History

Question 1

Founding of Rome

Answer 1

21 April 753 BC

Question 2

Roman Monarchy (year range)

Answer 2

753 BC - 509 BC

Question 3

Seven Kings of Rome (names)

Answer 3

Romulus
Numa Pompilius
Tullus Hostilius
Ancus Marcius 
Tarquinus Priscus (I)
Servius Tullius
Tarquinus Superbus (II)

Question 4

Laws of the Twelve Tables established

Answer 4

450 BC

Question 5

Sacking of Rome by the Gauls

Answer 5

390 BC

Question 6

Rome conquers last part of Italy

Answer 6

290 BC

Question 7

First Punic War

Answer 7

264 BC - 241 BC

Question 8

Doors of the Temple of Janus closed (year and meaning)

Answer 8

235 BC, first time Rome was at peace with all nations

Question 9

Second Punic War

Answer 9

218 BC - 201 BC

Question 10

Hannibal crosses the alps

Answer 10

218 BC

Question 11

Lex Oppia (year and definition)

Answer 11

215 BC - 195 BC

Question 12

Third Punic War

Answer 12

149 BC - 146 BC

Question 13

Razing of Carthage

Answer 13

146 BC

Question 14

Land reforms initiated by Tiberius Gracchus

Answer 14

133 BC

Question 15

Social War (year and definition)

Answer 15

90 BC - 88 BC, Italian civil war ending with granting of Roman citizenship to all Italians

Question 16

Sulla marched on Rome

Answer 16

88 BC

Question 17

Slave revolt led by Spartacus (year and who put it down)

Answer 17

73 BC - 71 BC, Pompey and Crassus

Question 18

First Triumvirate (year and names)

Answer 18

60 BC - 54 BC

Pompey, Crassus, Julius Caesar

Question 19

Caesar’s conquest of Gaul and Britain

Answer 19

51 BC and 54 BC

Question 20

Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

Answer 20

10 January 49 BC

Question 21

Caesar’s Assassination

Answer 21

15 March 44 BC

Question 22

Second Triumvirate (year and names)

Answer 22

43 BC - 33 BC

Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus

Question 23

Julio-Claudian period (year and starting incident)

Answer 23

27 BC - 68 AD

January 27, Octavian takes title of Augustus

Question 24

Crucifixion of Jesus

Answer 24

30 AD

Question 25

Great Fire of Rome

Answer 25

64 AD

Question 26

Flavia period

Answer 26

69 AD - 96 AD

Question 27

Vesuvius eruption

Answer 27

24 August 79 AD

Question 28

Colosseum inaugurated

Answer 28

80 AD

Question 29

Hadrian's Wall started

Answer 29

122 AD

Question 30

Aurelian Wall to defend against invaders

Answer 30

270 AD

Question 31

Diocletian divides empire into east and west

Answer 31

293 AD

Question 32

Constantine's conversion (year and location)

Answer 32

312 AD | Milvian Bridge

Question 33

Edict of Milan (year and meaning)

Answer 33

February 313 AD | freedom of worship for Christians

Question 34

Theodosius bans pagan religion and closes temples

Answer 34

391 AD

Question 35

Sacking of Rome by the Visigoths

Answer 35

24 August 410 AD

Question 36

Justinian's Digest of Laws published

Answer 36

533 AD

Question 37

End of the Byzantine Empire (year and cause)

Answer 37

1453 AD | Ottoman Turk invasion (Istanbul not Constantinople)