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Ancient Rome Trivia

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1. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus






2. Military commander of the Emperor






3. Minnows - killed by Sejanus Head of Praetorian Guard who wanted to rebel - Jesus died in his reign






4. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome






5. Town ruled by king Numitor






6. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill






7. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus






8. 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






9. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy






10. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul






11. 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






12. Word for someone who follows one of the non-major religion today






13. Lowest class of people - usually farmers






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






15. Got raped by Tarquin the Younger's son - it is how Tarquin's rule came to an end.






16. Large estate






17. Military and political leader - teams up with Crassus and Pompey - comes together with them to become powerful - was governor of Spain and Gaul






18. 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






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






20. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes






21. Earliest tribes in the area






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






23. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination






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






25. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit






26. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus






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






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






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






30. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity






31. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'






32. 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






33. Bad nephew of Survius Tullius. Took the throne by force and killed many people.






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






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






36. Nephew of King of Numidia - he killed his cousins so he could become the King - bribes Rome to stay in power






37. General for Roman army - captures Jugurtha - 6 times consul - 5 times in a row - was taken over by Sulla - he was exiled from Rome






38. What Cato said after every speech of his. Meaning - 'Rome must be destroyed.'






39. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome






40. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill






41. Leader of the Seleucid Empire - alliances with Macedon






42. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides






43. Town ruled by king Numitor






44. Hannibal's brother who died in battle






45. Carthage must be destroyed






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






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






48. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides






49. Where Mount Vesuvius was located






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