Question
The advisor Cassius Longinus is often blamed for this ruler’s eventual break with Rome. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ruler who was defeated at the Battles of Immae and Emesa by Aurelian after a 271 CE declaration of independence from Rome.
ANSWER: Zenobia [or Septimia Zenobia; prompt on Septimius Vaballathus by asking “who ruled as regent in his stead?”]
[10e] Many scholars have argued that Zenobia’s Palmyrene Empire should be considered a revolt by this ethnicity. The Rashidun Caliphate began a series of namesake “conquests” of this ethnic group after the birth of Islam.
ANSWER: Arabs [or Arab people; accept Arab conquests]
[10m] As part of his reunification of the Roman Empire, Aurelian was forced to abandon this Roman province north of the Danube, which had been established by Trajan after conquering a namesake tribe under King Decebalus.
ANSWER: Dacia [or Roman Dacia or Dacia Traiana or Dacia Felix; accept Dacians]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
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| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 33% | 100% | 67% |
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| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 33% | 44% | 56% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 40% | 40% | 20% |