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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Carthage must be destroyed
Carthago delenda est
Nero
Caesarion
Claudius
2. 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
Corvus
Proletariat
Antonius Pius
Claudius
3. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Hamilcar Barca
The Triumvirate
Eunus
Gauis Julius Caesar
4. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Titus
Res Publicas
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Horatius
5. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Gladiators
Praetorian Guard
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cassius
6. Military power of the emperor
Imperium
St. Paul
Hasdrubal
Patres
7. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Battle of Actium
Scipio Aemilianus
Caracalla
Titus
8. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Emperor Theodosius
Popularis
Messina
Attila the Hun
9. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
The Gladiator War
Philip V of Macedon
10. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Veto
Rome
Sejanus
Remus
11. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Otho
Rome
Cicero
Hadrian
12. 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
Rome
Battle of Actium
Hiero II
13. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Crassus
King Herod
Horatius
14. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Nero
Praetorian Guard
St. Paul
15. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Carthago Delanda est
Vitellius
Hadrian
Corvus
16. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Carthage
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Caesarion
The Social War
17. Civic duty - public affairs
St. Paul
The Triumvirate
Tiber River
Res Publicas
18. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Messiah
The Triumvirate
Parthia
The Social War
19. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Imperator
Tribune
Plebeian Secession
Emperor Theodosius
20. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Spartacus
Domitian
Plebeian Secession
Gladiators
21. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Pontius Pilate
Caracalla
Tiberius
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
22. 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
Crassus
Cleoptra XIII
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Titus
23. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Republic
Tiber River
Ptolemy XIII
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
24. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Etruscans
St. Paul
Horatius
Messiah
25. 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
Sulla
Messina
Domitian
Pontius Pilate
26. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
Lucretia
Vespasian
Battle of Cannae
27. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Emperor Theodosius
Numidia
Gauis Julius Caesar
28. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Gaius Gracchus
Brutus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Rome
29. 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
Scipio Aemilianus
Otho
The Social War
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
30. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
Cicero
Princeps
Gauis Julius Caesar
31. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pontius Pilate
Philip V of Macedon
Pagan
Lucius Verus
32. 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
Marcus Aurelius
Cleoptra XIII
Romulus
King Herod
33. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Carthago delenda est
Sulla
Tiber River
Horatius
34. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Carthago delenda est
Horatius
Antonius Pius
Alba Longa
35. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Antiochus III
Sulla
Rhea Silvia
Nero
36. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Cassius
Gaius Gracchus
Tiber River
37. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Patrician
Rome
Palatine Hill
Carthage
38. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Carthage
Zealots
Pompey
Lucretia
39. Proud
Antonius Pius
Domitian
Superbus
Lucius Verus
40. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Christ
Alba Longa
Claudius
Octavian
41. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Messiah
Etruscans
Battle of Pharsalus
Romulus
42. Earliest tribes in the area
Marius
Latins
Commodus
Lavuniun
43. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Popularis
Republic
Lavuniun
Julio-Claudian Emperors
44. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Res Publicas
Republic
St. Paul
The Jugurthine War
45. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Cassius
Nerva
Ptolemy XIII
Pompeii
46. Greek colony
Pompey
Imperium
Messina
St. Paul
47. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
King Herod
Nerva
Sabines
Battle of Zama
48. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Pontius Pilate
Remus
Crossing the Rubicon
Attila the Hun
49. Worked through the senate to get power
Lavuniun
The Edict of Milan
Cicero
Optimate
50. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Messiah
Christ
The Triumvirate
Brutus