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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Founding Fathers of Rome
Crassus
Vespasian
Antonius Pius
Patres
2. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Otho
Cato
Latifundia
Plebeian Secession
3. Worked through the people to get power
Milvian Bridge
Antonius Pius
Hasdrubal
Popularis
4. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Emperor Theodosius
Vitellius
Consuls
Lucius Verus
5. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Parthia
Numidia
Caracalla
Hannibal Barca
6. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Odoacer
Marius
Brutus
Praetorian Guard
7. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Battle of Cannae
Pompey
Octavian
Gauis Julius Caesar
8. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Marius
Messiah
Republic
9. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Constantine
Attila the Hun
Lucius Verus
Ptolemy XIII
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
Caligula
Commodus
Vespasian
Hannibal Barca
11. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Sabines
Philip V of Macedon
Gladiators
12. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Battle of Zama
Battle of Pharsalus
Hasdrubal
13. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Caractacus
Hamilcar Barca
Pompeii
Titus
14. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Patrician
Rhea Silvia
Tiber River
Gauis Julius Caesar
15. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Republic
Philip V of Macedon
Caractacus
16. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Alba Longa
Trajan (what a boss)
Antonius Pius
Brutus
17. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Spartacus
St. Paul
Eunus
Optimate
18. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Optimate
Pontius Pilate
Diocletian
Praetorian Guard
19. Political power of the Emperor
Caligula
Diocletian
Princeps
Hiero II
20. 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
Trajan (what a boss)
Constantine
Pagan
Messiah
21. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Scipio Aemilianus
Plebeian Secession
Attila the Hun
Tribune
22. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Caractacus
Claudius
Zealots
Latins
23. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Emperor Theodosius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Carthago Delanda est
24. 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
Cleoptra XIII
Herod
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Corvus
25. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Vespasian
Tribune
Brutus
Res Publicas
26. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Otho
Patrician
Palatine Hill
The Social War
27. 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
Gladiators
Herod
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
28. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Antiochus III
Pagan
Remus
Ptolemy XIII
29. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Messina
Eunus
Brutus
The Edict of Milan
30. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Antonius Pius
Trajan (what a boss)
Imperator
Horatius
31. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Diocletian
The Edict of Milan
Tiber River
Tribune
32. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Imperator
Galba
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Superbus
33. Carthage must be destroyed
Cato
Lucius Verus
Carthago delenda est
Diocletian
34. 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
Imperator
Eunus
Tiberius
Cato
35. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Cassius
Pontius Pilate
Brutus
Gauis Julius Caesar
36. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Messina
Plebeian Secession
Claudius
37. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Plebeian
Jugurtha
Titus
Messiah
38. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
King Herod
Milvian Bridge
John the Baptist
Praetorian Guard
39. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Philip V of Macedon
Res Publicas
Marius
St. Paul
40. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Sejanus
Gladiators
Attila the Hun
Lavuniun
41. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Etruscans
John the Baptist
Plebeian
42. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Cleoptra XIII
Hadrian
Otho
Syracuse
43. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Carthago Delanda est
Sejanus
Tribune
Praetorian Guard
44. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Sulla
Octavian
Battle of Pharsalus
Rome
45. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Diocletian
Caractacus
The Edict of Milan
John the Baptist
46. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Cinna
Latins
Carthago Delanda est
Antonius Pius
47. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Vespasian
Hasdrubal
Romulus
Latins
48. Proud
Gladiators
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Superbus
Nero
49. Place in Sicily
Cato
Otho
Battle of Actium
Syracuse
50. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Trajan (what a boss)
Titus
Hannibal Barca
Diocletian
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