roman history quiz

[PresidentMarcos]

Contrary to popular belief, he uttered it when he did something or other in the East...hmm...

 

[Rubber Ducky]

I belive it was when he defeated a king Parnaces in egypt, but i may be way off.

 

[pawpaw]

I belive it was when he defeated a king Parnaces in egypt, but i may be way off.

yes, after defeating king pharnaces II in asia minor ( mithridates son ) at zela

 

[bewareofgnomes]

Hmmm, this thread seems to have trailed off so i guees ill try to bring it back...

Question:
Who was Romulus's Sabine Co-Ruler following the rape of the sabines?

 

[Gagliaudo]

... IIRC he was Titus Tatius (who suddendly dead, leaving Romulus one king... what a 'lucky' death... for Romulus !!!)

 

[bewareofgnomes]

You are correct! there are a lot of mysterious deaths in Roman history...

 

[Gagliaudo]

I've to think it could be my turn? (it's a long I'm out of History Forum...)

 

[bewareofgnomes]

You are correct, it is your turn.

 

[Gagliaudo]

Ok, thanx.

What damn did Cicero in Caesar's army in Gaul ??? (*a bit tricky... )

 

[CivEmperor]

Ok, thanx.

What damn did Cicero in Caesar's army in Gaul ??? (*a bit tricky... )

Oh I havn't done a quiz in a long time, but...

I don't get what you are asking

 

[Gagliaudo]

Sorry, maybe my english isn't good... (I hoped it was passable )
I retry:
what was Cicero doing in Caesar's army during Gaul war?
why Cicero was in Caesar's army?

I have retried, now, please, retry you

 

[pawpaw]

was cicero even in caesar's gaul campaign? i know his younger brother was one of his legates.

 

[Gagliaudo]

was cicero even in caesar's gaul campaign? i know his younger brother was one of his legates.

That was exactly the (little) trick I intended...
Cicero was the name of both brothers, Marcus Tullius Cicero(the famous) and Quintus Tullius Cicero(the younger, Caesar's officer in Gaul).
Probably my question was too simple (o i put the trick in a stupid way...)

Pawpaw, nice to meet you again (in the sense that I was out for a while...)

 

[pawpaw]

who and what were the decemvirs?

 

[Parmenion]

At a guess I'd say they were the 10 annually elected tribunes of the plebs.

 

[bewareofgnomes]

I dont exactly remeber, but i think that they were a group of 10 men thote wrote a bunch of laws.

 

[Gagliaudo]

IIRC, they kept the government in Rome for two years around 450 bC; their title was "decemviri legibus scribundis" (lit.: ten man who have to make laws ).
IIRC, the most famous of them was Appius Claudius (not 'the Blind' one).
This happened during the long struggle between patricii and plebei.

 

[pawpaw]

IIRC, they kept the government in Rome for two years around 450 bC; their title was "decemviri legibus scribundis" (lit.: ten man who have to make laws ).
IIRC, the most famous of them was Appius Claudius (not 'the Blind' one).
This happened during the long struggle between patricii and plebei.

yes,after the exile of the last king, rome realized it had no written laws or codes. they sent 10 to greece to study. they returned and wrote the tablet of 12 laws, the heart of roman law thru the empire. after that they refused to step down and wore forced out.

 

[Gagliaudo]

oops, perhaps I hadn't to answer (I realize I had made the question before - in some threads this isn't right ); just in case, i apologize, somebody else can have his right turn

 

[bewareofgnomes]

So is it my turn then? well im going to assume that it is so here is my question:

To what island was Julia (Tiberius' second wife) exiled to?