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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Herod
Lavuniun
Mithridates VI
2. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Hiero II
Cassius
Antiochus III
Romulus
3. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Numidia
Princeps
Antonius Pius
Crossing the Rubicon
4. Worked through the senate to get power
Caligula
Optimate
Tiber River
Hiero II
5. 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
Corvus
The Social War
Lucretia
Battle of Zama
6. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Gaius Gracchus
Battle of Actium
Scipio Aemilianus
Antiochus III
7. Proud
Odoacer
Superbus
Octavian
Optimate
8. Civic duty - public affairs
Tiber River
The Edict of Milan
Res Publicas
Palatine Hill
9. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Hasdrubal
Eunus
Titus
Tiberius Gracchus
10. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Sulla
Tiber River
Sejanus
Sulla
11. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Hamilcar Barca
Latifundia
Cicero
12. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Hamilcar Barca
Palatine Hill
Mark Antony
Pompey
13. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Pontius Pilate
Marius
Domitian
Gladiators
14. Political power of the Emperor
Caligula
Princeps
Remus
Marius
15. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Octavian
Christ
Lavuniun
St. Paul
16. One of Antoninus Pius' heirs. Not interested in politics so made his brother Lucius Verus co-emperor. Commodus was his heir - more interested in philosophy stoic philosopher
Crossing the Rubicon
Battle of Cannae
Pompey
Marcus Aurelius
17. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Milvian Bridge
Patres
Pax Romana
Trajan (what a boss)
18. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Plebeian Secession
Commodus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
19. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Caractacus
Gaius Gracchus
Jugurtha
Gauis Julius Caesar
20. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Patres
Pontifex Maximus
The Jugurthine War
Caligula
21. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Hasdrubal
Imperator
Lavuniun
Pontius Pilate
22. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Proletariat
Octavian
Remus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
23. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Otho
Mithridates VI
Zealots
Battle of Cannae
24. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Mithridates VI
Sabines
Romulus
Caractacus
25. I forbid
Philip V of Macedon
Claudius
Veto
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
26. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Romulus
Nero
Mithridates VI
Carthago delenda est
27. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Patrician
St. Paul
Imperator
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
The Gladiator War
Etruscans
Messina
Cleoptra XIII
29. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Jugurtha
Vitellius
The Triumvirate
Scipio Africanus
30. Place in Sicily
Battle of Cannae
Hamilcar Barca
Imperium
Syracuse
31. I forbid
Veto
Attila the Hun
Rhea Silvia
Praetorian Guard
32. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Crossing the Rubicon
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Plebeian
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
33. 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
Messina
Christ
Caligula
The Edict of Milan
34. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
John the Baptist
Plebeian Secession
Caligula
35. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Horatius
Plebeian
Sabines
Claudius
36. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Battle of Pharsalus
Christ
Marius
Sejanus
37. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Consuls
Optimate
Numidia
38. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Pax Romana
Domitian
Sabines
Princeps
39. Large estate
Optimate
Pagan
Latifundia
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
40. Town ruled by king Numitor
Diocletian
Proletariat
Battle of Actium
Lavuniun
41. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Plebeian
Julio-Claudian Emperors
John the Baptist
Ptolemy XIII
42. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Antiochus III
Cassius
Marcus Aurelius
43. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Pontius Pilate
Attila the Hun
The Edict of Milan
Marcus Aurelius
44. 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
Trajan (what a boss)
Domitian
Octavian
Ptolemy XIII
45. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
Cleoptra XIII
Trajan (what a boss)
Plebeian
46. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Hiero II
Syracuse
Veto
Rhea Silvia
47. Earliest tribes in the area
Odoacer
Constantine
Latins
Emperor Theodosius
48. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Patrician
Parthia
Eunus
49. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Battle of Actium
Horatius
Pompeii
Milvian Bridge
50. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Mithridates VI
Nero
Battle of Actium
Hadrian