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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Gaius Gracchus
Pagan
Commodus
Palatine Hill
2. Military power of the emperor
Hannibal Barca
Patres
Imperium
Syracuse
3. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Crassus
Popularis
Christ
Pompeii
4. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Sabines
Cinna
Tiberius
Domitian
5. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Etruscans
Trajan (what a boss)
Pompeii
Antonius Pius
6. 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
Nero
Battle of Zama
Battle of Cannae
Marius
7. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
John the Baptist
Cleoptra XIII
Commodus
Claudius
8. Greek colony
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Latifundia
Patres
Messina
9. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Parthia
John the Baptist
Hiero II
Sejanus
10. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Tiber River
Eunus
Messina
11. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Caligula
Domitian
Scipio Africanus
John the Baptist
12. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Attila the Hun
Lavuniun
Cinna
Scipio Aemilianus
13. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Gauis Julius Caesar
Scipio Aemilianus
Constantine
Horatius
14. The second town that Numitor ruled
Consuls
Antonius Pius
Patres
Alba Longa
15. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Crossing the Rubicon
Tribune
Hadrian
Gaius Gracchus
16. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Vitellius
Lavuniun
Jugurtha
Messina
17. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Rome
Palatine Hill
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Antiochus III
18. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Diocletian
Rhea Silvia
Pontius Pilate
Domitian
19. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Nero
Scipio Aemilianus
Carthage
Christ
20. Political power of the Emperor
Galba
Veto
St. Paul
Princeps
21. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
The Edict of Milan
Pompey
Consuls
Hadrian
22. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Attila the Hun
Sabines
23. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Pontifex Maximus
Battle of Actium
The Edict of Milan
Mark Antony
24. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Odoacer
Cinna
Imperium
Scipio Africanus
25. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Nerva
Parthia
Gaius Gracchus
26. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
Syracuse
Milvian Bridge
Popularis
27. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Milvian Bridge
Galba
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Scipio Aemilianus
28. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
The Edict of Milan
The Gladiator War
Patrician
Nero
29. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
The Edict of Milan
Corvus
Battle of Pharsalus
The Social War
30. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Hadrian
The Gladiator War
Caesarion
Nerva
31. Proud
Superbus
Hamilcar Barca
Rome
Domitian
32. 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
Constantine
Battle of Zama
Lucretia
Galba
33. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hasdrubal
Brutus
Hannibal Barca
Nero
34. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Carthago Delanda est
Pompeii
Lucius Verus
Lucius Verus
35. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Antiochus III
Consuls
Trajan (what a boss)
Hiero II
36. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Nerva
Gauis Julius Caesar
Ptolemy XIII
Lucretia
37. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Battle of Cannae
Octavian
Corvus
Caractacus
38. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Imperium
Nerva
Battle of Cannae
Pompey
39. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Caracalla
Claudius
Herod
Brutus
40. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Trajan (what a boss)
Philip V of Macedon
Scipio Aemilianus
Proletariat
41. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Scipio Aemilianus
Marcus Aurelius
King Herod
42. Worked through the people to get power
Hadrian
Pontius Pilate
Cicero
Popularis
43. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Claudius
Latins
Marius
John the Baptist
44. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Cassius
Carthage
Diocletian
Philip V of Macedon
45. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Pontifex Maximus
Veto
Praetorian Guard
Sulla
46. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
The Edict of Milan
Scipio Africanus
Rome
47. Another conspirator
Octavian
St. Paul
Cassius
Tiberius Gracchus
48. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Nerva
Tiberius
Tribune
Plebeian Secession
49. 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
Patrician
Otho
Pompey
Battle of Pharsalus
50. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Emperor Theodosius
Ptolemy XIII
Plebeian
The Edict of Milan