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- Commodus had a passion for gladiatorial combat (this is true).
Question 1:
Commodus had a passion for gladiatorial combat (this is true). He also liked appearing in the arena, dressed as a gladiator.
A. True
B. False
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- One of the most extravagant and cruel emperors of Rome was Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, better known as Caligula. Although there is very little information about his reign, many stories and anecdotes can be heard about Caligula. According to one of them, he tried to make his favourite animal Incitatus, a consul. What kind of animal was Incitatus?
- Another story tells us about Caligula, declaring war on this Roman god.
- The rule of Caligula ended in 41 AD with his assassination. Several officers of the Praetorian Guard caught him alone and mercilessly killed him. This man became the next Roman Emperor.
- The fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty was Nero. He was hated by many and he tried to redirect the hatred of the people by persecuting this Eastern sect.
- One of the most famous buildings of the ancient Rome is the Colosseum. It was built by this Emperor and his son, Titus, between AD 72 and AD 90.
- Commodus had a passion for gladiatorial combat (this is true). He also liked appearing in the arena, dressed as a gladiator.
- In 313 AD the Edict of Milan was signed, which made Christianity one of the official religions in the Roman Empire. Years later, Christianity became the official state religion in Rome, under the rule of this emperor.
- This famous personage began his pirate career as a good man. He was sent by the King to capture pirates in the Indian Ocean. However, his crew was tempted by the great plunder mutinied against him. He quickly acquiesced and started attacking both pirate and merchant ships.
- He is the most famous pirate in history. His attacking strategy was to board ships while in channels. He would take all food, arms and valuables and if the ships crew did not resist, he would let the ship go.
- This sophisticated pirate wore fancy clothes, had a diamond cross on a chain around his neck and drank a lot of tea instead of alcohol. He also forbid swearing and drinking alcohol on his ship and made his crew attend regular church services.
- This man captured one of the largest hauls, which proved to be laden with enough treasure to pay off Englands national debt. It took the pirate four days just to transfer the loot from one ship to another. It is known that the Queen of England often referred to him as my pirate.
- She was one of the few female pirates. She was the daughter of a lawyer and his servant. Although her father taught her how to run a plantation, her ardent temperament led her to piracy. She fell deeply in love with Calico Jack Rackham and started crossing the seas with him. She did not stop even after giving birth to their child - she left the baby with other pirate families, so that she could sail along with Rackham.
- This pirate proclaimed himself prince. He began his pirate career by setting off in search of a lost treasure along the coast of Florida. The wrecks of his ship Whydah were the first ones of a pirate ship to be found in sea, in 1984.
- He was well-educated and so in love with books, that he made a library aboard his ship. Probably that is why he was called The gentleman pirate. After his capture, he managed to escape from prison dressed as a woman. However, he was captured and put in jail two weeks later.
- This man was living a descent life in Jamaica when he decided to become a pirate. At the end of his plundering activities, he was knighted and sent back to Jamaica, this time as lieutenant governor.
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