for a Syrian sun god?
Elagabalus
What Visigoth sacked Rome in 410 AD?
Alaric
Who was Romulus’s wife?
Hersilia
What occurred in 221 BC?
Hannibal succeeds Hasdrubal
A number of events occur in 63 BC. Whose conspiracy does Cicero snuff out in 63 BC?
Catiline’s
Who fought during the battle of Actium?
Octavian and Agrippa vs. Antony and Cleopatra
With what man did Marius engage in a civil war on the side of the populares?
Sulla
At what battle of 48 BC does Pompey defeat Caesar?
Dyrrhachium
Where was Hasdrubal defeated?
Metaurus River
To what city did Constantine move the capital of the empire?
Constantinople
Romulus returned to Alba Longa to help what man, his grandfather, seize back the throne from Amulius?
Numitor
Who beats who in the Battle of the Great Plains?
Scipio beats Syphax
Who was the father of Romulus
Mars
What emperor’s name means little boots, since he grew up in military camps of his father Germanicus?
Caligula
Who was the last of the Severan emperors?
Severus Alexander
Who defeated Spartacus’ slave revolt?
Crassus (with a little help from Pompey)
Who was the child of Agrippina the Younger?
Nero
What emperor preceded Didius Julianus?
Pertinax
What emperor succeeded Otho?
Vitellius (69 AD)
What does “Priscus” mean in Tarquinius Priscus’s name?
The Elder
What occurred in 219 BC?
Hannibal besieges Saguntum
How did Nero die?
Suicide
Who was the fifth king of Rome?
Tarquinius Priscus
