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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Plebeian Secession
Veto
Milvian Bridge
2. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Pax Romana
Plebeian
Claudius
Tiber River
3. Town ruled by king Numitor
Latins
Nerva
Lavuniun
Mithridates VI
4. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Palatine Hill
Plebeian
Hadrian
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
5. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Cinna
Sabines
Cleoptra XIII
6. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Trajan (what a boss)
Alba Longa
Sabines
7. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
King Herod
Alba Longa
Philip V of Macedon
8. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Republic
Palatine Hill
Claudius
Romulus
9. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Marius
Praetorian Guard
Commodus
Tribune
10. 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)
Cinna
The Social War
Messiah
11. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Imperator
Eunus
Messiah
Ptolemy XIII
12. Earliest tribes in the area
Attila the Hun
Latins
Nero
Sabines
13. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Constantine
Spartacus
Pompeii
14. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Optimate
Spartacus
Plebeian Secession
Hasdrubal
15. 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
Cato
Octavian
Caractacus
Consuls
16. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Horatius
Republic
Caesarion
Milvian Bridge
17. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Plebeian Secession
Republic
Pagan
Odoacer
18. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Tribune
Numidia
Jugurtha
Battle of Pharsalus
19. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Christ
Domitian
Messiah
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
20. 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
Corvus
Rhea Silvia
Crossing the Rubicon
Nero
21. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Horatius
Spartacus
Nerva
Emperor Theodosius
22. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Pontius Pilate
Palatine Hill
Marius
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
23. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Antonius Pius
Diocletian
Lucretia
Hamilcar Barca
24. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Antonius Pius
Zealots
Hiero II
Battle of Pharsalus
25. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Spartacus
Latins
Messiah
Imperium
26. Carthage must be destroyed
Mark Antony
Latifundia
Carthago delenda est
Syracuse
27. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Veto
Patrician
Parthia
Optimate
28. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Lavuniun
Pontius Pilate
Spartacus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
29. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
Pontius Pilate
Patres
Philip V of Macedon
30. 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
Emperor Theodosius
Messiah
Mark Antony
31. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
The Social War
Pax Romana
Carthago delenda est
Nerva
32. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Trajan (what a boss)
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Cicero
Rhea Silvia
33. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
Lavuniun
Lavuniun
Veto
34. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Hasdrubal
Plebeian
Cicero
Milvian Bridge
35. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Pompeii
Remus
Rhea Silvia
Pagan
36. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Remus
Trajan (what a boss)
Battle of Cannae
Lucius Verus
37. I forbid
Veto
Pompeii
John the Baptist
Hamilcar Barca
38. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Hannibal Barca
Eunus
Ptolemy XIII
39. Religious power of the Emperor
Hamilcar Barca
Pontifex Maximus
Pax Romana
Latifundia
40. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Carthago delenda est
Sejanus
Constantine
Marius
41. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Sabines
Emperor Theodosius
Pax Romana
Hadrian
42. 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
Nero
Superbus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Vespasian
43. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Mithridates VI
Battle of Pharsalus
Cinna
Republic
44. Carthage must be destroyed
Cassius
Carthago delenda est
The Jugurthine War
Lucius Verus
45. 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
Emperor Theodosius
Cleoptra XIII
Hannibal Barca
Etruscans
46. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Emperor Theodosius
Crassus
Syracuse
47. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Attila the Hun
Spartacus
Claudius
Numidia
48. 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
The Jugurthine War
Constantine
Commodus
Hannibal Barca
49. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Sulla
Res Publicas
Mithridates VI
Numidia
50. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
St. Paul
Marius
Spartacus
Hiero II