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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Worked through the people to get power
Marius
Vitellius
Popularis
Pax Romana
2. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Milvian Bridge
The Jugurthine War
Cato
Hannibal Barca
3. 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
Vespasian
The Social War
Claudius
Hannibal Barca
4. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
John the Baptist
Pagan
Plebeian Secession
Carthago Delanda est
5. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Popularis
Numidia
Lucius Verus
Plebeian
6. 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
Galba
Vitellius
Battle of Zama
Lavuniun
7. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Plebeian
Diocletian
Plebeian Secession
The Triumvirate
8. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Pontifex Maximus
Lucius Verus
Republic
9. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Brutus
Gladiators
Marius
Hannibal Barca
10. Earliest tribes in the area
Corvus
Battle of Zama
Latins
Mark Antony
11. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Superbus
Tiberius Gracchus
Rome
Pompey
12. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Messina
Scipio Africanus
Gladiators
Caesarion
13. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Trajan (what a boss)
St. Paul
Republic
Imperium
14. 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
Eunus
Latifundia
Lavuniun
Corvus
15. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Caractacus
Diocletian
Sulla
Ptolemy XIII
16. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
Hiero II
Parthia
Gaius Gracchus
17. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Res Publicas
Messiah
Commodus
Jugurtha
18. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Latins
Hannibal Barca
Spartacus
Battle of Actium
19. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Antiochus III
Sulla
Commodus
Caesarion
20. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Tiberius
Galba
Mark Antony
Hannibal Barca
21. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
John the Baptist
Tiberius
Cassius
Cinna
22. 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
Cassius
Domitian
Imperator
23. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Crossing the Rubicon
Cato
Praetorian Guard
24. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Crassus
Lucretia
Romulus
Mark Antony
25. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Battle of Cannae
Ptolemy XIII
Battle of Pharsalus
Eunus
26. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Caractacus
Latins
Tiber River
Mithridates VI
27. Proud
Superbus
Pompey
Cicero
Numidia
28. 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
Hamilcar Barca
Sabines
Otho
Carthage
29. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Alba Longa
The Social War
30. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Scipio Aemilianus
Jugurtha
Domitian
Hadrian
31. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Diocletian
Herod
32. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Christ
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
John the Baptist
Vitellius
33. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Proletariat
Pontius Pilate
Philip V of Macedon
Optimate
34. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Gladiators
Rome
Messina
Caesarion
35. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Palatine Hill
Jugurtha
Hannibal Barca
Romulus
36. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Milvian Bridge
Otho
Attila the Hun
Herod
37. Another conspirator
Cassius
Lucretia
Plebeian Secession
Parthia
38. Worked through the senate to get power
Sulla
Proletariat
Optimate
Gladiators
39. The second town that Numitor ruled
Princeps
Rhea Silvia
Odoacer
Alba Longa
40. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Tiberius
Tiberius Gracchus
Numidia
Scipio Africanus
41. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Pontifex Maximus
Imperator
Princeps
42. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Parthia
Herod
Caracalla
Latins
43. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Antonius Pius
Zealots
Commodus
Tiber River
44. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Antonius Pius
Crossing the Rubicon
The Jugurthine War
Plebeian Secession
45. Worked through the people to get power
Gaius Gracchus
Popularis
Vitellius
Tribune
46. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Marcus Aurelius
King Herod
Cicero
47. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Etruscans
Hiero II
The Gladiator War
Spartacus
48. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Rome
Caracalla
Crassus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
49. 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
Antiochus III
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Popularis
Nero
50. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Antiochus III
Plebeian Secession
Imperium
Caesarion