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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Carthago Delanda est
Domitian
Caractacus
Caligula
2. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Sulla
Tiber River
Nerva
Cleoptra XIII
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
Caligula
Emperor Theodosius
Hadrian
Cato
4. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Scipio Africanus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
The Jugurthine War
The Social War
5. Worked through the senate to get power
Praetorian Guard
King Herod
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Optimate
6. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Patres
Caesarion
Marius
Pompey
7. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Odoacer
Eunus
Praetorian Guard
Otho
8. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Gaius Gracchus
Eunus
Vitellius
Plebeian Secession
9. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Lucretia
Antiochus III
Cicero
Pontifex Maximus
10. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
Otho
Pompey
Mithridates VI
11. 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
Rhea Silvia
Cleoptra XIII
Carthago Delanda est
Optimate
12. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Nero
Popularis
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cicero
13. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Battle of Cannae
Cinna
Brutus
Emperor Theodosius
14. Earliest tribes in the area
Marius
Hadrian
Latins
Tiberius
15. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Etruscans
Caesarion
Trajan (what a boss)
Consuls
16. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Marcus Aurelius
The Triumvirate
Palatine Hill
The Edict of Milan
17. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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18. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Carthage
Romulus
Diocletian
Titus
19. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Gladiators
Caligula
Superbus
Hannibal Barca
20. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Gaius Gracchus
Christ
Hannibal Barca
Caractacus
21. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Antonius Pius
Caesarion
Battle of Cannae
Optimate
22. 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
King Herod
Vespasian
Battle of Zama
Gladiators
23. Place in Sicily
Gaius Gracchus
Syracuse
Domitian
Pompeii
24. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Patrician
Claudius
Pompeii
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
25. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Gladiators
Superbus
Carthage
26. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Tiberius Gracchus
Plebeian Secession
St. Paul
The Jugurthine War
27. Military power of the emperor
Galba
Carthago Delanda est
Numidia
Imperium
28. Religious power of the Emperor
Pontifex Maximus
Scipio Aemilianus
Remus
Tiberius
29. Large estate
Princeps
Latifundia
Hannibal Barca
Tiberius Gracchus
30. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Syracuse
Claudius
Pompey
Numidia
31. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Popularis
Alba Longa
32. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Tribune
Lucius Verus
Patrician
Claudius
33. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Syracuse
Otho
Jugurtha
Gauis Julius Caesar
34. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Patrician
Veto
Tribune
Mithridates VI
35. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Romulus
Imperium
Hasdrubal
The Triumvirate
36. 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
Hiero II
The Gladiator War
Commodus
Constantine
37. 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
Domitian
Constantine
Numidia
Claudius
38. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Superbus
The Edict of Milan
Vitellius
Imperator
39. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
The Social War
Optimate
Carthage
Ptolemy XIII
40. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Otho
Syracuse
Pompeii
Romulus
41. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Optimate
Caligula
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Pompeii
42. Greek colony
Patres
Battle of Cannae
Nero
Messina
43. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Tiber River
Parthia
Tribune
The Edict of Milan
44. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Scipio Africanus
Cato
Marcus Aurelius
45. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Battle of Cannae
Veto
Attila the Hun
Antiochus III
46. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Pagan
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Hannibal Barca
Constantine
47. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Hasdrubal
Antonius Pius
The Jugurthine War
The Gladiator War
48. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Horatius
Gladiators
St. Paul
King Herod
49. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Pontius Pilate
Constantine
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Carthago delenda est
50. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Cinna
Christ
Carthago delenda est