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50 Cards in this Set
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On what hill did Fomulus found Rome?
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palatine
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Give the exact date for the founding of Rome:
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April 21, 753 BC
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Give the exact date for the assassination of Caesar:
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March 15, 44 BC
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Give the exact date for the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius:
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Aug. 24, 79 AD
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Who were the first two emperors of Rome?
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Augustus, Tiberius
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In what year did the weastern Roman Empire fall?
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476 AD
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What king established religious customs?
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Numa Pompilius
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Who was the last king of Rome?
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Tarquinius Superbus
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Who was the last emperor of the western empire?
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Romulus Augustulus
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In what year did the Roman republic begin?
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509 BC
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Who was the first consul of ancient Rome?
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Brutus
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What noble women was raped by Sextus, the son of Tarquinius Superbus?
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Lucretia
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Who were the mempers of the first triumvirate?
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Caesar, Crassus and Pompey
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Name in order the three kings of goverment the Romans had in their history:
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monarchy, republic, empire
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Who led a slave revolt in 73 BC?
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Spartacus
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In 458 BC, what Roman left his plow to become dictator?
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Cincinnatus
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What city did Ascanius found?
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Alba Longa
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Against whom did the Romans fight the Punic Wars?
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Carthage
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With what tribe did the early Romans join?
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Sabines
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Where in 216 BC did Hannibal defeat the Romans?
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Cannae
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Where in 202 BC did the Romans defeat Hannibal?
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Zama
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What Roman general defeated Hannibal?
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Scipio Africanus
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From what rock in ancient Rome were traitors thrown?
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Tarpeian Rock
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What Roman defended the Pons Subicius agains Etruscans who were trying to put Tarquinius Superbus back on the throne?
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Horatius
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What Roman displayed his courage to the Etruscan king Lars Porsenna by burning his right hand?
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Scaevola
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When was the legendary fall of troy?
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1184 BC
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When was the first recorded Olympic Games?
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766 BC
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In what year was the Colosseum completed?
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80 AD
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What king draind the forum and built the Circus Maximus?
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Tarquinius Priscus
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What laws written in 451-450 BC were the foundation of law for Rome?
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The Laws of the 12 Tables
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Who was Rome's greatest orator?
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Cicero
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What Greek historian was known as the father of history?
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Herodotus
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What Roman historian recorded the stories of virtue and vice that were learned by Roman school children?
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Livy
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As the result of the Second Punic War, what island became Rome's first province?
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Sicily
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What king established social class based upon wealth?
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Servius Tullius
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Who was the first French national hero, defeated by Caesar at Alesia in 52 BC?
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Vercingetorix
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Who sacked Carthage in the Third Punic War?
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Scipio Africanus
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Name in order the Julio-Claudian dynasty?
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Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
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What Juli-Claudian emperor's name means 'little boor'?
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Caligula
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By whom was the Via Appia built in 312 BC?
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Appius Claudius Caecus
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Who was famous for repeatedly declaring "Carthago delenda est"?
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Cato the Elder
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What did Caesar say when crossing the Rubicon?
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Alea Iacta Est
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Name any one of the civil wars in the first century BC?
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Marius vs. Sulla, Caesar vs. Pompy, Octavian & Antony vs. Cassius & Brutus, Octavian vs. Antony
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In what year was the first triumvirate formed?
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60 BC
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What final words did Shakespeare give Caesar?
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Et tu, Brute
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Who was aroused by geese to find the Gauls climbing the Capitoline?
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Marcus Manlius
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In what year did the Eastern Roman fall?
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1453 AD
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What Carthaginian prisoner ensured his own death when he advised his fellow Romans not to accept peace terms from the Carthaginias?
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Regulus
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Agains whom, in the reign of Tullus Hostilius, did the Horatii fight?
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Curiatii
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What was Augustus called before he was called Augustus?
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Octavian or Octavius
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