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1. Which battle caused the decisive defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra?

2. Whose rape and suicide, according to tradition, led to the founding of the Roman Republic?

3. What is probably the only ancient Roman lighthouse still in use?

4. Which Roman leader was responsible for a calendar reform that remains the basis of the modern calendar?

5. To whom was Cato the Elder referring when he exclaimed, “If they are victorious now, what will they not attempt?”

6. Which Roman leader’s failed revolt led to 6,000 of his followers being crucified?

7. Which ancient military commander had at an early age been made to swear eternal hostility to Rome?

8. Which ancient Italian city, destroyed by a volcanic eruption, is now an important archaeological site and a sobering destination for tourists?

9. Who was the first Roman emperor?

10. Which battle marked the beginning of serious Germanic inroads into Roman territory?

11. Which conqueror immortalized the words "Veni, vidi, vici"?