SPQR

Question 1

212 CE

Answer 1

Emperor Caracalla makes every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen.

Question 2

63 BCE

Answer 2

Catiline Conspiracy (date)

Question 3

Emperor Caracalla makes every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen.

Answer 3

212 CE

Question 4

Catiline Conspiracy (date)

Answer 4

63 BCE

Question 5

Catiline Conspiracy (details)

Answer 5

Catiline, a disgruntled, bankrupt, aristocrat planned to assassinate Rome’s elected officials and write off all debts.

Question 6

Candidate

Answer 6

Derived from candidatus, which means ‘whitened’ and refers to special white togas Romans wore during elections.

Question 7

Vixere

Answer 7

“They have lived” - Cicero said after executing conspirators

Question 8

146 BCE

Answer 8

Rome destroys Carthage

Question 9

Rome destroys Carthage

Answer 9

146 BCE

Question 10

quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra

Answer 10

How long, Catiline, will you go on abusing our patience?

Question 11

Temple of Jupiter Stator

Answer 11

Built by Romulus in the spot where Romans beat Sabines

Question 12

Servius Tullius

Answer 12

Early Roman king. Creator of census in Roman mythological history.

Question 13

Numa

Answer 13

Early Roman king. Creator of official Roman religion in Roman mythological history.

Question 14

Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus

Answer 14

Husband of Lucretia

Question 15

Sextus Tarquinius

Answer 15

Rapes Lucretia, which leads to expulsion of Tarquin and end of regal period in early Rome.

Question 16

312 BCE

Answer 16

First aqueduct in Rome

Question 17

Via Appia

Answer 17

Created in 312 BCE by Appius Claudius Caucus from Rome south to Capua.

Question 18

396 BCE

Answer 18

Rome defeats local rival, Etruscan town of Veii, under leadership of Camillus

Question 19

390 BCE

Answer 19

Marauding Gauls sack Rome

Question 20

494 BCE

Answer 20

Plebeians stage mass walkout from city. Tribunes of the people are appointed in response.

Question 21

202 BCE

Answer 21

Scipio Africanus secures the final defeat of Hannibal.

Question 22

Fabius

Answer 22

Took command of Roman legions after Battle of Cannae. Used strategy of skirmish and run to drain Carthaginians of resources.

Question 23

27 bc Augustus

Answer 23

First Constitutional settlement

Question 24

Second Triumvirate

Answer 24

43-32 bc. Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus.