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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Pompeii
Battle of Zama
Etruscans
2. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Hamilcar Barca
Rhea Silvia
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Pompeii
3. I forbid
Veto
The Triumvirate
Christ
Emperor Theodosius
4. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Syracuse
Pompey
Pontius Pilate
5. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
Romulus
Vitellius
Lucretia
Vespasian
6. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Jugurtha
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Nerva
Plebeian
7. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Battle of Actium
Vitellius
Caracalla
Hadrian
8. Son of Vespian helps him (Vespian) in the 'war' where the Jewish zealots proclaimed war on the Roman soldiers
Horatius
Patres
Attila the Hun
Titus
9. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon
Etruscans
Cato
Antiochus III
Scipio Africanus
10. Romulus' land that he shared with his brother - became the center of Rome.
Marius
Optimate
Pax Romana
Palatine Hill
11. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power
Tiberius
Jugurtha
Romulus
Domitian
12. 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
Horatius
Caligula
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Nerva
13. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Republic
Rhea Silvia
Antonius Pius
The Gladiator War
14. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Mithridates VI
Tribune
Res Publicas
15. 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
Hadrian
Odoacer
Etruscans
Corvus
16. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Carthago Delanda est
Praetorian Guard
Gauis Julius Caesar
Constantine
17. Junior lieutenant sent to defeat army and does but they send Pompey who takes the glory
Crassus
Jugurtha
Remus
Cinna
18. 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
Pontius Pilate
Constantine
Otho
19. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Philip V of Macedon
Battle of Cannae
Eunus
Herod
20. I forbid
Veto
Claudius
John the Baptist
Herod
21. Large estate
John the Baptist
Lavuniun
Latifundia
Caracalla
22. Earliest tribes in the area
Zealots
Emperor Theodosius
Caractacus
Latins
23. Religious power of the Emperor
Diocletian
Pontifex Maximus
Nero
Lucius Verus
24. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome
Consuls
The Edict of Milan
Marius
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
25. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Spartacus
Corvus
Caractacus
Messina
26. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Messina
Caractacus
Emperor Theodosius
Pompey
27. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Pagan
Ptolemy XIII
Gladiators
Remus
28. Another conspirator
Superbus
Gauis Julius Caesar
Plebeian
Cassius
29. Religious power of the Emperor
Patrician
Alba Longa
Eunus
Pontifex Maximus
30. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Caractacus
Superbus
Hasdrubal
St. Paul
31. Lowest class of people - usually farmers
Praetorian Guard
Claudius
Plebeian
Imperium
32. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'
Battle of Actium
Numidia
Vespasian
Carthago Delanda est
33. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Corvus
Spartacus
Numidia
Battle of Zama
34. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.
Pontifex Maximus
Battle of Cannae
Battle of Zama
Lucretia
35. Former bodyguard - killed his way into power - persecuted Christians - divided empire in two with 2 Augustus (emperors) - 2 Caesar (co-emperors)
Vitellius
King Herod
Corvus
Diocletian
36. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Crassus
Praetorian Guard
Philip V of Macedon
Galba
37. Military commander of the Emperor
Pagan
Philip V of Macedon
Messina
Imperator
38. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Gladiators
Commodus
Sejanus
Attila the Hun
39. Period of piece in Rome 200 years
Sejanus
Pax Romana
Gaius Gracchus
Crossing the Rubicon
40. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Zealots
Messiah
John the Baptist
Sabines
41. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
The Jugurthine War
Caractacus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Eunus
42. The second town that Numitor ruled
Etruscans
Hadrian
Brutus
Alba Longa
43. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Pagan
Battle of Cannae
Philip V of Macedon
44. Last emperor of Rome - surrendered his crown to Odoacer
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Jugurtha
Patrician
Scipio Africanus
45. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Commodus
Mark Antony
Etruscans
Gaius Gracchus
46. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Consuls
Numidia
Hannibal Barca
Vespasian
47. Political power of the Emperor
Imperator
Optimate
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Princeps
48. Prosecutor of Jesus's followers - then converted to Christianity - spread it - created it
St. Paul
Zealots
Lavuniun
Corvus
49. Killed by Caesar - ordered death of Pompey - King and Egypt both - fighting against his sister to be ruler
Hannibal Barca
Eunus
Ptolemy XIII
Veto
50. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Christ
Republic
Hiero II
Antonius Pius