Question
Jason of Tralles used this object as a prop to represent Pentheus during a performance of The Bacchae to the delight of the Arsacid king, Orodes II. For 10 points each:
[10m] Cassius Dio relates that molten gold was allegedly poured into what object to mock the wealth of a man killed during a failed parlay with Surenas?
ANSWER: Crassus’s head [or the head of Marcus Licinius Crassus; accept Crassus’s throat; accept Crassus’ skull]
[10e] Crassus’ failed parley with Surenas followed his defeat to this empire at Carrhae, where mounted arches battered the Roman hollow square with this empire’s eponymous “shot.”
ANSWER: Parthian Empire [accept Parthian shot]
[10h] Roman dishonor at Carrhae was compounded by the capture of three of these military standards, which were assigned to every legion and resembled eagles.
ANSWER: aquilae
<KT, Ancient History>
Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 25.00 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
Data
| Chicago B | Purdue A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago A | Illinois Blue | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Notre Dame | Illinois Orange | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| SIUE | Purdue B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |