JCL HISTORY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Who, in an attempt to recover his throne, sought refuge with his son-in-law Mamilius Octavius of
Tusculum - ANSWER Tarquinius Superbus
At whose court did Tarquinius Superbus die - ANSWER Aristodemus
Where was Aristodemus tyrant of (not Miletus) - ANSWER Cumae
In what battle of 208 BC did Scipio Africanus defeat Hasdrubal - ANSWER Baecula
Where did Scipio Africanus win a battle in 206 BC - ANSWER Ilipa
Who, upon ascending the throne, showed his pietās by calling his mother optima māter - ANSWER Nero
During what emperor's reign were the Aqua Alsietīna, Aqua Iūlia, and Aqua Virgō
built? - ANSWER Augustus
What was the name of the last aqueduct built during the Republic? - ANSWER Aqua Tepula
What was the name of Rome's first high-level aqueduct, which brought water to the top of the
Capitoline Hill? - ANSWER Aqua Marcia
What second-century emperor sought to win over the public by granting a week of gladiatorial games
and cancelling 900 million sesterces worth of debt to the state after the execution of four Roman
generals who plotted against him, including Lusius Quietus? - ANSWER Hadrian
Where did Lucius Quietus serve as a legatus - ANSWER Judea
What praetorian did Hadrian put in charge of executing the four consulars - ANSWER Attianus
, What king of the Vandals sacked Rome in 455 AD? - ANSWER Gaiseric
Where in 439
AD did Gaiseric declare himself an independent ruler owing no
allegiance to Rome? - ANSWER Carthage
The army of what Eastern Roman emperor was utterly outwitted by Gaiseric and
failed even to reach Africa? - ANSWER Leo I
What tribune introduced legislation to enfranchise the Italians which may have led to his assassination in
91 BC? - ANSWER Marcus Livius Drusus
Who, despite the fact that Drusus warned him about an assassination plot,
remained his most persistent opponent? - ANSWER Philippus
What tribune, after the assassination of Drusus, introduced a law in 90 BC that
established a court with equestrian jurors to try anyone suspected of collusion with the Italian allies? -
ANSWER Varius
Where was Fabius Rullianus defeated by the Samnites in 315 BC? - ANSWER Lautulae
What city revolted and turned to the Samnites as a result of the loss at Lautulae? - ANSWER Capua
According to Livy, where in 304 BC were the Samnites defeated and forced to
negotiate a peace with the Romans, thus ending the Second Samnite War? - ANSWER Bovanum
Who was the mother of Elagabalus? - ANSWER Julia Soemias
Grandmother of Elegabalus - ANSWER Julia Maesa
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