Dates

Question 1

c. 1200 BCE

Answer 1

Aeneas

Question 2

753 BCE

Answer 2

ab urbe condita = the founding of the city of Rome by Romulus

Question 3

753-509 BCE

Answer 3

Roman Monarchy = 7 Kings

Question 4

509 BCE

Answer 4

Founding of the Roman Republic

Question 5

216 BCE

Answer 5

B. Cannae: Second Punic War, Hannibal won with the Pincers of Steel

Question 6

202 BCE

Answer 6

B. Zama Regia: Second Punic War, final battle, Hannibal defeated by Scipio

Question 7

197 BCE

Answer 7

B. Cynoscephalae: Second Macedonian War, defeat of King Philip V of Macedon, decline of Macedonian power & rise of Rome

Question 8

168 BCE

Answer 8

B. Pydna: Third Macedonian War, King Perseus of Macedon, secured Roman power over Greece

Question 9

133-27 CE

Answer 9

The Roman Revolution

Question 10

48 BCE

Answer 10

B. Pharsalus: Caesar’s Civil War, Caesar defeats Pompey

Question 11

31 BCE

Answer 11

B. Actium: Octavian’s Civil War, Cleopatra and Antony trapped in a cove, escaped and committed suicide; paper battle

Question 12

27 BCE-180 CE

Answer 12

Principate (Empire), Pax Augusta, Beau geste, 200 yrs of peace

Question 13

27 BCE-68 CE

Answer 13

Julio-Claudian Dynasty: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Nero

Question 14

0-33 CE

Answer 14

Life of Jesus

Question 15

43 CE

Answer 15

Conquest of Brittania

Question 16

66-73 CE

Answer 16

Jewish Revolt