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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Constantine
Titus
John the Baptist
2. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Brutus
Nerva
Tiber River
Etruscans
3. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Veto
Antiochus III
Jugurtha
Battle of Pharsalus
4. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Lucretia
Hannibal Barca
The Social War
Syracuse
5. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Julio-Claudian Emperors
The Edict of Milan
Palatine Hill
King Herod
6. 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
Gladiators
The Edict of Milan
Parthia
The Gladiator War
7. The second town that Numitor ruled
Syracuse
Alba Longa
Numidia
Mark Antony
8. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Hadrian
Scipio Aemilianus
Marcus Aurelius
9. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Patrician
Odoacer
Sejanus
Pompeii
10. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
Crassus
Hasdrubal
The Gladiator War
11. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Pompeii
Rhea Silvia
Odoacer
Tiberius
12. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Popularis
Christ
Parthia
13. Military power of the emperor
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Messiah
Imperium
Parthia
14. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Marcus Aurelius
The Social War
Parthia
Imperium
15. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Crossing the Rubicon
Popularis
Cleoptra XIII
Marius
16. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Horatius
Pax Romana
Claudius
Pompey
17. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Princeps
Ptolemy XIII
Lucretia
Pax Romana
18. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Galba
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Battle of Pharsalus
Hadrian
19. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Commodus
Carthago delenda est
Antiochus III
Vitellius
20. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Hamilcar Barca
Gaius Gracchus
Eunus
Battle of Pharsalus
21. I forbid
Veto
Spartacus
Imperator
Tiberius
22. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
John the Baptist
Scipio Africanus
Christ
23. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
The Triumvirate
Horatius
Etruscans
Pompey
24. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Syracuse
Res Publicas
Battle of Pharsalus
Lucretia
25. Place in Sicily
Jugurtha
Messiah
Lucretia
Syracuse
26. 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
Hadrian
Constantine
Cleoptra XIII
Hasdrubal
27. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Hannibal Barca
Carthago Delanda est
Parthia
Christ
28. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Pompey
Carthago delenda est
Milvian Bridge
Carthago delenda est
29. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Horatius
Trajan (what a boss)
Battle of Zama
30. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Imperator
Proletariat
Domitian
31. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Sabines
Scipio Aemilianus
Scipio Africanus
Odoacer
32. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
The Edict of Milan
King Herod
Crassus
Cleoptra XIII
33. Proud
Superbus
Veto
Plebeian
Constantine
34. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Parthia
Alba Longa
Antiochus III
Galba
35. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Scipio Africanus
Marcus Aurelius
Battle of Pharsalus
The Triumvirate
36. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Corvus
Cicero
Lucius Verus
37. Galba's right hand man - named Imperator by Praetorian Guard - senate unhappily named him princep as well - almost went into a Civil War with Vitellius but instead killed himself so he would not have to go into a Civil War
Otho
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
The Jugurthine War
Herod
38. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Eunus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Veto
Tribune
39. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
The Triumvirate
Sejanus
Republic
Vitellius
40. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Etruscans
Pax Romana
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Crassus
41. 5th Julio-Claudian emperor - persecuted Christians - fire in Rome he blamed the Christians - however all of the other people blamed him - kicked pregnant wife to death - castrated and married a young boy (Sporus) made him look like his dead wife - fo
Messiah
Syracuse
Nero
Vitellius
42. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Caesarion
Hamilcar Barca
Cinna
43. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
The Social War
Commodus
Milvian Bridge
Lucius Verus
44. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Latifundia
Caracalla
Caesarion
Battle of Zama
45. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Gaius Gracchus
Sabines
Carthago delenda est
Rome
46. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Marcus Aurelius
Numidia
Hasdrubal
Mark Antony
47. Civic duty - public affairs
Domitian
Cassius
Res Publicas
Superbus
48. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
John the Baptist
Scipio Africanus
Praetorian Guard
Tiberius
49. 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
Vespasian
Latins
Carthago delenda est
Res Publicas
50. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
The Social War
Pax Romana
Titus
Vitellius