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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich






2. 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






3. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome






4. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius






5. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins






6. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome






7. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus






8. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory






9. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'






10. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization






11. Lowest class of people - usually farmers






12. Large estate






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






14. Town ruled by king Numitor






15. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today






16. 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






17. 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






18. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought






19. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome






20. 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






21. King of Britain - fought against Rome






22. Greek colony






23. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.






24. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy






25. One of Antoninus Pius' heirs. Not interested in politics so made his brother Lucius Verus co-emperor. Commodus was his heir - more interested in philosophy stoic philosopher






26. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign






27. Greek colony






28. 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






29. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service






30. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him






31. Where Mount Vesuvius was located






32. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews






33. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul






34. Worked through the senate to get power






35. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north






36. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.






37. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews






38. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






39. Town ruled by king Numitor






40. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr






41. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting






42. The second town that Numitor ruled






43. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.






44. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit






45. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator






46. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly






47. 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






48. Military power of the emperor






49. 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






50. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself