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On what hill did Romulus found Rome?

Palatine

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Founding of Rome

April 21, 753 BC

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Assassination of Caesar

March 15 44 BC

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Mt. Vesuvius Eruption

August 24 79 AD

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First Emperor of Rome

Augustus

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Second Emperor of Rome

Tiberius

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When did the Western Roman Empire fall

476 AD

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Which King Established religious customs

Numa Pompilius

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Last King of Rome

Tarquinius Superbus

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LAst King of the Western Empire

Romulus Augustus

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First Consuls of ancient Rome

Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius

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What noble woman was raped by Sextus the son of Tarquinius Superbus

Lucretia

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1st Trimutive

Pompey, Crassus, Caesar

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Who led the Slave result in 73 AD

Spartacus

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In 458 BC who left their plow to become a dictator

Cincinnatus

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What city did Ascanius Form

Alba Longa

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Against who did Rome rage the Punic Wars Against

Carthage

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What tribe did the early Romans join

Sabiens

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Where in 216 BC did Hannibal defeat the Romans

Cannae

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Where in 202 BC did Romans defeat Hannibal

Zama

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What Roman General defeated Hannibal

Scipio Africanus

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From what rock in ancient Rome were traitors thrown

Tarpeian Rock

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What Roman defended the Pons Sublicius against the Etruscans who were trying to put tarquinius superbus back on the throne

Horatius

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What Roman displayed his courage to the Etruscan King LArs Porsena by burning his left hand

Scaevola

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When did Troy Fall?

1184 BC

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When was the first recorded Olympic Games

776 BC

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In what year was the Colosseum completed

80 AD

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What King drained the forum and built the Circus Maximus

Tarquinius Priscus

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What laws were written in 451-450 BC were the foundation of the LAw for Rome

The laws of the 12 Tables

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Who was rome’s greatest orators

Cicero

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What Greek historian was known as the father of history

Herodotus

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What Roman historian recorded the stories of virtue and vice that were taught to school children

Livy

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What island became Rome’s first province as a result of the 2nd punic war

sicily

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What King established social class based on wealth

Servius Tullius

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Who sacked Carthage in the Third Punic War

Scipio Africanus

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Name the Julio-Claudian dynasty

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

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Which Julio-Claudian Emperor means little boot

Caligula

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By whom was Via Appia built 312 BC

Appius Claudius Caecus

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Who was famous for the repeatedly declaring “Carthago delenda est”

Cato the Elder

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What did Caesar say when he crossed the Rubicon

Alea Iacta Est

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Name one of the civil wars in the 1st century BC

Marius vs Sulla, Caeser vs Pompey, Octavian & Antony vs Cassius & Brutus

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In what year was the first trimunitive formed

60 BC

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What words did Shakespeare give Caesar

Et tu, Brute

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What year did the eastern Roman Empire fall

1453 AD

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Against who, in the reign of Tullus Hostilius did Horatii fight

Curiatii

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What was Augustus called before he was called Augustus

Octavian

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Founding of Carthage

814 BC

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Republic Begins

509

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Punic Wars

264-146

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Empire Begins

27

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Dedication of the Colosseum

80

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First king of Rome

Romulus

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2nd King of Rome

Numa Pompilius

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3rd King of Rome

Tullus Hostilius

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4th King of Rome

Ancus Marcus

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5th King of Rome

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

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6th King of Rome

Servius Tullius

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7th King of Rome

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

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Who were the five good emperors of Rome

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