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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Res Publicas
Mark Antony
Palatine Hill
Eunus
2. 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
Hannibal Barca
Pompey
Caligula
Emperor Theodosius
3. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Domitian
Carthago delenda est
Sulla
Parthia
4. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Pax Romana
Milvian Bridge
Corvus
Sulla
5. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Plebeian Secession
Otho
Plebeian
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
Marius
Syracuse
Galba
Titus
7. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Tribune
Commodus
Palatine Hill
Rhea Silvia
8. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Patres
Pompey
Gladiators
Republic
9. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Etruscans
The Jugurthine War
Carthago Delanda est
Odoacer
10. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Cassius
Milvian Bridge
Commodus
Scipio Aemilianus
11. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Philip V of Macedon
Republic
Patres
Plebeian
12. Large estate
Latifundia
St. Paul
Hamilcar Barca
John the Baptist
13. 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
Imperator
Diocletian
Hasdrubal
Domitian
14. Town ruled by king Numitor
Marius
Tiber River
Lavuniun
Philip V of Macedon
15. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Pagan
Rhea Silvia
The Gladiator War
Philip V of Macedon
16. 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
Carthago delenda est
Nero
Latifundia
Caractacus
17. 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
Constantine
The Triumvirate
Cato
Pagan
18. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
The Edict of Milan
Gladiators
Milvian Bridge
Battle of Actium
19. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Tribune
Marius
Antiochus III
Sulla
20. 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
Ptolemy XIII
Caligula
Latifundia
21. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Caractacus
Corvus
Constantine
Plebeian
22. Greek colony
Pagan
The Triumvirate
Palatine Hill
Messina
23. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Tiber River
Messina
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Zealots
24. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Attila the Hun
Mithridates VI
25. 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
Cinna
Veto
Gladiators
Marcus Aurelius
26. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Numidia
Tribune
Cinna
27. Greek colony
Battle of Actium
Otho
Claudius
Messina
28. 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
King Herod
Veto
29. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Res Publicas
Scipio Africanus
Praetorian Guard
Nerva
30. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Scipio Africanus
Commodus
Caesarion
The Gladiator War
31. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Hamilcar Barca
Parthia
Pompeii
Lucretia
32. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Imperator
Romulus
Herod
Superbus
33. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Latins
Gauis Julius Caesar
Sejanus
Romulus
34. Worked through the senate to get power
Christ
The Social War
Optimate
Vitellius
35. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Mithridates VI
Hadrian
Odoacer
Crossing the Rubicon
36. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Princeps
Sulla
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Numidia
37. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Herod
Battle of Zama
Cicero
Hiero II
38. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Attila the Hun
Cinna
Diocletian
39. Town ruled by king Numitor
St. Paul
Lavuniun
Diocletian
Republic
40. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Cinna
Crossing the Rubicon
Cato
Antonius Pius
41. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Latins
Romulus
Veto
42. The second town that Numitor ruled
Gauis Julius Caesar
Lavuniun
Alba Longa
Battle of Cannae
43. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Otho
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Imperium
Rome
44. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Zealots
Pompey
Carthage
Nerva
45. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Cicero
Mark Antony
The Jugurthine War
Plebeian
46. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Nero
Hiero II
Scipio Africanus
47. 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
Hiero II
Sabines
The Triumvirate
Domitian
48. Military power of the emperor
The Gladiator War
Vespasian
Imperium
The Edict of Milan
49. 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
Popularis
Nerva
Caligula
Proletariat
50. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself