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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Ptolemy XIII
The Gladiator War
Etruscans
2. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hamilcar Barca
Hannibal Barca
Sulla
Sejanus
3. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Crossing the Rubicon
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Caesarion
Carthago Delanda est
4. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Mark Antony
Tiberius Gracchus
Caesarion
Patrician
5. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Sejanus
Commodus
Caractacus
Optimate
6. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Antonius Pius
Messiah
Palatine Hill
Corvus
7. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Imperium
Tiber River
Cinna
Diocletian
8. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Antiochus III
Romulus
Constantine
Hadrian
9. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Tribune
Syracuse
Consuls
Hamilcar Barca
10. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Pagan
Republic
Veto
Patres
11. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Carthage
Marcus Aurelius
Sulla
Attila the Hun
12. Carthage must be destroyed
Carthago delenda est
Carthage
Ptolemy XIII
Nerva
13. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Cassius
Eunus
Mithridates VI
Odoacer
14. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Lucius Verus
The Gladiator War
Sulla
Milvian Bridge
15. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Imperium
Mithridates VI
Eunus
Republic
16. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Hamilcar Barca
Lucius Verus
Cassius
Patrician
17. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
John the Baptist
Octavian
Remus
Caractacus
18. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
The Triumvirate
Etruscans
Caractacus
Claudius
19. 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
Messiah
Vitellius
Nero
Otho
20. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Cleoptra XIII
Cassius
Domitian
Commodus
21. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Messiah
Tiber River
Pontifex Maximus
Pontius Pilate
22. Religious power of the Emperor
Plebeian Secession
King Herod
Caractacus
Pontifex Maximus
23. 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
Caesarion
Tribune
Pagan
Corvus
24. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Diocletian
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Ptolemy XIII
Pontifex Maximus
25. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Spartacus
Cicero
Cleoptra XIII
St. Paul
26. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Gauis Julius Caesar
Crossing the Rubicon
Pontifex Maximus
Hasdrubal
27. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Palatine Hill
Patrician
Mark Antony
Attila the Hun
28. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Emperor Theodosius
Pompey
Veto
Patrician
29. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Herod
Antonius Pius
Tiber River
Battle of Zama
30. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Battle of Zama
Pontifex Maximus
Numidia
31. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Rome
Odoacer
Antonius Pius
Praetorian Guard
32. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Crassus
Cicero
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Caracalla
33. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Sejanus
Jugurtha
Rome
Veto
34. 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
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Diocletian
Cato
35. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Antiochus III
Constantine
Marcus Aurelius
36. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Crossing the Rubicon
Constantine
Marcus Aurelius
Herod
37. 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
Marius
Consuls
Rhea Silvia
Cleoptra XIII
38. 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
Pax Romana
Sabines
Caligula
Optimate
39. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Tribune
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Lucius Verus
Vespasian
40. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Carthage
Cleoptra XIII
Gaius Gracchus
Claudius
41. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
Proletariat
Marcus Aurelius
Vespasian
42. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Christ
Zealots
Philip V of Macedon
Marius
43. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patrician
Patres
Proletariat
Mark Antony
44. 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
Caesarion
The Gladiator War
Philip V of Macedon
Hasdrubal
45. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Veto
Pagan
Republic
Attila the Hun
46. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Battle of Zama
Imperium
Vitellius
Latins
47. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Titus
Crossing the Rubicon
Remus
48. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Ptolemy XIII
Lucretia
Pagan
Sabines
49. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Eunus
Vespasian
John the Baptist
Hasdrubal
50. Large estate
Octavian
Latifundia
Gladiators
Philip V of Macedon