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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Caesarion
Nerva
Tiber River
Hannibal Barca
2. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Otho
Patrician
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cicero
3. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Marius
Imperator
Patrician
Philip V of Macedon
4. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Numidia
Gaius Gracchus
Alba Longa
Tiberius Gracchus
5. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Trajan (what a boss)
Carthago Delanda est
Titus
Philip V of Macedon
6. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Herod
Syracuse
Pagan
Remus
7. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Hannibal Barca
Crassus
Sejanus
Sabines
8. Place in North Africa
Rhea Silvia
Carthage
Patrician
Carthago Delanda est
9. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Titus
Carthago Delanda est
Alba Longa
Optimate
10. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Gauis Julius Caesar
Numidia
Lucretia
Pompeii
11. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Galba
Corvus
Rome
Caracalla
12. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Ptolemy XIII
Caracalla
Romulus
Vitellius
13. 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
The Edict of Milan
Latins
Attila the Hun
Domitian
14. Greek colony
John the Baptist
Messina
Corvus
Imperium
15. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Sejanus
Nero
Imperium
Messiah
16. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Nero
Pax Romana
Carthago delenda est
Antonius Pius
17. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Superbus
Commodus
Patrician
Domitian
18. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Mark Antony
Optimate
Antonius Pius
Battle of Pharsalus
19. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Patrician
Battle of Cannae
Plebeian Secession
Octavian
20. 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
Imperator
Hiero II
Domitian
Ptolemy XIII
21. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Tiber River
Titus
The Jugurthine War
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
22. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
Christ
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Herod
23. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Cato
Milvian Bridge
Hadrian
24. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Alba Longa
Hiero II
Marcus Aurelius
Zealots
25. I forbid
Hasdrubal
Veto
The Jugurthine War
Parthia
26. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Herod
Horatius
Cicero
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
27. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Nero
Cinna
Hamilcar Barca
Vespasian
28. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Battle of Zama
St. Paul
Titus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
29. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
Optimate
Eunus
Rhea Silvia
30. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Optimate
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Messiah
Praetorian Guard
31. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Mark Antony
Sabines
Messiah
Gauis Julius Caesar
32. 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
Nero
Tribune
Consuls
Corvus
33. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Vitellius
Titus
Antonius Pius
Philip V of Macedon
34. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Tiber River
Brutus
Carthago Delanda est
Messina
35. Place in North Africa
Hadrian
Carthage
The Edict of Milan
Carthago delenda est
36. The second town that Numitor ruled
Alba Longa
Battle of Pharsalus
Gaius Gracchus
Attila the Hun
37. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Caligula
Scipio Aemilianus
Jugurtha
Battle of Zama
38. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Nero
Syracuse
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Antiochus III
39. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Messina
Caesarion
Hamilcar Barca
Mark Antony
40. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Patres
Mark Antony
Battle of Zama
Mithridates VI
41. Greek colony
Pax Romana
Consuls
Messina
Optimate
42. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
The Triumvirate
Sejanus
Caractacus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
43. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Res Publicas
Milvian Bridge
Lavuniun
The Social War
44. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Patrician
Ptolemy XIII
Tribune
Battle of Actium
45. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Syracuse
Zealots
Hamilcar Barca
Christ
46. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Pompeii
Crassus
Ptolemy XIII
Tribune
47. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Vitellius
Plebeian
Etruscans
Republic
48. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
Latifundia
Patres
Christ
49. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Antiochus III
Cassius
50. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Tiber River
Claudius
Cato