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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Romulus
Battle of Cannae
Pontius Pilate
Caesarion
2. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Titus
Battle of Cannae
The Social War
Gladiators
3. Town ruled by king Numitor
Brutus
Domitian
Gauis Julius Caesar
Lavuniun
4. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Proletariat
Optimate
Sulla
Hasdrubal
5. Place in Sicily
Sejanus
Otho
Rhea Silvia
Syracuse
6. Earliest tribes in the area
Battle of Actium
Optimate
Latins
Domitian
7. Earliest tribes in the area
Numidia
Latins
Rome
Pompey
8. 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
Battle of Actium
Hannibal Barca
Cleoptra XIII
9. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Crossing the Rubicon
Ptolemy XIII
Odoacer
Hamilcar Barca
10. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Claudius
The Triumvirate
Scipio Aemilianus
Battle of Cannae
11. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Cinna
The Social War
Emperor Theodosius
Antiochus III
12. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Hannibal Barca
Lavuniun
Emperor Theodosius
13. Place in Sicily
Syracuse
Caesarion
The Triumvirate
Hadrian
14. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Carthago delenda est
Hannibal Barca
Eunus
15. 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
Parthia
Optimate
Domitian
Battle of Cannae
16. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
Pontifex Maximus
Caractacus
Domitian
17. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Vitellius
Antiochus III
Nerva
Numidia
18. Political power of the Emperor
Attila the Hun
King Herod
Sulla
Princeps
19. Large estate
Res Publicas
Latifundia
Gladiators
Constantine
20. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Cinna
Marius
Tiberius
Diocletian
21. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Pagan
Cleoptra XIII
Philip V of Macedon
Hamilcar Barca
22. Political power of the Emperor
Sejanus
Princeps
Tiberius Gracchus
Crossing the Rubicon
23. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Hadrian
Tiberius
Antiochus III
Crassus
24. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Ptolemy XIII
Christ
Tiberius
Sulla
25. Place in North Africa
Imperator
Emperor Theodosius
Nero
Carthage
26. Worked through the senate to get power
Hasdrubal
Vitellius
Optimate
Superbus
27. Was being supported by Roman troops because the Roman soldiers felt like Vitellius was favoring the German soldiers - was ruling Rome and the senate and the people of Rome liked him
Caracalla
Battle of Pharsalus
Vespasian
Cleoptra XIII
28. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Sabines
Sejanus
Galba
Vespasian
29. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Trajan (what a boss)
Commodus
Plebeian
Caesarion
30. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Gaius Gracchus
Imperium
Latins
Battle of Pharsalus
31. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Gladiators
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Romulus
Lucius Verus
32. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Crossing the Rubicon
Ptolemy XIII
Messina
Milvian Bridge
33. 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
Trajan (what a boss)
Christ
Cato
The Triumvirate
34. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
The Gladiator War
Otho
Milvian Bridge
Romulus
35. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Carthago delenda est
Imperator
Spartacus
Eunus
36. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
The Edict of Milan
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Nerva
Lucretia
37. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
John the Baptist
Horatius
Spartacus
Antonius Pius
38. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Cassius
Mark Antony
Battle of Actium
Caesarion
39. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Latifundia
Rome
Horatius
Marcus Aurelius
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
Claudius
Tiberius
Battle of Cannae
Nerva
41. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Crossing the Rubicon
Cassius
Latifundia
Republic
42. Worked through the people to get power
Popularis
Etruscans
Pontius Pilate
Battle of Actium
43. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
The Triumvirate
Mithridates VI
Claudius
44. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Latins
Plebeian Secession
Republic
Popularis
45. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Popularis
Jugurtha
Etruscans
Titus
46. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Commodus
Plebeian
Praetorian Guard
Proletariat
47. Ruler of Rome who marched to Rome with his troops - was killed by the Praetorian guard because Otho had taken the position of Imperator of the palace
Milvian Bridge
Galba
Pontifex Maximus
Emperor Theodosius
48. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Caligula
Lavuniun
Parthia
Commodus
49. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Sejanus
St. Paul
Superbus
Battle of Pharsalus
50. Town ruled by king Numitor
Hannibal Barca
Lavuniun
Plebeian
King Herod
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