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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. 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
Mark Antony
Nero
Hannibal Barca
Vespasian
2. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
Pagan
Plebeian
Optimate
3. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Gladiators
Eunus
Tiberius
Claudius
4. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Commodus
Philip V of Macedon
Commodus
Latins
5. 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
Otho
Domitian
Trajan (what a boss)
Domitian
6. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
7. Political power of the Emperor
The Edict of Milan
Plebeian
Alba Longa
Princeps
8. I forbid
Battle of Cannae
Pontifex Maximus
Veto
Zealots
9. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Claudius
Consuls
Gladiators
Alba Longa
10. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Patrician
Battle of Actium
Rome
Gladiators
11. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Jugurtha
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Lucius Verus
Otho
12. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Res Publicas
Caractacus
Mithridates VI
Rome
13. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Horatius
Caractacus
Hamilcar Barca
Latins
14. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
St. Paul
Messiah
Messina
King Herod
15. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Titus
Emperor Theodosius
The Triumvirate
Sejanus
16. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Etruscans
St. Paul
Cassius
The Jugurthine War
17. 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
Gauis Julius Caesar
Caesarion
Plebeian Secession
18. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Scipio Aemilianus
Ptolemy XIII
Patres
Praetorian Guard
19. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
Popularis
Pax Romana
Cicero
20. Overall amazing - treats senate well - military guy - fair rule - campaigns for good of Rome - conquers Armenia don't ask/don't tell policy for Christians
Remus
Spartacus
Spartacus
Trajan (what a boss)
21. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
King Herod
Pontifex Maximus
Patrician
Hasdrubal
22. 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
Patrician
King Herod
Cleoptra XIII
Marcus Aurelius
23. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Cicero
Tiber River
Pax Romana
Diocletian
24. Military power of the emperor
Imperium
Tiber River
Gauis Julius Caesar
Milvian Bridge
25. Another conspirator
Pax Romana
Cassius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Cicero
26. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Tiberius
Antiochus III
Lavuniun
27. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Domitian
Herod
Caesarion
Etruscans
28. Urban landless poor
Pontius Pilate
Patres
Proletariat
Consuls
29. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
St. Paul
Jugurtha
Christ
Vitellius
30. Place in Sicily
Nero
Syracuse
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
The Gladiator War
31. 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
Cassius
Domitian
Praetorian Guard
32. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Hiero II
Mark Antony
Cleoptra XIII
33. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Hasdrubal
The Jugurthine War
Pompey
Tiberius Gracchus
34. 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
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Nero
Carthago Delanda est
Pontius Pilate
35. Greek colony
Scipio Africanus
Trajan (what a boss)
Tiberius Gracchus
Messina
36. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Superbus
Syracuse
Caractacus
Mithridates VI
37. 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
Ptolemy XIII
Lucius Verus
Gladiators
Marcus Aurelius
38. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Crossing the Rubicon
Rome
Messiah
Cassius
39. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Gauis Julius Caesar
Syracuse
Gladiators
The Social War
40. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Carthago Delanda est
Etruscans
Romulus
Alba Longa
41. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Claudius
Hiero II
Vespasian
Gladiators
42. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Brutus
Constantine
Palatine Hill
Pompeii
43. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Lucius Verus
The Edict of Milan
Herod
Etruscans
44. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Sabines
Tiber River
Otho
Princeps
45. Worked through the senate to get power
Gladiators
Optimate
Alba Longa
Hadrian
46. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Caesarion
Caractacus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Tiberius
47. 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
Cato
Parthia
Herod
Marcus Aurelius
48. Place in North Africa
Carthage
Tiberius Gracchus
The Edict of Milan
Cleoptra XIII
49. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Romulus
Hasdrubal
Commodus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
50. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Imperium
Scipio Africanus
Jugurtha
Battle of Actium