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Weekly Quiz - 2/2/00

In the following questions there are five men and five descriptions. Some of these descriptions may fit more than one man, but each man may be selected only once.
1. He is one of our best sources for information about the First Century BC
Caesar
Cato the elder
Dio Cassius
Livy
Tacitus

2. He covered the period of Roman history from 68 BC to 46 AD, but in Greek
Caesar
Cato the Elder
Dio Cassius
Livy
Tacitus

3. Of his 142 books, only 35 remain.
Caesar
Cato the Elder
Dio Cassius
Livy
Tacitus

4. He wrote the first history of Rome that wasn't an epic poem.
Caesar
Cato the Elder
Dio Cassius
Livy
Tacitus

5. He was a senator during the reign of Domitian
Caesar
Cato the Elder
Dio Cassius
Livy
Tacitus

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