History

Question 1

What Roman had a prolonged affair with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra?

Answer 1

Marc Antony

Question 2

What city was famously destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius during the reign of Titus?

Answer 2

Pompeii

Question 3

What dictator was killed on the Ides of March 44 BC?

Answer 3

Julius Caesar

Question 4

What political alliance was formed in 60 BC by Julius Caesar, Pompey, & Crassus?

Answer 4

First Triumvirate

Question 5

What Thracian man led a slave revolt until it was put down by Crassus in the 70s BC?

Answer 5

Spartacus

Question 6

Who was the first emperor of Rome?

Answer 6

Augustus

Question 7

What Carthaginian commander fought against Rome in the 2nd Punic War?

Answer 7

Hannibal

Question 8

What political alliance was formed in 43 BC by Octavian (Augustus), Marc Antony, and Lepidus?

Answer 8

Second Triumvirate

Question 9

What series of 3 wars did Rome fight against Carthage?

Answer 9

The Punic Wars

Question 10

What Roman genral conquered Gaul and Britain in the late Republic?

Answer 10

Julius Caesar

Question 11

With what Egyptian queen did Marc Antony have a prolonged affair?

Answer 11

Cleopatra