Question

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

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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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY989%0%11%80.13
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%38%91.00
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%85.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1090%0%10%74.33
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%22%89.11
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%67.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%88%110.43
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%50%91.71
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY8100%0%38%85.75

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Michigan A (UG) 21-5
Andrew Harms (DII)Michigan State A West Virginia A (UG) 4710
Evan Davies (UG)Miami A (UG) Michigan B (UG)5110
Sam Hicks-Jirkans (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Miami C (DII) 60-5
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Ohio State C (DII) 69-5
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan State B 8910
Connor Channels (UG)West Virginia B (UG) CWRU B (DII) 9310
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU A (UG) Miami B (UG) 11010
Adam Monusko (UG)Michigan A (UG) Ohio State A (UG) 11210
Caleb Thomas (DII)Miami C (DII) Ohio State B (DII) 11310
Emma Mulligan (DII)Ohio State C (DII) CWRU C (UG)11310