Barbarians at the Gate
What Visigoth sacked the city of Rome in 410 AD?
ALARIC
What Roman general defeated Attila the Hun at the Catalaunian Plains in 451 A.D.?
Aetius
Who appeared as a ghost to his wife to tell her he had been killed in a storm at sea, prompting her to go to the ocean, see his body on the waves, and hurl herself from a cliff to join him?
CEYX
What Lapith chieftain was born as a girl, but was transformed into a man by Neptune?
CAENEUS
What was the exact date of Julius Caesar's assassination?
MARCH 15, 44 BC
What Roman emperor died as the last to rule a united East and West in 395 AD?
THEODOSIUS THE GREAT
What emperor ascended to the throne at the age of 16 after his father exiled his predecessor, Julius Nepos, but was quickly removed from the throne after the invasion of the Ostrogoths?
ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS
Who was his wife?
ALCYONE
How did Caeneus meet his demise?
THE CENTAURS POUNDED HIM INTO THE GROUND WITH ROCKS OR TREES
What was the political party of Julius Caesar?
POPULARES
Which son of Theodosius ruled in the West until his death in 423 AD?
Who was this father of Romulus Augustulus, who shared his name with a prominent character in Greek Tragedy?
ORESTES
According to Ovid, into what were they transformed ?
KINGFISHERS
What special ability did Neptune bestow on Caeneus?
INVULNERABILITY TO WEAPONS
What was the name of the son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra?
CAESARION
Who served as regent for Honorius, defeating Alaric at Pollentia in 403 AD?
STILCHIO
What Ostrogothic king invaded Italy but recognized that Augustulus posed no threat to him, sending the young emperor into retirement in the Italian countryside?
ODOACER
What early Trojan'defrauded the gods who built for him the walls of Troy?
LAOMEDON
At whose wedding did the battle of Lapiths and centaurs take place?
PEIRITHOUS AND HIPPODAMIA
Where did Julius Caesar participate in his last battle?
MUNDA (SPAIN)
Supposedly called to invade by Honoria, what man was defeated by Theoderic’s Visigoths and a Roman army at the Mauriac Plains in 451 A.D., showing the excellent generalship of Aetius against the Huns?
ATILLA (THE HUN)
Who defeated Odoacer after a three-year siege of Ravenna?
THEODORIC
Who were the gods?
APOLLO AND POSEIDON
Who was the king of the Lapiths?
PIRITHOUS
Who was Julius Caesar's prominent uncle?
MARIUS