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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






2. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.






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






4. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power






5. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them






6. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor






7. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage






8. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome






9. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated






10. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service






11. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






12. Worked through the senate to get power






13. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him






14. Political power of the Emperor






15. Military commander of the Emperor






16. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






17. Military commander of the Emperor






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






19. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer






20. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)






21. Carthage must be destroyed






22. Greek colony






23. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him






24. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'






25. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources






26. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them






27. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit






28. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome






29. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah






30. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome






31. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews






32. Hannibal's brother who died in battle






33. Earliest tribes in the area






34. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death






35. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'






36. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon






37. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army






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






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






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






41. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins






42. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary






43. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms






44. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought






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






46. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.






47. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)






48. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit






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






50. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome