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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Titus
Remus
The Gladiator War
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
The Social War
Lucretia
Caligula
Ptolemy XIII
3. I forbid
The Edict of Milan
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Hasdrubal
Veto
4. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Milvian Bridge
Patrician
Hannibal Barca
Pontius Pilate
5. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Praetorian Guard
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Popularis
Numidia
6. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Herod
The Social War
Sejanus
Hiero II
7. 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
Philip V of Macedon
Otho
King Herod
Jugurtha
8. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Eunus
Scipio Africanus
Attila the Hun
Pompeii
9. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Lavuniun
Praetorian Guard
Palatine Hill
Plebeian Secession
10. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Edict of Milan
Crassus
The Jugurthine War
Remus
11. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Patrician
Hadrian
Otho
Gladiators
12. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Sulla
The Social War
Etruscans
Pompey
13. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Popularis
Battle of Pharsalus
Vespasian
Antiochus III
14. 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
Mark Antony
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Constantine
Battle of Pharsalus
15. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Gauis Julius Caesar
Vitellius
Battle of Actium
Lavuniun
16. Military power of the emperor
Remus
Alba Longa
Plebeian Secession
Imperium
17. Town ruled by king Numitor
Galba
Corvus
Lavuniun
Marcus Aurelius
18. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Sejanus
Popularis
Plebeian
Philip V of Macedon
19. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Battle of Zama
Attila the Hun
Etruscans
Caractacus
20. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Cassius
The Edict of Milan
Palatine Hill
Tiberius Gracchus
21. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Sabines
Titus
Scipio Africanus
The Jugurthine War
22. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Numidia
Pompey
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Christ
23. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Imperator
Sejanus
Hasdrubal
24. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Patrician
Crossing the Rubicon
Battle of Actium
Imperium
25. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Lucius Verus
Lucretia
Carthago delenda est
Rhea Silvia
26. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Marius
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
The Triumvirate
The Jugurthine War
27. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Crassus
The Triumvirate
Republic
28. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Cicero
Gladiators
Carthage
John the Baptist
29. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Titus
Etruscans
John the Baptist
30. I forbid
Veto
Battle of Pharsalus
Lucius Verus
Gauis Julius Caesar
31. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Trajan (what a boss)
Crossing the Rubicon
Cicero
Hiero II
32. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Pagan
Milvian Bridge
Ptolemy XIII
Octavian
33. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Pagan
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Spartacus
Lavuniun
34. Another conspirator
King Herod
Pontius Pilate
Titus
Cassius
35. Worked through the senate to get power
Lucius Verus
Optimate
Lavuniun
Emperor Theodosius
36. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Pagan
Gladiators
Lucius Verus
Herod
37. Worked through the people to get power
Popularis
Milvian Bridge
Battle of Cannae
Patrician
38. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Tribune
Plebeian
Battle of Cannae
Etruscans
39. 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
Pagan
Nero
Tiber River
Republic
40. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Parthia
Eunus
Cleoptra XIII
Caracalla
41. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Philip V of Macedon
Gauis Julius Caesar
Crossing the Rubicon
Constantine
42. Military power of the emperor
Imperium
Vitellius
Christ
Crossing the Rubicon
43. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Pax Romana
Mithridates VI
Republic
44. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Corvus
Messiah
Antonius Pius
Nero
45. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Lucius Verus
Rhea Silvia
King Herod
Pax Romana
46. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Pontifex Maximus
Scipio Aemilianus
Cinna
Crassus
47. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Latins
Gaius Gracchus
Syracuse
Lucretia
48. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Constantine
Caesarion
Caracalla
Crossing the Rubicon
49. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Tribune
Galba
Optimate
Carthago delenda est
50. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Ptolemy XIII
Popularis
Battle of Zama
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