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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Place in Sicily
Latifundia
Carthage
Syracuse
Scipio Africanus
2. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Hiero II
Sejanus
Palatine Hill
Caligula
3. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Domitian
Hamilcar Barca
St. Paul
Cassius
4. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Mithridates VI
Latins
Marius
Gauis Julius Caesar
5. Worked through the senate to get power
Antiochus III
Parthia
Res Publicas
Optimate
6. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
St. Paul
Praetorian Guard
Scipio Aemilianus
Mark Antony
7. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Battle of Pharsalus
Plebeian
Messiah
The Triumvirate
8. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Tiberius Gracchus
Scipio Aemilianus
Gladiators
Diocletian
9. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Diocletian
Pontifex Maximus
Tribune
10. 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
Etruscans
Carthago delenda est
Trajan (what a boss)
Nerva
11. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Cicero
Pontius Pilate
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Hamilcar Barca
12. Civic duty - public affairs
Pompey
Res Publicas
Plebeian
John the Baptist
13. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Consuls
Superbus
Cato
Gaius Gracchus
14. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Mark Antony
Galba
The Triumvirate
The Jugurthine War
15. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Hamilcar Barca
Etruscans
Diocletian
Rome
16. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Gauis Julius Caesar
Pompey
Tiberius
Philip V of Macedon
17. Large estate
Tiberius Gracchus
Latifundia
Battle of Actium
Marcus Aurelius
18. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Herod
Tribune
Caesarion
Cato
19. 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
Domitian
Brutus
Crassus
Caractacus
20. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Consuls
Zealots
Carthago delenda est
Battle of Cannae
21. 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
Herod
Domitian
Cato
Battle of Cannae
22. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Jugurtha
Crossing the Rubicon
Sejanus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
23. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
The Gladiator War
Pompeii
Marius
Plebeian Secession
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
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Cleoptra XIII
Caesarion
25. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Attila the Hun
Cicero
Imperium
Remus
26. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Alba Longa
Gauis Julius Caesar
Carthago delenda est
Hasdrubal
27. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Remus
Hannibal Barca
Cleoptra XIII
Patrician
28. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
King Herod
Carthago delenda est
Gaius Gracchus
Mark Antony
29. Military power of the emperor
Imperium
Cato
Vespasian
Pontifex Maximus
30. Military commander of the Emperor
Herod
Zealots
Antonius Pius
Imperator
31. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Odoacer
Lucretia
The Edict of Milan
Trajan (what a boss)
32. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Lavuniun
Rome
Messina
Proletariat
33. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Commodus
Republic
Imperium
34. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Brutus
Hadrian
The Social War
The Jugurthine War
35. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Cleoptra XIII
Battle of Pharsalus
Pompeii
Consuls
36. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Caligula
Julio-Claudian Emperors
King Herod
Hadrian
37. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Brutus
Carthago Delanda est
Herod
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
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Crossing the Rubicon
Hadrian
Claudius
39. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
The Gladiator War
Battle of Pharsalus
Parthia
Tiberius Gracchus
40. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Consuls
Constantine
Res Publicas
Emperor Theodosius
41. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Carthage
Hasdrubal
42. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Corvus
Philip V of Macedon
Pagan
Hasdrubal
43. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Titus
Hannibal Barca
The Edict of Milan
Ptolemy XIII
44. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Caligula
The Triumvirate
Jugurtha
Philip V of Macedon
45. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Herod
Rhea Silvia
Claudius
Praetorian Guard
46. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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47. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Hannibal Barca
Nero
Etruscans
The Social War
48. 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
Gauis Julius Caesar
Plebeian
Scipio Africanus
Cato
49. Ruler of Rome who marched to Rome with his troops - was killed by the Praetorian guard because Otho had taken the position of Imperator of the palace
Mithridates VI
Galba
Hasdrubal
Imperium
50. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Plebeian Secession
Tiber River
Latifundia
Rome