5.1-Ancient Rome

Question 1

When did Augustus start his rule to become Rome’s first Emperor?

Answer 1

27 BC/BCE

Question 2

Which historical figure was an eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius?

Answer 2

Pliny the Younger

Question 3

What was the Praetorian guard?

Answer 3

An elite group of Romansoldiers used by emperors as bodyguards

Question 4

Who was the last Western Roman emperor?

Answer 4

Romulus Augustulus

Question 5

What did the Ancient Romans call the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 5

Mare Nostrum

Question 6

Which archaeologist found strange cavities in the remnants of Pompeii?

Answer 6

Giuseppe Fiorelli

Question 7

When did the Eastern Roman Empire fall?

Answer 7

1453 AD/CE

Question 8

What was the name of the port, built at the mouth of the River Tiber called?

Answer 8

Ostia

Question 9

What was the sewer which the River Tiber was built around called?

Answer 9

Cloaca Maxima

Question 10

When were Pompeii and Herculanium buried?

Answer 10

24 August 79 AD/CE

Question 11

When was Ancient Rome founded?

Answer 11

753 BCE/BC

Question 12

When was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Answer 12

15 March 44 BC/BCE

Question 13

When did Rome become a republic

Answer 13

509 BC/BCE

Question 14

When was the first law code, the 12 Tables published?

Answer 14

450 BC/BCE

Question 15

When was the Roman Empire permanently divided into East and West?

Answer 15

395 AD/CE

Question 16

Which two other ports did Rome make use of to help to import and export stuff?

Answer 16

Pozzuoli, Portus

Question 17

Which other Ancient Civilisation was Ancient Rome influenced by?

Answer 17

Ancient Greece

Question 18

What was in the centre of the Ancient Roman Empire?

Answer 18

The Italian peninsula