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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. 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
Romulus
Tribune
Vitellius
2. Greek colony
Battle of Actium
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Cicero
Messina
3. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Constantine
Sulla
Mark Antony
4. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Africanus
Scipio Aemilianus
Tiberius Gracchus
Tribune
5. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Attila the Hun
Titus
The Gladiator War
Res Publicas
6. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
The Jugurthine War
John the Baptist
Titus
Lucius Verus
7. 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
Pompey
Otho
Tribune
Vespasian
8. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Imperium
Princeps
Princeps
9. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Otho
Christ
Hasdrubal
Gladiators
10. Religious power of the Emperor
Romulus
Octavian
Pontifex Maximus
Nero
11. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Imperium
The Jugurthine War
The Edict of Milan
Crossing the Rubicon
12. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Popularis
Marcus Aurelius
Cinna
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
13. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Horatius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Otho
Rome
14. I forbid
Veto
Hasdrubal
Plebeian Secession
Pax Romana
15. 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
Praetorian Guard
Lucius Verus
Trajan (what a boss)
Tiber River
16. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Titus
Hannibal Barca
The Triumvirate
Etruscans
17. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Vitellius
Gaius Gracchus
Carthage
Pontius Pilate
18. 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
Lavuniun
Popularis
Gaius Gracchus
Vespasian
19. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Antonius Pius
Proletariat
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Brutus
20. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Rhea Silvia
Octavian
Sabines
21. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Hadrian
Plebeian
Nerva
Horatius
22. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Spartacus
Caesarion
The Jugurthine War
Domitian
23. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Hadrian
Hiero II
Marius
Pompeii
24. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Numidia
Brutus
Plebeian
25. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Lucius Verus
Caractacus
Gaius Gracchus
Res Publicas
26. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Julio-Claudian Emperors
John the Baptist
Patrician
Veto
27. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Diocletian
Rome
Sabines
King Herod
28. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Carthago Delanda est
Horatius
Cleoptra XIII
29. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Milvian Bridge
Jugurtha
The Social War
30. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Tiberius Gracchus
Patrician
Ptolemy XIII
Mark Antony
31. Carthage must be destroyed
Carthago delenda est
Ptolemy XIII
Cleoptra XIII
Christ
32. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Messina
Messiah
Claudius
Pagan
33. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
The Triumvirate
Rhea Silvia
Hadrian
34. 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
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Philip V of Macedon
Christ
35. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Syracuse
Carthago Delanda est
Marius
King Herod
36. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Jugurtha
Cicero
Cato
37. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
Caractacus
The Gladiator War
Mithridates VI
38. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Pontifex Maximus
Sejanus
Mithridates VI
Titus
39. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Lucretia
Pontius Pilate
Proletariat
Plebeian
40. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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41. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Lucius Verus
Veto
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Scipio Africanus
42. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
The Triumvirate
Antonius Pius
Parthia
Claudius
43. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Christ
Romulus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Hannibal Barca
44. Political power of the Emperor
Princeps
Brutus
Plebeian
Palatine Hill
45. 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
Lucretia
Zealots
Proletariat
The Gladiator War
46. Sister to Ptolemy XIII - Pharaoh of Egypt - had an affair with Caesar has an illegitimate child with Caesar - has 3 kids with Antony: Alexander Helios - Cleopatra Selene - and Ptolemy Philadelphos
Cato
Rome
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cleoptra XIII
47. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Carthage
Odoacer
King Herod
Pontifex Maximus
48. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Parthia
Nero
Pompeii
49. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Res Publicas
Popularis
Claudius
Caracalla
50. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Pax Romana
Sabines
Mark Antony
Numidia