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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens






2. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination






3. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.






4. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer






5. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah






6. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it






7. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary






8. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary






9. Proud






10. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service






11. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him






12. Period of piece in Rome 200 years






13. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus






14. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources






15. 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






16. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus






17. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.






18. Hannibal's brother who died in battle






19. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy






20. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor






21. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.






22. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul






23. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it






24. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army






25. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death






26. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him






27. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war






28. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers






29. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill






30. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama






31. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra






32. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews






33. Worked through the senate to get power






34. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.






35. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north






36. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense






37. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor






38. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers






39. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome






40. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins






41. 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






42. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides






43. 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






44. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought






45. 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






46. Lowest class of people - usually farmers






47. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly






48. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'






49. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra






50. 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