When Lucius Aemilius Paullus Defeated King Perseus at Pydna in 168

question 23

Multiple Choice

When Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeated King Perseus at Pydna in 168 BCE, Paullus humiliated Perseus by

• A) instituting a damnatio memoriae of Perseus's name and portrait throughout Greece.
• B) executing Perseus in front of his entire army.
• C) parading Perseus as a captive slave in a Roman triumphal procession.
• D) converting a monument that Perseus had erected into a monument glorifying Paullus.

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Ingroup Differentiation Bias

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