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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Milvian Bridge
Crossing the Rubicon
Gladiators
Caracalla
2. Military power of the emperor
Crassus
St. Paul
Imperium
Antonius Pius
3. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Superbus
Praetorian Guard
Vitellius
Lucius Verus
4. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
St. Paul
Cleoptra XIII
Patres
Sejanus
5. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Commodus
Imperium
Titus
Eunus
6. 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
Carthago Delanda est
Brutus
Antiochus III
Caligula
7. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Battle of Zama
Popularis
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
8. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
The Edict of Milan
Battle of Pharsalus
Pontifex Maximus
John the Baptist
9. Greek colony
Eunus
Messina
Imperium
Pontifex Maximus
10. Carthage must be destroyed
Sulla
Vitellius
Carthago delenda est
Milvian Bridge
11. Place in North Africa
Lucius Verus
Horatius
Scipio Aemilianus
Carthage
12. Town ruled by king Numitor
Caligula
Lavuniun
Plebeian Secession
Alba Longa
13. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Eunus
Nero
14. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Sejanus
Mark Antony
Romulus
Carthago Delanda est
15. Large estate
Battle of Pharsalus
Latifundia
Commodus
Hannibal Barca
16. 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
Vespasian
Sulla
Hannibal Barca
Crassus
17. Proud
Superbus
Carthago Delanda est
Diocletian
Veto
18. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Diocletian
Hadrian
Caracalla
Cato
19. 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
Otho
St. Paul
Spartacus
Pagan
20. Earliest tribes in the area
Latins
Cleoptra XIII
Battle of Actium
Philip V of Macedon
21. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Hiero II
Zealots
Vitellius
Messina
22. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Tribune
Etruscans
Gladiators
Latins
23. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patrician
Patres
Christ
Eunus
24. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Titus
The Jugurthine War
Tiber River
Plebeian Secession
25. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Popularis
Numidia
Battle of Zama
Mithridates VI
26. 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
Cato
Caracalla
Remus
27. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Octavian
King Herod
Remus
Princeps
28. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
The Social War
Antiochus III
Parthia
Messina
29. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
St. Paul
Republic
Mark Antony
Alba Longa
30. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Palatine Hill
Corvus
Spartacus
The Edict of Milan
31. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Milvian Bridge
Rome
Antonius Pius
Remus
32. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Carthago Delanda est
Cinna
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
33. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Vespasian
Octavian
Latins
Carthago Delanda est
34. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Latifundia
Herod
Eunus
35. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Marcus Aurelius
Patrician
Princeps
Superbus
36. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Battle of Actium
Trajan (what a boss)
The Triumvirate
Christ
37. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Odoacer
Pompey
Remus
Etruscans
38. Town ruled by king Numitor
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Sulla
Pontius Pilate
Lavuniun
39. Urban landless poor
Diocletian
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Proletariat
Titus
40. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Caractacus
Res Publicas
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Sulla
41. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Alba Longa
Vespasian
Attila the Hun
Etruscans
42. Urban landless poor
Sabines
Proletariat
Patres
Gauis Julius Caesar
43. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
Rome
Sejanus
Hasdrubal
44. 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
Galba
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Battle of Actium
Claudius
45. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
Horatius
Caracalla
Spartacus
46. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Superbus
Battle of Zama
The Gladiator War
Zealots
47. 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
Ptolemy XIII
The Edict of Milan
Marcus Aurelius
Plebeian Secession
48. Earliest tribes in the area
Tiberius
Messina
Rome
Latins
49. Military power of the emperor
Patres
Imperium
The Social War
Pax Romana
50. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Rhea Silvia
Constantine
Christ