History - Practice Questions

Question 1

Which favorite sister did the emperor Caligula honor as the goddess Panthea, the first woman in Roman history to receive this dubious distinction?

Answer 1

Drusilla

Question 2

To what attachment in Rome did Caligula’s assassin, Cassius Chaerea, belong?

Answer 2

Praetorian Guard

Question 3

What prefect of the praetorian guard had helped Caligula accede to the throne but then was forced by him the following year to commit suicide?

Answer 3

Macro

Question 4

During the reign of which emperor did Rome cease to be the imperial residence and the administrative capital of the Empire when it was replaced by four strategically located cities?

Answer 4

Diocletian

Question 5

In what city did the emperor Diocletian set up his court?

Answer 5

Nicomedia

Question 6

Which member of the tetrarchy established himself at Milan in command of Raetia, Italy, North Africa, and Spaian?

Answer 6

Maximian

Question 7

During the reign of which emperor did Simon Bar Kokhba lead a rebellion against Rome?

Answer 7

Hadrian

Question 8

What city did Hadrian establish on the site of Jerusalem, which may have been the last straw that led to the rebellion of Simon Bar KoKhba?

Answer 8

Aelia Capitolina

Question 9

After quelling the revolt of Simon Bar Kokhba, into what province did Hadrian consolidate Judaea,
Galilee, and Samaria?

Answer 9

Syria Palaestina