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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Nerva
Hannibal Barca
Popularis
Mark Antony
2. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Attila the Hun
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Zealots
Carthago delenda est
3. Overall amazing - treats senate well - military guy - fair rule - campaigns for good of Rome - conquers Armenia don't ask/don't tell policy for Christians
Hiero II
Trajan (what a boss)
Eunus
Lucius Verus
4. 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
Consuls
Caligula
John the Baptist
Spartacus
5. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Parthia
Herod
Messiah
Alba Longa
6. Urban landless poor
Romulus
Cato
Proletariat
Parthia
7. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Pontius Pilate
The Jugurthine War
Claudius
Sejanus
8. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Domitian
Hannibal Barca
Pompey
Vespasian
9. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Princeps
Mithridates VI
Gaius Gracchus
Brutus
10. I forbid
Brutus
Veto
Otho
Marius
11. 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
Domitian
Brutus
Hamilcar Barca
Cato
12. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Caesarion
King Herod
Caractacus
Pompeii
13. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Carthago delenda est
Philip V of Macedon
Eunus
Constantine
14. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Veto
Crassus
Crossing the Rubicon
Titus
15. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Hamilcar Barca
Caesarion
Pagan
Marius
16. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Tribune
Caesarion
Brutus
Domitian
17. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Otho
Carthago Delanda est
John the Baptist
18. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Spartacus
Parthia
Mark Antony
Vespasian
19. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Patres
Patres
Battle of Cannae
20. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Otho
Crossing the Rubicon
Etruscans
Palatine Hill
21. Town ruled by king Numitor
Popularis
Lavuniun
Galba
Cato
22. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Proletariat
Scipio Aemilianus
Cato
Marcus Aurelius
23. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Gauis Julius Caesar
Proletariat
Tribune
Pagan
24. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Mark Antony
Attila the Hun
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Marcus Aurelius
25. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Messiah
Jugurtha
The Edict of Milan
John the Baptist
26. Place in North Africa
Tiber River
Antiochus III
Carthage
Messina
27. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Titus
Patrician
Cassius
Patres
28. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Republic
Brutus
Antonius Pius
Battle of Cannae
29. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Consuls
Eunus
Rome
Caligula
30. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Eunus
Tribune
Cleoptra XIII
31. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Domitian
Nero
King Herod
Republic
32. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Tiber River
Ptolemy XIII
Sabines
Res Publicas
33. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Hadrian
Antiochus III
Julio-Claudian Emperors
King Herod
34. Proud
Crassus
Jugurtha
Rome
Superbus
35. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Octavian
Pontius Pilate
Popularis
Zealots
36. Place in North Africa
Cassius
Rome
Vespasian
Carthage
37. Large estate
Lavuniun
Latifundia
Carthago Delanda est
Cinna
38. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Otho
Otho
Cinna
39. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Pax Romana
Horatius
Ptolemy XIII
Scipio Aemilianus
40. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Superbus
Antonius Pius
Pagan
Diocletian
41. 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
Nerva
Sabines
Hamilcar Barca
Caligula
42. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Popularis
Cinna
Lucius Verus
Ptolemy XIII
43. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Princeps
Optimate
Tiberius Gracchus
Antiochus III
44. Worked through the people to get power
Gladiators
Popularis
Attila the Hun
Ptolemy XIII
45. Another conspirator
Battle of Zama
Milvian Bridge
Res Publicas
Cassius
46. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Plebeian
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Proletariat
John the Baptist
47. Carthage must be destroyed
Pax Romana
Trajan (what a boss)
Republic
Carthago delenda est
48. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Tiber River
Mark Antony
Otho
Sabines
49. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Rhea Silvia
Ptolemy XIII
Antonius Pius
Marius
50. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Caligula
Milvian Bridge
Cinna