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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Parthia
John the Baptist
Domitian
Hannibal Barca
2. 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
Sejanus
Tiberius
Nero
Cassius
3. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Carthage
Caractacus
Titus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
4. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Res Publicas
Battle of Zama
St. Paul
5. Worked through the senate to get power
Messiah
Optimate
Etruscans
Carthago Delanda est
6. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Marius
Diocletian
Ptolemy XIII
Messina
7. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
The Social War
Superbus
Lucretia
The Jugurthine War
8. 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
Crossing the Rubicon
The Gladiator War
Scipio Africanus
Rome
9. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Mithridates VI
Battle of Pharsalus
Diocletian
Ptolemy XIII
10. I forbid
Veto
Praetorian Guard
Latins
Latins
11. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Lavuniun
Cassius
Herod
Res Publicas
12. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Scipio Africanus
Numidia
Etruscans
Hadrian
13. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Herod
Cassius
Rhea Silvia
Gauis Julius Caesar
14. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Remus
King Herod
Battle of Pharsalus
Republic
15. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Superbus
Remus
Antiochus III
Vitellius
16. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Battle of Actium
Patrician
Zealots
Pompeii
17. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Constantine
Carthago delenda est
Princeps
18. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Titus
Commodus
Gladiators
Scipio Africanus
19. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Christ
Crassus
Jugurtha
Remus
20. The second town that Numitor ruled
The Jugurthine War
Constantine
Veto
Alba Longa
21. Military power of the emperor
Herod
Battle of Pharsalus
Imperium
Crassus
22. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Gladiators
Herod
Pagan
Pompey
23. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Vitellius
Crossing the Rubicon
Tiber River
Mithridates VI
24. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Alba Longa
Cato
Republic
Scipio Africanus
25. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Cinna
Res Publicas
Sejanus
26. Religious power of the Emperor
Pontifex Maximus
Plebeian Secession
Carthage
Rome
27. Carthage must be destroyed
Carthago delenda est
Spartacus
Pontifex Maximus
Optimate
28. 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
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Latins
Milvian Bridge
29. 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
Marcus Aurelius
Domitian
Superbus
Cicero
30. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Superbus
Marius
Horatius
Julio-Claudian Emperors
31. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
St. Paul
Superbus
Claudius
32. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Marcus Aurelius
Proletariat
Rome
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
33. Military power of the emperor
Battle of Zama
Vespasian
Imperium
Christ
34. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Lucius Verus
Hannibal Barca
Pontifex Maximus
Sulla
35. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Christ
Battle of Actium
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Parthia
36. Place in Sicily
Cleoptra XIII
Syracuse
Parthia
Princeps
37. 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
Princeps
Cleoptra XIII
Cinna
Rome
38. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Sulla
Carthago delenda est
Caracalla
39. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Pompeii
Gaius Gracchus
Patrician
Res Publicas
40. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Trajan (what a boss)
Spartacus
Battle of Zama
Caesarion
41. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Odoacer
Galba
Philip V of Macedon
Cicero
42. Large estate
St. Paul
Pagan
Latifundia
Domitian
43. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Proletariat
Marius
Etruscans
Superbus
44. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Brutus
Claudius
Battle of Pharsalus
Vitellius
45. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
St. Paul
Optimate
Corvus
Christ
46. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Crossing the Rubicon
Patrician
Plebeian
Romulus
47. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Plebeian Secession
Antonius Pius
Battle of Zama
Jugurtha
48. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Commodus
Republic
Romulus
Imperator
49. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Sejanus
Hiero II
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Attila the Hun
50. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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