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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Titus
Caesarion
Patrician
2. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Antonius Pius
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Remus
Rome
3. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
The Gladiator War
Scipio Africanus
Trajan (what a boss)
Patrician
4. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Cleoptra XIII
Caractacus
Romulus
Battle of Zama
5. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Brutus
Scipio Aemilianus
Hasdrubal
Consuls
6. Town ruled by king Numitor
Pompey
Lavuniun
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Battle of Cannae
7. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Mithridates VI
Marcus Aurelius
Scipio Africanus
Battle of Zama
8. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Octavian
Spartacus
Commodus
Hiero II
9. Carthage must be destroyed
Cato
Carthago delenda est
Spartacus
Hamilcar Barca
10. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Vespasian
Emperor Theodosius
Gaius Gracchus
Romulus
11. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
The Social War
Commodus
Hasdrubal
Etruscans
12. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Cicero
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Brutus
Pontifex Maximus
13. Carthage must be destroyed
Hiero II
Messiah
Carthago delenda est
Rome
14. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Gaius Gracchus
Marius
Mark Antony
Battle of Zama
15. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Cato
Optimate
Philip V of Macedon
16. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Princeps
Lucius Verus
Hannibal Barca
Pontifex Maximus
17. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Cleoptra XIII
The Jugurthine War
Battle of Cannae
Battle of Pharsalus
18. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Messiah
Cassius
Caractacus
King Herod
19. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Titus
Romulus
Palatine Hill
20. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Battle of Pharsalus
Palatine Hill
Republic
Constantine
21. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Remus
Sejanus
Gauis Julius Caesar
Rhea Silvia
22. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Corvus
Antonius Pius
Scipio Aemilianus
23. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Caractacus
Pontifex Maximus
Praetorian Guard
24. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Sabines
King Herod
Nerva
25. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Veto
Galba
Claudius
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
26. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
Superbus
Parthia
Latifundia
27. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Antiochus III
Vitellius
Caligula
28. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Constantine
Res Publicas
Tiberius
29. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
The Edict of Milan
Battle of Cannae
Tribune
Latins
30. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Odoacer
Pompeii
Hannibal Barca
Octavian
31. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Battle of Actium
Remus
Mithridates VI
King Herod
32. Military commander of the Emperor
Vitellius
Imperator
The Triumvirate
Tiberius Gracchus
33. Religious power of the Emperor
Res Publicas
Pontifex Maximus
Etruscans
Latins
34. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Hamilcar Barca
Plebeian
Milvian Bridge
Scipio Aemilianus
35. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Octavian
Galba
Parthia
Crassus
36. Military power of the emperor
Commodus
Imperium
Domitian
Remus
37. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Pompey
Domitian
Tiberius Gracchus
Numidia
38. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Trajan (what a boss)
Pompey
Remus
Hiero II
39. Urban landless poor
Hasdrubal
Res Publicas
Proletariat
Superbus
40. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Rhea Silvia
Marius
Numidia
The Triumvirate
41. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Emperor Theodosius
Gladiators
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Galba
42. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Caractacus
Palatine Hill
Res Publicas
Battle of Pharsalus
43. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Parthia
The Edict of Milan
Imperium
Nero
44. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
The Edict of Milan
Ptolemy XIII
Emperor Theodosius
Plebeian Secession
45. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Marius
Philip V of Macedon
Carthago Delanda est
Scipio Africanus
46. 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
Jugurtha
Mithridates VI
Otho
Lavuniun
47. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Marius
Battle of Actium
The Edict of Milan
Patrician
48. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Ptolemy XIII
Hannibal Barca
The Social War
Attila the Hun
49. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Horatius
Zealots
Milvian Bridge
Plebeian Secession
50. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Carthago delenda est
Hasdrubal
Pontius Pilate
John the Baptist