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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. 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
Hamilcar Barca
Marius
Domitian
Proletariat
2. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Patrician
Vespasian
Veto
Lucretia
3. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Sejanus
Plebeian
Pompeii
Caesarion
4. Town ruled by king Numitor
The Edict of Milan
St. Paul
Lavuniun
Carthage
5. I forbid
Republic
Veto
Sulla
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
6. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Commodus
Scipio Aemilianus
Hasdrubal
Antonius Pius
7. Worked through the people to get power
Rome
Popularis
Hiero II
Plebeian
8. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Brutus
Battle of Zama
Cassius
Etruscans
9. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Philip V of Macedon
Remus
Vitellius
Messiah
10. Place in Sicily
Crossing the Rubicon
Syracuse
Tribune
Caracalla
11. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Messina
Zealots
Carthago Delanda est
Battle of Pharsalus
12. Place in North Africa
Carthage
The Triumvirate
The Triumvirate
Cleoptra XIII
13. Greek colony
Antiochus III
Vespasian
Numidia
Messina
14. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Pontius Pilate
Marius
Battle of Actium
John the Baptist
15. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Imperator
Claudius
Tiberius
The Edict of Milan
16. Greek colony
Scipio Africanus
Brutus
Messina
Mark Antony
17. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Emperor Theodosius
Trajan (what a boss)
King Herod
Battle of Pharsalus
18. Proud
Superbus
Princeps
The Triumvirate
Mark Antony
19. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Plebeian
Superbus
Emperor Theodosius
Numidia
20. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
Attila the Hun
Pagan
Princeps
21. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Pax Romana
Cicero
Crassus
Hadrian
22. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Antonius Pius
John the Baptist
Cinna
The Jugurthine War
23. The second town that Numitor ruled
Proletariat
The Gladiator War
Caractacus
Alba Longa
24. 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
Pax Romana
Gladiators
Galba
Nero
25. Civic duty - public affairs
Tiber River
Zealots
Res Publicas
Praetorian Guard
26. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Mark Antony
Marcus Aurelius
Nerva
Romulus
27. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Pontius Pilate
St. Paul
Lavuniun
28. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Tiberius Gracchus
Nerva
Domitian
Hasdrubal
29. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Philip V of Macedon
Rome
Attila the Hun
30. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Commodus
Odoacer
Remus
Res Publicas
31. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Cicero
Gauis Julius Caesar
Titus
Hiero II
32. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Popularis
Hadrian
Pompeii
The Edict of Milan
33. Military commander of the Emperor
Tiberius Gracchus
Carthage
Octavian
Imperator
34. Religious power of the Emperor
Crossing the Rubicon
Zealots
Ptolemy XIII
Pontifex Maximus
35. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Cinna
Consuls
King Herod
Jugurtha
36. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Gladiators
Diocletian
Trajan (what a boss)
Battle of Actium
37. 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
Plebeian
Corvus
Mithridates VI
Tiberius Gracchus
38. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Hiero II
Christ
Eunus
Remus
39. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Remus
Ptolemy XIII
Tiberius
Domitian
40. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Crassus
Rhea Silvia
Sabines
Milvian Bridge
41. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Antonius Pius
Battle of Actium
Crassus
Antiochus III
42. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Romulus
Nero
Spartacus
Pax Romana
43. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Antonius Pius
Corvus
Titus
Cinna
44. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Otho
Nerva
Remus
Pagan
45. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Marius
Rhea Silvia
Nerva
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
46. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Palatine Hill
Constantine
Caractacus
Christ
47. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Alba Longa
Christ
Crossing the Rubicon
Republic
48. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Herod
Diocletian
Tribune
49. I forbid
Veto
Cicero
Rome
Herod
50. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Corvus
Sulla
Diocletian
Vespasian