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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Greek colony
Gauis Julius Caesar
Messina
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Republic
2. Urban landless poor
Messiah
Republic
Proletariat
Carthago delenda est
3. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
The Triumvirate
Crassus
Antiochus III
Commodus
4. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Patrician
Rome
Latins
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
5. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Titus
Palatine Hill
Battle of Zama
Philip V of Macedon
6. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Marius
Hannibal Barca
Crossing the Rubicon
Gaius Gracchus
7. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Claudius
Popularis
Herod
Julio-Claudian Emperors
8. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Plebeian Secession
Caractacus
Remus
9. 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
Nerva
Nero
Imperium
The Edict of Milan
10. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Pax Romana
Hasdrubal
Attila the Hun
Consuls
11. 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
Vitellius
Trajan (what a boss)
Odoacer
12. Place in North Africa
Diocletian
Remus
Carthage
Philip V of Macedon
13. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Republic
Hamilcar Barca
Marius
Pontius Pilate
14. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
Sulla
Optimate
Messiah
15. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Ptolemy XIII
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Republic
16. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Pax Romana
Pagan
Caracalla
Otho
17. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Vitellius
Parthia
Syracuse
Vespasian
18. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Lucius Verus
Battle of Cannae
Lavuniun
Palatine Hill
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
Pax Romana
Antiochus III
Scipio Africanus
Trajan (what a boss)
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
Lucius Verus
Domitian
Imperium
Plebeian Secession
21. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Caesarion
Etruscans
Ptolemy XIII
22. Founding Fathers of Rome
Patres
Constantine
Sejanus
Latifundia
23. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Syracuse
Battle of Cannae
Hiero II
Commodus
24. Place in Sicily
Hamilcar Barca
Pontifex Maximus
Zealots
Syracuse
25. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Caractacus
Sejanus
Emperor Theodosius
Otho
26. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Hannibal Barca
Zealots
Popularis
Cicero
27. Carthage must be destroyed
Carthago delenda est
Herod
Titus
The Gladiator War
28. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
Tiber River
Patrician
Odoacer
29. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Cinna
Hannibal Barca
Parthia
Alba Longa
30. Worked through the senate to get power
Tiberius Gracchus
Caligula
Optimate
Superbus
31. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
The Social War
Plebeian
Claudius
Republic
32. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Pontius Pilate
Ptolemy XIII
Lucius Verus
Caracalla
33. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Battle of Actium
Corvus
Crossing the Rubicon
34. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Cassius
Caesarion
Latins
35. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Caesarion
Caractacus
Etruscans
Cicero
36. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Lucius Verus
King Herod
Milvian Bridge
St. Paul
37. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Sulla
Hadrian
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Scipio Aemilianus
38. Sister to Ptolemy XIII - Pharaoh of Egypt - had an affair with Caesar has an illegitimate child with Caesar - has 3 kids with Antony: Alexander Helios - Cleopatra Selene - and Ptolemy Philadelphos
Patrician
Cleoptra XIII
Pax Romana
Emperor Theodosius
39. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Tribune
Popularis
Syracuse
Corvus
40. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Carthago Delanda est
Carthago delenda est
Battle of Pharsalus
Cleoptra XIII
41. Religious power of the Emperor
Cassius
Carthago delenda est
Corvus
Pontifex Maximus
42. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Cato
Antonius Pius
Corvus
Caesarion
43. 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
Battle of Actium
Caligula
Sabines
Otho
44. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Republic
Christ
Hadrian
Galba
45. 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
Patres
Pax Romana
Domitian
Consuls
46. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Praetorian Guard
Philip V of Macedon
Commodus
47. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
King Herod
The Jugurthine War
Veto
48. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Praetorian Guard
Scipio Africanus
Hadrian
Mark Antony
49. Earliest tribes in the area
Lucius Verus
Popularis
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Latins
50. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Nero
The Edict of Milan
Octavian
Parthia