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Name the founders of Rome according to legend?
Romulus/Remus
What was bizarre about their infancy according to legend?
Suckled by she-wolf
Who was Rome's greatest enemy who in 216 BC crushed their army at Cannae?
Hannibal
And the name of the long war in which the battle of Cannae occured?
Second Punic War
Which ambitious Roman leader had molten gold poured down the throat of his corpse by the Parthians after his defeat at Carrhae in symbolic mockery of his wealth and greed?
Crassus
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Who crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC?
Julius Caesar
Who was the above's main rival in the civil war that ensued?
Pompey
After the murder of the crosser of the Rubicon in 44 BC which of the two main rivals was victorious in the civil war that followed?
Octavian
What was the victor's name when he became the first emperor of Rome?
Augustus
Which Roman emperor conquered the Dacians and incorporated their kingdom into a Roman province? A column still exists in Rome that was erected to celebrate his victories.