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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Greek colony
Messina
Battle of Actium
Patrician
Corvus
2. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Diocletian
The Edict of Milan
Latifundia
Lavuniun
3. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Republic
Corvus
Antiochus III
Antonius Pius
4. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Gaius Gracchus
Mithridates VI
Battle of Pharsalus
Eunus
5. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Emperor Theodosius
Palatine Hill
Pontius Pilate
Ptolemy XIII
6. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Romulus
Corvus
The Gladiator War
7. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Imperator
Tiber River
Vitellius
Gaius Gracchus
8. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Mark Antony
Vespasian
Caesarion
Eunus
9. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Ptolemy XIII
Romulus
Superbus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
10. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Battle of Pharsalus
Pontius Pilate
Romulus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
11. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Mark Antony
Lucius Verus
Otho
Princeps
12. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
The Jugurthine War
Gaius Gracchus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Attila the Hun
13. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
King Herod
Pompey
Messiah
Republic
14. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Plebeian
Commodus
Parthia
Lucius Verus
15. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Emperor Theodosius
Rhea Silvia
Hiero II
Caracalla
16. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Caractacus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Nerva
Spartacus
17. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Battle of Pharsalus
Pontius Pilate
Cicero
Praetorian Guard
18. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Crassus
The Gladiator War
Parthia
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
19. 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
Tiber River
Caligula
St. Paul
Cicero
20. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Carthago delenda est
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Caracalla
The Social War
21. Worked through the senate to get power
Sulla
Marcus Aurelius
Zealots
Optimate
22. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Mark Antony
Horatius
Vespasian
Battle of Actium
23. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Mithridates VI
Vespasian
Sabines
Jugurtha
24. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Caracalla
Parthia
Vitellius
Trajan (what a boss)
25. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Alba Longa
Lucretia
Numidia
Battle of Actium
26. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Philip V of Macedon
Cleoptra XIII
Pagan
Domitian
27. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Rhea Silvia
Carthago Delanda est
Lucius Verus
28. Carthage must be destroyed
Vitellius
Carthago delenda est
Plebeian Secession
Emperor Theodosius
29. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Attila the Hun
Attila the Hun
Plebeian Secession
Caracalla
30. Conflict between Rome and Jugurtha and Rome wins Marius captures Jugurtha
Scipio Africanus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
The Jugurthine War
Hasdrubal
31. 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
Nerva
Constantine
Gaius Gracchus
Brutus
32. Religious power of the Emperor
Pontifex Maximus
Caractacus
Battle of Pharsalus
Corvus
33. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Carthago Delanda est
Alba Longa
Pax Romana
Numidia
34. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Messina
Battle of Zama
Praetorian Guard
35. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Constantine
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Gauis Julius Caesar
Christ
36. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Cinna
Etruscans
Odoacer
Res Publicas
37. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.
Tiber River
Antonius Pius
Alba Longa
Eunus
38. Religious power of the Emperor
Hadrian
Carthage
Tribune
Pontifex Maximus
39. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Pompeii
King Herod
Syracuse
Constantine
40. Large estate
Vitellius
Zealots
Latifundia
John the Baptist
41. 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
King Herod
Sabines
The Gladiator War
Proletariat
42. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Otho
Hadrian
Ptolemy XIII
Latifundia
43. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Octavian
Pompey
Palatine Hill
44. 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
Commodus
Rhea Silvia
Nero
Messiah
45. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Commodus
Tiberius
Trajan (what a boss)
Lucretia
46. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Tiber River
Pompeii
Zealots
Latins
47. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Carthago Delanda est
Caligula
Rhea Silvia
Julio-Claudian Emperors
48. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Odoacer
Pompey
Optimate
Sulla
49. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Hamilcar Barca
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Cleoptra XIII
John the Baptist
50. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Veto
Caractacus
Latins
Crossing the Rubicon
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