Roman History
Who was the first king and founder of Rome?
Who is Romulus
Why did Carthage lose the First Punic War?
What is its corrupt government, embezzled money by its nobles, and unpaid mercenaries refused to fight
Who helped Caesar with his debt problem?
Who is Crassus
What is the Ides of March?
What is Caesar was killed
"The first stage of this study will have this rule as its basis: nothing ever springs miraculously out of nothing. The fact is that all mortals are in the grip of fear, because they observe many things happening on earth and in the sky and, being at a complete loss for an explanation of their cause, suppose that a supernatural power is responsible for them. Therefore, as soon as we have seen that nothing can be created out of nothing, we shall have a clearer view of the object of our search, namely the explanation of the source of all created things and of the way in which all things happen independently of the gods.”
What is On the Nature of Things, Lucretius explaining the Core Epicurean philosophy
What rite did Tarquin the Proud deny Servius?
What is Burial
What battle would be Hannibal's greatest accomplishment?
What is the Battle of Cannae
Who did Caesar flee from when he was a youth?
Who is Sulla
How does Antony Die?
What is he stabs himself
“Caesar sacrificed Cicero to Antony, Antony gave up his uncle Lucius Caesar, and Lepidus received permission to murder his brother Paulus, or as others say, yielded his brother to them. I do not believe anything ever took place more truly savage or barbarous than this composition, for, in this exchange of blood for blood, they were equally guilty of the lives they surrendered and of those they took.”
What is Plutarch's parallel lives (Roman lives/Life of Cicero) Describing the formation of the second triumvirate, Octavian (Later Augustus), Mark Antony, and Lepidus.
How did the Tarquins lose power?
What is Brutus led a rebellion against Tarquin the Proud after the Rape of Lucretia
What piece of land was the first Punic War fought over?
What is Sicily
Who was not in the First Triumvirate?
Who is Marc Antony
Why did Cleopatra not want to be taken to Rome?
What is She did not want to be paraded around
“He began by recalling their past achievements and reminded them that although they had engaged in many dangerous operations and fought in many a battle, they had never failed in one when they followed his plans and advice. Then he urged them to take heart in the knowledge that the hardest part of their task had already been achieved.”
What is Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, speech by Nicias during the Sicilian Expedition, addressing the Athenian Army
How did Tarquin Superbus (the Proud) frame Turnus?
Why did Hannibal hate Rome so much?
What is his Father made him promise to hate the Romans
How are Caesar and Pompey connected?
How does Porcia prove her loyalty to Brutus?
What is she stabs herself in the leg
“…you know the strength of the Etruscans who threaten to encircle us….To these young men the two rival commanders made their proposal, that they should fight, three against three, as the champions of their countries, the victorious to have dominion over the vanquished.”
What happened to the little servant boy, Servius Tullius, while he was asleep?
What is his head burst into flames
DAILY DOUBLE!
How did the Romans get Hannibal to leave Italy?
What is they go attack Carthage to draw Hannibal out of Rome
How does Pompey die?
What is he is killed in Egypt
Who wanted Cicero Killed?
Who is Marc Antony
“I have indeed deserved this; I do not appeal against it; use your chance. But if there is a thought of a dear parent’s grief that now can touch you, then I beg you, pity old Daunus–in _________ you had such a father– send me back or, if you wish, send back my lifeless body to my kin. For you have won, and the Ausonians have seen me, beaten, stretch my hands; _______ is yours; then do not press your hatred further.”