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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Emperor Theodosius
Hasdrubal
Sulla
Carthago Delanda est
2. Religious power of the Emperor
Pontifex Maximus
Rome
Nerva
Hiero II
3. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Brutus
The Social War
Cicero
Remus
4. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Claudius
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Sejanus
Battle of Actium
5. 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
Etruscans
Domitian
Vitellius
Scipio Africanus
6. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Romulus
Pontius Pilate
Scipio Africanus
Caligula
7. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Brutus
Titus
Popularis
8. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Hadrian
Alba Longa
Cassius
9. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
The Gladiator War
Pompeii
Palatine Hill
Caligula
10. 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
Numidia
Nero
Palatine Hill
Battle of Zama
11. Founding Fathers of Rome
Praetorian Guard
Patres
Crossing the Rubicon
Tiber River
12. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Hannibal Barca
Odoacer
Pontifex Maximus
Ptolemy XIII
13. 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
Odoacer
Otho
Cicero
Constantine
14. Worked through the senate to get power
Remus
Optimate
Etruscans
Consuls
15. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Pagan
Hannibal Barca
Crossing the Rubicon
Popularis
16. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Tiberius
Attila the Hun
Syracuse
Odoacer
17. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Brutus
The Jugurthine War
Herod
Otho
18. 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
Cato
Carthago delenda est
Palatine Hill
Superbus
19. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Alba Longa
Messiah
20. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Trajan (what a boss)
Vitellius
Romulus
Gaius Gracchus
21. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Hadrian
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Pagan
Philip V of Macedon
22. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Battle of Actium
The Gladiator War
Caracalla
Caligula
23. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Remus
Gladiators
Lavuniun
24. Proud
Optimate
Cleoptra XIII
John the Baptist
Superbus
25. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
St. Paul
Pompeii
Eunus
Numidia
26. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Plebeian
Spartacus
Battle of Actium
Tribune
27. Large estate
Gauis Julius Caesar
Latifundia
Hannibal Barca
Emperor Theodosius
28. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Pontifex Maximus
Galba
Battle of Actium
Battle of Pharsalus
29. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Battle of Zama
Cassius
Rhea Silvia
Christ
30. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Mithridates VI
King Herod
Nero
The Gladiator War
31. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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32. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Imperator
Spartacus
Lucius Verus
Sulla
33. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Eunus
Proletariat
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Caractacus
34. Large estate
Republic
Pontius Pilate
Domitian
Latifundia
35. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Battle of Zama
Caractacus
Diocletian
Galba
36. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Diocletian
Christ
Cicero
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
37. Earliest tribes in the area
Pontius Pilate
Latins
Emperor Theodosius
Optimate
38. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Res Publicas
Nero
Patrician
Lucius Verus
39. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
Tiberius
Tiberius
Crossing the Rubicon
40. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Marius
Republic
Crossing the Rubicon
Cato
41. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Etruscans
Pontifex Maximus
Latifundia
Gaius Gracchus
42. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Plebeian Secession
Consuls
Odoacer
John the Baptist
43. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Parthia
Messiah
Caractacus
Lucretia
44. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Gaius Gracchus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Superbus
Battle of Actium
45. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Parthia
Marius
Cassius
Numidia
46. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Zealots
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Gaius Gracchus
Patres
47. Proud
Palatine Hill
Sabines
Marcus Aurelius
Superbus
48. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
John the Baptist
Nerva
Vespasian
49. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Carthage
Remus
Mark Antony
Lucretia
50. Carthage must be destroyed
Carthago delenda est
Pagan
Ptolemy XIII
Veto
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