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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Antiochus III
Battle of Pharsalus
Crossing the Rubicon
Philip V of Macedon
2. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Vespasian
The Social War
Nerva
Etruscans
3. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Zealots
Parthia
Antiochus III
Titus
4. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Mithridates VI
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Messina
Brutus
5. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Messina
The Jugurthine War
Philip V of Macedon
Etruscans
6. 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
Hiero II
Constantine
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Caligula
7. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
Cassius
Caligula
Pagan
8. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
The Social War
Christ
Caesarion
Titus
9. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Hiero II
Battle of Actium
Nerva
Sulla
10. Proud
Commodus
Marius
Cassius
Superbus
11. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Gaius Gracchus
Praetorian Guard
The Triumvirate
Spartacus
12. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Mithridates VI
Sejanus
Pompeii
The Triumvirate
13. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Battle of Zama
Cleoptra XIII
St. Paul
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
14. 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
Diocletian
Messina
The Triumvirate
Cato
15. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Gaius Gracchus
Jugurtha
Horatius
16. 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
Numidia
Claudius
Ptolemy XIII
17. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Plebeian
Crossing the Rubicon
Gauis Julius Caesar
Messina
18. Earliest tribes in the area
Latins
Hadrian
Corvus
Mithridates VI
19. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Claudius
Crossing the Rubicon
Crassus
Cleoptra XIII
20. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Mark Antony
Rome
Herod
Princeps
21. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
Gaius Gracchus
Odoacer
Veto
22. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Trajan (what a boss)
The Edict of Milan
Herod
23. 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
Spartacus
Cleoptra XIII
Lavuniun
Marius
24. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Rome
Hamilcar Barca
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Res Publicas
25. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Romulus
Battle of Zama
Etruscans
Galba
26. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
Caligula
Crassus
Palatine Hill
27. Large estate
Tribune
Pompey
The Edict of Milan
Latifundia
28. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Pontius Pilate
Spartacus
Battle of Actium
29. 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
Gauis Julius Caesar
Caligula
Caractacus
Gaius Gracchus
30. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Res Publicas
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Consuls
The Jugurthine War
31. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Superbus
Cinna
Hamilcar Barca
The Social War
32. Worked through the people to get power
Antonius Pius
Popularis
Odoacer
Messina
33. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Trajan (what a boss)
Caligula
Consuls
Republic
34. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Tiberius
Octavian
Philip V of Macedon
Vitellius
35. Carthage must be destroyed
Pompeii
Carthago delenda est
Emperor Theodosius
Corvus
36. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Antiochus III
Antonius Pius
Carthago delenda est
Vespasian
37. Place in Sicily
Nerva
Syracuse
The Jugurthine War
Cleoptra XIII
38. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Princeps
Battle of Pharsalus
Christ
Imperator
39. Civic duty - public affairs
Hannibal Barca
Res Publicas
Tribune
Parthia
40. Place in Sicily
Herod
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Syracuse
The Jugurthine War
41. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Scipio Aemilianus
Pax Romana
Tribune
Numidia
42. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
The Edict of Milan
Galba
Caractacus
43. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Philip V of Macedon
Cicero
The Social War
Hasdrubal
44. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
The Social War
Scipio Africanus
Romulus
Philip V of Macedon
45. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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46. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Rhea Silvia
Patres
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Praetorian Guard
47. 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
Philip V of Macedon
Marius
Carthago Delanda est
Cato
48. Greek colony
Gladiators
Messina
Emperor Theodosius
Cato
49. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Constantine
Rhea Silvia
Lucretia
50. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Claudius
Caesarion
Cleoptra XIII
Sejanus