Dates

Question 1

Revolt of Spartacus in Italy

Answer 1

71-73 BC

Question 2

Pompey and Crassus consuls

Answer 2

70 BC

Question 3

Gaius Julius Caesar consul

Answer 3

59 BC

Question 4

Caesar begins first five-year command in Gaul

Answer 4

58 BC

Question 5

Caesar’s conquest of Britain

Answer 5

55-54 BC

Question 6

Crassus killed at Carrhae against Parthians

Answer 6

53 BC

Question 7

Gaul made a province

Answer 7

51 BC

Question 8

Senate declares marital law against Caesar

Answer 8

7 Jan. 49 BC

Question 9

Caesar crosses the Rubicon River, thereby declaring civil war

Answer 9

11 Jan. 49 BC

Question 10

Pompey defeated at Pharsalus by Caesar

Answer 10

48 BC

Question 11

Caesar assassinated

Answer 11

15 March 44 BC

Question 12

Brutus and Cassius defeated at Philippi by Octavian

Answer 12

42 BC

Question 13

Battle of Actium

Answer 13

2 Sept. 31 BC

Question 14

Octavian hands back all power to senate

Answer 14

13 Jan. 27 BC

Question 15

Senate bestows title Augustus on Octavian

Answer 15

16 Jan. 27 BC

Question 16

Clades Variana and end of major Roman expansion

Answer 16

9 AD

Question 17

Death of Augustus

Answer 17

14 AD

Question 18

Africa Nova

Answer 18

45 BC
Annexed by Caesar, Numidia
Augustus allowed it to revert o a vassal kingdom, bequeathed to Juba II

Question 19

De-annexation of Cisalpine Gaul

Answer 19

40 BCE
• The governor of Transalpine Gaul died, his son left it to Octavian
• Designated for Antony per the Triumviral agreements
• Bequeathal of the province to Octavian gave him an opportunity to seize and challenge Antony’s authority there
• By accepting this Octavian was not honoring the arrangement
• Octavian closed Brundisium to Antony, so he besieged it

Question 20

Africa Proconsularis

Answer 20

27 BC
• Another great supplier of grain
• Though a senatorial province, was allowed to keep 1 legion
• Carthage was rebuilt and became the chief city

Question 21

Egypt

Answer 21

31 BC
Annexed after the suicide of Antony and Cleopatra
• The richest of all Augustan annexations and a producer of 1/3 the grain supplies
• No one was allowed to enter Egypt without the permission of the princeps
• Governed by equestrian prefects

Question 22

Lusitania

Answer 22

19 BC

The west part of Father Spain, an imperial province

Question 23

Baetica

Answer 23

19 BC

the south part of Father Spain, a senatorial province

Question 24

Tarraconensis

Answer 24

19
 BC

used to be called Nearer Spain, imperial province

Question 25

Gallia Narbonensis

Answer 25

12 BC

renamed from Gallia Transalpina, senatorial province

Question 26

Aquitania

Answer 26

12 BC

one of the three outer Gauls, run by one governor

Question 27

Belgica

Answer 27

12 BC

one of the three outer Gauls, run by one governor

Question 28

Gallia Lugdunensis

Answer 28

12 BC

one of the three outer Gauls, run by one governor

Question 29

Judaea

Answer 29

AD 6

Question 30

Moesia

Answer 30

AD 6

took part in the Great rebellion on Rome’s side, was an imperial province

Question 31

Dalmatia

Answer 31

AD 9
• In 27 BC Augustus annexed Illyricum, a senatorial province
• Later is renamed and becomes an imperial province

Question 32

Rhine

Answer 32

The Northern Frontier.
Defense of Gaul against German incursions required implementation of a defense policy and defensive installations along the Rhine.
Defense of Gaul entrusted to 8 legions stationed along the Rhine