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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Marcus Aurelius
Brutus
Messiah
Nerva
2. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Battle of Cannae
Scipio Aemilianus
Mark Antony
Pompey
3. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Battle of Zama
Gaius Gracchus
Popularis
4. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
King Herod
John the Baptist
Nero
Gaius Gracchus
5. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Rhea Silvia
Philip V of Macedon
Scipio Africanus
6. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Lavuniun
King Herod
Pax Romana
Nero
7. Large estate
Numidia
Sulla
Latifundia
Ptolemy XIII
8. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Tiber River
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Zealots
9. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Rome
Popularis
Lucius Verus
Pontius Pilate
10. Place in North Africa
Zealots
Carthage
Carthago delenda est
Carthago delenda est
11. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
John the Baptist
Scipio Africanus
Mithridates VI
12. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Marcus Aurelius
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
The Jugurthine War
13. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Corvus
Caractacus
Crassus
The Edict of Milan
14. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Jugurtha
Sulla
Veto
Octavian
15. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Tiberius
Caracalla
Imperator
Battle of Pharsalus
16. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Christ
Nero
Plebeian
Imperator
17. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Emperor Theodosius
Hannibal Barca
Messina
John the Baptist
18. Greek colony
Messina
The Jugurthine War
Hasdrubal
Plebeian
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
John the Baptist
The Gladiator War
Trajan (what a boss)
John the Baptist
20. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Emperor Theodosius
Pontius Pilate
Battle of Actium
Claudius
21. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Milvian Bridge
Patrician
Numidia
Rome
22. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Hiero II
Tiberius Gracchus
Pagan
23. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Rhea Silvia
The Triumvirate
Attila the Hun
Caesarion
24. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Gauis Julius Caesar
Constantine
Imperium
Plebeian Secession
25. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Caractacus
Consuls
The Social War
Crossing the Rubicon
26. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Caligula
Cleoptra XIII
Latins
Battle of Cannae
27. Political power of the Emperor
Vitellius
Messiah
Veto
Princeps
28. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
St. Paul
Jugurtha
Caractacus
29. 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
Palatine Hill
Romulus
Popularis
30. 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
Gaius Gracchus
Battle of Pharsalus
Galba
Marcus Aurelius
31. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Galba
St. Paul
Battle of Actium
Octavian
32. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Ptolemy XIII
The Edict of Milan
Crassus
Claudius
33. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Tribune
Cinna
Milvian Bridge
Carthago delenda est
34. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Pompey
Carthage
Lucretia
Hiero II
35. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Cleoptra XIII
Cicero
Caesarion
The Edict of Milan
36. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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37. 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
Brutus
St. Paul
Spartacus
Otho
38. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Marius
Lucius Verus
Imperator
Philip V of Macedon
39. The second town that Numitor ruled
Proletariat
Alba Longa
Corvus
Spartacus
40. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Ptolemy XIII
Consuls
Cinna
St. Paul
41. 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
Corvus
Pompey
Constantine
Rome
42. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Patres
Antonius Pius
Diocletian
Battle of Zama
43. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Plebeian
Rome
Gaius Gracchus
Diocletian
44. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
John the Baptist
Spartacus
Nero
45. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Jugurtha
Julio-Claudian Emperors
The Social War
Otho
46. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
The Social War
Domitian
Zealots
Herod
47. Religious power of the Emperor
Caesarion
Battle of Zama
Hannibal Barca
Pontifex Maximus
48. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
Galba
Res Publicas
Pax Romana
49. Another conspirator
Nerva
Spartacus
Pax Romana
Cassius
50. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Nerva
Parthia
Octavian
Horatius