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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Greek colony
Romulus
Plebeian Secession
Messina
Ptolemy XIII
2. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Scipio Aemilianus
Titus
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Vitellius
3. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Cato
Sejanus
Gaius Gracchus
Crassus
4. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
Odoacer
The Social War
Philip V of Macedon
Rome
5. Ruler of Rome who marched to Rome with his troops - was killed by the Praetorian guard because Otho had taken the position of Imperator of the palace
Tiber River
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Patrician
Galba
6. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
King Herod
Tiberius
Diocletian
7. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Marius
Tiberius
Consuls
Tiberius
8. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign
Lucius Verus
Constantine
Gladiators
Tiberius
9. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Hamilcar Barca
Gladiators
Philip V of Macedon
Hasdrubal
10. Fought in Zama which is located in Northern Africa - Between Romans(Scipio Africanus) and Carthaginians(Hannibal Barca) - Uses Hannibal's tactic against him
Battle of Zama
Veto
Plebeian
Cicero
11. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Messiah
Pagan
Carthago Delanda est
Sabines
12. Caesar and Cleopatra's illegitimate son
Caesarion
Pontifex Maximus
Nerva
Carthago delenda est
13. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Cassius
Popularis
Remus
Tiberius Gracchus
14. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Octavian
Ptolemy XIII
Imperium
Hamilcar Barca
15. Constantine's law that makes Christianity legal in Rome and declared that Christians must be tolerated
Tribune
Zealots
Scipio Africanus
The Edict of Milan
16. Earliest tribes in the area
Hiero II
Remus
Marcus Aurelius
Latins
17. Urban landless poor
Patrician
Messiah
St. Paul
Proletariat
18. Skilled fighters in Rome's public games
Gladiators
Mark Antony
Lucretia
Octavian
19. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Alba Longa
Tribune
King Herod
Gladiators
20. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Attila the Hun
Tribune
Otho
Hasdrubal
21. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Philip V of Macedon
Battle of Actium
Parthia
Trajan (what a boss)
22. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul
Gauis Julius Caesar
Res Publicas
Hasdrubal
Tiberius
23. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Marius
Numidia
Patrician
Messiah
24. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Lucretia
Corvus
Caractacus
Crassus
25. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Tiber River
Jugurtha
Mark Antony
Tribune
26. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Pontifex Maximus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Etruscans
Hiero II
27. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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28. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Imperium
Pompey
Sejanus
29. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Consuls
Parthia
The Triumvirate
Caractacus
30. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Attila the Hun
Otho
Eunus
Tiberius Gracchus
31. Ruler of Rome who marched to Rome with his troops - was killed by the Praetorian guard because Otho had taken the position of Imperator of the palace
Carthago delenda est
Galba
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Crassus
32. Brother of Tiberius that campaigned for his brother - and continued Tiberius' reforms
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Gaius Gracchus
Octavian
Latifundia
33. I forbid
Palatine Hill
Veto
Gauis Julius Caesar
The Jugurthine War
34. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Praetorian Guard
Cinna
Latifundia
Nerva
35. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Diocletian
Caractacus
Spartacus
Tiber River
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
Romulus
Vespasian
Battle of Zama
Lucius Verus
37. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Crossing the Rubicon
Battle of Cannae
Pompeii
Battle of Zama
38. Worked through the senate to get power
The Jugurthine War
Optimate
Spartacus
Lucius Verus
39. Civic duty - public affairs
Res Publicas
Cleoptra XIII
Gauis Julius Caesar
Princeps
40. Carthage must be destroyed
Christ
Hamilcar Barca
Rhea Silvia
Carthago delenda est
41. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
Cato
Hasdrubal
Corvus
42. 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
Parthia
Crossing the Rubicon
Vespasian
43. Proud
Alba Longa
Caligula
Superbus
Patrician
44. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
Marius
Tiberius
Alba Longa
45. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Christ
Hiero II
King Herod
Carthage
46. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Milvian Bridge
Antiochus III
Plebeian Secession
Romulus
47. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Otho
Carthago delenda est
Numidia
Plebeian
48. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Crassus
John the Baptist
Lucius Verus
Pax Romana
49. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Popularis
Alba Longa
Optimate
50. Marius' assistant - his army comes through Rome and fights Marius
Emperor Theodosius
Sabines
Sulla
The Edict of Milan