2024 KJCL:  Roman History
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1. The Romans believed that their first ruler was named

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2. The earliest type of government of the Romans was a

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3. The emperor Augustus died in

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4. Rome fought the Punic wars against the

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5. Lowest class of Roman citizens:

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6. Julius Caesar was Rome's

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7. The last emperor to persecute Christians was

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8. This emperor founded Rome's second imperial dynasty, the Flavians.

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9. Hannibal surprised the Romans when he invaded Italy by crossing the

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10. Pompeii was destroyed permanently by

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11. The specific responsibilities of aediles included

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12. The emperor who dressed as Hercules and performed publicly as a marksman and gladiator was

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13. Julius Caesar wrote 7 books of commentaries on his campaigns in

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14. Which King of Pontus, who had harassed the Romans for over 20 years, was finally defeated by Pompey?   
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15. Which Roman general was famous for defeating Hannibal?

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16. What were the two senior emperors called in Diocletian's Tetrarchy?

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17. Scipio Asiaticus earned his honorific from a victory against

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18. Which emperor built a massive thermae complex over part of the site where Nero's Domus Aurea had stood?  The empire reached its largest extent during his rule.

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19. Julius Caesar uttered the immortal words veni, vidi, vici after the battle of

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20. What foe humiliated the Romans by forcing them to march "under the yoke" at the Caudine Forks in 321 BC?

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21. From which region did the Romans withdraw c. 400 AD?

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22. The city which outlived Rome as a capital of a Roman Empire was

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23. What hostage swam across the Tiber to escape captivity of the Etruscans?

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24. Augustus’ wife of over 50 years and the mother of his successor was

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25. The emperor who was called "the Apostate" for renouncing Christianity was

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26. The general responsible for sacking Corinth in

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27. Who decided to sneak into Julius Caesar's house disguised as a woman?

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28. One of the wealthiest individuals of the early empire was Narcissus, secretary of the emperor Claudius. Narcissus was a

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29. The king said to be responsible for the construction of the Pons Sublicius was

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30. The statesman who insisted on the destruction of Carthage was

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31. Who was put to death in a particularly gruesome manner by the order of Tullus Hostilius after betraying the Romans?

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32. Rome lost about 80,000 soldiers at the Battle of Cannae in the year

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33. In the capacity of which office did Julius Caesar reform the calendar in

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34. Which river served as a boundary between Roman and Carthaginian spheres of influence shortly before Hannibal's invasion?

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35. Which Roman was said to be the sole orator more accomplished than Julius Caesar?

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36. Which emperor used some of the plunder from his conquests to fund alimenta , a program designed to provide food and education for needy children of Italy?  There is a column dedicated to him still standing in Rome today.

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37. The famous inscription known as the Laudatio Turiae praises Turia for helping her husband Lucretius Vespillo to escape from

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38. Although it originally terminated at Capua, the Romans in the mid-third century BC extended the Appian Way to

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39. The emperor who built around the city a wall much more extensive than the one which had existed was

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40. The gladiator who led a slave insurrection from

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41. Against which foe did the Romans fight a war in the early first century BC in which the Romans were victorious in battle but acceded to the demands of these adversaries?

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42. The name of the Vicus Sceleratus in the north-eastern part of Rome commemorates the horrendous crime of

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43. Cincinnatus famously served as this type of officer for only 16 days.

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44. Rome's most persistent foe to the East in the period of the late Republic and early Empire was

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45. Under what emperor was the famous dome of the Pantheon completed?

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46. Which island did the Romans not wrest from the Carthaginians after a Punic War?

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47. How many consuls served at a time during the Roman Republic?

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48. Who invaded Italy with elephants before Hannibal did?

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49. Who was the founder of Rome's mother city according to fanciful Roman accounts?

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50. Which Roman king, famous for his religious innovations, added January and February to the Roman calendar?

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