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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Lavuniun
Praetorian Guard
King Herod
2. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Parthia
Consuls
Sabines
Caractacus
3. Commander of Carthage during first Punic War - had to stop ruling because Carthage started to run out of resources
Hamilcar Barca
Cato
Hasdrubal
Lucius Verus
4. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
John the Baptist
Tiberius Gracchus
Alba Longa
Pompey
5. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Attila the Hun
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Jugurtha
King Herod
6. Son of Rhea Silvia killed by his brother Romulus.
Vitellius
Remus
Pax Romana
Patrician
7. I forbid
Caesarion
Imperium
Caractacus
Veto
8. Caesar's great nephew forms the 2nd Triumvirate - youngest consul in history of Rome - becomes emperor of Rome
Octavian
Cicero
Popularis
Res Publicas
9. Battle between Pompey and Caesar - Caesar wins
Tribune
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Marcus Aurelius
Battle of Pharsalus
10. Founding Fathers of Rome
Otho
Etruscans
Patres
King Herod
11. Caesar's right hand man - attempts to join Octavian and makes 2nd Triumvirate - loves Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Optimate
Pagan
12. Carthage must be destroyed
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Carthago delenda est
King Herod
Vitellius
13. Popular speaker said to be the son of God - tried to reform Jewish religion - accidentally started Christianity
Cicero
Tiberius
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Messina
14. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Brutus
Tiber River
Mithridates VI
Galba
15. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
John the Baptist
Brutus
Republic
Titus
16. 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
Superbus
Trajan (what a boss)
Republic
Constantine
17. 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
Tribune
Corvus
Battle of Pharsalus
Trajan (what a boss)
18. Major enemy with Rome - allianced on and off with Rome
Galba
Princeps
Patres
Parthia
19. Military commander of the Emperor
Imperator
Cassius
Marcus Aurelius
Etruscans
20. Another conspirator
Tribune
Alba Longa
Caractacus
Cassius
21. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Battle of Zama
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Eunus
Crossing the Rubicon
22. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Milvian Bridge
Pagan
Caracalla
Lavuniun
23. Augustus starts it - personal army for kings (emperors) of Rome - kind of like secret service
Hannibal Barca
Praetorian Guard
Attila the Hun
Patres
24. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Remus
Patrician
Emperor Theodosius
Romulus
25. Roman leader who defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Vitellius
Scipio Africanus
Crossing the Rubicon
26. 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
Optimate
Mithridates VI
Domitian
Claudius
27. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Etruscans
Carthage
St. Paul
The Social War
28. Leader of the Praetorian Guard - planned to take over once Tiberius died. Tiberius found out and killed him.
Nerva
Palatine Hill
John the Baptist
Sejanus
29. Large estate
John the Baptist
Milvian Bridge
Latifundia
Otho
30. The gladiators chose as their coach - very smart and strong - knew what to do in the 'battles'
Spartacus
Hiero II
Octavian
John the Baptist
31. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Philip V of Macedon
Lavuniun
Syracuse
The Triumvirate
32. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Romulus
Trajan (what a boss)
Etruscans
Messina
33. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
Crossing the Rubicon
Carthage
John the Baptist
Caligula
34. Galba's right hand man - named Imperator by Praetorian Guard - senate unhappily named him princep as well - almost went into a Civil War with Vitellius but instead killed himself so he would not have to go into a Civil War
Cleoptra XIII
Otho
Odoacer
Rome
35. Julius Caesar's uncle - took power when Sulla left ends up getting killed by his own army
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Cinna
Battle of Pharsalus
Caesarion
36. Elected by senate - makes Trajan heir - set precedent for choosing heir based merit
Nerva
Antonius Pius
Crossing the Rubicon
Brutus
37. When italian people wanted full citizenship - went to war
The Social War
Latifundia
Pontifex Maximus
Veto
38. Proud
Superbus
Hiero II
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Marius
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
The Gladiator War
Mark Antony
Tiberius
Hadrian
40. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Pontifex Maximus
Vitellius
Imperium
Hadrian
41. When Plebeians went on strike from fighting
Plebeian Secession
Romulus
Etruscans
Praetorian Guard
42. Grandson of Scipio Africanus - fought against Carthage and defeated the whole civilization
Scipio Aemilianus
Sulla
Ptolemy XIII
Crossing the Rubicon
43. Rich people - gave funding for the campaigns of war
Alba Longa
Popularis
Patrician
Etruscans
44. Another conspirator
Cicero
Cassius
Tiber River
The Triumvirate
45. Military leader - goes against Rome - after he lost in Africa he was kicked out of Carthage
Mark Antony
Etruscans
Julio-Claudian Emperors
Hannibal Barca
46. Virgin but was 'raped by Mars' she had twin boys - Romulus and Remus
Rhea Silvia
John the Baptist
Plebeian Secession
Republic
47. Hadrian's heir. Rule was boring besides Rome's 900th anniversary
Antonius Pius
Lucius Verus
Gladiators
Cleoptra XIII
48. Became the Romans: one of the earliest tribes
Rome
Sabines
Jesus's Commandments (concept)
Marius
49. Civic duty - public affairs
Messina
Jesus Christ (Jesús Christos)
Hiero II
Res Publicas
50. Hannibal's brother who died in battle
Marius
Numidia
Octavian
Hasdrubal