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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
The Triumvirate
Syracuse
Pompey
Caractacus
2. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Messiah
Hannibal Barca
Domitian
3. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Battle of Cannae
Veto
The Triumvirate
4. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Mithridates VI
Jugurtha
Gladiators
Res Publicas
5. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Antonius Pius
Optimate
Nero
Battle of Pharsalus
6. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Odoacer
Pagan
John the Baptist
Plebeian
7. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Vespasian
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Hadrian
8. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Mithridates VI
Christ
Lavuniun
Titus
9. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
King Herod
Titus
Hadrian
Pompeii
10. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Galba
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Sabines
Lucius Verus
11. Political power of the Emperor
Mark Antony
Nero
Princeps
Hadrian
12. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Nero
Patrician
Zealots
Scipio Aemilianus
13. 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
Constantine
Cinna
Romulus
14. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Constantine
The Social War
Lucius Verus
15. Proud
Superbus
Gaius Gracchus
Marius
Alba Longa
16. Place in North Africa
Crassus
Carthage
King Herod
Scipio Africanus
17. Galba's right hand man - named Imperator by Praetorian Guard - senate unhappily named him princep as well - almost went into a Civil War with Vitellius but instead killed himself so he would not have to go into a Civil War
Emperor Theodosius
Battle of Zama
Nerva
Otho
18. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Antiochus III
Crossing the Rubicon
Consuls
Patrician
19. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Proletariat
Princeps
Cinna
Diocletian
20. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Rhea Silvia
Vespasian
Caligula
Sejanus
21. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Palatine Hill
The Jugurthine War
Carthago Delanda est
Vitellius
22. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Messina
Cicero
Numidia
Horatius
23. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Scipio Aemilianus
Ptolemy XIII
Vespasian
Hiero II
24. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Palatine Hill
Caesarion
Jugurtha
The Gladiator War
25. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Plebeian
Sabines
Messiah
Cicero
26. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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27. 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
Constantine
Republic
Pontius Pilate
Pagan
28. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Milvian Bridge
The Edict of Milan
Zealots
Etruscans
29. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Antonius Pius
Cicero
Alba Longa
Plebeian Secession
30. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Syracuse
Mithridates VI
Trajan (what a boss)
Parthia
31. 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
Cicero
Carthago delenda est
Patres
Vespasian
32. Religious power of the Emperor
Milvian Bridge
St. Paul
Pontifex Maximus
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
33. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Battle of Zama
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Commodus
34. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Hasdrubal
Cato
The Triumvirate
35. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Tiberius
Cassius
Attila the Hun
36. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Nero
Scipio Africanus
Consuls
Lucius Verus
37. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Mark Antony
Ptolemy XIII
Cleoptra XIII
Carthago Delanda est
38. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Hadrian
Tribune
Claudius
Cassius
39. 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
Latins
Trajan (what a boss)
Parthia
Nerva
40. Worked through the people to get power
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Patres
Patres
Popularis
41. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Tiberius
Gaius Gracchus
Messina
Vitellius
42. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
The Gladiator War
Herod
Philip V of Macedon
Alba Longa
43. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Battle of Pharsalus
Gauis Julius Caesar
Jugurtha
Tiberius
44. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Caesarion
Crossing the Rubicon
Imperator
Eunus
45. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
John the Baptist
Tiberius Gracchus
Pax Romana
Corvus
46. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Romulus
Praetorian Guard
St. Paul
Rome
47. I forbid
Caesarion
Veto
Octavian
Caesarion
48. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Spartacus
Caracalla
Alba Longa
Zealots
49. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Latifundia
Nerva
Marcus Aurelius
50. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Marius
King Herod
Herod
Carthago delenda est