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100
What were the names of the twin brothers that found Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
100
Who was the first Roman emperor?
Octavian.
100
When was Julius Cesar made dictator for life?
44 B.C.E.
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What language did they speak in Rome?

Latin

100

Name three of Rome's enemies

Gauls, Carthage, Huns, Goths, Sabines, Italians, Etruscans

200
What two Roman groups were most noticeable in the social organization?
Patricians and Plebeians.
200
Who was third to join Crassus and Pompey to form a coalition that historians call the First Triumvirate?
Julius Caesar.
200
When did The First Punic War begin?
264 B.C.E.
200

What is the epic poem that glorified Rome by linking its past to Greece and the Trojan War?

The Aeneid

200

What work did Julius Caesar write during his campaign in modern-day France?

De Bello Gallica

300
What is the name of Rome's first code of laws?
The Twelve Tables.
300
Who was known as the richest man in Rome and had successfully put down a major slave rebellion?
Crassus.
300
In 216 B.C.E., how many men were killed at Cannae?
40,000.
300

What famous Roman orator and author famously opposed Mark Antony and his bid to the "throne"?

Cicero

300

what other civilization did Rome have three separate wars with?

Carthage

400
What year was Rome founded?
753 B.C.E.
400
What was the name of the person whom Julius Caesar and Antony fell deeply in love with?
Cleopatra VII.
400
The territory of Carthage became a Roman province in 146 B.C.E. What was the territory's new name?
Africa.
400

Golden Age Roman poet who used satire to point out the "follies and vices" of his age.

Horace

400

What series of wars began with a mythical event where a neighboring city's women were abducted?

The Roman-Sabine Wars

500
In what year did the council of the plebs receive the right to pass laws for all Romans?
287 B.C.E.
500

The last of the "Five Good Emperors," he disrupted the selection process by choosing his own son to follow him.

Marcus Aurlieus

500
What was the year when Rome had crushed the Latin states in Latium?
340 B.C.E.
500

name two ancient roman comic playwrights

Plautus, Terence, Livius Andronicus, and Ennius

500

What major battle occured between the Germanic tribes and the Romans in 9CE?

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest