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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
King Herod
Plebeian
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Diocletian
2. Another conspirator
St. Paul
Cassius
Philip V of Macedon
Patrician
3. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Messiah
Pompeii
Octavian
The Edict of Milan
4. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Cassius
Crassus
Jugurtha
Syracuse
5. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Cicero
Veto
Antiochus III
The Social War
6. I forbid
Tiber River
Veto
Imperator
Latifundia
7. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Nero
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
John the Baptist
Praetorian Guard
8. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Brutus
Emperor Theodosius
Marius
9. Senator who traveled to Carthage to tell the Numidia to leave Carthage alone then he discover they had great resources - and he told rome about it and it started the 3rd Punic War - he kept on saying Carthago Delenda Est which means Carthage must be
The Edict of Milan
Scipio Aemilianus
Ptolemy XIII
Cato
10. 3rd Julio-Claudian emperor - declared himself a God - practiced incest with his sisters - murdered the one that got pregnant - tried to make his horse consul - fought the sea because he was crazy - he is killed by the Praetorian Guard - he demands th
The Social War
Vespasian
Caligula
Pagan
11. Civic duty - public affairs
Numidia
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Proletariat
Res Publicas
12. The second town that Numitor ruled
Spartacus
Crassus
Popularis
Alba Longa
13. Worked through the people to get power
Titus
Pompey
Popularis
The Edict of Milan
14. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Imperator
Domitian
Palatine Hill
John the Baptist
15. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Milvian Bridge
Remus
Battle of Cannae
Pontius Pilate
16. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Hiero II
Plebeian Secession
Veto
Carthage
17. Another conspirator
Scipio Aemilianus
Cassius
Tribune
Jugurtha
18. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Imperator
Sabines
Battle of Pharsalus
Patrician
19. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Constantine
Ptolemy XIII
Attila the Hun
Sulla
20. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Domitian
Ptolemy XIII
Gauis Julius Caesar
Pagan
21. Urban landless poor
Tiberius
Vespasian
Proletariat
Scipio Africanus
22. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Caractacus
Claudius
Praetorian Guard
Etruscans
23. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Popularis
Battle of Pharsalus
Otho
24. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Antonius Pius
Palatine Hill
Alba Longa
Mark Antony
25. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Commodus
Claudius
Latifundia
Sabines
26. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Tribune
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Plebeian Secession
Messina
27. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Pompey
Marius
Vespasian
Mithridates VI
28. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Numidia
Mark Antony
Battle of Pharsalus
Battle of Actium
29. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Etruscans
Brutus
Tiberius Gracchus
Nero
30. Heir to Constantius - made Christianity legal in Rome - was losing in a battle and saw a cross in the sky and saw words that said Conquer by this
Constantine
Tiber River
Caligula
Carthago delenda est
31. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Veto
Crassus
Sulla
Scipio Africanus
32. 5th Julio-Claudian emperor - persecuted Christians - fire in Rome he blamed the Christians - however all of the other people blamed him - kicked pregnant wife to death - castrated and married a young boy (Sporus) made him look like his dead wife - fo
Nerva
Imperator
Battle of Actium
Nero
33. English meaning: crow - Plank that connects to ships so the naval forces felt like they were fighting on land - the Roman navy was not their strong point
Hiero II
Corvus
Hasdrubal
Eunus
34. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Plebeian Secession
Gauis Julius Caesar
Jugurtha
Palatine Hill
35. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Crossing the Rubicon
The Triumvirate
The Social War
Battle of Cannae
36. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Praetorian Guard
Crossing the Rubicon
Consuls
The Gladiator War
37. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pontius Pilate
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Cinna
Messina
38. Greek colony
Antiochus III
Patres
Messina
Carthago Delanda est
39. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Pontifex Maximus
Attila the Hun
Remus
Caligula
40. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Res Publicas
Octavian
Trajan (what a boss)
41. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Carthago delenda est
Gaius Gracchus
Tiberius
Titus
42. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Pompey
Emperor Theodosius
St. Paul
Claudius
43. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Ptolemy XIII
Hannibal Barca
Brutus
Sabines
44. Town ruled by king Numitor
Remus
Consuls
Lavuniun
Parthia
45. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Hiero II
Tiber River
Hiero II
46. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Gladiators
Lucius Verus
Brutus
Antonius Pius
47. Military commander of the Emperor
Hamilcar Barca
Marcus Aurelius
Republic
Imperator
48. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
King Herod
Battle of Actium
Hannibal Barca
Carthago Delanda est
49. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Marius
Gaius Gracchus
The Jugurthine War
Claudius
50. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Messiah
Gauis Julius Caesar
Zealots
Nerva