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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. 3rd Julio-Claudian emperor - declared himself a God - practiced incest with his sisters - murdered the one that got pregnant - tried to make his horse consul - fought the sea because he was crazy - he is killed by the Praetorian Guard - he demands th
Pompeii
Caligula
Constantine
Messiah
2. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Plebeian
Spartacus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Proletariat
3. Worked through the people to get power
Battle of Pharsalus
Claudius
Popularis
The Triumvirate
4. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
Otho
Herod
Patrician
5. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Gauis Julius Caesar
Popularis
St. Paul
Pontius Pilate
6. Urban landless poor
Battle of Zama
Sulla
Proletariat
Popularis
7. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Princeps
Jugurtha
Patrician
Cinna
8. Earliest tribes in the area
Diocletian
Numidia
Battle of Pharsalus
Latins
9. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Gaius Gracchus
Ptolemy XIII
The Triumvirate
Julio-Claudian Emperors
10. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Patres
Eunus
Lucretia
Diocletian
11. Worked through the people to get power
Popularis
Titus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Battle of Cannae
12. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Tiberius Gracchus
Cassius
Res Publicas
13. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Sulla
Spartacus
Sabines
Carthago Delanda est
14. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Carthago Delanda est
Gauis Julius Caesar
Spartacus
Trajan (what a boss)
15. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Gladiators
Pontius Pilate
Domitian
Optimate
16. Military power of the emperor
Plebeian Secession
Hiero II
Imperium
Parthia
17. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Odoacer
Parthia
Romulus
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
18. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Constantine
Lucretia
Marcus Aurelius
Princeps
19. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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20. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Plebeian Secession
Pompey
Commodus
Imperator
21. 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 Triumvirate
Carthago delenda est
Romulus
Claudius
22. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Etruscans
Lucius Verus
Carthage
Sejanus
23. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Hasdrubal
Remus
Hadrian
24. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Crassus
Remus
Pompeii
John the Baptist
25. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Cinna
Marcus Aurelius
Horatius
Scipio Aemilianus
26. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Caractacus
Christ
Trajan (what a boss)
Crossing the Rubicon
27. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Gladiators
Eunus
Spartacus
Jugurtha
28. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Eunus
The Jugurthine War
Hasdrubal
Carthago delenda est
29. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Zealots
Palatine Hill
Rome
Optimate
30. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
John the Baptist
The Edict of Milan
Crossing the Rubicon
Proletariat
31. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Gladiators
Imperium
Zealots
Alba Longa
32. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Cicero
Carthago delenda est
Caractacus
33. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Titus
Tiber River
Rhea Silvia
King Herod
34. Large estate
Princeps
Philip V of Macedon
Latifundia
Christ
35. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Remus
The Social War
Diocletian
Crassus
36. Military power of the emperor
Imperium
Sabines
Etruscans
Mithridates VI
37. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Scipio Aemilianus
Caractacus
Republic
Consuls
38. 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
Galba
Nero
Messina
Pontius Pilate
39. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Caracalla
The Triumvirate
Tribune
The Triumvirate
40. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Odoacer
Palatine Hill
Constantine
41. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Tiber River
The Social War
John the Baptist
Otho
42. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Claudius
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Tiberius
Pontifex Maximus
43. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Constantine
Milvian Bridge
Mithridates VI
Tiber River
44. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Caractacus
Palatine Hill
Nerva
The Social War
45. 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
Pontifex Maximus
Sejanus
Trajan (what a boss)
Domitian
46. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Zealots
Republic
Rome
Cicero
47. 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
Scipio Aemilianus
Latins
Antonius Pius
48. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Hannibal Barca
Plebeian
The Triumvirate
Rome
49. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Sejanus
Pompeii
Crossing the Rubicon
Eunus
50. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Attila the Hun
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Gaius Gracchus
Vespasian