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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Proud
Numidia
St. Paul
Superbus
Marius
2. 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
Claudius
Carthage
Attila the Hun
Cato
3. 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
King Herod
Trajan (what a boss)
Mithridates VI
Syracuse
4. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
The Edict of Milan
Zealots
Parthia
Rhea Silvia
5. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Hannibal Barca
St. Paul
Cicero
6. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Titus
John the Baptist
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Diocletian
7. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Emperor Theodosius
Rhea Silvia
Lavuniun
Princeps
8. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Hiero II
Emperor Theodosius
Attila the Hun
Lucretia
9. Military commander of the Emperor
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Pontifex Maximus
Cleoptra XIII
Imperator
10. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Syracuse
Tribune
Cassius
Caracalla
11. Military power of the emperor
Scipio Aemilianus
Proletariat
Imperium
Romulus
12. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
The Edict of Milan
Otho
Battle of Pharsalus
Cato
13. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Caligula
Gaius Gracchus
Proletariat
14. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Latifundia
Eunus
Horatius
Spartacus
15. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Crossing the Rubicon
Scipio Africanus
Nero
Tiberius Gracchus
16. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Carthago Delanda est
Latifundia
Antonius Pius
The Jugurthine War
17. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Carthago Delanda est
Tiber River
Pompeii
Res Publicas
18. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Pagan
Patrician
Hamilcar Barca
Scipio Aemilianus
19. 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
The Social War
Crassus
Battle of Cannae
20. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Octavian
Palatine Hill
Sulla
21. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Cato
Plebeian Secession
Philip V of Macedon
Pagan
22. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Herod
The Jugurthine War
Syracuse
Veto
23. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Odoacer
Alba Longa
Tiberius
Cicero
24. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Sabines
Veto
King Herod
25. Town ruled by king Numitor
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Pontifex Maximus
Antiochus III
Lavuniun
26. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Patrician
Emperor Theodosius
Cinna
Ptolemy XIII
27. Earliest tribes in the area
Superbus
Princeps
Latins
Spartacus
28. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Consuls
Spartacus
Emperor Theodosius
29. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Marcus Aurelius
Rome
Brutus
30. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Cicero
Lucretia
Antonius Pius
King Herod
31. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Gauis Julius Caesar
Imperium
Lucius Verus
Hannibal Barca
32. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Sabines
Romulus
Remus
33. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Marius
Alba Longa
Mark Antony
34. The second town that Numitor ruled
Christ
Alba Longa
Sabines
Emperor Theodosius
35. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Sabines
Hannibal Barca
Mithridates VI
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
36. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Popularis
Pontifex Maximus
Battle of Actium
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
37. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Hasdrubal
Commodus
Caesarion
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
38. One of Antoninus Pius' heirs. Not interested in politics so made his brother Lucius Verus co-emperor. Commodus was his heir - more interested in philosophy stoic philosopher
Praetorian Guard
Christ
Marcus Aurelius
Philip V of Macedon
39. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Carthago Delanda est
Messina
Cinna
Rome
40. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Christ
Pompey
Hasdrubal
Vitellius
41. English meaning: crow - Plank that connects to ships so the naval forces felt like they were fighting on land - the Roman navy was not their strong point
Marcus Aurelius
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Corvus
Vitellius
42. 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
Eunus
Lucretia
Sejanus
Nero
43. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Horatius
Eunus
Gladiators
Hasdrubal
44. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Trajan (what a boss)
Gladiators
Scipio Aemilianus
Republic
45. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Numidia
Mark Antony
Battle of Pharsalus
Gaius Gracchus
46. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Carthago Delanda est
Scipio Africanus
Popularis
Galba
47. 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
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Marcus Aurelius
Caligula
Pontius Pilate
48. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Attila the Hun
Crassus
Christ
Spartacus
49. English meaning: crow - Plank that connects to ships so the naval forces felt like they were fighting on land - the Roman navy was not their strong point
Corvus
Caesarion
Attila the Hun
Mithridates VI
50. I forbid
Veto
Hiero II
Lucius Verus
Carthage