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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Caligula
Gauis Julius Caesar
Carthago Delanda est
Crossing the Rubicon
2. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
The Social War
Caligula
The Edict of Milan
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
3. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Numidia
Emperor Theodosius
Carthago delenda est
Imperator
4. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Caesarion
Gladiators
Crassus
Princeps
5. Where the slaves revolted - they were being held in Capua and they broke loose stole knives from a butcher shop and this was the start of The Gladiator War
The Edict of Milan
The Gladiator War
Milvian Bridge
Titus
6. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Pax Romana
Rhea Silvia
St. Paul
Vitellius
7. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Patrician
Pompeii
Patrician
Pompey
8. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Sabines
Commodus
The Jugurthine War
Palatine Hill
9. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Res Publicas
Patres
Carthago Delanda est
10. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Popularis
Hannibal Barca
Vitellius
Caligula
11. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Horatius
Palatine Hill
Gladiators
Plebeian
12. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Consuls
Consuls
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Pax Romana
13. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Hamilcar Barca
Imperator
King Herod
Lucretia
14. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Nerva
Numidia
Crassus
Marcus Aurelius
15. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Latifundia
Carthage
Emperor Theodosius
Antonius Pius
16. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Sejanus
Tiberius Gracchus
Ptolemy XIII
Carthage
17. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Plebeian
Tiberius
Hasdrubal
Imperator
18. Place in Sicily
Patres
Hannibal Barca
Consuls
Syracuse
19. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Pontius Pilate
Scipio Africanus
Claudius
Crassus
20. Founding Fathers of Rome
Caractacus
Hamilcar Barca
Patres
Gaius Gracchus
21. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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22. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Pompeii
Crossing the Rubicon
Hiero II
Tiberius Gracchus
23. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Remus
Emperor Theodosius
Mithridates VI
Carthago Delanda est
24. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Hiero II
Marius
Plebeian Secession
Corvus
25. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Battle of Pharsalus
Pax Romana
Rhea Silvia
26. Town ruled by king Numitor
Lavuniun
Galba
Parthia
Res Publicas
27. Brother of Titus became imperator by Praetorian Guard and princep by the Senate - he soon disregarded the Senate and merely did everything for the people of Rome - had people start referring to him as dominus et dues meaning Lord of God - first ruler
Christ
Domitian
Gaius Gracchus
Vespasian
28. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Tribune
Carthago delenda est
Rhea Silvia
Herod
29. Galba's right hand man - named Imperator by Praetorian Guard - senate unhappily named him princep as well - almost went into a Civil War with Vitellius but instead killed himself so he would not have to go into a Civil War
Otho
Cinna
Hannibal Barca
Brutus
30. Brother of Titus became imperator by Praetorian Guard and princep by the Senate - he soon disregarded the Senate and merely did everything for the people of Rome - had people start referring to him as dominus et dues meaning Lord of God - first ruler
Domitian
Christ
Lavuniun
Scipio Africanus
31. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Patrician
Messina
Sabines
32. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Vespasian
Rome
Battle of Cannae
Crassus
33. Proud
Mark Antony
Superbus
Praetorian Guard
Battle of Zama
34. 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
St. Paul
Crossing the Rubicon
Carthago Delanda est
Nero
35. 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
Caligula
The Edict of Milan
Rhea Silvia
Marcus Aurelius
36. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Mithridates VI
Rome
Lucius Verus
Caractacus
37. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Horatius
Pompeii
Sulla
Jugurtha
38. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Philip V of Macedon
Plebeian
Popularis
Rhea Silvia
39. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Eunus
Messiah
Etruscans
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
40. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Cicero
Tiber River
Nero
Imperium
41. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Sabines
Imperium
Mark Antony
Caesarion
42. Was being supported by Roman troops because the Roman soldiers felt like Vitellius was favoring the German soldiers - was ruling Rome and the senate and the people of Rome liked him
Republic
Plebeian
Zealots
Vespasian
43. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Veto
The Edict of Milan
Marius
44. Civic duty - public affairs
Antiochus III
Cinna
Res Publicas
Constantine
45. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Constantine
Herod
Hamilcar Barca
Syracuse
46. Political power of the Emperor
Princeps
Antonius Pius
Corvus
Hiero II
47. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Princeps
Sulla
Battle of Cannae
48. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Emperor Theodosius
Popularis
Plebeian Secession
Tiberius Gracchus
49. Greek colony
Plebeian Secession
Messina
Antonius Pius
Gaius Gracchus
50. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Carthago delenda est
Messiah
Hannibal Barca
Latins