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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Trajan (what a boss)
Pax Romana
Imperium
Pagan
2. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
Patrician
Otho
King Herod
3. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Milvian Bridge
Rhea Silvia
Sejanus
Tiber River
4. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Cleoptra XIII
Tiberius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Brutus
5. 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
Latins
Remus
Nero
Cassius
6. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Battle of Zama
Sabines
Philip V of Macedon
Battle of Cannae
7. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Palatine Hill
Cassius
Vitellius
8. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Commodus
Latifundia
Diocletian
The Social War
9. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Patres
Messina
Christ
Milvian Bridge
10. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Palatine Hill
Cato
Sulla
Emperor Theodosius
11. 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
Sulla
Hasdrubal
Res Publicas
12. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
John the Baptist
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Pompey
Corvus
13. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Corvus
Pax Romana
Praetorian Guard
Marius
14. 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
Zealots
Cato
Res Publicas
Pompey
15. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Sabines
Nerva
John the Baptist
Consuls
16. Place in North Africa
The Gladiator War
Numidia
Caligula
Carthage
17. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Caligula
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Claudius
18. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Battle of Zama
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Caligula
19. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Mark Antony
Pax Romana
Spartacus
Attila the Hun
20. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Plebeian
Crassus
Corvus
Emperor Theodosius
21. 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
Consuls
Philip V of Macedon
Cassius
Galba
22. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Cinna
Crassus
Gaius Gracchus
Cicero
23. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Antonius Pius
Herod
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
24. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Spartacus
Pax Romana
Imperator
Pompeii
25. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Sejanus
Gauis Julius Caesar
Lucretia
Herod
26. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Eunus
Imperator
Diocletian
27. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Christ
Republic
Cinna
Praetorian Guard
28. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Etruscans
Mithridates VI
Herod
Trajan (what a boss)
29. Large estate
Pagan
Marcus Aurelius
Latifundia
Octavian
30. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Odoacer
Battle of Cannae
Pontius Pilate
Imperator
31. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Cinna
Herod
Gaius Gracchus
Tiberius Gracchus
32. 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
Crassus
Mark Antony
Vitellius
Vespasian
33. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Latins
The Social War
Hannibal Barca
Ptolemy XIII
34. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Tribune
Otho
Vespasian
Caligula
35. 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
The Edict of Milan
Trajan (what a boss)
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Romulus
36. Large estate
Pompeii
Latifundia
Crossing the Rubicon
Lavuniun
37. Town ruled by king Numitor
Lavuniun
Battle of Zama
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Corvus
38. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Crossing the Rubicon
Sabines
Antonius Pius
Commodus
39. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Palatine Hill
Cato
Caesarion
Gaius Gracchus
40. Carthage must be destroyed
Nerva
Carthago delenda est
Plebeian
Parthia
41. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
King Herod
Remus
Imperator
Plebeian Secession
42. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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43. 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
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Constantine
Cassius
Carthago Delanda est
44. Political power of the Emperor
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Mark Antony
Attila the Hun
Princeps
45. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Pagan
The Social War
Attila the Hun
Gladiators
46. 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
Res Publicas
Constantine
Lavuniun
47. Another conspirator
Messina
Nero
Cleoptra XIII
Cassius
48. Worked through the senate to get power
Palatine Hill
King Herod
Emperor Theodosius
Optimate
49. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Crossing the Rubicon
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Consuls
Carthago delenda est
50. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Palatine Hill
Spartacus
Patres
Rhea Silvia