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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Herod
Proletariat
Plebeian Secession
2. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Imperator
Patrician
Scipio Aemilianus
Cassius
3. 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
Sejanus
Tiberius
Cinna
Cleoptra XIII
4. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Lucretia
Cicero
Otho
Julio-Claudian Emperors
5. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Caligula
Zealots
Alba Longa
6. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Etruscans
Mithridates VI
Cinna
Battle of Actium
7. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
Tiber River
Patrician
Zealots
8. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Mithridates VI
Tiberius Gracchus
Hannibal Barca
Corvus
9. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Ptolemy XIII
Pax Romana
Caligula
Romulus
10. Political power of the Emperor
The Gladiator War
Scipio Aemilianus
Spartacus
Princeps
11. Place in North Africa
Christ
Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Carthago delenda est
12. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Nerva
Pax Romana
Hiero II
13. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Tiberius Gracchus
Pagan
Caesarion
Gaius Gracchus
14. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Pompey
Etruscans
Superbus
Hiero II
15. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Sejanus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Pontifex Maximus
Tribune
16. Worked through the senate to get power
Tribune
Optimate
Hiero II
Hamilcar Barca
17. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Titus
Latins
Tiberius Gracchus
Antiochus III
18. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Messiah
Consuls
Patres
Caligula
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
Messina
Claudius
Caligula
Hamilcar Barca
20. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Nero
Lucretia
Antonius Pius
Superbus
21. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Consuls
Scipio Africanus
Latins
Jugurtha
22. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Pompeii
Remus
Eunus
Etruscans
23. Military power of the emperor
Tribune
Alba Longa
Imperium
Cassius
24. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Emperor Theodosius
Hasdrubal
Vespasian
Princeps
25. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Cicero
Spartacus
Princeps
Zealots
26. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Cassius
Pompeii
Parthia
The Social War
27. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Sulla
Res Publicas
Patres
Eunus
28. Town ruled by king Numitor
Commodus
Lavuniun
Spartacus
Battle of Actium
29. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Tribune
Christ
Vitellius
Corvus
30. Worked through the senate to get power
Res Publicas
Caligula
Optimate
Romulus
31. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Etruscans
Veto
Rome
32. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Octavian
Tribune
Battle of Actium
Horatius
33. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Alba Longa
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Republic
Parthia
34. Civic duty - public affairs
Pompey
Res Publicas
Nerva
Rhea Silvia
35. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Galba
St. Paul
Pagan
The Social War
36. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
Lavuniun
The Edict of Milan
Ptolemy XIII
37. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Battle of Cannae
Carthage
Horatius
38. Carthage must be destroyed
Pontius Pilate
Galba
Cato
Carthago delenda est
39. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Marius
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Mithridates VI
Emperor Theodosius
40. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Tiberius Gracchus
Princeps
Titus
Messiah
41. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
The Jugurthine War
Tiber River
Battle of Pharsalus
Galba
42. 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
Domitian
Marcus Aurelius
Hannibal Barca
Brutus
43. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Hannibal Barca
Mark Antony
Battle of Zama
Hiero II
44. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Corvus
The Jugurthine War
Hadrian
Pax Romana
45. Religious power of the Emperor
King Herod
Cicero
Pontifex Maximus
Messina
46. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Numidia
Tiberius
Cicero
47. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pompey
Caracalla
Messina
Pontius Pilate
48. 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
Constantine
Pontius Pilate
John the Baptist
Cato
49. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Numidia
Otho
Caracalla
Sabines
50. 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
Antiochus III
St. Paul
The Gladiator War
Latins
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