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On what hill did Romulus found Rome?

Palatine

Founding of Rome

April 21, 753 BC

Assassination of Caesar

March 15 44 BC

Mt. Vesuvius Eruption

August 24 79 AD

First Emperor of Rome

Augustus

Second Emperor of Rome

Tiberius

When did the Western Roman Empire fall

476 AD

Which King Established religious customs

Numa Pompilius

Last King of Rome

Tarquinius Superbus

LAst King of the Western Empire

Romulus Augustus

First Consuls of ancient Rome

Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius

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

Lucretia

1st Trimutive

Pompey, Crassus, Caesar

Who led the Slave result in 73 AD

Spartacus

In 458 BC who left their plow to become a dictator

Cincinnatus

What city did Ascanius Form

Alba Longa

Against who did Rome rage the Punic Wars Against

Carthage

What tribe did the early Romans join

Sabiens

Where in 216 BC did Hannibal defeat the Romans

Cannae

Where in 202 BC did Romans defeat Hannibal

Zama

What Roman General defeated Hannibal

Scipio Africanus

From what rock in ancient Rome were traitors thrown

Tarpeian Rock

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

Horatius

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

Scaevola

When did Troy Fall?

1184 BC

When was the first recorded Olympic Games

776 BC

In what year was the Colosseum completed

80 AD

What King drained the forum and built the Circus Maximus

Tarquinius Priscus

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

The laws of the 12 Tables

Who was rome’s greatest orators

Cicero

What Greek historian was known as the father of history

Herodotus

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

Livy

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

sicily

What King established social class based on wealth

Servius Tullius

Who sacked Carthage in the Third Punic War

Scipio Africanus

Name the Julio-Claudian dynasty

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

Which Julio-Claudian Emperor means little boot

Caligula

By whom was Via Appia built 312 BC

Appius Claudius Caecus

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

Cato the Elder

What did Caesar say when he crossed the Rubicon

Alea Iacta Est

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

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

In what year was the first trimunitive formed

60 BC

What words did Shakespeare give Caesar

Et tu, Brute

What year did the eastern Roman Empire fall

1453 AD

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

Curiatii

What was Augustus called before he was called Augustus

Octavian

Founding of Carthage

814 BC

Republic Begins

509

Punic Wars

264-146

Empire Begins

27

Dedication of the Colosseum

80

First king of Rome

Romulus

2nd King of Rome

Numa Pompilius

3rd King of Rome

Tullus Hostilius

4th King of Rome

Ancus Marcus

5th King of Rome

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

6th King of Rome

Servius Tullius

7th King of Rome

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Who were the five good emperors of Rome