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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Patrician
Proletariat
Plebeian Secession
Titus
2. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pontius Pilate
Brutus
Corvus
Proletariat
3. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Commodus
Milvian Bridge
Superbus
Remus
4. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Corvus
Eunus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Marius
5. Place in Sicily
Plebeian Secession
Syracuse
Alba Longa
Cleoptra XIII
6. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Rhea Silvia
Latifundia
Sejanus
Eunus
7. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Hiero II
Battle of Zama
Mark Antony
The Social War
8. Another conspirator
Vitellius
The Triumvirate
Diocletian
Cassius
9. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
Hannibal Barca
Constantine
Gaius Gracchus
10. Religious power of the Emperor
Pontifex Maximus
Battle of Pharsalus
Nerva
Tribune
11. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Philip V of Macedon
Mark Antony
Tiber River
Battle of Pharsalus
12. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Plebeian
Latins
Zealots
Titus
13. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Battle of Actium
Philip V of Macedon
Praetorian Guard
Nerva
14. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Caractacus
The Edict of Milan
Parthia
Syracuse
15. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Veto
Tribune
Praetorian Guard
Scipio Aemilianus
16. Town ruled by king Numitor
Lavuniun
Marcus Aurelius
Christ
Pagan
17. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Spartacus
Patrician
Hamilcar Barca
Imperator
18. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Marcus Aurelius
Patres
The Edict of Milan
19. 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
Cicero
Battle of Cannae
Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
20. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Numidia
The Social War
Philip V of Macedon
Mithridates VI
21. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Gauis Julius Caesar
Marcus Aurelius
Sulla
Lucius Verus
22. Civic duty - public affairs
Gauis Julius Caesar
John the Baptist
Nero
Res Publicas
23. Military power of the emperor
Rome
Scipio Africanus
Imperium
Claudius
24. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Hiero II
Otho
Latins
Consuls
25. Founding Fathers of Rome
Messiah
Titus
Rhea Silvia
Patres
26. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
The Triumvirate
Battle of Zama
Christ
Vitellius
27. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Pontius Pilate
The Edict of Milan
King Herod
Gladiators
28. The second town that Numitor ruled
Herod
Alba Longa
Sabines
Patrician
29. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Etruscans
Pompey
Patrician
Latifundia
30. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Lucretia
Ptolemy XIII
Republic
Cicero
31. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Consuls
Battle of Zama
32. 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
Titus
Hiero II
Otho
33. Political power of the Emperor
Princeps
Scipio Aemilianus
Battle of Cannae
Tiber River
34. Proud
Antonius Pius
Superbus
Gaius Gracchus
Sejanus
35. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
King Herod
Palatine Hill
Caracalla
36. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Gauis Julius Caesar
Lucretia
Ptolemy XIII
Lucretia
37. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Caracalla
Philip V of Macedon
The Triumvirate
38. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Mark Antony
The Edict of Milan
Claudius
Messina
39. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
John the Baptist
Carthago Delanda est
Antonius Pius
Tiberius
40. Military commander of the Emperor
Romulus
Hiero II
Imperator
Republic
41. 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
Lavuniun
Constantine
Messiah
Zealots
42. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Nerva
Princeps
The Triumvirate
43. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Mark Antony
Optimate
The Edict of Milan
Lucretia
44. Overall amazing - treats senate well - military guy - fair rule - campaigns for good of Rome - conquers Armenia don't ask/don't tell policy for Christians
Popularis
Trajan (what a boss)
Superbus
Pontifex Maximus
45. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius Gracchus
Hadrian
Marius
Tiberius
46. 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
Marcus Aurelius
Herod
Nero
Antonius Pius
47. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Cleoptra XIII
King Herod
Tiber River
The Social War
48. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Crossing the Rubicon
Corvus
Vespasian
49. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Battle of Cannae
Trajan (what a boss)
Crassus
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
50. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Milvian Bridge
Patrician
Battle of Actium
King Herod