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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
Ptolemy XIII
Plebeian Secession
Alba Longa
Remus
2. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Consuls
St. Paul
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Patrician
3. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Patres
Caligula
Popularis
Caracalla
4. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Eunus
Pompey
Corvus
Cato
5. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Messiah
Cleoptra XIII
Plebeian Secession
Cassius
6. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
The Edict of Milan
Philip V of Macedon
Jugurtha
Carthago delenda est
7. Earliest tribes in the area
Latins
King Herod
Caractacus
Titus
8. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Caesarion
Sulla
John the Baptist
Octavian
9. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Princeps
Gauis Julius Caesar
Nero
10. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Etruscans
Brutus
Commodus
Horatius
11. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Pax Romana
Sulla
Plebeian
12. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Mithridates VI
Imperator
Carthago Delanda est
Etruscans
13. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Cleoptra XIII
Pontius Pilate
Crossing the Rubicon
Hamilcar Barca
14. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Patres
Otho
Patrician
Veto
15. Place in North Africa
Carthage
Herod
Zealots
Carthago delenda est
16. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Alba Longa
Plebeian
The Social War
Tribune
17. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Plebeian Secession
Pompeii
Superbus
Imperium
18. 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
Cleoptra XIII
Titus
Optimate
Praetorian Guard
19. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Constantine
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Battle of Actium
Corvus
20. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Imperator
John the Baptist
Spartacus
Optimate
21. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Scipio Aemilianus
Romulus
Remus
Pompey
22. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Etruscans
Herod
Spartacus
Lucretia
23. 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
Galba
Gaius Gracchus
Battle of Cannae
Rome
24. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Pax Romana
Tiberius
Battle of Cannae
25. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Cassius
Gauis Julius Caesar
Sejanus
Christ
26. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Tiberius Gracchus
Antiochus III
Cassius
Philip V of Macedon
27. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Pagan
Praetorian Guard
Crossing the Rubicon
Cicero
28. Carthage must be destroyed
Gladiators
Princeps
Pontifex Maximus
Carthago delenda est
29. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Horatius
Antonius Pius
Crossing the Rubicon
Titus
30. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Caracalla
Plebeian
Octavian
Julio-Claudian Emperors
31. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Messiah
Marcus Aurelius
Carthago delenda est
Eunus
32. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Cassius
Res Publicas
Nerva
Cassius
33. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Rhea Silvia
Imperator
Hasdrubal
Otho
34. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Praetorian Guard
Jugurtha
Romulus
King Herod
35. Political power of the Emperor
Cinna
Commodus
Horatius
Princeps
36. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Horatius
Hamilcar Barca
Brutus
Battle of Zama
37. Founding Fathers of Rome
Numidia
Zealots
Battle of Actium
Patres
38. 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
Cicero
Galba
Attila the Hun
Battle of Actium
39. Place in Sicily
Tiberius Gracchus
Syracuse
Imperium
Battle of Zama
40. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Antonius Pius
Domitian
The Edict of Milan
Otho
41. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Pompey
The Social War
Veto
Pagan
42. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Crossing the Rubicon
Pontifex Maximus
Gladiators
Eunus
43. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Pax Romana
Pagan
Sejanus
44. 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
Galba
Scipio Africanus
Constantine
Tiber River
45. Civic duty - public affairs
Popularis
Res Publicas
Praetorian Guard
Battle of Cannae
46. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Ptolemy XIII
Marius
Sabines
Caesarion
47. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Cinna
Popularis
Philip V of Macedon
Octavian
48. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Pax Romana
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Scipio Africanus
Emperor Theodosius
49. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Cicero
Horatius
Tiberius
50. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Cicero
Cleoptra XIII
John the Baptist
Gladiators
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