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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Mithridates VI
Lucretia
Sulla
Latifundia
2. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Vitellius
Antonius Pius
Milvian Bridge
Cicero
3. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Messiah
Sulla
Ptolemy XIII
Sabines
4. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Carthago delenda est
Mark Antony
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Veto
5. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Mark Antony
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Christ
6. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Spartacus
Antiochus III
Messiah
Vespasian
7. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Numidia
Milvian Bridge
Superbus
Scipio Aemilianus
8. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Commodus
Crassus
Pompeii
Gladiators
9. Religious power of the Emperor
Otho
Gaius Gracchus
Pontifex Maximus
Hiero II
10. 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
Vespasian
Galba
Sabines
Hiero II
11. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Sulla
Parthia
Mark Antony
Herod
12. 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
Battle of Pharsalus
Gaius Gracchus
Cleoptra XIII
The Gladiator War
13. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Antonius Pius
Messiah
Etruscans
Hannibal Barca
14. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
Eunus
Plebeian Secession
King Herod
15. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Res Publicas
Pontius Pilate
16. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Lucius Verus
Claudius
Emperor Theodosius
Cato
17. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Gauis Julius Caesar
Lavuniun
Palatine Hill
18. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Popularis
Vitellius
Gauis Julius Caesar
The Gladiator War
19. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Pompey
Scipio Aemilianus
Sabines
Sulla
20. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Lucretia
Caracalla
Messiah
Philip V of Macedon
21. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Spartacus
Emperor Theodosius
Claudius
Caractacus
22. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Marcus Aurelius
Titus
Battle of Pharsalus
Consuls
23. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Eunus
Hadrian
Titus
St. Paul
24. 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
Brutus
Caractacus
Scipio Africanus
25. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Sabines
Pompey
The Jugurthine War
Trajan (what a boss)
26. 5th Julio-Claudian emperor - persecuted Christians - fire in Rome he blamed the Christians - however all of the other people blamed him - kicked pregnant wife to death - castrated and married a young boy (Sporus) made him look like his dead wife - fo
Sulla
Hannibal Barca
Nero
Plebeian Secession
27. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Battle of Pharsalus
Optimate
Praetorian Guard
Antonius Pius
28. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
King Herod
Imperator
Praetorian Guard
Nerva
29. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Plebeian Secession
Hasdrubal
Octavian
Numidia
30. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Proletariat
Nerva
Palatine Hill
Gauis Julius Caesar
31. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Gaius Gracchus
Odoacer
The Triumvirate
The Edict of Milan
32. The second town that Numitor ruled
Alba Longa
Domitian
Rome
Antiochus III
33. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Latins
Consuls
Gauis Julius Caesar
Zealots
34. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Tiberius Gracchus
Etruscans
Carthago delenda est
Cato
35. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Tiber River
Domitian
Antiochus III
King Herod
36. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Ptolemy XIII
Superbus
Praetorian Guard
Lavuniun
37. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Hannibal Barca
Nero
Princeps
38. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Mark Antony
Tiberius Gracchus
Sabines
The Jugurthine War
39. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Gaius Gracchus
Tiberius Gracchus
Scipio Africanus
Brutus
40. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Zealots
Remus
The Social War
Scipio Africanus
41. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Pontifex Maximus
Marius
Etruscans
Eunus
42. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Etruscans
Pontifex Maximus
Pontius Pilate
Julio-Claudian Emperors
43. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Corvus
Rhea Silvia
Optimate
Horatius
44. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Romulus
Proletariat
Crossing the Rubicon
Antonius Pius
45. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Scipio Africanus
Nero
Carthage
Milvian Bridge
46. Was being supported by Roman troops because the Roman soldiers felt like Vitellius was favoring the German soldiers - was ruling Rome and the senate and the people of Rome liked him
Scipio Aemilianus
Vespasian
Princeps
St. Paul
47. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Galba
Pagan
Crassus
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
48. Place in Sicily
Republic
Patrician
Nero
Syracuse
49. Worked through the senate to get power
Veto
Brutus
Corvus
Optimate
50. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Imperium
King Herod
Patrician