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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Place in Sicily






2. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather






3. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus






4. Town ruled by king Numitor






5. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy






6. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power






7. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory






8. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense






9. Religious power of the Emperor






10. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.






11. Proud






12. Earliest tribes in the area






13. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah






14. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior






15. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul






16. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms






17. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.






18. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources






19. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him






20. 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






21. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero






22. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome






23. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought






24. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'






25. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son






26. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory






27. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon






28. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome






29. 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






30. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator






31. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans






32. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews






33. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon






34. Military power of the emperor






35. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha






36. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.






37. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights






38. Proud






39. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war






40. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him






41. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north






42. Founding Fathers of Rome






43. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome






44. 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






45. I forbid






46. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama






47. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill






48. The second town that Numitor ruled






49. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year






50. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year