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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Worked through the senate to get power
Superbus
Constantine
Optimate
Remus
2. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Crossing the Rubicon
John the Baptist
Palatine Hill
Romulus
3. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Proletariat
Galba
Commodus
Consuls
4. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Tiberius Gracchus
The Social War
Trajan (what a boss)
5. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Lavuniun
Pontifex Maximus
Etruscans
6. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Marius
Plebeian
Milvian Bridge
The Triumvirate
7. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Commodus
The Jugurthine War
Popularis
Tribune
8. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Claudius
Tiber River
Emperor Theodosius
Lavuniun
9. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Messina
Battle of Cannae
Vitellius
St. Paul
10. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Lucius Verus
Cassius
Attila the Hun
Pagan
11. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Proletariat
Scipio Aemilianus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Caligula
12. Earliest tribes in the area
Republic
Milvian Bridge
Res Publicas
Latins
13. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Herod
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Carthage
Crossing the Rubicon
14. 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 Christ (Jesús Christos)
Titus
Brutus
15. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Horatius
Otho
Tiber River
Crassus
16. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Cicero
Praetorian Guard
Eunus
Herod
17. 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
Trajan (what a boss)
Popularis
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Patrician
18. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Battle of Actium
Pax Romana
Popularis
Tribune
19. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Scipio Aemilianus
Palatine Hill
Jugurtha
Pagan
20. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Pompey
Consuls
Marius
Ptolemy XIII
21. The second town that Numitor ruled
John the Baptist
Battle of Actium
Alba Longa
Consuls
22. 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
St. Paul
Vespasian
Popularis
Crossing the Rubicon
23. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Mark Antony
Lucretia
Jugurtha
Cato
24. 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
Lavuniun
Galba
Otho
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
25. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Caesarion
Palatine Hill
Etruscans
Cleoptra XIII
26. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Alba Longa
Sejanus
Syracuse
Pontius Pilate
27. Town ruled by king Numitor
Lavuniun
Cato
Pax Romana
Nerva
28. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Emperor Theodosius
Cicero
Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
29. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Rhea Silvia
Marius
Battle of Zama
Tiber River
30. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
Marcus Aurelius
Odoacer
Sabines
31. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Herod
Hiero II
Cleoptra XIII
Mark Antony
32. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Galba
Antiochus III
Hannibal Barca
Plebeian
33. Religious power of the Emperor
Carthago Delanda est
Cicero
Praetorian Guard
Pontifex Maximus
34. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Antonius Pius
Republic
Tribune
Caracalla
35. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Palatine Hill
Praetorian Guard
Milvian Bridge
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
36. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cleoptra XIII
Titus
Christ
37. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Nerva
Carthago Delanda est
Pompeii
Nero
38. Large estate
Imperator
Latifundia
Imperator
The Social War
39. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Antiochus III
Domitian
The Jugurthine War
Consuls
40. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Cleoptra XIII
Rome
St. Paul
Tiber River
41. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Sulla
Pompey
Ptolemy XIII
Marcus Aurelius
42. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Tiberius
Mithridates VI
Rome
43. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Caligula
Scipio Africanus
Alba Longa
44. 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
Scipio Africanus
Marcus Aurelius
Battle of Cannae
Superbus
45. 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
Battle of Pharsalus
Corvus
The Edict of Milan
46. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Numidia
Sejanus
Proletariat
Carthago Delanda est
47. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
Sejanus
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Cassius
48. Another conspirator
Numidia
Syracuse
Odoacer
Cassius
49. Place in North Africa
Pax Romana
Carthage
Res Publicas
Latifundia
50. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Caesarion
Carthage
Tiber River
Jesus's Commandments (concept)