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Answer
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A) First emperor of Rome
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Augustus
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B) British warrior queen who led an unsuccessful rebellion against Roman rule
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Boudicca
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C) General who conquered Gaul
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Caesar (Julius)
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D) Roman province, now part of Romania and Serbia
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Dacia
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E) Syrian born emporer, prone to wild excesses by all accounts
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Elagabalus
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F) Short lived imperial dynasty involving Vespasian, Titus and Domitian
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Flavian
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G) Men who were trained to fight in public games
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Gladiators
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H) King of Judea c37bc- c4bc
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Herod the Great
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I) Peninsula upon which Rome sits
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Italy
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J) Granddaughter of A) her vivacious life scandalised Rome, later forced into exile
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Julia the Younger
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K) Rome supposedly had 7 of these prior to the formation of the republic
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Kings
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L) Military unit of roughly 5000 men
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Legion
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M) consul an unprecedented 7 times, responsible for many reforms in civilian and military life
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Marius (Gaius)
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N) Name for the first man of a family line to serve in the senate or consulship 'new man'
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Novus Homo
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O) Poet of the Augustan era, author of metamorphosis
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Ovid
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P) Famous general and member of the first triumvirate, cleared the Mediterranean of pirates
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Pompey the Great
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Q) First official post on the 'cursus honorum'
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Quaestor
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R) Founding brother who was slain for scaling his brothers wall
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Remus
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S) The ruling body of men
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Senate
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T) Celebratory procession awarded to a successful general
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Triumph
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U) Where Pluto resided
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Underworld
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V) Priestesses of the godess Vesta, faced terrible punishments for breaking their vows of chastity
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Vestal Virgins
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W) Defensive structures in Scotland, prefixed by 'Hadriens' and 'Antonine'
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Walls
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X) Roman numeral for 38
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XXXVIII
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Y) Modern name of the north English Roman city of Eboracum
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York
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Z) Rebellious queen of Palmyra, eventually caught and captured on the orders of the emporer Aurellian
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Zenobia
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