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72 Cards in this Set
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ROMULUS
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FOUNDER OF ROME (753-716)
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REMUS
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HE WAS NIMBLE;HE WAS QUICK;HE JUMPED THE WALL AND GOT A KICK
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SABINE WOMEN
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FROM DAUGHTERS, SISTERS AND WIVES, THEY BECAME JUST WIVES
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QUIRINUS
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DEIFIED NAME OF ROMULUS
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THE HILLS OF ROME
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PALATINE, CAPITOLINE, AVENTINE, CAELIAN, QUIRINAL, VIMINAL, ESQUILINE
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NUMA POMPILIUS
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2ND KING OF ROME (715-672)
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NUMA POMPILIUS
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CREDITED WITH ESTABLISHING ROME'S RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
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EGERIA
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NYMPH / WIFE OF NUMA WHO TOLD HIM WHAT THE GODS WANTED
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TULLUS HOSTILIUS
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3RD KING OF ROME (672-640)
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TULLUS HOSTILIUS
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DESTROYED ALBA LONGA;SUPPOSEDLY ZAPPED BY JUPITER
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ANCUS MARTIUS
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4TH KING OF ROME (640 - 616)
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ANCUS MARTIUS
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GRANDSON OF NUMA; ENTRUSTED HIS SONS TO T. PRISCUS
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HORATII
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CHAMPIONS OF ROME IN CONFLICT WITH ALBA LONGA DURING REIGN OF TULLUS HOSTILIUS
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CURIATII
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THE CLEVERLY DEFEATED CHAMPIONS OF ALBA LONGA
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HORATII
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LAST ONE STANDING KILLED HIS SISTER WHO BERATED HIM FOR KILLING HER FIANCE
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TANAQUIL
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WIFE OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS; OMEN READER
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TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
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5TH KING OF ROME (616 -578); AN ETRUSCAN
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TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
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EAGLE AND HAT OMEN
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TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
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CREDITED WITH BUILDING 1st TEMPLE OF I.O.M. AND CIRCUS MAXIMUS(more minimus then)
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TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
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STOLE MONARCHY FROM SONS OF ANCUS
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SERVIUS TULLIUS
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6TH KING OF ROME (578 - 534)
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SERVIUS TULLIUS
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HARMLESS FIRE AROUND HIS HEAD AS BOY FORETOLD HIS RISE TO POWER
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TULLIA
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VERY UNFILIAL DAUGHTER OF SERVIUS TULLIUS; WIFE OF T. SUPERBUS
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TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS
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LAST KING OF ROME (534 - 509)
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TULLIA
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RAN OVER HER DEAD FATHER WITH A CHARIOT
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SIBYL
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PRIESTESS OF APOLLO
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SIBYLLINE BOOKS
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3 BOOKS OF PROPHECIES FOR ROME (SHOULD HAVE BEEN 9)KEPT IN THE T.OF I.O.M.
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SEXTUS TARQUINIUS
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NASTY SON OF A NASTY FATHER
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GABII
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CITY TAKEN BY THE TARQUINS; POPPY STORY
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LUCIUS IUNIUS BRUTUS
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ONE OF THE FIRST TWO CONSULS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
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L.IUNIUS BRUTUS
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WAS HE AS STUPID AS HE PRETENDED?
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LUCRETIA
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WIFE OF COLLATINUS;CAUGHT THE EYE OF SEXTUS TARQUINIUS
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LUCRETIA
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HER DEATH LED TO THE END OF THE MONARCHY
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"REX"
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ANATHEMA TO THE ROMANS
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L. IUNIUS BRUTUS
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HIS SONS SUPPORTED THE RETURN OF T. SUPERBUS; HE HAD THEM EXECUTED
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HORATIUS COCLES
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AT THE BRIDGE
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LARS PORSENA / PORSENNA
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ETRUSCAN KING WHO TRIED TO HELP T. SUPERBUS REGAIN HIS THRONE
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C. MUCIUS
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NICKNAMED "SCAEVOLA" BECAUSE OF HIS ATTEMPT ON PORSENA
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CLOELIA
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HOSTAGE FOR WHOM THINGS WENT "SWIMMINGLY"
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LAKE REGILLUS
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496 B.C.
