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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death






2. Lowest class of people - usually farmers






3. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting






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






5. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.






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. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it






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






9. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero






10. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him






11. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






12. Founding Fathers of Rome






13. Another conspirator






14. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination






15. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior






16. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics






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






18. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor






19. 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






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






21. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans






22. Place in North Africa






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






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






25. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games






26. Where Mount Vesuvius was located






27. Worked through the senate to get power






28. Place in North Africa






29. Urban landless poor






30. Founding Fathers of Rome






31. 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






32. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death






33. Civic duty - public affairs






34. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus






35. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly






36. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome






37. 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






38. African kingdom - that allies with Rome






39. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war






40. Urban landless poor






41. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army






42. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather






43. Heir to Constantius - made Christianity legal in Rome - was losing in a battle and saw a cross in the sky and saw words that said Conquer by this






44. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him






45. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)






46. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)






47. 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






48. Hannibal's brother who died in battle






49. I forbid






50. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources