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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Marcus Aurelius
Cicero
Imperium
2. Proud
Hiero II
Superbus
The Triumvirate
Ptolemy XIII
3. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Tribune
Sejanus
Battle of Cannae
Attila the Hun
4. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Lucretia
Commodus
The Social War
Syracuse
5. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Rhea Silvia
Latins
6. Political power of the Emperor
Popularis
Princeps
Brutus
Caesarion
7. Founding Fathers of Rome
St. Paul
Messiah
Patres
The Social War
8. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Lucius Verus
Sulla
Messiah
Romulus
9. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Tiberius Gracchus
Caractacus
Republic
Res Publicas
10. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Etruscans
Optimate
Titus
Hiero II
11. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Princeps
Domitian
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
12. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Milvian Bridge
The Gladiator War
Marius
Crassus
13. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Spartacus
Remus
Praetorian Guard
Tribune
14. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Domitian
Tribune
Milvian Bridge
Sejanus
15. 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
Ptolemy XIII
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Tribune
Marcus Aurelius
16. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Lavuniun
Tiberius
St. Paul
Hamilcar Barca
17. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Carthage
Marcus Aurelius
Plebeian
Crassus
18. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Eunus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Scipio Aemilianus
Titus
19. 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
Scipio Aemilianus
Vespasian
Pompeii
Superbus
20. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Praetorian Guard
The Triumvirate
Crassus
Syracuse
21. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Imperium
Pontius Pilate
Jugurtha
Cicero
22. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Milvian Bridge
Hannibal Barca
Cleoptra XIII
Cicero
23. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Otho
Imperator
Tiberius Gracchus
Pompeii
24. Founding Fathers of Rome
Plebeian
Patres
Marius
Cassius
25. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Caractacus
Diocletian
Odoacer
26. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Crossing the Rubicon
Plebeian
Pompeii
Emperor Theodosius
27. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
The Edict of Milan
Eunus
Commodus
28. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Marcus Aurelius
Latifundia
Attila the Hun
29. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Ptolemy XIII
Imperator
Hannibal Barca
Battle of Actium
30. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Ptolemy XIII
Etruscans
Plebeian
Caligula
31. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Attila the Hun
Pagan
Messiah
Corvus
32. 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
Otho
Octavian
Spartacus
Horatius
33. 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
Tiberius Gracchus
Galba
Trajan (what a boss)
Caligula
34. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Scipio Aemilianus
Antiochus III
Pagan
Pompey
35. Earliest tribes in the area
Alba Longa
Tribune
John the Baptist
Latins
36. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Marius
Lucretia
Remus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
37. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Superbus
St. Paul
Sabines
38. Town ruled by king Numitor
Cicero
Attila the Hun
Lucius Verus
Lavuniun
39. Carthage must be destroyed
Claudius
Carthago delenda est
Cato
Res Publicas
40. Military commander of the Emperor
Battle of Actium
The Social War
Ptolemy XIII
Imperator
41. Greek colony
Messina
Battle of Pharsalus
Messiah
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
42. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Claudius
Eunus
Res Publicas
Romulus
43. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Cleoptra XIII
Philip V of Macedon
Gladiators
Hannibal Barca
44. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
Brutus
Res Publicas
Cleoptra XIII
45. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Otho
Plebeian Secession
Romulus
Christ
46. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Parthia
Eunus
Imperium
Scipio Africanus
47. Proud
Tiberius
Odoacer
Christ
Superbus
48. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Battle of Cannae
Republic
Numidia
Mark Antony
49. Military power of the emperor
Imperium
Patres
Emperor Theodosius
King Herod
50. Where the slaves revolted - they were being held in Capua and they broke loose stole knives from a butcher shop and this was the start of The Gladiator War
St. Paul
Lucretia
Mithridates VI
The Gladiator War