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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Brutus
Gauis Julius Caesar
Patrician
Domitian
2. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Hannibal Barca
Rome
Cinna
Princeps
3. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Messina
Crassus
Emperor Theodosius
Gaius Gracchus
4. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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5. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Spartacus
Mark Antony
Cicero
Numidia
6. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Pompey
Pompey
Sulla
Remus
7. 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
Battle of Actium
Cato
Tiberius Gracchus
Crassus
8. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Pontius Pilate
Galba
Plebeian Secession
Zealots
9. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Superbus
Etruscans
Gladiators
Constantine
10. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Caesarion
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Lucius Verus
Battle of Cannae
11. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Republic
Plebeian Secession
Sabines
Latifundia
12. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
The Edict of Milan
Pontius Pilate
Herod
13. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Caesarion
Lucretia
Sejanus
Consuls
14. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Caractacus
Battle of Actium
15. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Gaius Gracchus
Mark Antony
Domitian
Antiochus III
16. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Constantine
Messiah
Pompeii
Republic
17. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Pompeii
Sulla
Messiah
Carthago delenda est
18. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Spartacus
Marcus Aurelius
Pompey
Julio-Claudian Emperors
19. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator
Superbus
Caractacus
Gladiators
Cicero
20. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Etruscans
Spartacus
Jugurtha
Scipio Africanus
21. I forbid
Gladiators
Gladiators
Veto
Imperator
22. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Etruscans
Spartacus
Veto
Odoacer
23. Political power of the Emperor
Princeps
Battle of Zama
Praetorian Guard
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
24. 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
Caligula
Latins
Mark Antony
Alba Longa
25. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
King Herod
Spartacus
Latifundia
Odoacer
26. 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
Messina
Praetorian Guard
Constantine
Titus
27. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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28. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Mark Antony
Syracuse
Philip V of Macedon
Palatine Hill
29. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Scipio Africanus
Sejanus
Messina
Cleoptra XIII
30. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Caligula
Gauis Julius Caesar
Milvian Bridge
Pagan
31. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Gaius Gracchus
Lavuniun
Veto
Hadrian
32. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Tiber River
Caligula
Hamilcar Barca
33. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Hamilcar Barca
Battle of Zama
Carthago Delanda est
Jugurtha
34. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Crassus
Milvian Bridge
Romulus
Marius
35. Greek colony
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Latins
Diocletian
Messina
36. 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
Latifundia
Corvus
Titus
Vespasian
37. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Brutus
Zealots
Parthia
Carthago Delanda est
38. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Cato
Optimate
Attila the Hun
Praetorian Guard
39. 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
Trajan (what a boss)
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Veto
Crassus
40. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Hiero II
The Jugurthine War
Latins
Nero
41. Religious power of the Emperor
Octavian
Gauis Julius Caesar
Pontifex Maximus
Tribune
42. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Cato
Gauis Julius Caesar
Numidia
Tiberius Gracchus
43. 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
Antiochus III
Crassus
Cicero
Corvus
44. Place in Sicily
Romulus
Gauis Julius Caesar
Syracuse
Lucius Verus
45. 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
Antonius Pius
Consuls
Romulus
46. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Popularis
The Jugurthine War
Pompeii
Horatius
47. 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
Plebeian
Battle of Zama
Nero
St. Paul
48. Earliest tribes in the area
Imperator
Latins
Scipio Aemilianus
The Edict of Milan
49. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Titus
Carthage
Patres
Christ
50. Anointed one - comes from Greek word Christos meaning Messiah
Horatius
Battle of Cannae
Nero
Christ