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June 01, 2009, 03:26:33 PM
I'll start. The one who gets a question correct gets to ask the next one.
What was the collective name of the two brothers whose tried to pass land reforms to help the poor during the later years of the Roman Republic?
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June 02, 2009, 05:27:34 AM
The Gracchi? Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus both promoted reforms on behalf of the poor in the second century B.C.
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June 02, 2009, 01:39:05 PM
Correct. You turn, Malte.
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June 02, 2009, 02:10:11 PM
Another Roman became famous for acting on behalf of the plebejans. He ultimately started a revolt which failed and in which he was killed. Whom am I talking about?
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June 02, 2009, 10:19:15 PM
There was at least one such revolution, Malte. Although, you are NOT referring to the servile wars, right?
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June 03, 2009, 05:42:09 AM
No Spartacus involved here. The one we are looking for was a member of one of Romes oldest and most distinguished families of Rome.
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June 03, 2009, 03:16:37 PM
Was this during the plebian revolt of 494 BC?
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June 03, 2009, 03:22:48 PM
Nope, we are talking of the first century B.C.
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June 03, 2009, 03:26:22 PM
Was it Lucius Sergius Catilina, also known as Cataline?
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June 04, 2009, 04:15:31 AM
Aye
My final test in Latin was about him.
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June 04, 2009, 04:20:40 AM
Oh, you also took a class in Latin, as I did. Cool.
What was the highest De Jure religious position of the Roman Republic?
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November 12, 2009, 03:51:57 PM
BUMP.
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June 09, 2010, 11:21:57 PM
Is it a consul?
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June 09, 2010, 11:55:08 PM
Close enough. It is technically the pontifex maximus, but by the later republic, that role and that of the consul were effectively merged.
Your turn, Mirumoto.
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June 14, 2010, 10:04:30 PM
OK, here's a quick one:
What is the name of a weapon that was few times mentioned to have be used, never found archaeologically, and has a surprisingly resemblance to a man-portable weapon that was used in East Asia?
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July 01, 2010, 04:13:50 AM
Would that be a crossbow? I think there are engravings which suggest the Romans used it while for all I know no Roman crossbow has been found so far. There were crossbows (including repeating ones) in ancient China.
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July 01, 2010, 04:23:38 AM
Very warm, in fact. Think of a siege weapon form of a crossbow with the attributes of the Chinese type you mentioned. I need only the name of it.
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July 01, 2010, 04:33:08 AM
Polybolos?
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July 01, 2010, 04:42:24 AM
Right on! Your turn!
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July 01, 2010, 12:23:55 PM
Most people will know the name of one of the seven hills of Rome (Capitoline Hill) because the term Capitol is derived from it (I wonder if perhaps even the word capital may have its roots there?). Please give the name of the other six hills of Rome.
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