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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Messiah
Battle of Actium
King Herod
Sabines
2. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Horatius
Antiochus III
Trajan (what a boss)
Praetorian Guard
3. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Emperor Theodosius
Carthago delenda est
Horatius
Scipio Africanus
4. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Veto
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Proletariat
5. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Corvus
Mithridates VI
Hadrian
Palatine Hill
6. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Etruscans
Carthage
Christ
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
7. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
Latins
Crossing the Rubicon
The Triumvirate
8. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Claudius
Plebeian Secession
Hadrian
Nerva
9. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Rome
Commodus
Consuls
King Herod
10. Urban landless poor
Imperator
Proletariat
Corvus
Nerva
11. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Hasdrubal
Carthage
Romulus
Vespasian
12. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Scipio Africanus
Horatius
Plebeian Secession
13. Brother of Titus became imperator by Praetorian Guard and princep by the Senate - he soon disregarded the Senate and merely did everything for the people of Rome - had people start referring to him as dominus et dues meaning Lord of God - first ruler
Domitian
King Herod
Nero
Latins
14. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Plebeian Secession
John the Baptist
Zealots
15. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Pagan
Caracalla
Imperium
Republic
16. Urban landless poor
Commodus
Proletariat
Pagan
Jugurtha
17. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Cato
Consuls
Marius
Eunus
18. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Cleoptra XIII
Latifundia
John the Baptist
Battle of Zama
19. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Cato
Caligula
Octavian
Horatius
20. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Lucius Verus
Remus
Battle of Actium
Gauis Julius Caesar
21. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Latifundia
Patres
Carthago Delanda est
Messiah
22. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Emperor Theodosius
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Odoacer
The Social War
23. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Mithridates VI
John the Baptist
Cassius
Caractacus
24. 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
Cleoptra XIII
Hadrian
Scipio Africanus
Vespasian
25. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Cassius
Diocletian
The Social War
Plebeian
26. 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
Vitellius
Syracuse
Tiberius Gracchus
Cato
27. Greek colony
Popularis
Veto
Messina
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
28. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Antonius Pius
Plebeian Secession
Antiochus III
Lucius Verus
29. Military commander of the Emperor
Tiberius
Imperator
Crossing the Rubicon
Messina
30. 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
Tiberius Gracchus
St. Paul
Pontifex Maximus
Nero
31. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
King Herod
John the Baptist
Lucius Verus
Spartacus
32. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Octavian
Milvian Bridge
Sulla
Mark Antony
33. Place in North Africa
Pontifex Maximus
Pompeii
Ptolemy XIII
Carthage
34. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Superbus
Patrician
Sulla
Herod
35. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Hiero II
The Social War
Marius
Sejanus
36. 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
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Nero
Caracalla
Cicero
37. The second town that Numitor ruled
Spartacus
Alba Longa
Gaius Gracchus
Messiah
38. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Popularis
Gauis Julius Caesar
Antiochus III
39. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Pagan
Plebeian
Gladiators
40. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Popularis
Herod
Titus
Sulla
41. Proud
Cleoptra XIII
Praetorian Guard
Superbus
Republic
42. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Philip V of Macedon
Carthago delenda est
Messiah
Diocletian
43. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
The Jugurthine War
The Triumvirate
Jugurtha
Etruscans
44. 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
Eunus
The Gladiator War
Cicero
Mark Antony
45. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Ptolemy XIII
Veto
Eunus
Domitian
46. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Pompey
Cinna
Mithridates VI
Sulla
47. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Hamilcar Barca
Galba
Pompeii
48. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Romulus
Pontifex Maximus
Etruscans
49. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Scipio Africanus
Pompeii
Tribune
Carthago Delanda est
50. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Domitian
Lucretia
Pompey
Pontius Pilate