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REGIONAL LATIN FORUM 2016
HISTORY OF THE MONARCHY AND REPUBLIC
N.B. All dates are BC.
1. What Roman victory effectively drove the Carthaginians out of Spain?
A. Ilipa
B. Baecula
C. Castulo
D. Gades
2. Who allied themselves with the Etruscans at the battle of Alalia around 535?
A. Phocaeans
B. Latins
C. Carthaginians
D. Oscans
3. What king of Alba Longa was destroyed by Tullus Hostilius?
A. Tiberinus Silvius B. Gaius Cluilius
C. Aventinus Alladius D. Mettius Fufetius
4. Which battle established Caesar as the undisputed master of the Roman world?
A. Thapsus
B. Munda
C. Zela
D. Pharsalus
5. Plebeians earned the right to hold the consulship in what year?
A. 463
B. 412
C. 367
D. 348
6. What Roman commander was decisively beaten at Bagradas in Africa?
A. Manlius Vulso
B. Atilius Regulus
C. Caius Duillius
D. Claudius Pulcher
7. What official did not have the right to take the auspices or even be attended by lictors?
A. aedile
B. quaestor
C. censor
D. tribune
8. Hersilia was the wife of which Roman leader?
A. Romulus
B. Caesar
C. Octavian
D. Marius
9. Where did Vercingetorix surrender to Caesar?
A. Gergovia
B. Lutetia
C. Samarobriva
D. Alesia
10. Whom did Aemilius Paulus defeat at the battle of Pydna in 168?
A. Eumenes
B. Perseus
C. Antiochus
D. Nicomedes
11. In what year did Caesar become pontifex maximus?
A. 73
B. 68
C. 63
D. 58
12. What was the first significant naval battle in the 1st Punic War?
A. Mylae
B. Agrigentum
C. Drepana
D. Ecnomus
13. Which king has been credited with building the first bridge across the Tiber?
A. Numa Pompilius B. Servius Tullius
C. Tullus Hostilius D. Tarquinius Priscus
14. What tribune attempted to veto the lex Gabinia?
A. Catulus
B. Lucullus
C. Manilius
D. Trebellius
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15. To what Roman hostage does Livy credit as having significant piētās?
A. Sempronia
B. Cloelia
C. Volumnia
D. Lucretia
16. What Roman general was the first to lead an army against the city of Rome?
A. Marius
B. Sulla
C. Caesar
D. Pompey
17. Which Etruscan leader was so impressed with the heroic actions of Gaius Mucius Scaevola
that he abandoned his siege of Rome?
A. Lars Porsenna
B. Mastarna
C. Sextus Tarquinius D. Mezentius
18. How did Marcus Porcius Cato die in 46?
A. assassination
B. killed in battle
C. suicide
D. execution
19. Which of these kings first ordered the reform of the Roman calendar?
A. Servius Tullius
B. Tarquinius Priscus C. Ancus Marcius
D. Numa Pompilius
20. Who served as consul along with Bibulus in 59?
A. Caesar
B. Crassus
C. Pompey
D. Cato
21. Where was Hannibal’s first victory over the Romans?
A. Lake Trasimene B. Ticinus River
C. Tarentum
D. Trebia River
22. Which commander was authorized to fight Mithridates by the lex Manilia?
A. Marius
B. Sulla
C. Pompey
D. Crassus
23. Where was the final decisive battle of the 1st Punic War?
A. Aegates Islands B. Lilybaeum
C. Drepanum
D. Ebro River
24. What enemy did Caesar defeat and utter his immortal phrase, Vēnī, vīdī, vīcī?
A. Vercingetorix
B. Gnaeus Pompeius C. Titus Labienus
D. Pharnaces
25. According to Livy, what king’s original name was Lucumo, son of Demaratus?
A. Ancus Marcius
B. Tarquinius Priscus C. Numa Pompilius D. Servius Tullius
26. Whose adopted son was the Roman commander during the 3rd Punic War?
A. Aemilius Paullus B. Porcius Cato
C. Scipio Nasica
D. Popillius Laenas
27. At which festival did Romulus and his men abduct the Sabine women?
A. Lupercalia
B. Opalia
C. Saturnalia
D. Consualia
28. Who attacked and sank four Roman ships in 282?
A. Epirotes
B. Samnites
C. Tarentines
D. Lucanians
29. G. Terentius Varro was a commander at which one of these Roman defeats?
A. Carrhae
B. Allia
C. Cannae
D. Arausio
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30. Which Roman commander negotiated the terms of peace after the 1st Punic War?
