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Question

Answer the following about the works of Tom Holland—no, not that one. For 10 points each:

[10e] Having taught himself Greek, Holland translated the magnum opus of Herodotus, which is titled for this discipline. Aptly, Herodotus is called the “father of” this discipline.

ANSWER: history

[10h] In 2025, Holland translated this historian's The Lives of the Caesars, which details the Roman emperors up to Domitian’s reign. This historian had access to the imperial archive by being Hadrian’s secretary.

ANSWER: Suetonius [or Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus]

[10m] A 2003 book by Holland is titled for this river, which Julius Caesar crossed after apocryphally saying “alea iacta est,” or “the die has been cast.” Caesar’s crossing of this river started his civil war against Pompey.

ANSWER: Rubicon River [or Rubico]

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Summary


Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	18.33	83%	83%	17%
Midwest	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	83%	83%	25%
Pacific	Main	Y	9	13.33	56%	56%	22%
Southeast	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%

Data


McMaster A	Toronto B	10	0	10	20
Rowan	George Mason C	10	0	10	20
Maryland C	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Vassar B	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
NYU C	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
George Mason A	NYU A	10	0	10	20
George Mason B	Rutgers D	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh B	Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
NYU B	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Penn	Stony Brook	0	0	10	10
Princeton	Lehigh A	10	0	10	20
Purdue A	WashU Grizzlers	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth B	Boston College A	10	0	10	20
Boston College B	Boston University B	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Dartmouth A	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth C	Harvard	0	0	10	10
MIT A	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	10	30
Vermont B	Tufts A	10	0	0	10
Tufts C	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Tufts B	10	0	10	20
Vermont A	UConn A	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Williams A	10	0	10	20
Brown B	Williams B	10	10	10	30
MIT B	Williams C	0	0	0	0
Arizona State A	Alberta A	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	10	0	10	20
British Columbia A	Washington State	0	0	0	0
British Columbia B	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Texas	Washington Chum	0	0	0	0
Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh A	Sheffield B	10	0	10	20
Cardiff	Cambridge B	10	0	10	20
Cornell D	RIT A	0	0	0	0
Boise State	Washington Chinook	0	0	0	0
Washington Coho	Washington Masu	0	0	0	0
Washington Steelhead	Washington Pink	10	0	10	20
Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	10	0	10	20