Julius Caesar was famously assassinated on the Ides of March. In which year did this occur?
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What is the name of the gladiatorial arena built in Rome that still stands today?
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Which river did Julius Caesar cross in 49 BC, declaring "the die is cast" and triggering a Roman civil war?
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Who was the first Roman Emperor?
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Which volcano erupted in 79 AD, burying and destroying the Roman city of Pompeii?
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What language did the Romans speak?
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Roman soldiers were organized into units called what?
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The Roman aqueducts were engineering marvels built to transport what into cities?
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The Punic Wars were a series of conflicts between Rome and which rival power?
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Emperor Constantine the Great was the first Roman Emperor to convert to which religion?
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The gladiatorial rebellion led by the slave Spartacus began in which decade BC?
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Rome was ruled as a republic for centuries before becoming an empire. What was the body of senators that governed the republic called?
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Which notorious emperor is said to have fiddled while Rome burned in 64 AD?
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The Roman Empire was divided into Western and Eastern halves in 285 AD under which emperor?
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Emperor Hadrian built a famous defensive wall across northern Britain to mark the empire's northern frontier. How long was Hadrian's Wall?
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The philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote his famous philosophical reflections in Greek. By what title are they known?
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Which Roman general defeated the gladiatorial uprising led by Spartacus and later formed the First Triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey?
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The Twelve Tables, which formed the foundation of Roman law, were written in approximately which century BC?
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The Roman political office of dictator was traditionally a temporary emergency position that lasted no longer than how many months?
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Roman general Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, effectively ending which war?
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