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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Praetorian Guard
Tribune
Caligula
John the Baptist
2. Town ruled by king Numitor
Battle of Cannae
Gladiators
Syracuse
Lavuniun
3. 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
Messina
Lavuniun
Marius
Cato
4. 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
Palatine Hill
Marcus Aurelius
King Herod
Ptolemy XIII
5. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Plebeian Secession
Syracuse
Battle of Cannae
Nero
6. 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
Carthage
Gaius Gracchus
Mithridates VI
Marcus Aurelius
7. 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
Res Publicas
Superbus
Herod
8. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
Marius
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cato
9. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Caractacus
Lucretia
Pontifex Maximus
Latifundia
10. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Sulla
Battle of Actium
Pax Romana
Plebeian
11. Founding Fathers of Rome
Latins
Lucius Verus
Patres
Plebeian
12. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Cinna
Pagan
Tiberius
Milvian Bridge
13. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Syracuse
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Cinna
Philip V of Macedon
14. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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15. I forbid
Philip V of Macedon
Veto
John the Baptist
Jugurtha
16. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Superbus
Pax Romana
Popularis
Scipio Aemilianus
17. I forbid
Numidia
Trajan (what a boss)
Sejanus
Veto
18. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Tribune
Galba
Etruscans
Messiah
19. 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
Caligula
Cleoptra XIII
Marcus Aurelius
Caracalla
20. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Pontius Pilate
Cinna
Domitian
Titus
21. Carthage must be destroyed
Antiochus III
Carthago delenda est
Remus
Gladiators
22. Worked through the senate to get power
Pagan
Battle of Zama
Rhea Silvia
Optimate
23. 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
Battle of Pharsalus
Antiochus III
Patres
Otho
24. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Ptolemy XIII
Cinna
Otho
The Social War
25. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Imperium
Caligula
Rome
The Triumvirate
26. 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
Otho
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Palatine Hill
Gauis Julius Caesar
27. 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
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
King Herod
Constantine
The Gladiator War
28. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Consuls
Carthage
Milvian Bridge
Tiber River
29. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Caracalla
Battle of Zama
30. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Brutus
Veto
Remus
31. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Trajan (what a boss)
Rome
Etruscans
Herod
32. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Plebeian Secession
Nero
Sabines
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
33. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Nero
Tiber River
Hadrian
Battle of Pharsalus
34. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Plebeian Secession
Cleoptra XIII
Palatine Hill
Sejanus
35. Greek colony
Messina
Sejanus
Imperium
Hadrian
36. 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
Corvus
Carthage
Battle of Actium
Numidia
37. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Popularis
Res Publicas
Optimate
Hasdrubal
38. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Lucretia
Superbus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
39. Earliest tribes in the area
Plebeian Secession
Pompeii
Latins
The Jugurthine War
40. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Plebeian
Gauis Julius Caesar
Christ
The Social War
41. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Plebeian Secession
Parthia
42. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Proletariat
Pompey
Galba
Numidia
43. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Pagan
Constantine
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Titus
44. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Milvian Bridge
Hiero II
Nero
Antiochus III
45. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Caesarion
Sejanus
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
King Herod
46. Proud
Antonius Pius
Imperator
Superbus
Carthago delenda est
47. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Christ
Scipio Africanus
Battle of Zama
Cicero
48. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Vitellius
Battle of Zama
King Herod
49. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Messina
Claudius
Battle of Cannae
Rhea Silvia
50. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Hasdrubal
Numidia
Claudius