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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
The Gladiator War
Corvus
Pontius Pilate
Octavian
2. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Plebeian
Sabines
Mithridates VI
Emperor Theodosius
3. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Pompeii
Milvian Bridge
Galba
4. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Christ
Consuls
Nerva
Gaius Gracchus
5. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Brutus
Sejanus
Messiah
St. Paul
6. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Titus
Crossing the Rubicon
Claudius
Marius
7. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
The Triumvirate
St. Paul
Crossing the Rubicon
Julio-Claudian Emperors
8. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Gaius Gracchus
Scipio Africanus
Rhea Silvia
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
9. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Corvus
Hannibal Barca
Julio-Claudian Emperors
The Social War
10. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Hiero II
Battle of Zama
The Gladiator War
Remus
11. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Cato
Superbus
Sabines
Etruscans
12. Founding Fathers of Rome
Cinna
Patres
King Herod
Veto
13. Another conspirator
Pompey
Tribune
Cassius
Marcus Aurelius
14. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Nerva
Brutus
Marius
Caracalla
15. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Mark Antony
Optimate
Messiah
Carthage
16. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Constantine
Emperor Theodosius
Pontius Pilate
Gauis Julius Caesar
17. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Pagan
Christ
Caesarion
Carthago Delanda est
18. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Titus
Alba Longa
Tiberius Gracchus
Vespasian
19. 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
Cassius
Alba Longa
Caligula
Battle of Actium
20. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Rhea Silvia
Scipio Aemilianus
Galba
Cicero
21. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
St. Paul
Etruscans
Lavuniun
The Gladiator War
22. Place in North Africa
Pagan
Carthage
Veto
Patres
23. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Jugurtha
Parthia
Pontifex Maximus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
24. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Claudius
Domitian
Princeps
Tiberius
25. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Emperor Theodosius
Battle of Pharsalus
Sejanus
Gladiators
26. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Lucius Verus
Pompeii
Vitellius
Spartacus
27. Worked through the senate to get power
Pompeii
Optimate
Pax Romana
Antonius Pius
28. Place in North Africa
Domitian
Commodus
Carthage
Eunus
29. Urban landless poor
Brutus
Octavian
Tiberius Gracchus
Proletariat
30. Founding Fathers of Rome
Hadrian
Patres
The Triumvirate
Scipio Africanus
31. 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
Cicero
Gaius Gracchus
Corvus
Optimate
32. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Eunus
King Herod
Marcus Aurelius
Pontifex Maximus
33. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Etruscans
Emperor Theodosius
Mithridates VI
34. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Remus
Ptolemy XIII
John the Baptist
Hamilcar Barca
35. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Claudius
The Social War
Cicero
Hiero II
36. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Battle of Cannae
Romulus
Antonius Pius
Lavuniun
37. 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
The Gladiator War
Marius
Plebeian Secession
Tribune
38. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Tiberius Gracchus
Tiber River
Emperor Theodosius
39. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Caligula
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Diocletian
40. Urban landless poor
Commodus
Pompeii
Popularis
Proletariat
41. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Latins
Tiberius Gracchus
Mithridates VI
42. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
The Edict of Milan
Claudius
Cleoptra XIII
Sabines
43. 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
Tiberius Gracchus
Constantine
Caractacus
Alba Longa
44. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Pagan
Battle of Zama
Plebeian
Otho
45. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
Mark Antony
Cinna
Praetorian Guard
46. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Cicero
Lucretia
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Diocletian
47. 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
Res Publicas
Trajan (what a boss)
Nero
Battle of Pharsalus
48. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Battle of Pharsalus
Battle of Zama
Messina
Hasdrubal
49. I forbid
Octavian
Veto
Pontifex Maximus
Alba Longa
50. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Hamilcar Barca
Otho
Cleoptra XIII
Spartacus