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Ancient Rome Trivia

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






2. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him






3. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)






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






5. Lowest class of people - usually farmers






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






7. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus






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






9. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.






10. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought






11. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy






12. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting






13. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.






14. Period of piece in Rome 200 years






15. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens






16. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north






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






18. Another conspirator






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






20. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer






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






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






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






25. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator






26. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator






27. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)






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






29. Religious power of the Emperor






30. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill






31. Lowest class of people - usually farmers






32. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army






33. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






34. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens






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






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






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






38. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought






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






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






41. Worked through the people to get power






42. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'






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






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






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






46. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy






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






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






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






50. Carthage must be destroyed