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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. 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
Parthia
Corvus
Eunus
Spartacus
2. 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
Otho
Sabines
Pontius Pilate
The Gladiator War
3. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Jugurtha
Emperor Theodosius
King Herod
Plebeian
4. Military power of the emperor
Imperium
Attila the Hun
The Gladiator War
Messina
5. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Praetorian Guard
Titus
Brutus
Claudius
6. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Carthago Delanda est
The Social War
Cassius
Plebeian
7. Earliest tribes in the area
Latins
Attila the Hun
Remus
Carthago delenda est
8. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Lavuniun
Commodus
Gladiators
Alba Longa
9. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Sejanus
Cassius
Marius
Pontius Pilate
10. 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
Cicero
Vespasian
Lucretia
The Edict of Milan
11. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Carthago delenda est
Crassus
Hadrian
Scipio Africanus
12. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Popularis
Pompey
Rome
Tiber River
13. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Tiberius Gracchus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Plebeian
Optimate
14. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Pompey
Commodus
Palatine Hill
Philip V of Macedon
15. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Battle of Cannae
Caracalla
Marcus Aurelius
Latins
16. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Battle of Actium
Latifundia
Jugurtha
17. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Latins
Milvian Bridge
Emperor Theodosius
Antonius Pius
18. Urban landless poor
Spartacus
Proletariat
Octavian
Parthia
19. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Carthago delenda est
Patrician
Octavian
Marius
20. Place in Sicily
Diocletian
Res Publicas
Syracuse
Princeps
21. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Lucretia
Milvian Bridge
Hadrian
22. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Battle of Cannae
Pontius Pilate
23. Military commander of the Emperor
Emperor Theodosius
Cleoptra XIII
Imperator
Battle of Actium
24. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Battle of Pharsalus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Spartacus
Optimate
25. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Syracuse
Lavuniun
St. Paul
26. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Mithridates VI
Messina
Parthia
Brutus
27. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Messina
Hadrian
Sabines
Tribune
28. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Constantine
Trajan (what a boss)
Tiber River
29. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
The Jugurthine War
Sulla
Marcus Aurelius
Gladiators
30. Proud
Alba Longa
Princeps
Superbus
Optimate
31. 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
Caligula
Latifundia
Imperium
Domitian
32. Greek colony
Hasdrubal
Cinna
Mithridates VI
Messina
33. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Claudius
Etruscans
Herod
Battle of Actium
34. 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
Trajan (what a boss)
Claudius
Octavian
Caligula
35. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Imperator
Battle of Cannae
Horatius
36. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Battle of Zama
Corvus
Messina
37. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Praetorian Guard
Herod
Hadrian
Lucius Verus
38. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Brutus
Vitellius
Mark Antony
Eunus
39. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
The Jugurthine War
Diocletian
Brutus
40. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Vitellius
Republic
Palatine Hill
The Jugurthine War
41. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Cleoptra XIII
Antonius Pius
Hannibal Barca
Hasdrubal
42. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Imperator
Antonius Pius
Carthage
Galba
43. 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
Crossing the Rubicon
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
The Gladiator War
Vitellius
44. Town ruled by king Numitor
Vespasian
Lavuniun
Lucius Verus
Carthago Delanda est
45. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Imperium
Numidia
Nero
Plebeian
46. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
King Herod
Trajan (what a boss)
Ptolemy XIII
47. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Hadrian
King Herod
Caractacus
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
Palatine Hill
Messiah
Zealots
49. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Pontius Pilate
Numidia
Gaius Gracchus
Lucretia
50. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Hasdrubal
Remus
Trajan (what a boss)
Antiochus III
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