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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Galba
The Jugurthine War
Crassus
2. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Brutus
Attila the Hun
Antiochus III
Odoacer
3. I forbid
Domitian
Emperor Theodosius
Veto
Hasdrubal
4. Political power of the Emperor
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Consuls
Princeps
Philip V of Macedon
5. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Battle of Actium
Odoacer
Patrician
Gaius Gracchus
6. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Parthia
Superbus
Claudius
Messina
7. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Etruscans
Spartacus
Antiochus III
8. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Plebeian Secession
Syracuse
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Diocletian
9. 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
Crassus
The Jugurthine War
Vespasian
Philip V of Macedon
10. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Nero
Pontifex Maximus
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Romulus
11. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Mark Antony
Christ
Imperator
Gauis Julius Caesar
12. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Battle of Cannae
Cinna
Hannibal Barca
Carthago delenda est
13. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Trajan (what a boss)
Princeps
Scipio Aemilianus
14. Military commander of the Emperor
Numidia
Marius
Imperator
Res Publicas
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
Antiochus III
Corvus
Proletariat
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
16. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Tiber River
Lavuniun
Crossing the Rubicon
Sulla
17. Worked through the senate to get power
Numidia
Emperor Theodosius
Plebeian
Optimate
18. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Hasdrubal
Carthage
Patres
Emperor Theodosius
19. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Diocletian
Octavian
The Triumvirate
Patres
20. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Trajan (what a boss)
Eunus
Rome
Hiero II
21. I forbid
Veto
Sabines
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Titus
22. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Hadrian
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Patrician
Battle of Actium
23. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Cassius
Titus
Tiberius Gracchus
Claudius
24. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Rhea Silvia
Cicero
King Herod
Cato
25. Proud
Numidia
Superbus
Otho
Pompey
26. The second town that Numitor ruled
Alba Longa
Numidia
Crassus
Patres
27. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Plebeian
Scipio Aemilianus
Imperium
Battle of Cannae
28. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Princeps
Mithridates VI
Marcus Aurelius
29. 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
Consuls
Res Publicas
Cato
Rome
30. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Ptolemy XIII
Pontius Pilate
Trajan (what a boss)
Constantine
31. Town ruled by king Numitor
Pagan
Octavian
Antonius Pius
Lavuniun
32. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Hiero II
Commodus
Sabines
33. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Pax Romana
Messina
Tribune
Palatine Hill
34. 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
Imperium
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Tiberius Gracchus
Caligula
35. 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
Emperor Theodosius
Galba
Cicero
Gladiators
36. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Superbus
Patrician
Optimate
Rome
37. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Gauis Julius Caesar
Lavuniun
Hamilcar Barca
38. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Battle of Pharsalus
Scipio Aemilianus
Princeps
Sabines
39. Another conspirator
Hamilcar Barca
Tribune
Tiber River
Cassius
40. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Caesarion
Rome
Sejanus
Titus
41. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Consuls
Battle of Zama
Tiberius
Optimate
42. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Plebeian
Pompey
Antiochus III
Cassius
43. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Sulla
Brutus
Sulla
Eunus
44. 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
Claudius
Cleoptra XIII
Imperium
Pontifex Maximus
45. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Cicero
Scipio Africanus
Sejanus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
46. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Carthago Delanda est
Brutus
Eunus
Battle of Actium
47. Town ruled by king Numitor
Cinna
King Herod
Lavuniun
Nerva
48. 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
Christ
Constantine
Imperator
Odoacer
49. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Cato
Pax Romana
Nero
Battle of Pharsalus
50. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Proletariat
Domitian
Scipio Aemilianus
Titus