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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Political power of the Emperor






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






3. 3rd Julio-Claudian emperor - declared himself a God - practiced incest with his sisters - murdered the one that got pregnant - tried to make his horse consul - fought the sea because he was crazy - he is killed by the Praetorian Guard - he demands th






4. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.






5. The second town that Numitor ruled






6. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul






7. Period of piece in Rome 200 years






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






9. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich






10. Where Mount Vesuvius was located






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






12. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north






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






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






15. 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






16. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory






17. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill






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

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






20. 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






21. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory






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






23. Town ruled by king Numitor






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






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






26. Military power of the emperor






27. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)






28. Where the slaves revolted - they were being held in Capua and they broke loose stole knives from a butcher shop and this was the start of The Gladiator War






29. 3rd Julio-Claudian emperor - declared himself a God - practiced incest with his sisters - murdered the one that got pregnant - tried to make his horse consul - fought the sea because he was crazy - he is killed by the Praetorian Guard - he demands th






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






31. Proud






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






33. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son






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






35. Large estate






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






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






38. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.






44. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war






45. King of Britain - fought against Rome






46. Urban landless poor






47. 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






48. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.






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






50. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes