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Ancient Rome Trivia
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1. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Caracalla
St. Paul
Commodus
Cassius
2. Founding Fathers of Rome
The Edict of Milan
Patres
Patrician
Odoacer
3. Body of government in which the citizens are entitled to vote - and choose who represents them
Zealots
Proletariat
Eunus
Republic
4. Brother of Remus - he was able to become one of the first kings of Rome - founded Rome
The Edict of Milan
Messiah
Remus
Romulus
5. 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
Constantine
Hasdrubal
Philip V of Macedon
Pompeii
6. Didn't give up when attacked by Etruscans—saved the Romans.
Hadrian
Alba Longa
Horatius
Remus
7. Anointed one - Jewish term for savior
Cassius
Battle of Actium
Messiah
Brutus
8. Sister to Ptolemy XIII - Pharaoh of Egypt - had an affair with Caesar has an illegitimate child with Caesar - has 3 kids with Antony: Alexander Helios - Cleopatra Selene - and Ptolemy Philadelphos
Remus
Patrician
Gauis Julius Caesar
Cleoptra XIII
9. Made Christianity the official religion of Rome - ended the Olympics
Trajan (what a boss)
Emperor Theodosius
The Gladiator War
Battle of Zama
10. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Carthago delenda est
Pompeii
Nerva
Cinna
11. Fought for Scipio - reformer that tried to reduce the gap between rich and poor
Tiberius Gracchus
Hiero II
The Edict of Milan
Gaius Gracchus
12. Worked through the senate to get power
Messina
Optimate
Patrician
Zealots
13. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Cato
Hasdrubal
Etruscans
The Jugurthine War
14. Augustus - Tiberius - Caligula - Cladius - Nero
Imperator
Nero
Christ
Julio-Claudian Emperors
15. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Brutus
Hamilcar Barca
Hadrian
Cicero
16. 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
Corvus
Nerva
Galba
Princeps
17. Civic duty - public affairs
Carthage
Res Publicas
Sulla
Carthago delenda est
18. Octavian against Antony - naval battle - Octavian wins - Cleopatra and Antony kill themselves - didn't make sense
Battle of Actium
Vitellius
The Edict of Milan
Hadrian
19. Founding Fathers of Rome
Caractacus
Lucretia
Patres
Rome
20. Jesus's cousin - baptised Jesus - was the predcessor of Jesus
John the Baptist
Spartacus
Praetorian Guard
Odoacer
21. Another conspirator
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Cassius
Remus
Caesarion
22. Builds wall across Scotland to keep Celts in north
Hadrian
Commodus
Milvian Bridge
Brutus
23. 4th Julio-Claudian emperor - 'half-wit' - conquered Britain (defeats Caractacus - The King of British tribes) - paranoid - poisoned by wife-Mushrooms and doctor-poison feather
Hiero II
Battle of Cannae
Claudius
Tribune
24. Commander of the German forces - army said they wanted him as Imperator
Eunus
Superbus
Vitellius
Tiberius
25. Emperor after Civil war - killed his brother/co-emperor - makes everyone within the boarders citizens
Tribune
Caracalla
Marcus Aurelius
Lucretia
26. Marcus Aurelius' younger brother and co-emperor - fought against Parthia - died in the epidemic (seizures)
Scipio Aemilianus
Lucius Verus
Herod
Praetorian Guard
27. King - roman governor of Syria - secular king of the Jews
Herod
Vitellius
The Edict of Milan
Crossing the Rubicon
28. Hellenized Jew - encouraged Greek culture - one of the people responsible for Jesus's death
Sulla
King Herod
Lucretia
Attila the Hun
29. Cannot propose laws but can veto laws - 10 in the Government - Serve for one year
Christ
Battle of Actium
Tribune
Constantine
30. 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
Eunus
Tarquin the Younger (the Proud)
Cicero
31. People living in Estrucania who attacked Romans
Antiochus III
Pontius Pilate
Etruscans
Galba
32. King of Pontus Sulla ends up leading army against him
Mithridates VI
Odoacer
Optimate
Alba Longa
33. Slave who led the rebellion against Sicily - starts theFirst Servile War - which is a revolt against rich
Eunus
Hannibal Barca
Scipio Aemilianus
Romulus
34. Leader of the Huns from 434 to 453 CE - led the Hunds west into Germanic territory - threatening Rome
Parthia
Attila the Hun
Horatius
Vespasian
35. Place in North Africa
Carthage
Pagan
Sulla
Spartacus
36. The second town that Numitor ruled
Republic
Battle of Actium
Alba Longa
Constantine
37. Fought in Cannae - the Carthaginians won because they attacked the Romans from 4 sides
Gaius Gracchus
Crassus
Battle of Cannae
Res Publicas
38. 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
Antiochus III
Scipio Aemilianus
Caligula
Claudius
39. One of the conspirators of Caesar's assination
Patres
Brutus
Carthago delenda est
Scipio Africanus
40. City that Romulus founded on the Paletine Hill
Titus
Imperator
Constantine
Rome
41. German Chieftain who overthrows Romulus Augustus and declares himself king of Italy
Veto
Octavian
Romulus Augustus (aka Romulus Augustulus)
Odoacer
42. Worked through the people to get power
Cinna
Philip V of Macedon
Battle of Actium
Popularis
43. 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
Attila the Hun
The Gladiator War
Nerva
Vespasian
44. Where Mount Vesuvius was located
Emperor Theodosius
Pompeii
Republic
Cinna
45. Roman governor of Judea - one of the men responsible for Jesus's death
Sejanus
Hannibal Barca
Cleoptra XIII
Pontius Pilate
46. Rule of three men - alliance between Crassus - Pompey and Caesar
Scipio Africanus
The Triumvirate
Rome
Nerva
47. King of Britain - fought against Rome
Messiah
Caractacus
Latins
Octavian
48. African kingdom - that allies with Rome
Numidia
Syracuse
Nerva
Plebeian
49. Was asked if he wanted to fight Rome - sided the Seleucid Empire - Rome won - he lost all of his rights
Res Publicas
Brutus
Philip V of Macedon
Hiero II
50. Military power of the emperor
Trajan (what a boss)
Cinna
Titus
Imperium