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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Caractacus
Hasdrubal
Mark Antony
Sabines
2. Town ruled by king Numitor
Pontius Pilate
Plebeian
Lavuniun
Cato
3. Another conspirator
Cassius
Etruscans
Tiberius
Crossing the Rubicon
4. 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
Nero
Marius
Christ
Pontifex Maximus
5. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Caracalla
Superbus
Galba
Battle of Actium
6. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Numidia
Sabines
Rhea Silvia
Numidia
7. Greek colony
Cinna
Messina
Tiberius
Consuls
8. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
Odoacer
Ptolemy XIII
John the Baptist
9. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Emperor Theodosius
Rhea Silvia
Caracalla
Milvian Bridge
10. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Milvian Bridge
Republic
Mark Antony
Crassus
11. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Palatine Hill
King Herod
Diocletian
Attila the Hun
12. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Princeps
Plebeian Secession
Patres
Odoacer
13. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Crossing the Rubicon
Trajan (what a boss)
Nerva
Sulla
14. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Milvian Bridge
Sulla
Brutus
Pompeii
15. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Superbus
Crassus
Tribune
Rome
16. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Battle of Actium
Mark Antony
Tiberius
Battle of Zama
17. Proud
Superbus
The Triumvirate
The Gladiator War
Pompeii
18. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Caractacus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Veto
Claudius
19. The second town that Numitor ruled
The Gladiator War
Alba Longa
Carthage
Corvus
20. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Hamilcar Barca
Lucretia
The Gladiator War
Scipio Africanus
21. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
Corvus
The Gladiator War
Octavian
22. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Octavian
Sabines
Nerva
Palatine Hill
23. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Philip V of Macedon
Milvian Bridge
Battle of Cannae
Brutus
24. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Milvian Bridge
Proletariat
Pagan
Gladiators
25. Religious power of the Emperor
The Edict of Milan
Corvus
Attila the Hun
Pontifex Maximus
26. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Spartacus
Princeps
Caesarion
Tribune
27. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Pompey
Hiero II
Hasdrubal
Jugurtha
28. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Gladiators
Herod
Mark Antony
Battle of Cannae
29. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Lucius Verus
Nerva
Otho
Nero
30. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Rhea Silvia
Battle of Zama
Caractacus
Hamilcar Barca
31. 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
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Battle of Pharsalus
Plebeian Secession
Marcus Aurelius
32. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Etruscans
Cleoptra XIII
Herod
33. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Caesarion
Diocletian
King Herod
Rome
34. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Corvus
Battle of Zama
Hannibal Barca
Carthago delenda est
35. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Popularis
Corvus
Pontius Pilate
Domitian
36. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Marcus Aurelius
Caesarion
The Edict of Milan
Mithridates VI
37. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Tiberius Gracchus
Praetorian Guard
Caractacus
Hiero II
38. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Vespasian
Gauis Julius Caesar
Tiberius Gracchus
39. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Ptolemy XIII
Lucius Verus
Titus
Commodus
40. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Constantine
Trajan (what a boss)
Christ
Cinna
41. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Imperator
Battle of Pharsalus
Tiberius Gracchus
Tiber River
42. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Numidia
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Brutus
43. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Alba Longa
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Caractacus
Zealots
44. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
Imperator
Zealots
Rhea Silvia
45. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Pompeii
Tiber River
The Triumvirate
Galba
46. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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47. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
King Herod
Praetorian Guard
Caesarion
48. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Imperium
Marcus Aurelius
Spartacus
Tiberius
49. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Titus
Rome
Proletariat
Gaius Gracchus
50. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Caligula
Octavian
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