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| Name the seven hills of Rome. | Capitoline, Aventine, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian,Quirinal,Palantine
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| Who was Romulus and Remus' grandfather? | Numitor
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| Who was Numitor's evil brother? | Amulius
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| To decide who was going to be king, which hill did Romulus stand on? | Palentine
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| To decide who was going to be king, which hill did Remus stand on? | Aventine
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| Who was the sheperd who found and raised Romulus and Remus? | Faustulus
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| Who was Faustulus' wife? | Larentia
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| From what Latin word and its English meaning do we get the word senate? | senex, old man
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| What great plain on the back of the tiber river did Roman soldiers train? | Campus Martius or field of mars
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| Who was Numa Pompilius' wife? | Egeria
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| Who am I? I build the Curia Hostilia and conquered Alba Longa? | Tullus Hostilius
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| Which Roman king built the first aquaduct? | Ancus Marcus
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| What is the name of the port which Ancus Marcus built? | Ostia (meaning mouths)
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| What is the name of the bridge which Ancus Marcus built? | the Sublican Bridge
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| Who was Tarquin the Elder's wife? | Tanaquil
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| Who built the Temple to Jupiter? | Tarquinius Priscus
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| On which hill was the captiol to Jupiter built? | Saturnian
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| When digging up the base of the temple to jupiter what did the worker's find? | a well preserved human head
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| Roman lictors held what sort of weapon? | fasces: an ax enclosed in a bundle of rods
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| Who conducted the first Roman census? | Servius Tullius
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| Who committed the dreadful act of running over her own father? | Tullia
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| What was the name of the books that had predictions for rome? | Sibylline books
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| What famous Thracian lead the slave revolt in 73 BC | Spartacus
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| What happened in the end to the slaves who were captured when Spartacus was finally defeated by Crassus? | they were crucified along the Appian Way
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| Who defeated Spartacus? | Crassus
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| Who made up the first triumvirate? | Pompey, Caesar and Crassus
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| Who made up the second triumvirate? | Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus
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| Responde Latine: In what room of the Roman house might you find a lectus (bed)? | cubiculum (bedroom) or triclinium (dining room)
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| When was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius? | Aug 24, 79 AD
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| What were the three towns destroyed by Mount Vesuvius? | Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae
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| What kind of toga was worn by a man? | toga virilis
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| Who were the Julio-Claudians? | Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
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| Who was the Roman general who finally defeated Hannibal? | Scipio Africanus
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| What Roman emperor founded a new capitol for the empire in the East in 330 AD now known as Istanbul? | Constantine, Constantinople
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| What the name of the city on which Constantinople was built? | Byzantium
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| What was the kingdom that Alexander the Great came from | Macedonia
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| Who was the father of Hector? | Priam
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| Name the Flavian emperors. | Vespasian, Titus, Domition.
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| Name the five good emperors. | Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius.
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| On what hill was the temple Iuppiter Otimus Maximus located? | Capitoline
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| On what hill would you be likely to find the homes of the wealthy? | Palatine
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| What type of gladiator had a net and a trident? | Retiarius
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| What type of gladiator had a small shield and a dagger? | Sanite
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| What was the name of the trainer of galdiators? | Linesta
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| What type of gladiator had a broad sword? | Thracian or Throx
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| What type of gladiator wore a blindfold? | Andabata
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| What type of gladiator wore a fish helmet? | Mermillous
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| Who were responsible for fixing roads and hosting games? | Aedile
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| What Greek mathematician developed a special theorem regarding triangles? | Pythagoras
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| What Greek mathematician is known as the father of geometry? | Euclid
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| Which Greek scientist was an expert in medical science? | Hippocrates.
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| What is the Latin and English meaning for the abbreviation N.B.? | Nota Bene meaning note well
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| What is the Latin and English meaning for the abbreviation E.G.? | Exempli Gratia meaning for example
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| What is the Latin and English meaning for the abbreviation B.I.D.? | Bis in Diem meaning twice a day
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| How long did the Roman Kingdom last? | 753-510 BC
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| How long did the Roman Republic last? | 509-27 BC
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| When and where did Castor and Pollux help defeat the Latins. | 496BC, Lake Regilius
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| When the plebes seceded for the first time, where did they go? | Mons Sacer.
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| Who where the 'four emperors' in 'the year of the four emperors'? (GOVV) | Galba, Otho, Viteliius and Vespasian
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| Who was the last emperor of the western roman empire? | Romulus Augustulus
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| What kind of toga was worn by a free man? | toga libera
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| What was the normal kind of toga called? | toga pura
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| What kind of toga was worn by someone running for office? | toga candida
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| What kind of toga was worn by a victorious general? | toga picta
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| What kind of toga was worn by men in mourning? | toga pulla
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| What was the name of the unheated bath? | apodyterium
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| What was the name of the warm bath? | tepidarium
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| What was the name of the hot bath? | Caldarium
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| What was the name of the cold bath? | Frigidarium
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| Translate the state motto of Alabama: Audemus iura nostra defendere | We dare to defend our rights
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| Translate the state motto of Arizona: Ditat deus | God enriches
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| Translate the state motto of Arkansas: Regnat populus | the people rule
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| Translate the state motto of: Colorado: Nil sine numine | Nothing without divine will
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| Translate the state motto of Connecticut: Qui transtulit sustinet | He who transplanted sustains
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| Translate the state motto of Idaho: Esto perpetua | May she live forever
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| Translate the state motto of Kansas: Ad astra per aspera | To the stars thought difficulties
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| Translate the state motto of Maine: Dirigo | I direct
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| Translate the state motto of Maryland: Crescite et multiplicamini | Increase and multiply
(a lot of Catholics in this state)
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| Translate the state motto of Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem | By the sword she seeks peaceful quiet under liberty
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| Translate the state motto of Michigan: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice | If you seek a lovely peninsula, look about you
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| Translate the state motto of Mississippi: Virtute et armis | By valor and arms
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| Translate the state motto of Wyoming: Cedant arma togae | Let arms yield to the toga
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| What does the abbreviation R.I.P. mean in English and in Latin | Requlescat in pace -- Rest in peace
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| What does the abbreviation A.U.C. mean in English and in Latin | ab urbe condita -- since the founding of the city
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| The words "Nosce Te Ipsum" where inscribed (somewhere) at the Oricle of Delphi. What does it mean? | Know thyself
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| What does the abbreviation Q.E.D. mean in English and in Latin | Quod era demonstrandum -- which was to be demonstrated.
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| Translate the state motto of Missouri: Salus populi sumprema lex esto | Let the welfare of the people be the supreme rule
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| Translate the state motto of New Mexico: Crescit eundo | It grows as it goes
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| Translate the state motto of New York: Excelsior. | Ever upward
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| Translate the state motto of North Carolina: Esse quam videri | To be rather than to seem
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| Translate the state motto of Oklahoma: Labor omnia vincit. | Work conquers all
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| Translate the state motto of Oregon: Alis volat propriis | he flies by his own wings
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| Translate the state motto of South Carolina: Animis opibusque parati -- or -- Dum spiro spero | Prepared in mind and resources -- While I breath, I hope
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| Translate the state motto of Virginia: Do I really need to say it? | Sic semper tyrannis -- Thus always to tyrants. If you didn't get that, I'll rip out your through.
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| Translate the state motto of West Virginia: Montani semper liberi | Mountaineers are always free
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