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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. 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
Scipio Aemilianus
Ptolemy XIII
Consuls
2. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Zealots
Mithridates VI
Antiochus III
Crassus
3. 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
Constantine
Nerva
Eunus
Lucius Verus
4. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Jugurtha
Pax Romana
Cassius
Diocletian
5. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Crossing the Rubicon
Princeps
Caractacus
The Triumvirate
6. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Antonius Pius
Lucius Verus
Veto
Pax Romana
7. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Battle of Zama
Patrician
Hasdrubal
King Herod
8. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Attila the Hun
Syracuse
Pompey
Hadrian
9. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Rhea Silvia
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Brutus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
10. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
Plebeian Secession
Lavuniun
Hamilcar Barca
St. Paul
11. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Emperor Theodosius
Odoacer
Proletariat
Nero
12. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Ptolemy XIII
Antonius Pius
Sabines
Pax Romana
13. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
14. Earliest tribes in the area
Battle of Zama
Horatius
Pompeii
Latins
15. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Caractacus
Pompey
Scipio Africanus
Republic
16. Place in Sicily
Syracuse
Popularis
Carthago delenda est
Tiberius Gracchus
17. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Vitellius
Rhea Silvia
Claudius
Odoacer
18. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Superbus
Caesarion
Carthago Delanda est
19. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
King Herod
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Res Publicas
Alba Longa
20. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Syracuse
Rhea Silvia
Sejanus
Parthia
21. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Julio-Claudian Emperors
The Triumvirate
Patrician
Mark Antony
22. Political power of the Emperor
Princeps
Octavian
Scipio Africanus
Hamilcar Barca
23. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Tiber River
Ptolemy XIII
Battle of Pharsalus
Eunus
24. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
25. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Plebeian
Pontius Pilate
Etruscans
Tribune
26. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Crassus
Scipio Africanus
Pax Romana
Lucretia
27. Carthage must be destroyed
Antiochus III
John the Baptist
Tiber River
Carthago delenda est
28. Urban landless poor
Plebeian Secession
Res Publicas
Proletariat
Pompeii
29. 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
Gladiators
Battle of Zama
Parthia
30. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Tiberius Gracchus
Parthia
Brutus
The Social War
31. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Patrician
Palatine Hill
The Jugurthine War
Cinna
32. Worked through the people to get power
Rome
Popularis
Imperium
Proletariat
33. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Christ
Crossing the Rubicon
Hasdrubal
Messiah
34. 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
Ptolemy XIII
Cato
Veto
Vespasian
35. Earliest tribes in the area
Latins
Trajan (what a boss)
The Triumvirate
Syracuse
36. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Emperor Theodosius
Marius
Palatine Hill
Sulla
37. 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
Nero
Hasdrubal
Rome
Latifundia
38. Where the slaves revolted - they were being held in Capua and they broke loose stole knives from a butcher shop and this was the start of The Gladiator War
The Gladiator War
Pagan
Patres
Crossing the Rubicon
39. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Hamilcar Barca
Nerva
Lucius Verus
40. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Rhea Silvia
Republic
Philip V of Macedon
Caractacus
41. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
The Jugurthine War
Sejanus
Republic
Cato
42. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Scipio Aemilianus
Pontifex Maximus
Parthia
Lavuniun
43. Many Jews that thought Jesus was a Messiah - and that he was going to oppose the Roman government
Corvus
Odoacer
Lucius Verus
Zealots
44. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Caligula
Palatine Hill
Odoacer
Battle of Cannae
45. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Lucretia
Mark Antony
Diocletian
Crossing the Rubicon
46. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Scipio Africanus
Mark Antony
Palatine Hill
47. 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
Hannibal Barca
Claudius
Pagan
Domitian
48. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
The Gladiator War
Nerva
John the Baptist
Hiero II
49. Large estate
Patrician
Latifundia
Proletariat
Domitian
50. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Spartacus
Rome
Philip V of Macedon
Palatine Hill