Ancient Rome Trivia

History class is back in session, folks, you ready this week? We're heading back to ancient Rome for this week's episode of dorky and nerdy. Hey, gang, I'm your host, Brian Rollins and it's been a while since we've had a full-on history episode. And as summer Wayne's, it seems like a good time to get our brains back in shape. As always, it's 30 questions, broken up into three rounds, you need a scorecard or rules. Visit us at dorky geeky nerdy.com that covers the ceremonial. So, let's get started. The dorky round number one. According to Legend. What is the name of the twins? That founded Rome? Romulus and Remus. Number two, who is considered the first emperor of Rome? Augustus, Julius Caesar was the last dictator of Rome. Number three. What emperor was later accused of fiddling while Rome burned. Emperor Nero. Any instrument resembling, a fiddle wouldn't be invented for another eight centuries. Number four, who was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity? Constantine the first or Constantine, the Great. Number five, the ancient city of Rome was built on seven, what? It's built on Seven Hills. Number 6, Pompeii was destroyed in 79 ad when what volcano erupted. Mount Vesuvius. Number 7, what was the main language of ancient Rome? Latin. Number 8, what Roman general committed suicide along with Cleopatra? Mark Antony. Number 9 Romans are credited with creating codex. The first form of what? Books prior to this writing was done on Scrolls or tablets. number 10 by 200 ad, the Romans had made 50,000 miles of what roads, they were so smooth and straight a legion. Could travel 25 miles in a day. the geeky, round number one, Julius Caesar's Crossing of what river has become a metaphor for a point of no return, The Rubicon. Number two. What emperor got his name from the Latin for little boot. Caligula. Number three, the Roman mile was how many paces. 1,000, it comes from the Latin word me lay which means 1000 Number for the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain is what? Hadrian's Wall. Number five, the two hundred years of prosperity that began with Augustus rain are known as what. Pox Romana. Number 6, what? Major river, flows through the city of Rome. The Tiber River. Number seven, what people famously sacked, Rome in 410 AD. The Visigoths by this point, the capital of the Empire had been moved to Ravenna. Number 8, ancient Romans, mixed slaked lime with volcanic ash to make what? Concrete. Number 9. This is episode 135 of the show. How would you write 135 in Roman numerals? See XXXV. Number 10, only the Emperor or high officials could wear what color? Purple. The nerdy round number one, the Roman Empire reached its largest under what emperor? Trajan it spanned from England in the north to Egypt in the South and all the way East to the Persian Gulf. Number two, while he dreams wall is located in modern England. Where is the antonine wall? Scotland. Number three Christianity, became the official religion of the Roman empire. Under what emperor Theodosius. The first, you might remember him from the Olympics episode as the killjoy that ended the ancient games. Number four. What day is the Ides of March? It's the 15th of March. Number five, the first Punic War was fought between Rome and what other city state. Carthage. Number 6, Julius Caesar along with Pompey and Crassus made up. What? The first triumvirate. Number seven. What legislation is considered the foundation of Roman law. The law of the Twelve Tables. Number eight, the Romans produced and acted diurna considered one of the first of what Newspapers, ACTA diurna translates to daily act, which were printed on Stone, or metal and posted in public places. Number 9, it seems the Romans had a god or goddess for everything. What was crepitus? The god of I'm not making this up, he's the god of toilets. Number 10, the Coliseum was built by slaves from what Roman province. Jerusalem between 60 and 100 thousand slaves, were brought back to Rome after the jewish-roman war and we are done. Will there be a tribute in your honor or is it off to the Coliseum? To entertain the masses either way, I hope you had fun and learned something, we'll be back here next week for more trivia fun. Speaking of, here's a clue for next week's show. What decade brought us cartoons based on Dungeons and Dragons mr. T in the Rambo? Cartoons and trivia always a popular mix here at dgn, this has been episode 135 of the dorky geeky. Nerdy trivia podcast. The music has been by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. I'm your host. Brian Rollins could find me and my other work at the voices in my head.com. Speaking of other works, if you're a fan of True Crime, be sure to check out my latest audio book, narration, murder time, 6 by Alan are Warren. 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