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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Crossing the Rubicon
Brutus
Lucius Verus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
2. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
The Jugurthine War
Scipio Africanus
John the Baptist
Herod
3. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Battle of Cannae
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Scipio Africanus
4. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Hamilcar Barca
Hasdrubal
Lavuniun
Carthago Delanda est
5. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Lucius Verus
Tiberius Gracchus
Octavian
Lucretia
6. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
Numidia
Attila the Hun
The Social War
7. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Pontifex Maximus
Commodus
Consuls
Tiberius
8. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Nerva
Sabines
Hiero II
Marius
9. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Romulus
Tribune
Herod
10. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
Patrician
Optimate
Constantine
11. 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
The Gladiator War
Pompeii
Crossing the Rubicon
Milvian Bridge
12. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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13. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Jugurtha
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Hannibal Barca
Pontifex Maximus
14. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Cleoptra XIII
Plebeian
Diocletian
Battle of Actium
15. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Romulus
Horatius
Commodus
Crassus
16. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
Commodus
Brutus
Galba
17. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Lucius Verus
Palatine Hill
Antonius Pius
Caractacus
18. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Republic
Constantine
Carthage
Messina
19. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
The Gladiator War
Lavuniun
Claudius
Octavian
20. 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
Numidia
The Gladiator War
Milvian Bridge
Nerva
21. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Philip V of Macedon
Herod
Commodus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
22. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
Spartacus
Octavian
Princeps
23. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Battle of Cannae
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Patrician
24. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Imperator
Cicero
Crossing the Rubicon
Galba
25. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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26. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Veto
St. Paul
Zealots
Cicero
27. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Antiochus III
Nerva
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Eunus
28. Political power of the Emperor
Tiberius Gracchus
Princeps
Gladiators
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
29. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Caligula
Milvian Bridge
Syracuse
John the Baptist
30. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Numidia
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Etruscans
Tiberius
31. 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
Lucretia
Imperator
Trajan (what a boss)
Cinna
32. Proud
Superbus
Carthago Delanda est
Nerva
Tiber River
33. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Hiero II
Scipio Aemilianus
Tiberius Gracchus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
34. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Galba
Hadrian
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
35. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Hasdrubal
Octavian
Imperator
36. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Hiero II
Zealots
Constantine
Brutus
37. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Vitellius
Domitian
Philip V of Macedon
38. Civic duty - public affairs
Cassius
Res Publicas
Tiberius
Herod
39. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Horatius
Pompey
Carthago Delanda est
Battle of Actium
40. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Sejanus
Gladiators
Parthia
Vitellius
41. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Hasdrubal
Gauis Julius Caesar
Pompeii
Hannibal Barca
42. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Pontifex Maximus
Romulus
Pagan
Numidia
43. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Gaius Gracchus
Pax Romana
Res Publicas
Caracalla
44. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Corvus
Claudius
Sejanus
The Gladiator War
45. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Battle of Zama
Remus
Claudius
John the Baptist
46. Place in Sicily
Syracuse
The Jugurthine War
Emperor Theodosius
Remus
47. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Latifundia
Marius
Sejanus
Rhea Silvia
48. I forbid
Commodus
Trajan (what a boss)
Veto
Battle of Zama
49. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Carthage
Gladiators
King Herod
The Edict of Milan
50. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Vespasian
Hadrian
Ptolemy XIII
Optimate