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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. I forbid
Veto
Cleoptra XIII
Caracalla
Tribune
2. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Cassius
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
King Herod
3. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Pagan
Galba
Ptolemy XIII
Cato
4. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Sabines
Christ
Carthago Delanda est
Latins
5. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Spartacus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Rhea Silvia
6. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
St. Paul
Praetorian Guard
Battle of Actium
Veto
7. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Sabines
Jugurtha
Antiochus III
Antonius Pius
8. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Caligula
The Edict of Milan
Sejanus
Hamilcar Barca
9. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
The Social War
Princeps
Battle of Zama
Etruscans
10. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Battle of Pharsalus
Lucius Verus
Crossing the Rubicon
Hamilcar Barca
11. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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12. Founding Fathers of Rome
Imperium
Patres
Cinna
Tiber River
13. Another conspirator
Gladiators
The Jugurthine War
Latins
Cassius
14. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Jugurtha
Antiochus III
Attila the Hun
Jugurtha
15. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Gladiators
Gauis Julius Caesar
Pontifex Maximus
Horatius
16. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Crassus
The Social War
Res Publicas
The Triumvirate
17. Another conspirator
Messiah
Cassius
Crassus
Hamilcar Barca
18. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Octavian
Mark Antony
Tribune
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
19. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Jugurtha
Crassus
Herod
Diocletian
20. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Remus
Antiochus III
Eunus
Christ
21. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Patrician
Spartacus
Pax Romana
Rome
22. 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
Ptolemy XIII
Otho
Hasdrubal
The Jugurthine War
23. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
King Herod
Antiochus III
Pompey
24. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Horatius
Pontius Pilate
Rome
Patrician
25. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
Claudius
Caligula
Corvus
26. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
The Social War
Carthago Delanda est
Nero
27. Worked through the senate to get power
Hasdrubal
Crassus
Optimate
Mithridates VI
28. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sulla
Sabines
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Octavian
29. Greek colony
Numidia
Mark Antony
Syracuse
Messina
30. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Imperium
King Herod
Gaius Gracchus
Pagan
31. Religious power of the Emperor
Pontifex Maximus
Latifundia
Imperator
Vitellius
32. Carthage must be destroyed
Lucretia
John the Baptist
Carthago delenda est
Plebeian Secession
33. The second town that Numitor ruled
Constantine
Alba Longa
Otho
Eunus
34. 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
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Christ
Veto
Galba
35. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
St. Paul
Res Publicas
Octavian
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
36. 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
The Gladiator War
Pontius Pilate
Imperium
Crossing the Rubicon
37. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Battle of Pharsalus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Antonius Pius
Imperator
38. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Scipio Aemilianus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Gladiators
Caligula
39. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Scipio Aemilianus
Plebeian
The Edict of Milan
Jugurtha
40. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Crassus
Rhea Silvia
Palatine Hill
Syracuse
41. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Zealots
Messina
Battle of Zama
The Edict of Milan
42. Civic duty - public affairs
Republic
The Social War
Res Publicas
Cassius
43. 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
Scipio Aemilianus
Mark Antony
Vitellius
Cleoptra XIII
44. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Proletariat
Lavuniun
Scipio Africanus
45. Urban landless poor
Plebeian Secession
Proletariat
Latins
Syracuse
46. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
Carthago delenda est
Emperor Theodosius
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
47. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Patres
Lucius Verus
Herod
The Triumvirate
48. 3rd Julio-Claudian emperor - declared himself a God - practiced incest with his sisters - murdered the one that got pregnant - tried to make his horse consul - fought the sea because he was crazy - he is killed by the Praetorian Guard - he demands th
Caligula
Optimate
Princeps
Cato
49. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Zealots
Caracalla
Praetorian Guard
Superbus
50. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Battle of Pharsalus
Palatine Hill
Caesarion
Constantine