Rome

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"Rome" appearances by year

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Clue	Answer As Given	Value	Round	Category	Air Date	Show
Sacked in 390 B.C.,455 A.D.,1527 A.D.	Rome	$400	J	CITIES BY HISTORIC EVENTS	2025-12-12	#9455
On June 4, 1944 this city fell to the Allies, the first Axis capital to be captured	Rome	$400	J	20th CENTURY FACTS	2018-02-09	#7695
June 8, 68:Servius Sulpicius Galba becomes this empire's emperor	Rome	$600	J	THAT'S HISTORY, KIDS!	2010-07-07	#5958
Pierre Corneille's masterworks "Horace" & "Cinna" are set in this city	Rome	$800	DJ	17th CENTURY DRAMA	2003-02-25	#4262
In the third century A.D. it was "Martyr, She Wrote!" when St. Cecelia defied this civilization's gods	Rome	$1,200	DJ	HISTORIC TABLOID HEADLINES	2001-11-26	#3966
Messalina, empress of this, messed around so much her husband Claudius had her executed	Rome	$400	DJ	WILD WOMEN IN HISTORY	1999-11-15	#3496
This city's Circus Maximus hippodrome could hold 250,000 people, about 1/4 of its population	Rome	$100	J	REALLY OLD HISTORY	1998-10-14	#3243
As emperor, Commodus renamed this future Italian capital Colonia Commodiana	Rome	$100	J	HISTORY	1995-10-20	#2560
After reconquest by this power in 296, Britain was divided into 4 provinces	Rome	$200	J	HISTORY	1995-06-16	#2500
When Hannibal was 9, his father forced him to swear eternal hatred for this city	Rome	$200	J	HISTORY	1994-11-04	#2340
Ancus Marcius, the legendary fourth king of this city, may have been the grandson of Numa Pompilus	Rome	$300	J	HISTORY	1993-07-22	#2064
Pompey built the first permanent stone theatre in this city in 55 B.C.	Rome	$200	DJ	THEATRE HISTORY	1993-04-28	#2003
Charlemagne spent Christmas Day 800 in this city	Rome	$800	DJ	HISTORY	1991-05-29	#1568
To complete the kingdom that is now modern Italy, Victor Emmanuel seized this city from Pope Pius IX in 1870	Rome	$200	DJ	ITALIAN HISTORY	1989-12-26	#1227
In ancient times, criminals were thrown from the south face of this city's Capitoline Hill	Rome	$200	DJ	HISTORIC PLACES	1988-09-20	#927
By the High Renaissance this city had replaced Florence as Italy's cultural center	Rome	$300	J	HISTORY	1987-04-16	#614
Legend says an Etruscan family, the Tarquins, ruled this "Eternal City" from 616 to 510 B.C.	Rome	$200	J	HISTORY	1987-03-16	#591
The 1st Axis capital to fall in WWII	Rome	$1,000	DJ	HISTORY	1985-03-08	#130

Clue

Answer As Given

Value

Round

Category

Air Date

Show

Sacked in 390 B.C.,455 A.D.,1527 A.D.

Rome

$400

CITIES BY HISTORIC EVENTS

2025-12-12

#9455

On June 4, 1944 this city fell to the Allies, the first Axis capital to be captured

Rome

$400

20th CENTURY FACTS

2018-02-09

#7695

June 8, 68:Servius Sulpicius Galba becomes this empire's emperor

Rome

$600

THAT'S HISTORY, KIDS!

2010-07-07

#5958

Pierre Corneille's masterworks "Horace" & "Cinna" are set in this city

Rome

$800

17th CENTURY DRAMA

2003-02-25

#4262

In the third century A.D. it was "Martyr, She Wrote!" when St. Cecelia defied this civilization's gods

Rome

$1,200

HISTORIC TABLOID HEADLINES

2001-11-26

#3966

Messalina, empress of this, messed around so much her husband Claudius had her executed

Rome

$400

WILD WOMEN IN HISTORY

1999-11-15

#3496

This city's Circus Maximus hippodrome could hold 250,000 people, about 1/4 of its population

Rome

$100

REALLY OLD HISTORY

1998-10-14

#3243

As emperor, Commodus renamed this future Italian capital Colonia Commodiana

Rome

$100

HISTORY

1995-10-20

#2560

After reconquest by this power in 296, Britain was divided into 4 provinces

Rome

$200

HISTORY

1995-06-16

#2500

When Hannibal was 9, his father forced him to swear eternal hatred for this city

Rome

$200

HISTORY

1994-11-04

#2340

Ancus Marcius, the legendary fourth king of this city, may have been the grandson of Numa Pompilus

Rome

$300

HISTORY

1993-07-22

#2064

Pompey built the first permanent stone theatre in this city in 55 B.C.

Rome

$200

THEATRE HISTORY

1993-04-28

#2003

Charlemagne spent Christmas Day 800 in this city

Rome

$800

HISTORY

1991-05-29

#1568

To complete the kingdom that is now modern Italy, Victor Emmanuel seized this city from Pope Pius IX in 1870

Rome

$200

ITALIAN HISTORY

1989-12-26

#1227

In ancient times, criminals were thrown from the south face of this city's Capitoline Hill

Rome

$200

HISTORIC PLACES

1988-09-20

#927

By the High Renaissance this city had replaced Florence as Italy's cultural center

Rome

$300

HISTORY

1987-04-16

#614

Legend says an Etruscan family, the Tarquins, ruled this "Eternal City" from 616 to 510 B.C.

Rome

$200

HISTORY

1987-03-16

#591

The 1st Axis capital to fall in WWII

Rome

$1,000

HISTORY

1985-03-08

#130