My love goes with you, wherever you Rome
Most people don't find her story aspirational, but this last ptolemaic Egyptian monarch is known as one of the great lovers of all time
Cleopatra
you'll be cursing his name when the heat of summer comes along but this Roman leader who was definitely NOT a king set up Rome's future for more than four hundred years and commissioned an epic poem you might have heard of
Caesar Augustus
you Cannae forget this Carthaginian general famous for his many if ultimately inconclusive victories over the Romans during the Second Punic War.
Hannibal
This roman general blessed the rains down in Carthage that allowed him to defeat Hannibal Barca at the Battle of Zama and end the Second Punic War.
Scipio Africanus
Gladiator fights, executions and naval battles, you can see 'em all at this famous oval ampitheatre in Rome
Colosseum
this powerful orator and friend of Julius Caesar got an earful from the Roman senate after he joined his lover in Egypt and got in the way of Augustus' plan to rule the whole Roman empi..I mean republic.
Marc Antony
this emperor of the Julio Claudian dynasty would be equally unwelcome at Church or the fireman's ball after his 64 A.D. command performance at Rome leveled half the city.
Nero
I'll give you a square deal if you can name this Island known for its distinctive pizza preferences as well as being the most important port in the middle Mediterranean and the prize of the first Punic War
Sicily
this Roman general named after a city in Ohio was noted for his willingness to surrender the dictatorship after saving the Roman republic multiple times.
Cincinnatus
you might want to develop your palate for English cognates if you can't decipher the name for the Roman hill that housed the patrician class
Palatine
failure to live out the ideals of this Roman female priesthood got you a retirement that was quite literally the pits
Vestal Virgins
You could write a whole column about the nerve of this Roman Emperor adopted by his 66 year old predecessor who conquered Dacia, sacked Babylon, and presided over the height of Roman power from 98 to 117 A.D.
Trajan
don't bleat out the name of this Carthaginian god of fertility and the weather known for receiving child sacrifices.
Baal
This victor of the Second Battle of Thermopylae (congratulations on being able to read a history book) spent the rest of his career telling Romans how to dress and ended all of his speeches by exlcaiming Carthago Delenda Est
Cato the Elder
this murderous idea took flight on the decks of roman Quinqueremes during the first punic war as a means of allowing soldiers to board Carthaginian ships instead of relying on rams.
Corvus
This Numidian king and ally of scipio during the Second Punic War must have just skimmed Romeo and Juliet when he came up with a plan to save his love from the clutches of the Romans.
Massinissa
Rome's philosophical-monarchical golden boy, this Antonine Emperor was unperturbed by a series of germanic invasions or having to share power with Lucius Verus.
Marcus Aurelius
This carthaginian general and father of its greatest leader raced away from Carthage after the end of the First Punic War to build Carthage's empire in Spain
Hamilcar Barca
This roman general with a heart full of love for Rome probably wished he had one day more to hear the people sing his praises after his seven consulates and victories at the barricades of the Jugurthine and Cimbri wars, but a little fall of rain can hardly hurt him now.
Gaius Marius
Yo, Hadrian, thanks for commissioning this Roman temple with a subtly Caprine name noted for its large holey dome.
Pantheon
Sophinisba
Claudius
It will be just enough if you can tell me the name of the Carthagininian political office roughly equivalent to the Roman consulate
Suffete
this barbarian chief had the gall to rebel against Julius Caesar and force him to besiege the city of Alesia before surrendering.
Vercingetorix
The Severan builder of these famous Roman Baths should have spent more time chilling out in his tub and learning communication skills instead of murdering his brother