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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
King Herod
Tiber River
Attila the Hun
Cassius
2. Proud
Emperor Theodosius
The Jugurthine War
Claudius
Superbus
3. Earliest tribes in the area
The Jugurthine War
Antiochus III
Latins
Romulus
4. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Rome
Crassus
Battle of Zama
Jugurtha
5. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.
Pontius Pilate
Milvian Bridge
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Superbus
6. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Odoacer
Gladiators
St. Paul
Odoacer
7. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Plebeian Secession
Hamilcar Barca
Diocletian
8. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Lucius Verus
Nero
Battle of Pharsalus
Tiberius Gracchus
9. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Hasdrubal
Antonius Pius
Plebeian Secession
Tiberius
10. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Imperator
Palatine Hill
Pagan
Hamilcar Barca
11. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Popularis
Marius
Hiero II
Crassus
12. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Otho
Crassus
Carthago Delanda est
13. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
The Social War
Sabines
Ptolemy XIII
Pagan
14. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Lucius Verus
Sabines
Messina
Tribune
15. Town ruled by king Numitor
Lavuniun
Vespasian
Gauis Julius Caesar
Domitian
16. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Praetorian Guard
Cinna
Etruscans
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
17. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Pax Romana
Lucretia
Nero
Diocletian
18. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Marcus Aurelius
Alba Longa
Trajan (what a boss)
19. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
King Herod
The Triumvirate
Pax Romana
Philip V of Macedon
20. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Emperor Theodosius
Cassius
Hamilcar Barca
The Social War
21. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Latifundia
Battle of Cannae
Spartacus
Corvus
22. Religious power of the Emperor
Hasdrubal
Pontifex Maximus
Zealots
Remus
23. Greek colony
Nero
The Edict of Milan
Remus
Messina
24. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Brutus
Battle of Zama
Battle of Actium
Hamilcar Barca
25. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Diocletian
Syracuse
Marcus Aurelius
Scipio Africanus
26. Military power of the emperor
John the Baptist
The Edict of Milan
Gladiators
Imperium
27. 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
Hadrian
Res Publicas
Caligula
28. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Messiah
Pontifex Maximus
Hamilcar Barca
Hiero II
29. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Domitian
Cassius
The Triumvirate
Latifundia
30. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Carthage
Zealots
Milvian Bridge
Cato
31. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Mark Antony
Messiah
Superbus
Pompeii
32. 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
Cato
Christ
Galba
Carthago Delanda est
33. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Latins
Cinna
Latifundia
Zealots
34. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Lucretia
Jugurtha
John the Baptist
35. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
The Jugurthine War
Parthia
Domitian
Gauis Julius Caesar
36. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Claudius
Battle of Zama
Battle of Cannae
Titus
37. 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
Remus
Constantine
Rhea Silvia
Tiberius Gracchus
38. Another conspirator
Ptolemy XIII
Cassius
Odoacer
Messina
39. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Pagan
Patrician
Cinna
Diocletian
40. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Messina
Mark Antony
Attila the Hun
Brutus
41. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Cicero
Nero
Sabines
Cinna
42. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Vitellius
King Herod
Brutus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
43. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Crassus
Scipio Africanus
Res Publicas
Hadrian
44. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Battle of Pharsalus
Crassus
Cassius
Patrician
45. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Brutus
Cleoptra XIII
Ptolemy XIII
Gaius Gracchus
46. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Cicero
John the Baptist
Rome
Princeps
47. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Octavian
Crossing the Rubicon
Lucretia
Consuls
48. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Constantine
The Social War
Republic
Commodus
49. The second town that Numitor ruled
Alba Longa
Gauis Julius Caesar
Popularis
Hasdrubal
50. 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
Gauis Julius Caesar
Domitian
Caligula
Superbus