A. Atilius Regulus
B. Lutatius Catulus
C. Aemilius Papus
D. Claudius Marcellus
31. Which Numidian king drove Carthage to arms in 150?
A. Masinissa
B. Juba
C. Micipsa
D. Jugurtha
32. Who agreed upon the foedus Cassianum along with the Romans?
A. Etruscans
B. Aequi
C. Latins
D. Volsci
33. What tribune created a permanent court to deal with the new crime, maiestas populi Romani
imminuta?
A. Cn. Servilius Glaucia
B. Q. Caecilius Metellus
C. Ti. Sempronius Gracchus
D. L. Appuleius Saturninus
34. What new measure was forced into law by C. Canuleius in 445?
A. right to appeal any punishment
B. election of quaestors
C. sanctity of tribunes and aediles
D. intermarriage between plebeians and patricians
35. What famous Roman was born the year of Cicero’s consulship?
A. Lucretius
B. Octavian
C. Vergil
D. Marc Antony
36. What enemy of the Romans was killed at Metaurus in 207?
A. Hiero
B. Mago
C. Hasdrubal
D. Masinissa
37. During the 4th Macedonian War in 148, whom did the Romans expel?
A. Andriscus
B. Perseus
C. Philip
D. Antiochus
38. Whom did Marc Antony divorce in 32?
A. Octavia Minor
B. Cleopatra
C. Antonia Hybrida
D. Fulvia
39. Whose actions, along with a Senatus Consultum Ultimum, led to the death of Gaius Gracchus?
A. Fulvius Flaccus B. Lucius Opimius C. Livius Drusus
D. Popillius Laenas
40. What Greek city-state was destroyed by Rome in 146?
A. Megara
B. Argos
C. Sparta
D. Corinth
41. Lucius Valerius Flaccus conferred the title of dictator upon what Roman general?
A. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
B. Marcus Furius Camillus
C. Lucius Cornelius Sulla
D. Gaius Julius Caesar
42. Who raised Romulus and Remus along with her husband Faustulus?
A. Rhea Silvia
B. Hersilia
C. Acca Larentia
D. Egeria
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43. Who signed the Ebro Treaty with the Romans in 226?
A. Carthaginians
B. Parthians
C. Gauls
D. Illyrians
44. Who attacked and seized the town of Messana in the northeastern corner of Sicily in 289?
A. Syracusans
B. Campanians
C. Etruscans
D. Mamertines
45. Whom did Clodius target in 58 with legislation about forbidding the use of fire and water to all
persons who had put Roman citizens to death without trial or appeal to the people?
A. Caesar
B. Cicero
C. Cato
D. Crassus
46. Who replaced Lucullus as commander of the war against Mithridates?
A. Pompey
B. Marius
C. Sulla
D. Crassus
47. Who headed the legislation to Prusias to negotiate the extradition of Hannibal?
A. Scipio Africanus B. Flamininius
C. Scipio Aemilianus D. Fabius
48. Whom did Octavian marry in 40 after cutting his ties with Marc Antony?
A. Claudia
B. Livia
C. Fulvia
D. Scribonia
49. Viriathus led what group against the Romans in 141?
A. Lusitanians
B. Macedonians
C. Numidians
50. Whose supporters killed P. Clodius Pulcher?
A. M. Porcius Cato
C. M. Tullius Cicero
D. Seleucids
B. T. Annius Milo
D. L. Domitius Ahenobarbus