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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Greek colony
Odoacer
The Edict of Milan
Messina
Vespasian
2. Civic duty - public affairs
Cleoptra XIII
Carthage
The Gladiator War
Res Publicas
3. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Lucius Verus
Horatius
Octavian
Pontifex Maximus
4. Worked through the people to get power
Pompeii
Princeps
Popularis
Praetorian Guard
5. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Gladiators
Carthage
Proletariat
Marcus Aurelius
6. 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
Emperor Theodosius
Pagan
Cato
Corvus
7. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Commodus
Hannibal Barca
Antiochus III
Carthago delenda est
8. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Mithridates VI
Praetorian Guard
Cleoptra XIII
9. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Sejanus
Princeps
Crassus
Carthago delenda est
10. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Parthia
Tiberius Gracchus
Cato
Tiber River
11. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Consuls
Caesarion
Spartacus
Mithridates VI
12. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Praetorian Guard
Vitellius
Caligula
Republic
13. Carthage must be destroyed
Tiberius Gracchus
Horatius
Mark Antony
Carthago delenda est
14. Urban landless poor
Trajan (what a boss)
Palatine Hill
Proletariat
Carthage
15. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Zealots
Patres
Remus
Pontius Pilate
16. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Caesarion
Hamilcar Barca
Lucius Verus
John the Baptist
17. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Republic
Claudius
Trajan (what a boss)
Rome
18. 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
Constantine
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Nerva
Numidia
19. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Attila the Hun
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Palatine Hill
Plebeian
20. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Patrician
Crassus
Pax Romana
Hasdrubal
21. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Nero
Carthago delenda est
Etruscans
22. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Patrician
Crassus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Scipio Africanus
23. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Commodus
Sejanus
Res Publicas
Crossing the Rubicon
24. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Claudius
Mithridates VI
Pax Romana
Hamilcar Barca
25. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Sejanus
Commodus
Republic
Plebeian Secession
26. 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
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Lavuniun
Otho
Cato
27. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Tiberius
Rome
Cinna
Rhea Silvia
28. 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
Sulla
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Nero
Tribune
29. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Brutus
Claudius
Consuls
Tribune
30. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Sejanus
Latifundia
The Gladiator War
Spartacus
31. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Etruscans
Constantine
Pontius Pilate
Zealots
32. 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
Crossing the Rubicon
Scipio Aemilianus
Trajan (what a boss)
Otho
33. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
Patrician
Attila the Hun
Messina
34. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Trajan (what a boss)
Lucretia
Battle of Pharsalus
The Gladiator War
35. 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
Superbus
Marcus Aurelius
Carthago Delanda est
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
36. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Patrician
Hiero II
Marius
Pax Romana
37. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Attila the Hun
Rome
Spartacus
Battle of Actium
38. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Cinna
Battle of Zama
Messiah
Plebeian
39. Place in North Africa
Imperator
Numidia
Carthage
Pontifex Maximus
40. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Cassius
Scipio Aemilianus
Marius
Patrician
41. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Patrician
Pontius Pilate
Hamilcar Barca
Scipio Africanus
42. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Cicero
St. Paul
Plebeian
Consuls
43. Proud
The Triumvirate
Caesarion
Pompeii
Superbus
44. Political power of the Emperor
Battle of Pharsalus
Romulus
Jugurtha
Princeps
45. Carthage must be destroyed
The Jugurthine War
Pompey
Battle of Zama
Carthago delenda est
46. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Mark Antony
Caesarion
Marius
47. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Cato
Patrician
Consuls
Pax Romana
48. The second town that Numitor ruled
Alba Longa
Hannibal Barca
Otho
Battle of Pharsalus
49. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
The Edict of Milan
Crossing the Rubicon
Latins
Tiberius
50. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Ptolemy XIII
Corvus
Syracuse