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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him
Scipio Africanus
Caracalla
Princeps
Commodus
2. Proud
Cinna
Battle of Cannae
Parthia
Superbus
3. Another conspirator
Horatius
Cinna
Cassius
Syracuse
4. 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
Syracuse
Pompey
Sejanus
Nero
5. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Marius
Praetorian Guard
Remus
Proletariat
6. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Christ
Eunus
Brutus
7. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Spartacus
Herod
Emperor Theodosius
Philip V of Macedon
8. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Plebeian Secession
Popularis
Caracalla
Carthago Delanda est
9. Religious power of the Emperor
Etruscans
Pontifex Maximus
Commodus
Attila the Hun
10. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Pompeii
The Jugurthine War
11. 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
Domitian
Gaius Gracchus
Princeps
Mark Antony
12. Religious power of the Emperor
Battle of Cannae
Messiah
Pontifex Maximus
Crossing the Rubicon
13. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Lavuniun
Pompeii
Scipio Aemilianus
Odoacer
14. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Caesarion
Pagan
Domitian
Superbus
15. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Pontius Pilate
Numidia
Plebeian Secession
Diocletian
16. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Zealots
Caracalla
Pagan
Herod
17. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Praetorian Guard
Rhea Silvia
Attila the Hun
Superbus
18. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Consuls
Mark Antony
Parthia
Romulus
19. Place in North Africa
Pax Romana
Carthage
Battle of Pharsalus
Pagan
20. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Rome
Remus
Otho
Christ
21. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Scipio Aemilianus
Messina
Eunus
King Herod
22. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Caracalla
Battle of Pharsalus
Christ
Horatius
23. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Christ
Trajan (what a boss)
Milvian Bridge
Imperium
24. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Sabines
Republic
Odoacer
The Gladiator War
25. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Crossing the Rubicon
Sulla
Battle of Cannae
Rome
26. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Crossing the Rubicon
Odoacer
Marius
Brutus
27. I forbid
Caracalla
Veto
Romulus
Nero
28. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Caligula
Sulla
Syracuse
Spartacus
29. Greek colony
Messina
Caesarion
Marius
Cleoptra XIII
30. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Lucretia
Praetorian Guard
Caractacus
Marcus Aurelius
31. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
The Edict of Milan
Tiberius
Tiberius
Hamilcar Barca
32. Urban landless poor
Numidia
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Proletariat
33. Military power of the emperor
Constantine
Pagan
Imperium
Popularis
34. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Horatius
Messiah
Nero
Battle of Pharsalus
35. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Herod
Antonius Pius
Attila the Hun
Lucius Verus
36. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Scipio Aemilianus
Patres
Zealots
37. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Princeps
Scipio Aemilianus
Latifundia
Gaius Gracchus
38. 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
Emperor Theodosius
Corvus
Pax Romana
Romulus
39. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Scipio Africanus
Cassius
Cicero
Parthia
40. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
Syracuse
Optimate
Eunus
41. I forbid
Eunus
Commodus
Veto
Parthia
42. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Pontifex Maximus
Praetorian Guard
Cicero
Constantine
43. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Lucretia
Superbus
Pontius Pilate
44. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Patrician
Hamilcar Barca
Constantine
Brutus
45. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Ptolemy XIII
Hadrian
Battle of Zama
Numidia
46. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Odoacer
Etruscans
Plebeian Secession
Rome
47. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
The Triumvirate
Tribune
Gladiators
Tiber River
48. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
The Social War
Etruscans
Patres
49. Carthage must be destroyed
Hadrian
Vitellius
Pontius Pilate
Carthago delenda est
50. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
King Herod
Battle of Pharsalus
Hannibal Barca
Cato