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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Orator - famous speaker in the Senate who becomes a senator






2. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory






3. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich






4. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior






5. River that has a bridge that connects to Rome.






6. King of Britain - fought against Rome






7. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill






8. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor






9. Worked through the senate to get power






10. 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






11. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.






12. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself

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13. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers






14. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources






15. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'






16. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army






17. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory






18. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them






19. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)






20. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.






21. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war






22. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games






23. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him






24. Political power of the Emperor






25. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)






26. Marcus Aurelius' heir - open about his male lover his men killed him






27. Worked through the people to get power






28. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)






29. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting






30. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights






31. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome






32. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr






33. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense






34. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.






35. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year






36. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor






37. 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






38. Hannibal's brother who died in battle






39. Town ruled by king Numitor






40. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory






41. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army






42. Sister to Ptolemy XIII - Pharaoh of Egypt - had an affair with Caesar has an illegitimate child with Caesar - has 3 kids with Antony: Alexander Helios - Cleopatra Selene - and Ptolemy Philadelphos






43. Where Mount Vesuvius was located






44. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death






45. 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






46. Military power of the emperor






47. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics






48. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius






49. African kingdom - that allies with Rome






50. 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