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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Worked through the people to get power
Philip V of Macedon
Cleoptra XIII
Mithridates VI
Popularis
2. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Tiberius Gracchus
Jugurtha
Sulla
Emperor Theodosius
3. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Proletariat
Cassius
Hamilcar Barca
4. Greek colony
Antonius Pius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Pontius Pilate
Messina
5. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Antiochus III
Latifundia
Lucius Verus
Pompey
6. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
St. Paul
Horatius
Vespasian
Mithridates VI
7. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Caesarion
Pax Romana
Gladiators
8. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Rome
Nero
Hadrian
John the Baptist
9. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Patrician
Rhea Silvia
Sabines
Parthia
10. 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
Corvus
Nero
Cato
Princeps
11. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Hamilcar Barca
Antiochus III
Caracalla
Carthage
12. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Cassius
Plebeian
Patrician
Hamilcar Barca
13. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
The Edict of Milan
Carthage
Mark Antony
14. I forbid
Veto
Sejanus
Proletariat
Parthia
15. Civic duty - public affairs
Gauis Julius Caesar
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Caligula
Res Publicas
16. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Gladiators
Caractacus
Antonius Pius
Hamilcar Barca
17. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Res Publicas
Hiero II
Otho
18. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Tiberius Gracchus
Pompeii
Sejanus
Plebeian
19. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Praetorian Guard
Vespasian
Emperor Theodosius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
20. 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
Hannibal Barca
Diocletian
Marcus Aurelius
Latifundia
21. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Tribune
The Jugurthine War
Syracuse
22. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Nero
Ptolemy XIII
Tiber River
23. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Latifundia
Antonius Pius
Philip V of Macedon
Horatius
24. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Lavuniun
Pontius Pilate
Odoacer
Gaius Gracchus
25. 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
Constantine
Galba
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Claudius
26. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Nerva
Otho
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Claudius
27. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Christ
The Triumvirate
Emperor Theodosius
Cassius
28. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Caligula
Messiah
Cato
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
29. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
King Herod
Attila the Hun
Remus
Scipio Aemilianus
30. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Octavian
Marius
Patres
Tiber River
31. 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
Horatius
Spartacus
Imperator
Cato
32. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Sabines
Princeps
Antiochus III
Otho
33. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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34. The second town that Numitor ruled
Consuls
Cinna
Messina
Alba Longa
35. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Caligula
Lavuniun
Herod
Vitellius
36. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Palatine Hill
Octavian
Marius
Cinna
37. Military commander of the Emperor
King Herod
Imperator
Battle of Zama
Titus
38. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Scipio Aemilianus
Antonius Pius
Hamilcar Barca
Pontius Pilate
39. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Hiero II
Caracalla
Popularis
40. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Hamilcar Barca
Pax Romana
Battle of Cannae
Tiberius
41. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Constantine
Alba Longa
Battle of Actium
Lucretia
42. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Herod
Rome
The Edict of Milan
Octavian
43. 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
Syracuse
Nerva
The Gladiator War
Messiah
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
The Gladiator War
Constantine
Philip V of Macedon
Tiberius
45. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Hadrian
Messina
Caracalla
Sabines
46. Civic duty - public affairs
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Nerva
Nero
Res Publicas
47. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Gauis Julius Caesar
Caligula
Caractacus
48. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Mark Antony
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Latins
Battle of Cannae
49. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Battle of Pharsalus
St. Paul
Praetorian Guard
Pax Romana
50. Another conspirator
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Vitellius
Rhea Silvia
Cassius