Question

Note to players: description acceptable.One of these people is praised in Book 3 of Statius’s Silvae for enduring Caligula “in icy Germany”. Claudius credited one of these people with a measure that reduced the status of women who cohabited with slaves. Pliny the Younger complained about the excessive honours recorded on the tomb of one of these people, said by Pliny the Elder to be richer than Crassus. The Historia Augusta condemns Elagabalus for making some of these people “governors, legates, consuls, [and] generals”. Cassius Dio claims (-5[1])one of these people was killed by Nero for their (*) fortune, earned during their time as ā rati·ōnibus. That one of these people was Pallas, a favourite of Claudius. For 10 points, which people, (-5[1])who were able to attain power in the familia Caesaris (“KAI-sah-ris”) or imperial household, had undergone manumission? ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Imperial freedmen [accept libertus or liberti Augusti or libertini; accept freed slaves or ex-slaves or liberated slaves or obvious equivalents; do not accept or prompt on “slaves” alone] (Statius is praising the father of Tiberius Claudius Etruscus. Pliny the Younger complained about the tomb of Pallas.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Seth KendalldoubleplusnegfivePalestrina Sawayama86-5
Rob CarsonBHSUWeird Klaus Barbie120-5
Ethan AshbrookJeff Weiner Fan ClubOur Job is Buzz1370
Sharath NarayanPalestrina Sawayamadoubleplusnegfive13710
Davis Everson-RoseWeird Klaus BarbieBHSU13710
Shardul RaoOur Job is BuzzJeff Weiner Fan Club1370

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y367%0%67%137.00