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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.






2. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome






3. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather






4. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today






5. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization






6. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews






7. Greek colony






8. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.






9. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans






10. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich






11. 3rd Julio-Claudian emperor - declared himself a God - practiced incest with his sisters - murdered the one that got pregnant - tried to make his horse consul - fought the sea because he was crazy - he is killed by the Praetorian Guard - he demands th






12. 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






13. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome






14. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'






15. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense






16. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign






17. Earliest tribes in the area






18. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources






19. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit






20. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory






21. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers






22. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome






23. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'






24. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power






25. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself

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26. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them






27. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor






28. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






29. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army






30. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






31. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)






32. Religious power of the Emperor






33. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights






34. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus






35. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus






36. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games






37. I forbid






38. 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






39. Town ruled by king Numitor






40. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today






41. Worked through the people to get power






42. Carthage must be destroyed






43. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra






44. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son






45. Carthage must be destroyed






46. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.






47. Civic duty - public affairs






48. Founding Fathers of Rome






49. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage






50. Military power of the emperor