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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. 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
Hannibal Barca
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Domitian
Caligula
2. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Tribune
Cinna
Plebeian Secession
Domitian
3. 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
Galba
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Vespasian
Hannibal Barca
4. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Vespasian
Corvus
Hannibal Barca
Crossing the Rubicon
5. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Cleoptra XIII
Etruscans
Lavuniun
Proletariat
6. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
The Gladiator War
Patres
Octavian
7. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Gaius Gracchus
Christ
Horatius
Hiero II
8. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Battle of Pharsalus
The Jugurthine War
Sulla
9. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Princeps
Gauis Julius Caesar
Pax Romana
Jugurtha
10. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Caracalla
Battle of Actium
Zealots
Trajan (what a boss)
11. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Hamilcar Barca
John the Baptist
Hamilcar Barca
Gladiators
12. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
John the Baptist
Pontius Pilate
Christ
Cleoptra XIII
13. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Cicero
Tiber River
Mithridates VI
Hamilcar Barca
14. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Plebeian
Sulla
Sulla
Julio-Claudian Emperors
15. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Remus
Numidia
Res Publicas
Battle of Pharsalus
16. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Herod
Odoacer
Battle of Pharsalus
Rhea Silvia
17. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Carthago Delanda est
Battle of Actium
Emperor Theodosius
The Jugurthine War
18. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Popularis
Cleoptra XIII
Rome
St. Paul
19. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Hasdrubal
Domitian
Remus
Zealots
20. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Carthago delenda est
Nerva
Hasdrubal
Caracalla
21. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Crassus
Jugurtha
Pompey
Hasdrubal
22. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Sejanus
Diocletian
Romulus
Vitellius
23. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Consuls
Syracuse
John the Baptist
Hadrian
24. 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
Battle of Pharsalus
Scipio Africanus
Corvus
Praetorian Guard
25. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
The Jugurthine War
Otho
Tribune
Emperor Theodosius
26. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Otho
Caesarion
Veto
Proletariat
27. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Proletariat
Cato
Caracalla
28. Religious power of the Emperor
Spartacus
Sulla
Pontifex Maximus
Tiber River
29. The second town that Numitor ruled
Hasdrubal
Battle of Actium
Cleoptra XIII
Alba Longa
30. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Plebeian
Republic
Herod
Octavian
31. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Tiberius Gracchus
Vitellius
Pontius Pilate
32. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Etruscans
Constantine
Tiber River
Ptolemy XIII
33. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Hannibal Barca
Trajan (what a boss)
Vespasian
Vitellius
34. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Sulla
Antiochus III
Claudius
35. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Diocletian
Scipio Aemilianus
Plebeian Secession
Nerva
36. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Trajan (what a boss)
Hamilcar Barca
Etruscans
Claudius
37. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Latifundia
Odoacer
Sabines
Princeps
38. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Plebeian Secession
Pontius Pilate
Tiberius
Antiochus III
39. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Parthia
Syracuse
Jugurtha
Rhea Silvia
40. Carthage must be destroyed
Otho
Carthago delenda est
Romulus
Crassus
41. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Claudius
Marcus Aurelius
Imperator
42. 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
Gaius Gracchus
The Gladiator War
Rhea Silvia
Commodus
43. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Commodus
Antiochus III
Sejanus
Tiberius Gracchus
44. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
Alba Longa
Patres
Lavuniun
45. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Claudius
Scipio Africanus
The Jugurthine War
Messiah
46. 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
Milvian Bridge
Otho
Commodus
Caligula
47. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Republic
Tribune
The Social War
Sabines
48. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Nero
Spartacus
Gladiators
Republic
49. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Battle of Pharsalus
Hiero II
John the Baptist
Battle of Cannae
50. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Consuls
Milvian Bridge
Superbus
Marcus Aurelius
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