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LAKE REGILLUS
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DECISIVE BATTLE BETWEEN THE ROMANS AND T. SUPERBUS; HELPED BY CASTOR & POLLUX
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SECESSION OF THE PLEBS
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FABLE OF THE STOMACH
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CORIOLANUS
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ANTI-PLEBS; DRIVEN OUT;HELPED VOLSCIANS AGAINST ROME;MOM BEGGED; SON BACKED DOWN; ROME SAVED
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CINCINNATUS
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FARMER HERO; IDEAL DICTATOR; WASHINGTON'S SOCIETY
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CINCINNATUS
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RETURNED TO HIS PLOW
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DECEMVIRS
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CHOSEN TO CREATE A NEW LAW CODE FOR ROME IN 451 TO PLEASE PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS
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VERGINIA
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HER DEATH LED TO THE REMOVAL OF THE DECEMVIRI
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TARPEIA
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TRAITOR; WANTED GOLD, GOT SHIELDS
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APPIUS CLAUDIUS
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HIGH-HANDED DECEMVIR
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MAGISTER FALERIORUM
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TRIED TO GAIN CAMILLUS' FAVOR BY TURNING DISCIPULI INTO OBSIDES
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MANLIUS
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AWAKENED BY JUNO'S SACRED GEESE;DROVE BACK GAULS
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CAPITOLINUS
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AGNOMEN GIVEN FOR SAVING THE CAPITOLINE FROM THE GAULS
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MARCUS FURIUS CAMILLUS
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AS DICTATOR, CONQUERED VEII AFTER 10-YEAR RESISTANCE BY TUNNELING
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CAMILLUS
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THE SECOND ROMULUS
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CAMILLUS
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"ROME BUYS HER FREEDOM WITH IRON, NOT WITH GOLD"
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METTUS CURTIUS
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KNEW THAT HE REPRESENTED ROME'S MOST VALUABLE ASSET
362 B.C. |
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LACUS CURTIUS
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PLACE IN FORUM WHERE CURTIUS (and horse)DISAPPEARED
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M. VALERIUS (CORVUS)
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HAS A SORT OF DAVID AND GOLIATH TINT
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CORVUS
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WAS IN A "PECK" OF TROUBLE FOR A WHILE
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TITUS MANLIUS IMPERIOSUS (TORQUATUS)
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GOT AGNOMEN BY CONQUERING A GALLIC "GOLIATH" WITH A "TWISTED" SENSE OF HUMOR(?)
363 B.C. |
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TORQUATUS
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HAD EXECUTED HIS OWN SON FOR DISOBEYING ORDERS
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P.DECIUS MUS ELDER & YOUNGER
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"DEVOTED" TO ROME
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PYRRHUS (318 - 272)
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KING OF EPIRUS; ADMIRED ALEXANDER
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BATTLE OF HERACLEA 280 B.C.
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PYRRHIC VICTORY
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C. FABRICIUS
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SENT TO GET PYRRHUS TO MAKE PEACE; COULDN'T BE BRIBED; IMPRESSED PYRRHUS
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FABRICIUS
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SENT TRAITOROUS PHYSICIAN BACK TO PYRRHUS; IMPRESSED PYRRHUS
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BATTLE OF BENEVENTUM 275 B.C.
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ROMAN DEFEAT OF PYRHUS; NOW ROME CONTROLLED ITALY
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APPIUS CLAUDIUS CAECUS
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"HOW BLIND YOU ARE, ROMANS!"
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APPIUS CLAUDIUS CAECUS
CENSOR 312 B.C. |
VIA APPIA, REGINA VIARUM & AQUA APPIA
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M. ATILIUS REGULUS
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1ST PUNIC WAR (264 - 241); HE TOOK WAR INTO AFRICA; SUCCESS FOR A WHILE;THEN CAPTURED (255)
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REGULUS
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WOULD NOT LET ROMANS MAKE PEACE WITH CARTHAGE
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REGULUS
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MARTYR'S DEATH - EYELIDS CUT OFF; ROLLED DOWN HILL IN NAIL-STUDDED BARREL (maybe)
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