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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Battle of Zama
Parthia
Jugurtha
Lucius Verus
2. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Brutus
Pagan
Lucius Verus
Battle of Zama
3. Large estate
Octavian
Imperator
Latifundia
Cassius
4. 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
Messiah
Ptolemy XIII
Corvus
Pax Romana
5. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Parthia
Pagan
Pontius Pilate
Gladiators
6. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Hannibal Barca
Plebeian Secession
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Hadrian
7. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Optimate
Cicero
Messina
Tiber River
8. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Mark Antony
Numidia
Octavian
Pax Romana
9. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Otho
Hadrian
Plebeian Secession
10. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Lucretia
The Social War
Scipio Africanus
Nerva
11. Military commander of the Emperor
Cicero
Caesarion
Imperator
Nero
12. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Battle of Actium
Plebeian
Battle of Cannae
Lavuniun
13. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Caracalla
Hiero II
Jugurtha
Popularis
14. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Lavuniun
Hamilcar Barca
Pontius Pilate
Tiberius Gracchus
15. 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
Cicero
Princeps
Battle of Zama
Caligula
16. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
The Social War
Ptolemy XIII
Lucretia
Res Publicas
17. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Rome
Gauis Julius Caesar
Commodus
Cicero
18. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Corvus
Mithridates VI
Proletariat
Lucretia
19. Place in Sicily
Syracuse
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Corvus
Hadrian
20. Founding Fathers of Rome
Sejanus
Patres
Caractacus
Cinna
21. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Cicero
Philip V of Macedon
Sulla
22. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
The Edict of Milan
Pontius Pilate
Gaius Gracchus
Pontifex Maximus
23. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Caractacus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Emperor Theodosius
24. 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
Cleoptra XIII
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Mithridates VI
Cassius
25. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Vespasian
Sejanus
Battle of Cannae
Lucius Verus
26. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Palatine Hill
Claudius
Pax Romana
Lavuniun
27. Place in North Africa
Imperium
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Popularis
Carthage
28. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Cleoptra XIII
Sabines
Plebeian Secession
29. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Rome
Caractacus
Battle of Cannae
St. Paul
30. 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
Carthago Delanda est
Battle of Pharsalus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
31. Proud
Sabines
Superbus
Res Publicas
Octavian
32. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Antiochus III
Hiero II
Etruscans
Cato
33. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Numidia
Octavian
Odoacer
Caracalla
34. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Carthago delenda est
The Triumvirate
Consuls
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
35. Worked through the senate to get power
Nerva
Patres
Palatine Hill
Optimate
36. 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
Eunus
St. Paul
Nero
Diocletian
37. Ruler of Rome who marched to Rome with his troops - was killed by the Praetorian guard because Otho had taken the position of Imperator of the palace
Carthago delenda est
Tiberius Gracchus
Hiero II
Galba
38. Carthage must be destroyed
Odoacer
Carthago delenda est
Carthage
Emperor Theodosius
39. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Hannibal Barca
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Odoacer
Cinna
40. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Pompeii
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate
Sejanus
41. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Res Publicas
Carthago Delanda est
Galba
Superbus
42. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Patres
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Battle of Pharsalus
43. Another conspirator
Pontius Pilate
Princeps
Cassius
Hamilcar Barca
44. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Pagan
Numidia
Rome
Tribune
45. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Hasdrubal
Scipio Africanus
Galba
Battle of Pharsalus
46. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
The Jugurthine War
Titus
Hadrian
47. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Hadrian
Imperium
Nero
Tiberius
48. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Superbus
Gauis Julius Caesar
Herod
Antonius Pius
49. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Battle of Actium
Patres
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Caesarion
50. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Pontius Pilate
Battle of Actium
Marcus Aurelius
Pompeii