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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Christ
Vitellius
Pontifex Maximus
Optimate
2. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Imperium
Trajan (what a boss)
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Hiero II
3. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Horatius
Commodus
Hadrian
Cinna
4. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Gladiators
Optimate
Pagan
Sejanus
5. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Battle of Zama
Cicero
Hasdrubal
Claudius
6. Military commander of the Emperor
Remus
Imperator
Herod
Tiber River
7. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Battle of Zama
Zealots
Rome
Palatine Hill
8. Civic duty - public affairs
Optimate
Domitian
Res Publicas
Messina
9. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Latins
Patres
Octavian
Pompey
10. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Alba Longa
The Gladiator War
Milvian Bridge
Julio-Claudian Emperors
11. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Remus
Vitellius
Crassus
Numidia
12. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Carthage
Corvus
John the Baptist
The Triumvirate
13. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Sabines
Lucretia
Jugurtha
Etruscans
14. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Hannibal Barca
Numidia
Odoacer
Tiberius Gracchus
15. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Messina
Vitellius
Antiochus III
Zealots
16. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Pax Romana
Nero
Imperium
Commodus
17. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Palatine Hill
Ptolemy XIII
Cassius
18. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Odoacer
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Julio-Claudian Emperors
19. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
The Edict of Milan
Domitian
Pagan
20. 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
Scipio Africanus
John the Baptist
Odoacer
Domitian
21. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Trajan (what a boss)
Sulla
Eunus
22. Place in North Africa
Nerva
Carthage
Rome
Cicero
23. Galba's right hand man - named Imperator by Praetorian Guard - senate unhappily named him princep as well - almost went into a Civil War with Vitellius but instead killed himself so he would not have to go into a Civil War
Numidia
The Social War
Messiah
Otho
24. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Crassus
The Triumvirate
Gauis Julius Caesar
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
25. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Consuls
Lavuniun
Milvian Bridge
Scipio Aemilianus
26. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Constantine
John the Baptist
Vespasian
Caesarion
27. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Imperator
Latifundia
Plebeian Secession
Carthago delenda est
28. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Sejanus
Attila the Hun
Emperor Theodosius
King Herod
29. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Plebeian
Mark Antony
Remus
The Jugurthine War
30. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Parthia
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Hiero II
Tiber River
31. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Otho
Alba Longa
Pax Romana
32. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Caligula
Pagan
Patrician
Zealots
33. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Nerva
The Triumvirate
Hasdrubal
Ptolemy XIII
34. Urban landless poor
Galba
Pompey
Proletariat
Jugurtha
35. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Cleoptra XIII
Commodus
Emperor Theodosius
36. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
Herod
Crassus
Syracuse
37. 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
Alba Longa
Pompey
The Jugurthine War
Galba
38. Greek colony
Remus
Messina
Hadrian
Veto
39. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Tiberius Gracchus
Alba Longa
The Edict of Milan
Palatine Hill
40. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Plebeian
Cinna
The Triumvirate
Pompeii
41. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Constantine
Lavuniun
Philip V of Macedon
Octavian
42. 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
Pontius Pilate
Marcus Aurelius
The Jugurthine War
Proletariat
43. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
Rhea Silvia
Messiah
Jugurtha
44. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
Messina
The Triumvirate
Palatine Hill
45. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Antiochus III
Horatius
Hadrian
Rome
46. 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
Nero
Princeps
Constantine
Scipio Aemilianus
47. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Crassus
Pompey
Hasdrubal
Romulus
48. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Caesarion
Brutus
Messina
Julio-Claudian Emperors
49. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Commodus
Lucius Verus
Consuls
50. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Optimate
Pax Romana
Corvus
Cato