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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Proud
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Carthago delenda est
Superbus
Patres
2. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Tribune
Pax Romana
Etruscans
Christ
3. Urban landless poor
Proletariat
Tiberius Gracchus
Latins
Diocletian
4. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Rome
Vitellius
Odoacer
Pax Romana
5. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Palatine Hill
Caractacus
Caracalla
Imperator
6. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Popularis
Hadrian
Latifundia
Romulus
7. Was being supported by Roman troops because the Roman soldiers felt like Vitellius was favoring the German soldiers - was ruling Rome and the senate and the people of Rome liked him
Battle of Pharsalus
Vespasian
Palatine Hill
The Jugurthine War
8. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Messiah
Princeps
Cinna
Cicero
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
Corvus
Claudius
Cato
Spartacus
10. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Emperor Theodosius
Spartacus
Caracalla
Zealots
11. Political power of the Emperor
Cleoptra XIII
Domitian
Crassus
Princeps
12. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Cicero
Consuls
Commodus
Christ
13. Greek colony
Spartacus
John the Baptist
Messina
Attila the Hun
14. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Galba
Brutus
Vitellius
Tiberius Gracchus
15. The second town that Numitor ruled
Attila the Hun
Alba Longa
Constantine
Rhea Silvia
16. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Superbus
Marius
Optimate
Optimate
17. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Cassius
Cato
Plebeian
Consuls
18. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Republic
Carthage
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Hiero II
19. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Cicero
Trajan (what a boss)
Carthago delenda est
Mark Antony
20. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Crossing the Rubicon
Crassus
21. 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
Cassius
Commodus
Hannibal Barca
22. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Trajan (what a boss)
Hasdrubal
Ptolemy XIII
The Triumvirate
23. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Hiero II
Tribune
Vitellius
Cicero
24. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Pontifex Maximus
Caligula
Plebeian Secession
Gauis Julius Caesar
25. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Battle of Actium
Crossing the Rubicon
Lucius Verus
King Herod
26. Carthage must be destroyed
Remus
Carthago delenda est
Latins
Sabines
27. 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
Lucius Verus
Hasdrubal
Cleoptra XIII
Ptolemy XIII
28. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Spartacus
Pompey
Etruscans
Sulla
29. Carthage must be destroyed
The Social War
Commodus
Ptolemy XIII
Carthago delenda est
30. 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
The Edict of Milan
Cinna
Nero
Cato
31. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Trajan (what a boss)
Praetorian Guard
Nerva
32. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Sejanus
Emperor Theodosius
Claudius
33. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Lucretia
Battle of Pharsalus
Hasdrubal
Messina
34. Military power of the emperor
Imperium
Corvus
Imperator
Romulus
35. Place in North Africa
Praetorian Guard
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Zealots
Carthage
36. 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
Ptolemy XIII
Constantine
Battle of Pharsalus
The Jugurthine War
37. Earliest tribes in the area
Latins
Horatius
Ptolemy XIII
Rome
38. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Remus
Hadrian
Scipio Africanus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
39. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Mithridates VI
Tiberius
Commodus
Titus
40. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Lucius Verus
Imperator
Octavian
Tiberius Gracchus
41. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Hasdrubal
Galba
Sejanus
Jugurtha
42. Proud
Antiochus III
Superbus
Plebeian
Alba Longa
43. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Cassius
Remus
Popularis
Palatine Hill
44. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Numidia
Hadrian
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Hamilcar Barca
45. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Sulla
Plebeian Secession
Plebeian Secession
46. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Proletariat
Pompey
Milvian Bridge
Domitian
47. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
The Jugurthine War
Jugurtha
Philip V of Macedon
Cassius
48. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Battle of Zama
Lavuniun
Palatine Hill
49. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Tiber River
Commodus
Battle of Actium
Milvian Bridge
50. Town ruled by king Numitor
Messiah
Lavuniun
Latifundia
Herod