LOL - first contest I've ever entered and I actually win cold, hard cash. I guess that says that there's an economic purpose to playing around in history. Thanks for the hard work of putting it together.

... and if you click on your winning place, you'll notice a small building denoting your win status -- Casa, Domus, or Villa. Enjoy your new-found wealth and a home to store it in.... HAPPY SATURNALIA 2006!!!

And then I'll start posting answers in the official quiz thread, just below the questions themselves.

Due to the fact many have yet to submit any answers, I have extended the deadline for judging to the day after Xmas, which some refer to as Boxing Day.

Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the link to the Contest Thread, where you will also find the quiz.

Don't worry. They're coming. A variation on the graphic you've been looking at these past few days -- the view of the forum. Stuff will adorn the right-hand side relative to which award it is.

Thanks to Senex Caecilius for pointing this out to me (while also supplying several questions). There were actually three "generations" of government in Rome: Monarchy, Consul, and Emperor. So... making things a bit more difficult for you, the "Or Not" refers not only to false statements, but to monarchial timeframes for some of the questions. (Which means there are more than 3 questions in the "Or Not" category.

...I'd like to thank all who have signed up (and those who will) to what I'd like to see as an annual event. Essentially a trivia contest, the 15 questions may require some research as I've written many in a humorous way to throw you off a bit.Once the contest starts, I let it run until the last day before looking at the results. Makes things more fair for those playing after work or from various world locales.