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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Gaius Gracchus
Pontifex Maximus
Milvian Bridge
Antonius Pius
2. Carthage must be destroyed
The Social War
Syracuse
Lavuniun
Carthago delenda est
3. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Hadrian
Ptolemy XIII
Mark Antony
Vespasian
4. 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
The Social War
Otho
Rome
Gaius Gracchus
5. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Caligula
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Scipio Aemilianus
Battle of Pharsalus
6. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Rome
King Herod
Mark Antony
Christ
7. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Zealots
Palatine Hill
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Marius
8. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Jugurtha
Nero
Zealots
Nerva
9. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Imperator
Sabines
The Triumvirate
Lavuniun
10. 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
Sejanus
Tiberius Gracchus
Messiah
Cato
11. Greek colony
The Triumvirate
Marius
Ptolemy XIII
Messina
12. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Numidia
Cinna
Caesarion
Horatius
13. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Hannibal Barca
Brutus
Vitellius
Consuls
14. The second town that Numitor ruled
Diocletian
Alba Longa
Zealots
Tribune
15. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Otho
Alba Longa
Emperor Theodosius
Praetorian Guard
16. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Horatius
Imperator
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
John the Baptist
17. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Lavuniun
Praetorian Guard
Princeps
Mark Antony
18. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Consuls
Pontius Pilate
Battle of Cannae
Commodus
19. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
Hannibal Barca
Battle of Actium
Crossing the Rubicon
20. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
The Social War
Caligula
Battle of Cannae
Caracalla
21. The second town that Numitor ruled
Alba Longa
Cleoptra XIII
Caracalla
The Triumvirate
22. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Domitian
Galba
Corvus
Tribune
23. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Marcus Aurelius
Romulus
Caesarion
Popularis
24. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Consuls
Nerva
The Edict of Milan
The Social War
25. Civic duty - public affairs
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Caractacus
Res Publicas
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
26. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Rhea Silvia
Alba Longa
Domitian
27. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
John the Baptist
The Social War
Patrician
Julio-Claudian Emperors
28. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Constantine
Caligula
Lucretia
Messina
29. 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
Battle of Zama
Cleoptra XIII
Philip V of Macedon
Vespasian
30. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Latins
The Social War
The Edict of Milan
31. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Titus
Lavuniun
Caracalla
32. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Ptolemy XIII
Tiberius
Patres
Cinna
33. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Lucretia
Diocletian
Popularis
34. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Caracalla
Scipio Aemilianus
Caesarion
Syracuse
35. 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
The Edict of Milan
Attila the Hun
Crossing the Rubicon
Galba
36. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Battle of Zama
Plebeian Secession
Tiberius
Tiberius Gracchus
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
Patres
The Gladiator War
Crassus
Palatine Hill
38. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
The Gladiator War
Antiochus III
Romulus
Parthia
39. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Mithridates VI
Patrician
Lucius Verus
Proletariat
40. 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
Gladiators
St. Paul
Tribune
41. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
The Edict of Milan
Syracuse
Res Publicas
42. 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
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Vespasian
Corvus
43. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Imperator
Plebeian
Messiah
44. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Proletariat
Cicero
Claudius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
45. 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
Princeps
Galba
Antonius Pius
Pompey
46. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Carthago Delanda est
Palatine Hill
Crassus
Syracuse
47. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Carthage
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Alba Longa
St. Paul
48. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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49. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Praetorian Guard
Cleoptra XIII
Pax Romana
50. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Hannibal Barca
Pontifex Maximus
Gaius Gracchus
King Herod