Lesson 19: Drill Questions & Timeline

Question 1

He was killed by the commander of the Praetorian guard

Answer 1

Tiberius

Question 2

Date for the beginning of the Roman Empire

Answer 2

27 BC

Question 3

The elite soldiers who guarded the emperor

Answer 3

Praetorian Guard

Question 4

He fiddled while Rome burned

Answer 4

Nero

Question 5

The first Caesar who persecuted Christians

Answer 5

Nero

Question 6

Date of founding of Rome

Answer 6

753 BC

Question 7

Three periods of Roman history

Answer 7

monarchy, republic, empire

Question 8

They were raised by a she-wolf

Answer 8

Romulus and Remus

Question 9

The hill on which Romulus began his city

Answer 9

Palatine

Question 10

The story about the Romans’ first wives

Answer 10

the Sabine women

Question 11

The council of old men who helped to rule Rome

Answer 11

Senate

Question 12

The noble people of Rome

Answer 12

patricians

Question 13

The common people of Rome

Answer 13

plebeians

Question 14

Rome is on this River

Answer 14

Tiber

Question 15

The second king of Rome

Answer 15

Numa Pompilius

Question 16

Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy

Answer 16

farming

Question 17

Two main occupationsof men of early Rome

Answer 17

farming, soldiering

Question 18

The four pillars of Roman Culture

Answer 18

family, faith, farming, fighting

Question 19

The two sets of brothers who fought to decide if Alba or Rome should rule

Answer 19

Horatii, Curiatii

Question 20

Three plains on west coast of Italy

Answer 20

Etruria, Latium, Campania

Question 21

Where public meetings were held

Answer 21

Forum

Question 22

A male seer or prophet

Answer 22

augur

Question 23

A female prophetess

Answer 23

sibyl

Question 24

Symbol of king’s authority

Answer 24

fasces

Question 25

The large racetrack built by Tarquin

Answer 25

Circus Maximus

Question 26

The kings who came from Etruria

Answer 26

Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus

Question 27

The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus

Answer 27

Sibylline Books

Question 28

Rome is the city of seven

Answer 28

hills

Question 29

He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy

Answer 29

Junius Brutus

Question 30

The port city of Rome

Answer 30

Ostia

Question 31

Date of the founding of the republic

Answer 31

510 BC

Question 32

The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome

Answer 32

Lars Porsena

Question 33

The first consul of Rome who watched his two sons executed for treason

Answer 33

Junius Brutus

Question 34

He held off the Etruscans at the bridge

Answer 34

Horatius

Question 35

He burnt his hand to show Roman courage

Answer 35

Caius Mucius

Question 36

The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son

Answer 36

Coriolanus

Question 37

The elected representatives of the plebeians

Answer 37

tribunes

Question 38

Shakespeare's play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians

Answer 38

Coriolanus

Question 39

The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city

Answer 39

Fabii

Question 40

George Washington was compared to this Roman hero

Answer 40

Cincinnatus

Question 41

He left his plow to save Rome

Answer 41

Cincinnatus

Question 42

Date of the sack of Rome

Answer 42

390 BC

Question 43

The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic

Answer 43

390 BC

Question 44

These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls

Answer 44

geese

Question 45

He was called the Second Romulus and the Father of his Country

Answer 45

M. Furius Camillus

Question 46

He killed a giant Gaul and ordered his own son executed for disobedience

Answer 46

Manlius Torquatus

Question 47

the "Queen of Roads"

Answer 47

Appian Way

Question 48

"The greatest of his countrymen in the works of peace"

Answer 48

Appius Claudius

Question 49

This structure carried water to Roman cities

Answer 49

aqueduct

Question 50

Greek city that insulted the Romans and laughed at their togas and speech

Answer 50

Tarentum

Question 51

A victory that costs too much

Answer 51

Pyrrhic victory

Question 52

A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants

Answer 52

Pyrrhus

Question 53

The highest political office in the Republic

Answer 53

consul

Question 54

The office responsible for collecting taxes and construction of roads and buildings

Answer 54

censor

Question 55

The author of the Aeneid who lived in the time of Augustus

Answer 55

Virgil

Question 56

Dates of the Punic Wars

Answer 56

264-146 BC

Question 57

This ancient city was the Roman Republic's greatest rival

Answer 57

Carthage

Question 58

This country developed the alphabet

Answer 58

Phoenicia

Question 59

Punic refers to this country

Answer 59

Phoenicia

Question 60

The name of the wars with Carthage

Answer 60

Punic Wars

Question 61

A hero who lost an army, but sacrificed his life for Rome and his honor

Answer 61

Regulus

Question 62

The Roman general that avoided battle

Answer 62

Quintus Fabius

Question 63

A policy of avoiding direct confrontation

Answer 63

Fabian policy

Question 64

He crossed the alps with his army and elephants

Answer 64

Hannibal

Question 65

The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome

Answer 65

Hannibal

Question 66

The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal

Answer 66

Scipio Africanus

Question 67

Hannibal's last battle

Answer 67

Zama

Question 68

When the Roman Republic was degenerating he restored it by strict discipline

Answer 68

Cato

Question 69

Cornelia's jewels

Answer 69

the Gracchi

Question 70

The champions of the poor who were accused of wanting to be king

Answer 70

the Gracchi

Question 71

The general who defeated the Teutones, Ambrones,a nd Cimbri

Answer 71

Marius

Question 72

The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome

Answer 72

Marius

Question 73

The patrician general who was the rival of Marius

Answer 73

Sulla

Question 74

The three dictator generals leading up to Caesar

Answer 74

Marius, Sulla, Pompey

Question 75

The general who cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates

Answer 75

Pompey

Question 76

Caesar was great in these four ways

Answer 76

orator, scholar, statesman, soldier

Question 77

He conqered Gaul and then crossed the Rubicon

Answer 77

Julius Caesar

Question 78

Date of the assassination of Julius Caesar

Answer 78

44 BC

Question 79

The first Triumvirate

Answer 79

Caesar, Pompey, Crassus

Question 80

Rome's greatest orator

Answer 80

Cicero

Question 81

The Second Triumvirate

Answer 81

Octavian, Antony, Lepidus

Question 82

Caesar's nephew who became the first emperor of Rome

Answer 82

Octavius (Octavian, Augustus)

Question 83

The Queen of Egypt who charmed Caesar and Antony

Answer 83

Cleopatra

Question 84

Octavius' honorary name after he became Caesar

Answer 84

Augustus

Question 85

He defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium

Answer 85

Octavian