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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Ptolemy XIII
Vitellius
Pontius Pilate
Tiberius
2. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Etruscans
Antonius Pius
Tiberius
Republic
3. Urban landless poor
Marcus Aurelius
Ptolemy XIII
Republic
Proletariat
4. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Cinna
Lucretia
Cato
Etruscans
5. I forbid
Emperor Theodosius
Veto
Diocletian
Jugurtha
6. 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
Pompey
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Imperium
Galba
7. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Optimate
Battle of Pharsalus
Cleoptra XIII
Republic
8. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Plebeian
Philip V of Macedon
Mark Antony
Lucretia
9. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Cassius
Jugurtha
Mark Antony
Tribune
10. 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
Emperor Theodosius
Herod
Domitian
Pompeii
11. 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
Praetorian Guard
Lavuniun
Constantine
Imperator
12. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Sabines
Consuls
Lucretia
Tiberius
13. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Marius
Antiochus III
The Gladiator War
Pontifex Maximus
14. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Pagan
Optimate
Sulla
15. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Patres
Milvian Bridge
Gaius Gracchus
16. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Galba
Gladiators
Battle of Zama
Imperium
17. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Tribune
Scipio Aemilianus
Tiberius Gracchus
Imperator
18. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Domitian
Hasdrubal
Scipio Aemilianus
19. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Cato
Scipio Aemilianus
Numidia
Patrician
20. 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
Carthage
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Cleoptra XIII
Cato
21. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Ptolemy XIII
Carthago delenda est
Plebeian Secession
22. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Parthia
Consuls
Odoacer
23. Place in North Africa
Gauis Julius Caesar
Carthage
Gladiators
Praetorian Guard
24. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Milvian Bridge
Crossing the Rubicon
Pontifex Maximus
Popularis
25. Place in Sicily
Corvus
Syracuse
Tiberius Gracchus
Jugurtha
26. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Philip V of Macedon
Crossing the Rubicon
Etruscans
Plebeian Secession
27. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Tribune
The Edict of Milan
The Gladiator War
Rome
28. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Syracuse
Caligula
Crassus
Etruscans
29. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Pax Romana
Marius
Philip V of Macedon
Emperor Theodosius
30. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Hamilcar Barca
Carthago Delanda est
Etruscans
Titus
31. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Herod
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Popularis
Titus
32. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
Commodus
Sulla
Otho
33. Town ruled by king Numitor
Scipio Aemilianus
Cicero
Lavuniun
Proletariat
34. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Syracuse
Hiero II
Imperator
Alba Longa
35. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Christ
Gladiators
Romulus
Crossing the Rubicon
36. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Pontifex Maximus
Gladiators
Titus
Sulla
37. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Pax Romana
Commodus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Brutus
38. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Lucretia
Tiber River
Plebeian
Remus
39. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
St. Paul
Herod
Latifundia
The Social War
40. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Gauis Julius Caesar
Sulla
Tiberius Gracchus
Tribune
41. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Pax Romana
Crossing the Rubicon
Sulla
Proletariat
42. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Claudius
Eunus
Syracuse
Battle of Actium
43. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Vitellius
Eunus
Scipio Aemilianus
Rome
44. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Rome
Mithridates VI
Domitian
Octavian
45. Greek colony
Patres
Numidia
Constantine
Messina
46. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Cicero
Patres
Octavian
Emperor Theodosius
47. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Antonius Pius
Tiberius Gracchus
Commodus
Numidia
48. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Tribune
Commodus
Alba Longa
The Triumvirate
49. Large estate
Mark Antony
Messiah
Cassius
Latifundia
50. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Diocletian
Cinna
Diocletian
Milvian Bridge