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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Emperor Theodosius
Caesarion
Hannibal Barca
Tiberius
2. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Christ
Diocletian
Praetorian Guard
Veto
3. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Princeps
Latifundia
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Imperium
4. Founding Fathers of Rome
Jugurtha
Patres
Zealots
Latifundia
5. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Battle of Actium
Scipio Aemilianus
Pagan
Caractacus
6. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Hadrian
Pompeii
Nerva
Rhea Silvia
7. 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
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Imperator
Latins
8. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Consuls
Lavuniun
Philip V of Macedon
Tribune
9. I forbid
Gauis Julius Caesar
Veto
Latifundia
Hadrian
10. 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
Milvian Bridge
The Gladiator War
Corvus
Otho
11. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Battle of Pharsalus
Crassus
Marcus Aurelius
12. Military commander of the Emperor
Pax Romana
Marcus Aurelius
Imperator
Diocletian
13. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Remus
Ptolemy XIII
Nero
14. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Hadrian
Mark Antony
Sejanus
Marius
15. Proud
John the Baptist
Superbus
Domitian
Numidia
16. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Carthago Delanda est
Caligula
Crossing the Rubicon
Horatius
17. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
John the Baptist
Pompey
Scipio Aemilianus
Hamilcar Barca
18. Another conspirator
Christ
Rhea Silvia
Cato
Cassius
19. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Parthia
The Gladiator War
Spartacus
Messina
20. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Sulla
Attila the Hun
Hasdrubal
21. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Horatius
Galba
Rome
22. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Gaius Gracchus
St. Paul
Tiberius Gracchus
23. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
Hasdrubal
Christ
The Jugurthine War
24. Military commander of the Emperor
Antonius Pius
Imperator
Carthago Delanda est
Princeps
25. Worked through the people to get power
Hasdrubal
Popularis
Carthago Delanda est
Gladiators
26. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Lucretia
The Triumvirate
The Edict of Milan
Commodus
27. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Milvian Bridge
Res Publicas
Jugurtha
Ptolemy XIII
28. 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
Cleoptra XIII
Scipio Africanus
Zealots
Eunus
29. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Domitian
Emperor Theodosius
Hiero II
Plebeian Secession
30. Place in North Africa
Carthage
Battle of Cannae
Commodus
Messina
31. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Corvus
Lucius Verus
Trajan (what a boss)
32. Political power of the Emperor
Princeps
Crossing the Rubicon
Hannibal Barca
Cleoptra XIII
33. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Carthago Delanda est
Nerva
King Herod
John the Baptist
34. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Parthia
Eunus
Horatius
Cicero
35. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Milvian Bridge
Proletariat
Pax Romana
King Herod
36. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sabines
Veto
Pompey
Tiber River
37. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Cassius
Caesarion
Battle of Zama
Cato
38. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Patrician
Remus
Vespasian
Jugurtha
39. One of Antoninus Pius' heirs. Not interested in politics so made his brother Lucius Verus co-emperor. Commodus was his heir - more interested in philosophy stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Hamilcar Barca
Galba
40. Carthage must be destroyed
Scipio Africanus
Popularis
Carthago delenda est
Pontifex Maximus
41. Political power of the Emperor
Latins
Princeps
Crassus
Hasdrubal
42. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Messiah
Cicero
Marius
Scipio Africanus
43. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Messina
Odoacer
Sulla
Etruscans
44. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Hasdrubal
Vitellius
Syracuse
45. 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
Carthago delenda est
The Social War
Proletariat
Galba
46. One of Antoninus Pius' heirs. Not interested in politics so made his brother Lucius Verus co-emperor. Commodus was his heir - more interested in philosophy stoic philosopher
Eunus
Princeps
John the Baptist
Marcus Aurelius
47. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Syracuse
The Jugurthine War
Nerva
Cicero
48. 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
Emperor Theodosius
Sejanus
Marcus Aurelius
Cato
49. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Gladiators
Scipio Africanus
Cleoptra XIII
Antiochus III
50. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Tiber River
Imperium
Philip V of Macedon
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