Bonus
While discussing the Battle of New Carthage, a work by this author provides source criticism between Valerius Antias and Claudius Quadrigarius. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Roman historian who wrote Ab Urbe Condita, a 142-book work which ends with the death of Drusus the Elder in 9 CE.
ANSWER: Livy [or Titus Livius]
[10e] This man later analyzed Ab Urbe Condita in his Discourses on Livy, which begins by explaining how cities are formed. This Renaissance author wrote that “it is better to be feared than loved” in The Prince.
ANSWER: Niccolò Machiavelli [or Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli]
[10m] In his Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli likens the founding of Rome to the founding of this home city of his. The Prince critiques an unarmed preacher from this city who led its Bonfire of the Vanities, Girolamo Savonarola.
ANSWER: Florence [or Firenze]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 104 | 21.15 | 98% | 82% | 32% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 88% | 25% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 71% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 20.91 | 100% | 82% | 27% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 23.33 | 100% | 89% | 44% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 78% | 22% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 23.33 | 100% | 78% | 56% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 23.75 | 88% | 88% | 63% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |