Roman of the Day - Latin 3

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Aeneas
first 'Roman'
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Romulus
founded Rome, first king
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Tarquinius Superbus
last Roman king
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Horatius Cocles
defended a bridge
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Cincinnatus
farmer/patriot, returned to farm after service as dictator
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Scipio Africanus
general, victorious over Hannibal
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Spartacus
led a massive slave revolt
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Cicero
famous politician, orator (known for speeches)
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Mark Antony
ally of Julius Caesar, love affair with Cleopatra
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Pompey
civil war vs J. Caesar
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Julius Caesar
assassinated on the Ides of March
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Brutus
most famous of Caesar's assassins
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Augustus
1st emperor
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Tiberius
2nd emperor, 'reluctant' to be emperor
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Caligula
went mad after an illness
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Claudius
unlikely emperor
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Nero
tutored by Seneca (stoic philosopher)
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Hadrian
built wall in Britannia
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Marcus Aurelius
philosopher emperor, stoic philosopher, wrote "Meditations"
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Constantine
first 'Christian' emporer