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[1])The Tetrarchy (10[1])was abolished shortly after a battle on this river’s Milvian Bridge. (10[1]-5[1])The first colonia was a city at the mouth of this river (-5[1])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[2])like the Palatine and Capitoline. For 10 points, name this river that flows through Rome. ■END■ (10[4])

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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Nova SinkVirginia Tech BJames Madison A4710
Nick SmemoeUNC BTusculum4910
Ben KantsiperJames Madison BDuke B60-5
Nathan RedfordLiberty AVirginia6010
Timothy PorterVCUWilliam & Mary72-5
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Orion KellerVirginia Tech AAppalachian State B9710
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Meredie CohenWilliam & MaryVCU11310