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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Place in North Africa






2. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated






3. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage






4. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero






5. 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






6. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war






7. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon






8. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them






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






10. 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






11. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather






12. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans






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






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






15. Military commander of the Emperor






16. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich






17. The second town that Numitor ruled






18. Period of piece in Rome 200 years






19. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary






20. African kingdom - that allies with Rome






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






22. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar






23. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death






24. Another conspirator






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






26. 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






27. Religious power of the Emperor






28. 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






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






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






31. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill






32. 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






33. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit






34. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers






35. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor






36. 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






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






38. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated






39. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly






40. Worked through the people to get power






41. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him






42. 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






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






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






45. Carthage must be destroyed






46. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers






47. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death






48. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity






49. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides






50. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign






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