Impossible Roman History

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Hint	Answer
Opposite of a plebeian	Patrician
He was called the "Third Founder of Rome"	Gaius Marius
Types of magistrates in the Roman Republic	Aedile
	Censor
	Consul
	(Governor)
	Praetor
	(Promagistrate)
	Quaestor
	Tribune
Bodyguard of a magistrate. Carried a staff called a fasces.	Lictor
Cognomen of Marcus Tullius	Cicero
Class of people that was just below the Senatorial Order in rank	Equestrian Order
This region had Transalpine and Cisalpine parts	Gaul
Era of the Empire that came after the Principate	Dominate

Hint	Answer
Latin for "head of the family"	Paterfamilias
Centermost hill of Rome	Palatine Hill
Emperor who established a tetrarchy of four rulers	Diocletian
The original laws of the Roman Republic	Twelve Tables
When the early Romans needed women, they stole them from this tribe	Sabines
This city was Rome's seaport	Ostia
Censorious senator who ended speeches with "Carthage must be destroyed"	Cato
Romulus and Remus were descended from this Trojan hero	Aeneas
Stammering emperor who followed Caligula	Claudius
Wife of Augustus during his reign	Livia
Dynasty of Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian	Flavians
The Empire reached its maximum extent in the reign of this emperor	Trajan
Two cities destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius	Pompeii
Two cities destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius	Herculaneum
Ancient Roman goddess of war	Bellona