This is the Latin title of Julius Caesar's book on the war in Gaul.
What is De Bello Gallico?
100
These festivals were family-based celebrations; they were not public.
What were feriae privatae?
100
This is the Latin word for family.
What is familia?
100
This is the English translation of "carpe diem."
What is "seize the day"?
200
This Roman king was known for encouraging his people to worship the gods.
Who was Numa Pompilius?
200
This is the modern country that exists where Gaul used to be.
What is France?
200
Many festivals included these kind of games, ones focused on chariot races and gladiator fights, but not theatrical performances.
What were the ludi circenses?
200
These two twin brothers, raised by wolves, went head-to-head to be king of a new city.
Who were Romulus and Remus?
200
This dictator took power of Rome and wrote "proscription lists" to kill off many of his enemies, although his greatest enemy, Marius, died before he could execute him.
Who was Sulla?
300
This king's warlike tendencies expanded the borders of Rome, making him one of the most hostile Roman kings.
Who was Tullus Hostilius?
300
He is the fictional Gaul who stars in his own comic book series alongside his best friend, a large man who carries obelisks.
Who is Asterix?
300
These games, which were less popular than the ludi circenses, involved theatrical competitions.
What were ludi scaenici?
300
These brothers fought for the rights of the poor, and the nobles brought about their deaths.
Who were the Gracchii?
300
Not to be crass, but this man was quite rude for burning homes, buying them for a cheap price, and then reselling them after repairs.
Who was Crassus?
400
The seaport of Ostia was founded by this king.
Who was Ancus Marcius?
400
According to Merriam-Webster, this homophone for Gaul is "brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence," bile, or "something bitter to endure."
What is gall?
400
This goddess was honored at the festival of Megalesia, held in early April.
Who was Cybele or Rhea?
400
He was the great-nephew and heir of Julius Caesar.
Who was Octavian/Augustus?
400
Crassus stopped this man's rebellion and crucified over 6,000 slaves along the Via Appia, but Pompey seized all of the credit.
Who was Spartacus?
500
The first census of the Roman people took place during the reign of this king.
Who was Servius Tullius?
500
This is the person in which Julius Caesar wrote his De Bello Gallico.
What is the third person?
500
This is the famous hill in Rome where the festival of Megalesia was originally celebrated, right in front of Cybele's temple. This hill is also where Romulus spotted twelve vultures.
What is the Palatine Hill?
500
This "great" man married Sulla's step-daughter and, later on, Julius Caesar's daughter Julia.
Who was Pompey the Great?
500
After a daring move that would lead him to seize Rome, Julius Caesar supposedly said "Alea iacta est," which translates into this English phrase.