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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
The Edict of Milan
Herod
Battle of Pharsalus
Latifundia
2. Worked through the people to get power
Claudius
Patrician
Popularis
Hamilcar Barca
3. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Caligula
Emperor Theodosius
Carthago delenda est
Gauis Julius Caesar
4. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Pax Romana
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Gauis Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
5. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Rome
Odoacer
Crossing the Rubicon
6. 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
Mark Antony
Marcus Aurelius
Patres
Consuls
7. Place in Sicily
Parthia
Numidia
Syracuse
Lucius Verus
8. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Superbus
Scipio Aemilianus
Latins
Battle of Cannae
9. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Carthago Delanda est
Trajan (what a boss)
Titus
10. 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
Emperor Theodosius
Scipio Aemilianus
Sulla
Trajan (what a boss)
11. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Messiah
Marius
Lavuniun
Cinna
12. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Marius
Attila the Hun
Pagan
Eunus
13. Military commander of the Emperor
Titus
Vitellius
Tiberius
Imperator
14. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Horatius
Sabines
Brutus
Diocletian
15. 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
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Milvian Bridge
Marcus Aurelius
Imperator
16. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Scipio Aemilianus
King Herod
Battle of Cannae
Crossing the Rubicon
17. 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
Battle of Pharsalus
Hamilcar Barca
Cleoptra XIII
Syracuse
18. The second town that Numitor ruled
Christ
Superbus
Alba Longa
Battle of Actium
19. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
The Edict of Milan
Cinna
Mithridates VI
20. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Nero
Philip V of Macedon
Parthia
Mark Antony
21. 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
Plebeian Secession
Marcus Aurelius
Caligula
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
22. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Diocletian
Tiberius Gracchus
Corvus
Cassius
23. 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
The Gladiator War
Republic
Proletariat
24. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Diocletian
The Gladiator War
Gauis Julius Caesar
Hannibal Barca
25. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Romulus
Alba Longa
Nero
Caractacus
26. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Domitian
Scipio Aemilianus
Odoacer
Sabines
27. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Messina
Optimate
Imperator
Marius
28. Urban landless poor
Jugurtha
Battle of Actium
Caesarion
Proletariat
29. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Ptolemy XIII
Cato
Domitian
Sulla
30. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
The Gladiator War
Milvian Bridge
Nero
Cleoptra XIII
31. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Messina
Commodus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
32. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Marcus Aurelius
Plebeian Secession
Scipio Africanus
Messiah
33. Urban landless poor
Gauis Julius Caesar
Proletariat
Cinna
The Edict of Milan
34. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Constantine
Vespasian
Nero
Etruscans
35. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Horatius
Diocletian
Gaius Gracchus
Tribune
36. 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
Antonius Pius
Scipio Africanus
Cinna
Domitian
37. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
Scipio Aemilianus
Carthage
Pompey
38. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Rome
Hamilcar Barca
Scipio Aemilianus
Hiero II
39. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Praetorian Guard
Messiah
Spartacus
Scipio Africanus
40. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Domitian
Etruscans
Rome
Tiberius
41. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Zealots
Caligula
Tiberius
Sabines
42. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Trajan (what a boss)
Tiberius Gracchus
John the Baptist
Christ
43. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Rhea Silvia
Antiochus III
Cato
Commodus
44. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
Veto
Rhea Silvia
Trajan (what a boss)
45. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Sabines
Etruscans
Hannibal Barca
Marius
46. 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
Octavian
Pompeii
Hamilcar Barca
47. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Cinna
Battle of Cannae
Antiochus III
48. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Jugurtha
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Alba Longa
Christ
49. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Jugurtha
Sejanus
Praetorian Guard
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
50. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Antonius Pius
Brutus
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