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Ancient Rome A-Z.

An A-Z of ancient Roman trivia, you lucky, lucky people
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Last updated: April 8, 2022
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A) First emperor of Rome
Augustus
B) British warrior queen who led an unsuccessful rebellion against Roman rule
Boudicca
C) General who conquered Gaul
Caesar (Julius)
D) Roman province, now part of Romania and Serbia
Dacia
E) Syrian born emporer, prone to wild excesses by all accounts
Elagabalus
F) Short lived imperial dynasty involving Vespasian, Titus and Domitian
Flavian
G) Men who were trained to fight in public games
Gladiators
H) King of Judea c37bc- c4bc
Herod the Great
I) Peninsula upon which Rome sits
Italy
J) Granddaughter of A) her vivacious life scandalised Rome, later forced into exile
Julia the Younger
K) Rome supposedly had 7 of these prior to the formation of the republic
Kings
L) Military unit of roughly 5000 men
Legion
M) consul an unprecedented 7 times, responsible for many reforms in civilian and military life
Marius (Gaius)
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N) Name for the first man of a family line to serve in the senate or consulship 'new man'
Novus Homo
O) Poet of the Augustan era, author of metamorphosis
Ovid
P) Famous general and member of the first triumvirate, cleared the Mediterranean of pirates
Pompey the Great
Q) First official post on the 'cursus honorum'
Quaestor
R) Founding brother who was slain for scaling his brothers wall
Remus
S) The ruling body of men
Senate
T) Celebratory procession awarded to a successful general
Triumph
U) Where Pluto resided
Underworld
V) Priestesses of the godess Vesta, faced terrible punishments for breaking their vows of chastity
Vestal Virgins
W) Defensive structures in Scotland, prefixed by 'Hadriens' and 'Antonine'
Walls
X) Roman numeral for 38
XXXVIII
Y) Modern name of the north English Roman city of Eboracum
York
Z) Rebellious queen of Palmyra, eventually caught and captured on the orders of the emporer Aurellian
Zenobia
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7 Comments
PineappleW
+8
Level 75
Jun 6, 2021
Please accept "Boudica" or "Boudicca" for B), as those are both common spellings, especially in the U.S.
ajbeck
+1
Level 92
Jun 6, 2021
Agreed all other quiz that feature her accept these spellings
johanna9
+1
Level 42
Jun 6, 2021
Any chance of accepting 'Boudicea'? I knew what I meant, just impossible to spell that one!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jun 6, 2021
I gave up after Boudicca was misspelled.
Marvo7
+3
Level 66
Jun 9, 2021
Lots of Boudicca spellings possible. Also two typos, 'emporer' and 'godess'.
Marvo7
+2
Level 66
Jun 12, 2021
Not to mention 'Hadrien'....
AbiA
+1
Level 88
Dec 20, 2022
And Aurellian (should be one L).
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