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Rotten Roman's ~ Horrible Histories Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/19/2022
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Rotten Roman's ~ Horrible Histories

A trail created by Little Roman Z & I

ISBN 978 0439 94400 7

 

To find full details relating to this series see GCA299R

To solve the questions below you will need the shown book/Google/some of your own history knowledge.

*all answers are correct to the books

Use the questions to create the formula for the final cache location.

Q1. Which Emperor put a stop to Gladiator schools on 1st October 326AD, ending bloody shows in their arena's. 

A = (how many times does A appear in the answer to this question?)+8

Q2.Caesar entered the senate on the 15th _______ 44BC where he was stabbed to death.

B= (Name the month)how many letters in this month

Q3. In what year did Queen Boudicca of Iceni in East Anglia defeat the Romans?

C = first digit of year.

Q4. The founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus were two infants left to die on a hillside. What 'she' animal adopted and saved them?

D & F = (Add each letter value of the answer together) - 51

Q5. What does SPQR stand for? Senatus _______ Que Romanus?

E = (How many letters in answer) - 2

 

Final Co-ordinates ~ N51° 40.ABC W002° 42.DEF 

 

(Hints are quiet detailed, due to tree cover signal is not the best*

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ba yrsg bs cngu nf lbh jnyx njnl sebz oyhr znexre, gerr onax, ghpxrq va ebbgf. Jngpu bhg sbe qenva qvgpu

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)