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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Commodus
Ptolemy XIII
Claudius
Latins
2. Overall amazing - treats senate well - military guy - fair rule - campaigns for good of Rome - conquers Armenia don't ask/don't tell policy for Christians
Rome
Lavuniun
Trajan (what a boss)
Sabines
3. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Zealots
Emperor Theodosius
Hamilcar Barca
Scipio Africanus
4. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Romulus
Sabines
Crassus
Numidia
5. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Pontius Pilate
Galba
Christ
Pompey
6. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Palatine Hill
Numidia
Imperator
Lucius Verus
7. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Sabines
Horatius
Battle of Zama
Etruscans
8. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Princeps
Lucius Verus
Gaius Gracchus
Latins
9. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Pompeii
Octavian
Palatine Hill
Pontifex Maximus
10. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Pompeii
Spartacus
The Triumvirate
Numidia
11. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Messiah
Spartacus
Spartacus
12. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Horatius
Plebeian Secession
Superbus
The Triumvirate
13. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
The Triumvirate
Hiero II
Mark Antony
Veto
14. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Pontius Pilate
Palatine Hill
Marcus Aurelius
Plebeian Secession
15. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Spartacus
Pompey
Caesarion
Etruscans
16. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Herod
Horatius
Ptolemy XIII
Domitian
17. Worked through the senate to get power
Caracalla
Corvus
Pagan
Optimate
18. Large estate
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Latifundia
Lucretia
Attila the Hun
19. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Hamilcar Barca
Carthago Delanda est
Republic
Consuls
20. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Pontifex Maximus
Christ
Scipio Aemilianus
Battle of Pharsalus
21. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Parthia
Tiber River
Caligula
Ptolemy XIII
22. Carthage must be destroyed
Claudius
Philip V of Macedon
Gauis Julius Caesar
Carthago delenda est
23. Another conspirator
Republic
Nerva
Cassius
Hiero II
24. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Remus
Rome
Crossing the Rubicon
Jugurtha
25. 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
Pompey
Lavuniun
Constantine
Emperor Theodosius
26. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Gauis Julius Caesar
Tiberius
John the Baptist
Hamilcar Barca
27. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Lavuniun
Tiberius Gracchus
Sabines
Tiberius
28. Another conspirator
Caractacus
Cassius
Nerva
The Social War
29. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Palatine Hill
The Social War
Horatius
Rhea Silvia
30. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Sulla
Pagan
Spartacus
Patrician
31. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Patrician
Tiber River
Rome
Spartacus
32. 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
Crassus
Praetorian Guard
Alba Longa
33. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Lavuniun
Caesarion
Cassius
Messiah
34. Town ruled by king Numitor
Romulus
Philip V of Macedon
Republic
Lavuniun
35. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pontius Pilate
Battle of Zama
Pompeii
The Social War
36. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Corvus
Odoacer
Scipio Aemilianus
Caesarion
37. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Herod
Crossing the Rubicon
Milvian Bridge
Corvus
38. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Cato
Mark Antony
Hannibal Barca
39. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Cato
Gaius Gracchus
Hamilcar Barca
Plebeian Secession
40. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Nero
Constantine
Claudius
41. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Etruscans
Syracuse
Antiochus III
Numidia
42. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Zealots
Caligula
Tiberius
Imperator
43. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Parthia
Rhea Silvia
Pagan
44. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Imperium
Proletariat
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Tribune
45. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Nero
Pagan
Crossing the Rubicon
Antonius Pius
46. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Plebeian
Alba Longa
Julio-Claudian Emperors
47. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Mark Antony
Caracalla
Consuls
Res Publicas
48. Place in Sicily
Syracuse
Sabines
Lavuniun
Julio-Claudian Emperors
49. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Popularis
Brutus
The Triumvirate
50. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Lucretia
Nerva
Gauis Julius Caesar
Hamilcar Barca
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