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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Gauis Julius Caesar
Caesarion
Cato
The Jugurthine War
2. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Mithridates VI
Christ
Horatius
Rome
3. Proud
Superbus
Gaius Gracchus
Otho
Syracuse
4. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Tribune
Messina
Eunus
5. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Sulla
Hannibal Barca
Zealots
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
6. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Hiero II
Republic
Pagan
Pompeii
7. Carthage must be destroyed
Pax Romana
Carthago delenda est
Pagan
Remus
8. 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
Imperator
Scipio Africanus
Pagan
9. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Antiochus III
Pompey
Tiberius Gracchus
Syracuse
10. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Mithridates VI
Rhea Silvia
Titus
Tiberius Gracchus
11. Civic duty - public affairs
Octavian
Res Publicas
Romulus
Parthia
12. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Patrician
Gauis Julius Caesar
Tiber River
The Gladiator War
13. 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
Horatius
Herod
Consuls
Cleoptra XIII
14. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Numidia
Brutus
Gladiators
Antiochus III
15. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Lavuniun
Lucius Verus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Republic
16. 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
Carthage
Marius
Battle of Cannae
17. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Tiberius
Consuls
Claudius
Hadrian
18. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Sejanus
Philip V of Macedon
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
19. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Proletariat
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Eunus
Carthage
20. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
Imperator
Remus
Corvus
21. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Hadrian
Diocletian
Mithridates VI
Emperor Theodosius
22. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Veto
Battle of Cannae
Carthago delenda est
Mark Antony
23. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Jugurtha
Hamilcar Barca
Lucius Verus
Imperium
24. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Attila the Hun
Pax Romana
Galba
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
25. Place in North Africa
The Jugurthine War
Carthage
Caesarion
Emperor Theodosius
26. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Syracuse
Mark Antony
Octavian
Octavian
27. Political power of the Emperor
Cinna
Battle of Actium
The Triumvirate
Princeps
28. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Caractacus
Caesarion
Claudius
29. 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
Latins
Vespasian
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Plebeian Secession
30. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Res Publicas
Herod
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
The Jugurthine War
31. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Crassus
St. Paul
John the Baptist
Latifundia
32. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Tiber River
Sulla
Carthage
33. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Carthago delenda est
Imperator
Numidia
Pontius Pilate
34. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Messina
Jugurtha
Plebeian
Gauis Julius Caesar
35. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Diocletian
Marius
Scipio Africanus
Cicero
36. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Claudius
Messiah
Sulla
John the Baptist
37. Religious power of the Emperor
Rome
Rhea Silvia
Caracalla
Pontifex Maximus
38. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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39. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Sulla
Lavuniun
Mithridates VI
Sabines
40. Large estate
Mark Antony
The Jugurthine War
Latifundia
Caractacus
41. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Romulus
Princeps
Odoacer
Plebeian
42. Senator who traveled to Carthage to tell the Numidia to leave Carthage alone then he discover they had great resources - and he told rome about it and it started the 3rd Punic War - he kept on saying Carthago Delenda Est which means Carthage must be
Antonius Pius
Carthage
Cato
Praetorian Guard
43. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Pax Romana
Syracuse
Constantine
Gaius Gracchus
44. 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
Imperium
Latifundia
Gauis Julius Caesar
45. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Lucretia
The Edict of Milan
Parthia
Pompeii
46. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Sejanus
Brutus
Cato
Proletariat
47. The second town that Numitor ruled
Alba Longa
Hadrian
Plebeian Secession
Herod
48. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Cato
Constantine
The Gladiator War
49. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Caesarion
Domitian
Corvus
Battle of Pharsalus
50. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Cleoptra XIII
Zealots
Battle of Cannae