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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior






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






3. Military commander of the Emperor






4. Large estate






5. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator






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






7. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity






8. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins






9. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus






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






11. Worked through the senate to get power






12. Town ruled by king Numitor






13. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights






14. Founding Fathers of Rome






15. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra






16. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius






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






18. Where Mount Vesuvius was located






19. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics






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






21. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens






22. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself

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23. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.






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






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






26. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly






27. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar






28. Place in Sicily






29. One of Antoninus Pius' heirs. Not interested in politics so made his brother Lucius Verus co-emperor. Commodus was his heir - more interested in philosophy stoic philosopher






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






31. Carthage must be destroyed






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






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






34. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today






35. Hannibal's brother who died in battle






36. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar






37. 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






38. Civic duty - public affairs






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






40. 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






41. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome






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






43. African kingdom - that allies with Rome






44. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome






45. Sister to Ptolemy XIII - Pharaoh of Egypt - had an affair with Caesar has an illegitimate child with Caesar - has 3 kids with Antony: Alexander Helios - Cleopatra Selene - and Ptolemy Philadelphos






46. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr






47. Worked through the people to get power






48. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers






49. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






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