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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Nero
Hadrian
King Herod
2. Proud
Superbus
Caesarion
Claudius
Consuls
3. Earliest tribes in the area
Lucius Verus
Latins
Herod
Palatine Hill
4. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Diocletian
Remus
Titus
Proletariat
5. Senator who traveled to Carthage to tell the Numidia to leave Carthage alone then he discover they had great resources - and he told rome about it and it started the 3rd Punic War - he kept on saying Carthago Delenda Est which means Carthage must be
Numidia
Christ
Cato
Imperium
6. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pontius Pilate
Pontifex Maximus
Latifundia
Sabines
7. 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
Remus
Otho
Caractacus
Crassus
8. Urban landless poor
Mark Antony
Messina
Proletariat
Plebeian
9. 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
Antonius Pius
Scipio Africanus
Messina
Corvus
10. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Rhea Silvia
Hamilcar Barca
Parthia
Hannibal Barca
11. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Vitellius
Pontius Pilate
Herod
Caractacus
12. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Carthago Delanda est
Cleoptra XIII
The Social War
13. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Constantine
The Triumvirate
Optimate
Julio-Claudian Emperors
14. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Etruscans
Gauis Julius Caesar
Gladiators
Zealots
15. 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
King Herod
Mark Antony
Pagan
Constantine
16. Greek colony
Philip V of Macedon
Trajan (what a boss)
Rhea Silvia
Messina
17. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Consuls
Battle of Actium
Attila the Hun
The Triumvirate
18. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Rome
Christ
Pompey
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
19. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Lucretia
Caractacus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
20. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Emperor Theodosius
The Triumvirate
Lucretia
Ptolemy XIII
21. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Commodus
Carthage
Odoacer
Mithridates VI
22. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Vespasian
Carthago Delanda est
Constantine
Praetorian Guard
23. Worked through the senate to get power
Cleoptra XIII
Antiochus III
Attila the Hun
Optimate
24. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Ptolemy XIII
Vitellius
Tiberius
Hasdrubal
25. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
King Herod
Syracuse
Parthia
Princeps
26. 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
Cato
Domitian
Crassus
Pompeii
27. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Cleoptra XIII
Praetorian Guard
Titus
Plebeian Secession
28. I forbid
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Plebeian Secession
Veto
The Jugurthine War
29. Carthage must be destroyed
Diocletian
Carthago delenda est
Diocletian
Syracuse
30. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Rome
Horatius
Lucretia
Lavuniun
31. Large estate
Corvus
Latifundia
Vespasian
Octavian
32. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Ptolemy XIII
Mark Antony
Republic
Brutus
33. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Cato
Sabines
Galba
Philip V of Macedon
34. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Ptolemy XIII
Res Publicas
Plebeian
Domitian
35. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Philip V of Macedon
Nerva
Romulus
Gaius Gracchus
36. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Hadrian
Rhea Silvia
Nerva
Octavian
37. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Titus
Battle of Actium
Odoacer
Popularis
38. 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
Imperium
Nerva
Caractacus
39. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
St. Paul
Cleoptra XIII
Brutus
Tiber River
40. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Constantine
Romulus
Tiberius Gracchus
Domitian
41. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
King Herod
Hannibal Barca
John the Baptist
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
42. Religious power of the Emperor
Latifundia
Pontifex Maximus
Gladiators
The Triumvirate
43. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Proletariat
Domitian
Hamilcar Barca
Corvus
44. Place in North Africa
Cicero
Pontius Pilate
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Carthage
45. 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
Pompey
Gauis Julius Caesar
Brutus
46. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Titus
Spartacus
Patres
47. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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48. 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
Pagan
Sabines
Alba Longa
Trajan (what a boss)
49. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Optimate
Jugurtha
Philip V of Macedon
50. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Remus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Cinna
Caligula