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The elite soldiers who guarded the emperor.
What was the Praetorian Guard?
The highest political office in the Republic.
What was consul?
George Washington was compared with this Roman hero. He left his plow to save Rome.
Who was Cincinnatus?
The date of the founding of Rome.
What is 753 B.C.?
"You killed our mother and you shall die for it."
Who was Romulus and Remus?
A victory that costs too much.
What is a Pyrrhic victory?
Shakespeare's play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians.
What was Coriolanus?
He held off the Etruscans at the bridge.
Who was Horatius?
The date of the founding of the republic.
What is 510 B.C.?
"Down with Tarquin the tyrant! No more kings!"
Who was Junius Brutus?
The name of the wars with Carthage.
What is the Punic Wars?
The common people of Rome.
Who were the plebeians?
The first Christian emperor.
Who was Constantine?
The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic.
What is 390 B.C.?
"If the people want corn, let them first give up their tribunes."
Who was Coriolanus?
The three periods of Roman history.
What is monarchy, republic, and empire?
The noble people of Rome.
He fiddled while Rome burned.
Who was Nero?
The date of the assassination of Julius Caesar.
What is 44 B.C.?
"And my opinion is that Carthage must be destroyed."
Who was Cato?
The "Queen of Roads."
The council of old men who helped to rule Rome.
What was the Senate?
He was Caesar when Christ was crucified.
Who was Tiberius?
The date of the beginning of the Roman Empire.
What is 27 B.C.?
"You too, Brutus!"
Who was Julius Caesar?