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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Town ruled by king Numitor
Imperium
Alba Longa
Lavuniun
Tiberius
2. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Cinna
Latins
Caractacus
Lucretia
3. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Pompey
Lavuniun
Carthage
Popularis
4. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Lucius Verus
Etruscans
Zealots
Marius
5. Earliest tribes in the area
Cinna
Hadrian
Pontius Pilate
Latins
6. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Remus
Octavian
Superbus
Crassus
7. Military commander of the Emperor
Antiochus III
Romulus
John the Baptist
Imperator
8. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
Numidia
Patrician
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
9. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Alba Longa
Sabines
Optimate
Lavuniun
10. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Corvus
Pax Romana
Otho
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
11. Place in Sicily
The Social War
Pagan
Hadrian
Syracuse
12. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Hiero II
Plebeian
Battle of Cannae
Romulus
13. I forbid
Veto
Latifundia
Consuls
Crassus
14. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Imperator
Remus
Praetorian Guard
15. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Imperium
Battle of Zama
Lavuniun
Spartacus
16. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Superbus
Constantine
Lavuniun
Julio-Claudian Emperors
17. 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
Milvian Bridge
Cleoptra XIII
Numidia
Galba
18. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Cleoptra XIII
Brutus
Hannibal Barca
19. Urban landless poor
Pompeii
Proletariat
Princeps
Scipio Africanus
20. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Pompeii
Battle of Zama
Tiberius
21. Worked through the senate to get power
Milvian Bridge
Vespasian
Optimate
Popularis
22. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Rhea Silvia
Praetorian Guard
Cicero
Mithridates VI
23. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Patres
Cassius
Pagan
Hannibal Barca
24. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Antiochus III
Hiero II
Titus
Marcus Aurelius
25. Religious power of the Emperor
Vitellius
Pontifex Maximus
The Edict of Milan
Battle of Pharsalus
26. Military commander of the Emperor
Crossing the Rubicon
Attila the Hun
Imperator
Gladiators
27. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Odoacer
Herod
Tribune
John the Baptist
28. 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
Titus
Constantine
Titus
King Herod
29. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Horatius
Messiah
Jugurtha
Crossing the Rubicon
30. 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
Cicero
Rome
Plebeian
Caligula
31. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
Popularis
Diocletian
Veto
32. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Palatine Hill
Pontius Pilate
Remus
The Edict of Milan
33. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Hiero II
Pompey
Octavian
Gauis Julius Caesar
34. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Zealots
Mithridates VI
Gauis Julius Caesar
Res Publicas
35. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Emperor Theodosius
King Herod
Philip V of Macedon
Superbus
36. Worked through the people to get power
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Popularis
Eunus
Princeps
37. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Crassus
Claudius
Gauis Julius Caesar
Nerva
38. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Cleoptra XIII
John the Baptist
Battle of Actium
39. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Caractacus
Caracalla
Battle of Actium
Vitellius
40. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Milvian Bridge
Vitellius
Tribune
Brutus
41. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Vespasian
Brutus
St. Paul
Cleoptra XIII
42. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
John the Baptist
Trajan (what a boss)
Philip V of Macedon
43. Place in Sicily
Syracuse
Optimate
Domitian
Sabines
44. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Milvian Bridge
Syracuse
Antiochus III
Brutus
45. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Popularis
Scipio Aemilianus
Republic
Carthago delenda est
46. 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
Christ
Otho
Hiero II
Ptolemy XIII
47. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Numidia
Gauis Julius Caesar
Hamilcar Barca
Plebeian Secession
48. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Lucretia
Superbus
Romulus
Rome
49. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
John the Baptist
Vitellius
The Triumvirate
Pagan
50. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Pontius Pilate
Imperator
Imperium
St. Paul