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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
Cato
Tiberius Gracchus
Imperium
2. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Octavian
Pompey
Plebeian
Crossing the Rubicon
3. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Pompey
St. Paul
Latifundia
4. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Princeps
Etruscans
Milvian Bridge
Res Publicas
5. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Pompey
The Jugurthine War
Praetorian Guard
Christ
6. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Consuls
Christ
Caligula
Cicero
7. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Spartacus
Tiberius Gracchus
Horatius
Titus
8. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Syracuse
Remus
Eunus
9. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Consuls
Gaius Gracchus
Pax Romana
Eunus
10. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Herod
Scipio Aemilianus
Imperium
11. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Jugurtha
Tiberius
Pax Romana
St. Paul
12. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Sabines
Domitian
Veto
Carthago Delanda est
13. The second town that Numitor ruled
Alba Longa
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Gladiators
Sabines
14. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Herod
Pontius Pilate
Cato
Rhea Silvia
15. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Sabines
Milvian Bridge
Christ
Lucretia
16. Worked through the senate to get power
Veto
Optimate
Republic
Trajan (what a boss)
17. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Gauis Julius Caesar
Zealots
Odoacer
18. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Caracalla
Odoacer
Hadrian
Pompeii
19. English meaning: crow - Plank that connects to ships so the naval forces felt like they were fighting on land - the Roman navy was not their strong point
Corvus
Lavuniun
Milvian Bridge
The Jugurthine War
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
Patrician
Hasdrubal
Scipio Aemilianus
Nero
21. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Pontius Pilate
Numidia
The Jugurthine War
Scipio Africanus
22. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Scipio Aemilianus
Commodus
Scipio Africanus
Optimate
23. Worked through the senate to get power
King Herod
Claudius
Optimate
The Gladiator War
24. Carthage must be destroyed
Pontius Pilate
Carthago delenda est
Tiber River
Plebeian
25. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Consuls
Constantine
Hannibal Barca
26. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Jugurtha
Hiero II
Optimate
Messiah
27. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Attila the Hun
Messiah
Carthage
Spartacus
28. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Rhea Silvia
Christ
Numidia
Sulla
29. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Hamilcar Barca
Lucius Verus
Patrician
Remus
30. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Superbus
Corvus
The Triumvirate
Tiber River
31. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
The Edict of Milan
Marcus Aurelius
Hiero II
32. The second town that Numitor ruled
Princeps
Alba Longa
Hannibal Barca
Domitian
33. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Imperium
Diocletian
Commodus
Plebeian Secession
34. Military power of the emperor
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Republic
Imperium
Princeps
35. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Crossing the Rubicon
Philip V of Macedon
Hiero II
The Edict of Milan
36. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Plebeian
Vitellius
Lucius Verus
Marcus Aurelius
37. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Caracalla
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
The Social War
The Jugurthine War
38. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Octavian
Tiber River
Pontifex Maximus
Gauis Julius Caesar
39. Place in Sicily
Syracuse
Tiberius
Marius
Claudius
40. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Tiberius
Odoacer
Marcus Aurelius
41. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Battle of Actium
John the Baptist
Tiber River
Hannibal Barca
42. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Alba Longa
Gauis Julius Caesar
Battle of Actium
Pax Romana
43. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Pax Romana
St. Paul
Christ
Caractacus
44. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Ptolemy XIII
Hannibal Barca
Battle of Pharsalus
Syracuse
45. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Hasdrubal
Christ
46. Urban landless poor
Tiberius
Cassius
Proletariat
Palatine Hill
47. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Caesarion
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Imperium
The Triumvirate
48. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Rhea Silvia
Republic
Plebeian
Vespasian
49. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Pagan
Sejanus
Popularis
Hasdrubal
50. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Gladiators
Spartacus
Galba
King Herod