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Question

While discussing the Battle of New Carthage, a work by this author provides source criticism between Valerius Antias and Claudius Quadrigarius. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Roman historian who wrote Ab Urbe Condita, a 142-book work which ends with the death of Drusus the Elder in 9 CE.

ANSWER: Livy [or Titus Livius]

[10e] This man later analyzed Ab Urbe Condita in his Discourses on Livy, which begins by explaining how cities are formed. This Renaissance author wrote that “it is better to be feared than loved” in The Prince.

ANSWER: Niccolò Machiavelli [or Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli]

[10m] In his Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli likens the founding of Rome to the founding of this home city of his. The Prince critiques an unarmed preacher from this city who led its Bonfire of the Vanities, Girolamo Savonarola.

ANSWER: Florence [or Firenze]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	71%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	20.91	100%	82%	27%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	89%	44%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	78%	56%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	23.75	88%	88%	63%
South Central	Main	Y	6	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	23.33	100%	100%	33%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	21.25	100%	88%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

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Stanford A	Berkeley Archer Queen	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	10	20
UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
Claremont C	USC A	10	10	0	20
Claremont B	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
UCSD A	UCLA E	0	10	10	20
UCSD B	UCLA F	0	10	10	20
USC B	UCLA D	0	10	0	10
Carleton A	Ottawa B	0	10	10	20
McGill E	Carleton B	10	10	10	30
McGill B	Ottawa C	10	10	10	30
Ottawa A	Ottawa D	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	Toronto A	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Waterloo A	McMaster B	10	10	0	20
Queen's A	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
Waterloo C	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Brock A	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Toronto H	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	McMaster C	0	10	0	10
Florida A	Florida Tech B	0	10	10	20
Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	10	20
Florida B	Florida Tech A	10	10	10	30
UCF A	South Florida A	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	CWRU D	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	Louisville C	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Michigan State D	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Michigan State C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Michigan State A	Louisville D	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	WVU A	10	10	10	30
WVU B	Ohio State D	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	JMU A	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	William & Mary A	10	10	10	30
Liberty C	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech C	NCSU A	0	10	10	20
UNC A	NCSU B	10	10	10	30
George Mason A	Lehigh A	10	10	10	30
Vassar B	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Johns Hopkins	0	10	10	20
Princeton	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers A	Lehigh B	0	10	10	20
NYU C	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Rowan	Rutgers D	0	10	10	20
George Mason B	Stony Brook	0	10	10	20
Illinois Urbana	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Illinois Canada	Purdue D	0	10	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Champaign	10	10	10	30
Iowa A	Illinois Orange	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
WashU Grolars	Illinois Blue	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	William Woods University A	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Minnesota	0	10	10	20
Macalester	Michigan Tech	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	10	10	10	30
St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	0	10	0	10
VCU A	Tusculum A	0	10	10	20
UNC B	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Virginia A	UNC D	10	10	10	30
William & Mary C	Duke A	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Washington Chum	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	Washington Atlantic	10	0	0	10
Washington State	Boise State	0	10	10	20
Alberta A	British Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Kansas State A	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Murray State College B	Kansas State B	10	10	10	30
Murray State College A	Nebraska A	0	10	10	20
Oklahoma	Nebraska B	0	10	10	20
Tulsa A	Harding	0	10	10	20
Tulsa B	Central Oklahoma A	10	10	10	30
Texas	Washington Chinook	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Washington Sockeye	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Alabama A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	10	10	10	30
Clemson C	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Georgia A	Tennessee B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech E	0	10	10	20
Emory A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Georgia Tech F	0	10	10	20
Montevallo	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Clemson B	Sewanne	0	10	10	20
Chipola College	Tennessee Tech	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Durham D	0	10	10	20
Durham B	Durham C	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh D	Edinburgh B	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh A	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
York	Sheffield A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge B	Cambridge D	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Cambridge E	10	10	10	30
LSE	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Southampton	0	10	10	20
Imperial C	Imperial A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Imperial D	0	10	10	20
Birmingham	Oxford	0	10	10	20
Warwick	Bristol	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	RIT A	0	10	10	20