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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Antonius Pius
Jugurtha
Tribune
Gladiators
2. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Veto
Alba Longa
Caesarion
Battle of Zama
3. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Zealots
Sulla
Lucius Verus
Hiero II
4. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Consuls
Lucius Verus
Battle of Pharsalus
Hannibal Barca
5. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Ptolemy XIII
Plebeian
Rhea Silvia
Carthage
6. 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
Latifundia
Res Publicas
Carthage
Vespasian
7. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Latifundia
Messiah
John the Baptist
Diocletian
8. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Nero
Jugurtha
Cicero
Carthago delenda est
9. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Vespasian
Gaius Gracchus
Herod
Lucretia
10. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Christ
Palatine Hill
Milvian Bridge
Constantine
11. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Patrician
Messiah
Lavuniun
12. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Tiber River
Praetorian Guard
Attila the Hun
13. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Latins
Palatine Hill
Tiberius
Latifundia
14. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Trajan (what a boss)
Carthago Delanda est
Syracuse
Pax Romana
15. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Vitellius
Caracalla
Crassus
16. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
Battle of Pharsalus
Spartacus
Optimate
17. 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
Cleoptra XIII
Gauis Julius Caesar
Constantine
Patrician
18. Another conspirator
The Gladiator War
Plebeian
Cassius
Plebeian Secession
19. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Gauis Julius Caesar
Tiberius
Spartacus
Vitellius
20. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Pontius Pilate
Praetorian Guard
Gauis Julius Caesar
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
21. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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22. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Sabines
Antiochus III
Milvian Bridge
Ptolemy XIII
23. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Carthage
Consuls
Tribune
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
24. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Res Publicas
Hasdrubal
Crossing the Rubicon
King Herod
25. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Res Publicas
Vespasian
Battle of Cannae
Cicero
26. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
The Social War
Antonius Pius
Crassus
Vitellius
27. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Marius
Pontifex Maximus
Emperor Theodosius
Diocletian
28. 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
Numidia
Caligula
Constantine
Tribune
29. Religious power of the Emperor
Pontifex Maximus
Caracalla
Caractacus
Ptolemy XIII
30. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Carthago Delanda est
Rome
Battle of Pharsalus
Carthage
31. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Cleoptra XIII
Plebeian
Galba
Antonius Pius
32. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Numidia
Praetorian Guard
Etruscans
33. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Cicero
Mark Antony
Emperor Theodosius
34. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Eunus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Caracalla
Imperator
35. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pontius Pilate
Cleoptra XIII
Hamilcar Barca
Carthago delenda est
36. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Carthago delenda est
Marcus Aurelius
Scipio Africanus
Hamilcar Barca
37. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
The Gladiator War
Gaius Gracchus
Domitian
Plebeian Secession
38. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Parthia
Imperator
Milvian Bridge
Lucius Verus
39. 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
Titus
Domitian
Patrician
Otho
40. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Jugurtha
Lucretia
Vitellius
Nerva
41. Worked through the people to get power
Popularis
Pontifex Maximus
Sabines
Plebeian Secession
42. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Caracalla
Remus
Patrician
Spartacus
43. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Cicero
Otho
Eunus
Brutus
44. 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
Antonius Pius
Nero
Battle of Actium
Caesarion
45. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Optimate
Battle of Actium
John the Baptist
Imperator
46. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Hasdrubal
Odoacer
Vespasian
Vespasian
47. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Consuls
Corvus
Emperor Theodosius
Antonius Pius
48. 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
Messiah
Battle of Pharsalus
Emperor Theodosius
The Gladiator War
49. Overall amazing - treats senate well - military guy - fair rule - campaigns for good of Rome - conquers Armenia don't ask/don't tell policy for Christians
Zealots
Mithridates VI
Trajan (what a boss)
Sejanus
50. Carthage must be destroyed
Popularis
Superbus
Carthago delenda est
Hannibal Barca