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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Etruscans
Eunus
Zealots
Diocletian
2. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Antonius Pius
Otho
Hannibal Barca
Gaius Gracchus
3. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Imperium
Imperium
Republic
4. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Jugurtha
Republic
Hadrian
Cato
5. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Caligula
Proletariat
Spartacus
Brutus
6. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
The Gladiator War
Crassus
Plebeian
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
7. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
The Triumvirate
Proletariat
Etruscans
Horatius
8. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Hannibal Barca
Ptolemy XIII
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Hasdrubal
9. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Cleoptra XIII
Vitellius
St. Paul
Palatine Hill
10. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Cleoptra XIII
Horatius
Gladiators
Lucretia
11. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Herod
Syracuse
Eunus
Messina
12. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Gauis Julius Caesar
Tiber River
Battle of Zama
13. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Tiberius
Claudius
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Scipio Aemilianus
14. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Tiberius
Hiero II
Constantine
Pompeii
15. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Pax Romana
Tiberius
Constantine
Remus
16. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Crassus
Numidia
Brutus
17. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Caractacus
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Tiber River
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
18. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Scipio Aemilianus
Patrician
Caracalla
John the Baptist
19. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Syracuse
Optimate
Lucretia
Carthago delenda est
20. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Mithridates VI
Pompeii
Plebeian Secession
Vespasian
21. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Brutus
Eunus
Hasdrubal
Domitian
22. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
The Gladiator War
Constantine
The Edict of Milan
Mithridates VI
23. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Vitellius
Mark Antony
Corvus
Cicero
24. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
Eunus
The Gladiator War
Titus
25. 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
Vespasian
Galba
Tiberius Gracchus
Consuls
26. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Tiberius
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Caracalla
Consuls
27. Founding Fathers of Rome
Republic
Patres
Etruscans
Rhea Silvia
28. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Cassius
Carthago delenda est
Hamilcar Barca
Republic
29. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Hamilcar Barca
Caracalla
Numidia
Constantine
30. Worked through the people to get power
Cinna
Popularis
Marius
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
31. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
The Social War
Tiberius Gracchus
Horatius
Galba
32. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Tiberius Gracchus
Imperium
Popularis
Milvian Bridge
33. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Princeps
Crassus
Praetorian Guard
Plebeian
34. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
Herod
Sabines
Otho
35. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Lucius Verus
Popularis
Carthago Delanda est
Parthia
36. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Cicero
John the Baptist
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Imperator
37. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Cato
Emperor Theodosius
Praetorian Guard
Messiah
38. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Gladiators
Corvus
Jugurtha
39. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Herod
Tribune
Nerva
Julio-Claudian Emperors
40. 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
Constantine
Cassius
Domitian
Hannibal Barca
41. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Odoacer
Lucius Verus
Imperium
Battle of Zama
42. I forbid
Caligula
Domitian
Pompeii
Veto
43. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Popularis
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Pagan
John the Baptist
44. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Consuls
Spartacus
Vitellius
Ptolemy XIII
45. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Otho
Etruscans
Philip V of Macedon
Tiber River
46. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Imperium
Republic
Pax Romana
Horatius
47. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Battle of Zama
Octavian
Odoacer
48. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Numidia
Tiberius
The Jugurthine War
Ptolemy XIII
49. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Carthago delenda est
Caligula
Messiah
Horatius
50. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Eunus
Attila the Hun
Antonius Pius
Corvus
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