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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Nero
Sabines
Claudius
Numidia
2. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Titus
Scipio Africanus
Mark Antony
Sejanus
3. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Pompey
The Triumvirate
Odoacer
Tiberius Gracchus
4. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Pax Romana
Diocletian
Numidia
Hiero II
5. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Philip V of Macedon
Gladiators
Imperium
Cinna
6. Civic duty - public affairs
Rhea Silvia
Res Publicas
Syracuse
Ptolemy XIII
7. Moment you can never you can take back - Caesar crossed itr
Veto
Crossing the Rubicon
Pontifex Maximus
Carthago Delanda est
8. Founding Fathers of Rome
Antonius Pius
Patres
Antiochus III
Patrician
9. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Cato
Cato
Odoacer
Commodus
10. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Crassus
Ptolemy XIII
Caracalla
Pagan
11. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Pompeii
Gaius Gracchus
Alba Longa
Gauis Julius Caesar
12. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Mark Antony
Brutus
Tiberius Gracchus
Vitellius
13. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Odoacer
Rhea Silvia
Optimate
Latins
14. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
The Social War
Cinna
Odoacer
Milvian Bridge
15. 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
Horatius
Messina
Trajan (what a boss)
Milvian Bridge
16. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Pontifex Maximus
The Triumvirate
Rhea Silvia
Gladiators
17. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Constantine
Praetorian Guard
The Triumvirate
Rhea Silvia
18. One of Antoninus Pius' heirs. Not interested in politics so made his brother Lucius Verus co-emperor. Commodus was his heir - more interested in philosophy stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius
The Triumvirate
Carthago delenda est
Alba Longa
19. Worked through the senate to get power
Optimate
Spartacus
Herod
Remus
20. Earliest tribes in the area
Remus
Latins
Spartacus
Battle of Actium
21. War between Constantine and Maxentius - where it was fought
Otho
Milvian Bridge
The Social War
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
22. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Patrician
Lucretia
Romulus
Scipio Aemilianus
23. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Messiah
The Triumvirate
Corvus
Remus
24. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
Octavian
Jugurtha
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
25. Love the the Lord your God with all your heart - and Love your neighbor as you love yourself
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26. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Palatine Hill
Jugurtha
Caracalla
Odoacer
27. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Plebeian Secession
Caligula
Galba
Pompeii
28. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Christ
Numidia
Messiah
Odoacer
29. Head of government - becomes senators at the end of term - serves a 1 year term - there is two of them
Herod
Battle of Pharsalus
Odoacer
Consuls
30. 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
Lavuniun
Etruscans
Galba
Palatine Hill
31. Place in Sicily
Scipio Africanus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Pompey
Syracuse
32. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Ptolemy XIII
Hamilcar Barca
Zealots
Sejanus
33. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Otho
Rome
The Triumvirate
Caesarion
34. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Crossing the Rubicon
Emperor Theodosius
Titus
Battle of Cannae
35. Right hand man of Sulla who gladiator war and others - comes home in glory
Tribune
Res Publicas
Pompey
Octavian
36. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Brutus
Otho
Carthago delenda est
Carthago Delanda est
37. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Ptolemy XIII
Rhea Silvia
Syracuse
Crassus
38. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Hiero II
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
39. 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
Tribune
The Gladiator War
Pagan
Nero
40. Tyrant of Syracuse used his power unjustly
Hiero II
Antiochus III
Romulus
Corvus
41. 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)
Sabines
Herod
Hasdrubal
42. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Imperium
Octavian
Marcus Aurelius
Antonius Pius
43. Another conspirator
Trajan (what a boss)
Carthago delenda est
Proletariat
Cassius
44. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
John the Baptist
Gladiators
Battle of Pharsalus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
45. 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
Octavian
Messina
Caligula
Pagan
46. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Rome
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Mithridates VI
Attila the Hun
47. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Antiochus III
Scipio Africanus
Claudius
Caligula
48. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Gauis Julius Caesar
Consuls
Sejanus
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
49. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Tiberius
Emperor Theodosius
The Triumvirate
Scipio Aemilianus
50. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Battle of Cannae
Praetorian Guard
Constantine
Patres