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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Patrician
Gauis Julius Caesar
Romulus
Battle of Zama
2. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pontius Pilate
Christ
The Jugurthine War
Caligula
3. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Pompeii
Pompeii
Rhea Silvia
Odoacer
4. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Caligula
Ptolemy XIII
Philip V of Macedon
The Edict of Milan
5. Proud
Superbus
Nerva
Jugurtha
Caesarion
6. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Pagan
Plebeian
Tribune
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
7. Carthage must be destroyed
Optimate
Octavian
Carthago delenda est
Claudius
8. 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
Remus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Tiberius
9. 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
Cleoptra XIII
The Gladiator War
Caligula
Syracuse
10. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
The Gladiator War
Battle of Cannae
Hannibal Barca
Superbus
11. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Trajan (what a boss)
Carthago delenda est
Messiah
12. English meaning: crow - Plank that connects to ships so the naval forces felt like they were fighting on land - the Roman navy was not their strong point
Romulus
Imperium
Pontifex Maximus
Corvus
13. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Consuls
Pompeii
Vitellius
Gaius Gracchus
14. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Horatius
Cleoptra XIII
Philip V of Macedon
15. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Commodus
Christ
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Cato
16. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Messina
Crossing the Rubicon
The Jugurthine War
Optimate
17. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Popularis
Antiochus III
Cinna
Battle of Pharsalus
18. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Marius
Pompeii
Crossing the Rubicon
Hadrian
19. Worked through the senate to get power
Domitian
Optimate
Mark Antony
Tiberius
20. Senator who traveled to Carthage to tell the Numidia to leave Carthage alone then he discover they had great resources - and he told rome about it and it started the 3rd Punic War - he kept on saying Carthago Delenda Est which means Carthage must be
Pompeii
Cato
Sulla
Corvus
21. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Carthago delenda est
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Patrician
Caractacus
22. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Scipio Aemilianus
Patrician
Christ
Parthia
23. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caesarion
Pagan
Mark Antony
Caracalla
24. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Lavuniun
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cassius
John the Baptist
25. Large estate
Republic
Patrician
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Latifundia
26. Worked through the people to get power
Herod
Eunus
Popularis
The Gladiator War
27. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Tiberius Gracchus
Titus
Constantine
Battle of Cannae
28. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Gauis Julius Caesar
Milvian Bridge
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Latins
29. Place in Sicily
Eunus
Alba Longa
Syracuse
The Gladiator War
30. Civic duty - public affairs
Tribune
Res Publicas
Battle of Pharsalus
Republic
31. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Otho
Pax Romana
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Sulla
32. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Mithridates VI
Milvian Bridge
Philip V of Macedon
King Herod
33. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Syracuse
Patres
Brutus
34. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Brutus
King Herod
Titus
Trajan (what a boss)
35. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Palatine Hill
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Nerva
Marius
36. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Milvian Bridge
Syracuse
Attila the Hun
Odoacer
37. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Attila the Hun
Tribune
Sejanus
Antiochus III
38. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Imperium
Battle of Actium
John the Baptist
Claudius
39. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Nerva
The Jugurthine War
Jugurtha
Sulla
40. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Imperator
Battle of Actium
Mithridates VI
41. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Vitellius
Hannibal Barca
Caligula
King Herod
42. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Zealots
Rome
Tribune
Eunus
43. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Sejanus
Jugurtha
Republic
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
44. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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45. 3rd Julio-Claudian emperor - declared himself a God - practiced incest with his sisters - murdered the one that got pregnant - tried to make his horse consul - fought the sea because he was crazy - he is killed by the Praetorian Guard - he demands th
Caligula
Attila the Hun
Lucius Verus
Plebeian Secession
46. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Christ
Plebeian
Caracalla
Tribune
47. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Tiberius
Latins
Sabines
Emperor Theodosius
48. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Cato
Patrician
Messiah
Spartacus
49. 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
Romulus
Hadrian
Horatius
Cleoptra XIII
50. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Messiah
Attila the Hun
King Herod
Sabines
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