Question

Residents of a “hanging city” above this river were terrorized by rumors of a giant octopus and prayed to a beauty goddess “of the Sewer.” During Argei, twenty-seven straw figures were thrown annually into this river to honor a drowned king of Alba Longa that may name it. (10[3])The Tetrarchy was abolished shortly after a battle on this river’s (10[1])Milvian Bridge. (10[1])The first colonia (-5[1])was a city at the mouth of this river which imported grain and was named Ostia. This river’s aqueducts like the Aqua Appia supplied water to bathhouses in a city built on seven hills (10[1])like the Palatine (10[2])and Capitoline. For 10 points, name this river that flows through Rome. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Tiber River [or Tiberis or Tevere; prompt on Albula] (The first line is Pliny the Elder’s description of Rome and of Cloacina as the “Venus of the Sewer.” The drowned king was Tiberinus.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DAuburn B4710
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech EGeorgia A4710
Alex MyrickTennessee AVanderbilt A4710
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina ABelmont5810
Will HughesAuburn AGeorgia Tech C6010
Tarun KotiEmory ATennessee B63-5
Sawyer SmithMississippi State AClemson A9710
Mac DixonEmory OxfordClemson B10010
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