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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Founding Fathers of Rome
Cassius
Pontius Pilate
Patres
Marius
2. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Rhea Silvia
Antiochus III
Optimate
Jugurtha
3. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Cicero
Christ
Hadrian
Marcus Aurelius
4. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cinna
5. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Numidia
Antiochus III
Carthago Delanda est
Battle of Pharsalus
6. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
Numidia
Sejanus
Diocletian
7. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Pompeii
Caesarion
Carthago Delanda est
8. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Ptolemy XIII
Republic
Odoacer
Caracalla
9. Religious power of the Emperor
Patres
Imperator
Pontifex Maximus
Lucius Verus
10. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Scipio Africanus
Romulus
Pompeii
Mithridates VI
11. 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
Brutus
Vespasian
The Edict of Milan
Cicero
12. Place in North Africa
Patrician
Brutus
Hannibal Barca
Carthage
13. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Diocletian
Messiah
Nerva
Sulla
14. Military power of the emperor
Tribune
Caractacus
Praetorian Guard
Imperium
15. Military commander of the Emperor
Scipio Aemilianus
Vespasian
Lucretia
Imperator
16. Earliest tribes in the area
The Social War
Latins
Pompeii
Carthage
17. 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
The Triumvirate
Cato
Herod
Lucretia
18. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Attila the Hun
Herod
King Herod
Messiah
19. 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
Remus
Trajan (what a boss)
Patres
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
20. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Lucretia
Vespasian
Gauis Julius Caesar
Pax Romana
21. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Rome
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Numidia
Pontifex Maximus
22. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hannibal Barca
Carthago delenda est
Hadrian
Scipio Africanus
23. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Nero
Cicero
Imperator
Crossing the Rubicon
24. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Battle of Cannae
Republic
Rhea Silvia
Antiochus III
25. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Hiero II
Zealots
Scipio Aemilianus
St. Paul
26. I forbid
Eunus
Consuls
Veto
Pax Romana
27. I forbid
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Veto
Marius
Commodus
28. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Romulus
Hamilcar Barca
Sejanus
Cassius
29. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Vitellius
Caractacus
Lavuniun
Rhea Silvia
30. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Sulla
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Christ
Syracuse
31. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Otho
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Emperor Theodosius
Domitian
32. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Cleoptra XIII
St. Paul
Antiochus III
Parthia
33. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Diocletian
Gladiators
Palatine Hill
Sejanus
34. 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
Scipio Africanus
Christ
Nero
Spartacus
35. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
St. Paul
Nero
Parthia
Carthago delenda est
36. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Constantine
Lucretia
Horatius
Attila the Hun
37. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Lavuniun
Mark Antony
Tiber River
Imperator
38. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Plebeian
Eunus
Veto
Battle of Actium
39. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Lucius Verus
Emperor Theodosius
Constantine
Patres
40. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Christ
Sabines
Republic
Lavuniun
41. Proud
Superbus
Caesarion
Pagan
Crossing the Rubicon
42. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pontius Pilate
Constantine
John the Baptist
Milvian Bridge
43. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Claudius
Vespasian
Tiber River
Diocletian
44. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Horatius
Plebeian Secession
Hannibal Barca
Vespasian
45. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Vespasian
Eunus
Proletariat
Tiberius Gracchus
46. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Praetorian Guard
Horatius
Antonius Pius
Nerva
47. 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
Hamilcar Barca
Rome
Pagan
48. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Rhea Silvia
Octavian
Cleoptra XIII
Remus
49. 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
Caesarion
Caesarion
Res Publicas
Domitian
50. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Pontius Pilate
Plebeian Secession
Alba Longa
Sulla