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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Pax Romana
Gladiators
Praetorian Guard
Marcus Aurelius
2. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Philip V of Macedon
Zealots
Horatius
Sejanus
3. 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
Patrician
Cato
Herod
Caligula
4. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Spartacus
Patrician
5. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Messiah
Titus
Republic
Latifundia
6. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Crossing the Rubicon
Battle of Actium
Syracuse
7. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Milvian Bridge
Sabines
Gaius Gracchus
Hannibal Barca
8. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Romulus
Hadrian
John the Baptist
9. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Gauis Julius Caesar
The Edict of Milan
Rome
Palatine Hill
10. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Zealots
Eunus
Praetorian Guard
Messiah
11. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Vespasian
The Gladiator War
Sabines
Princeps
12. Worked through the senate to get power
Otho
Optimate
Sejanus
Herod
13. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Diocletian
Mithridates VI
Palatine Hill
The Triumvirate
14. Political power of the Emperor
Cato
Princeps
Lucius Verus
Cassius
15. Military commander of the Emperor
Cicero
Alba Longa
Latins
Imperator
16. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Antonius Pius
Proletariat
Carthago Delanda est
Sabines
17. Military commander of the Emperor
Vitellius
Imperator
Cleoptra XIII
Cinna
18. 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
Gladiators
Alba Longa
Nero
Nerva
19. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Scipio Africanus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Gauis Julius Caesar
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
20. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
Praetorian Guard
Tiberius Gracchus
Hannibal Barca
21. Carthage must be destroyed
Battle of Pharsalus
Commodus
Pax Romana
Carthago delenda est
22. Greek colony
Trajan (what a boss)
John the Baptist
Messina
The Triumvirate
23. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Commodus
Marius
Tiberius
Optimate
24. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Carthago delenda est
Spartacus
Latins
Lavuniun
25. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Romulus
Battle of Zama
Parthia
Hamilcar Barca
26. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Consuls
Claudius
Remus
Carthago delenda est
27. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
Optimate
Lucius Verus
Otho
28. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Tiber River
Cassius
The Jugurthine War
Octavian
29. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Christ
Numidia
The Triumvirate
Octavian
30. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Caractacus
Parthia
Battle of Pharsalus
Caligula
31. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Battle of Zama
Herod
Ptolemy XIII
32. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Proletariat
Philip V of Macedon
Hasdrubal
Pontifex Maximus
33. Earliest tribes in the area
Jugurtha
Ptolemy XIII
Latins
Latifundia
34. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
King Herod
Cicero
Caractacus
Alba Longa
35. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Tiber River
Trajan (what a boss)
Carthago Delanda est
Proletariat
36. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Patres
Crassus
Plebeian
Antiochus III
37. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Hasdrubal
Plebeian
Plebeian
38. 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
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Cicero
Domitian
Numidia
39. 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
Otho
Constantine
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Battle of Zama
40. 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
Philip V of Macedon
Plebeian Secession
Romulus
Corvus
41. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Latifundia
Battle of Pharsalus
Proletariat
Carthago delenda est
42. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Horatius
The Social War
Antonius Pius
Plebeian
43. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
Alba Longa
Pompey
Hasdrubal
44. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Lavuniun
Carthage
Milvian Bridge
Pax Romana
45. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Hannibal Barca
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Claudius
Optimate
46. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Sejanus
Patres
Claudius
Constantine
47. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Gladiators
Tiber River
Otho
Diocletian
48. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Praetorian Guard
Plebeian Secession
Nerva
Mithridates VI
49. 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
Messina
Otho
Caesarion
Ptolemy XIII
50. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Odoacer
Romulus
Battle of Cannae
Commodus