Roessler Unit 1 Ch 9

Question 1

During what year does the Empire reach its greatest extent?

Answer 1

117 AD

Question 2

Name the Year of the Five?

Answer 2

193 AD

Question 3

What Roman emperor ruled from 180 AD-192 AD?

Answer 3

Commodus

Question 4

When did Commodus rule Rome?

Answer 4

180-192 AD

Question 5

Whose reign as Roman emperor was famously called “The Commode?”

Answer 5

Commodus

Question 6

What Roman emperor loved to dress up as Hercules?

Answer 6

Commodus

Question 7

What Roman emperor loved to actually compete as a gladiator?

Answer 7

Commodus

Question 8

What Roman emperor had his magistrates literally sell public offices, and was strangled by his wrestling partner?

Answer 8

Commodus

Question 9

When was the Year of the Five?

Answer 9

193 AD

Question 10

How many emperors ruled in 193 AD?

Answer 10

Five

Question 11

Name the Five Emperors of 193 AD

Answer 11

Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Septimius Severus, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus

Question 12

What Roman Emperor literally bought his position through the Praetorian Guard?

Answer 12

Didius Julianus

Question 13

What Roman emperor defeated the two other ones vying for the throne in 193 AD, starting the Severan dynasty?

Answer 13

Septimius Severus

Question 14

Name the two other emperors that co-ruled with Septimius Severus for a short while before being killed by him?

Answer 14

Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus

Question 15

What Roman emperor’s cognomen meant “black?”

Answer 15

Pescennius Niger

Question 16

What Roman emperor’s cognomen meant “white?”

Answer 16

Clodius Albinus

Question 17

When did Septimius Severus rule Rome?

Answer 17

193-211 AD

Question 18

Who ruled from 193-211 AD?

Answer 18

Septimius Severus

Question 19

Name the sons of Septimius Severus?

Answer 19

Caracalla and Geta

Question 20

What advice does Septimius Severus leave for his sons, in terms of ruling Rome?

Answer 20

“Get along, support the soldiers, scorn all other men.”

Question 21

Where is the Arch of Septimius Severus located?

Answer 21

Roman Forum

Question 22

Whose Arch can be identified by having 3 arches, and not having the Christian reliefs as noticed in the Arch of Constantine?

Answer 22

Arch of Septimius Severus

Question 23

When did Caracalla rule Rome?

Answer 23

211-217 AD

Question 24

When did Geta rule Rome?

Answer 24

211-212 AD

Question 25

Who ruled from 211-217 AD?

Answer 25

Caracalla

Question 26

Who ruled from 211-212 AD?

Answer 26

Geta

Question 27

Who does Caracalla kill in order to get full claim to the throne?

Answer 27

Geta

Question 28

What Roman emperor died in his own mother's arms, after being assassinated by his brother, Caracalla?

Answer 28

Geta

Question 29

What Roman emperor underwent "damnatio memoriae" after being assassinated by his brother, even taking his name off of the Arch of Septimius Severus?

Answer 29

Geta

Question 30

What Roman emperor allows for "Constitutio Antoniniana" or "Citizenship for all?"

Answer 30

Caracalla

Question 31

Where was Caracalla assassinated?

Answer 31

Carrhae

Question 32

What Roman emperor was assassinated while urinating off the side of a road in Carrhae?

Answer 32

Caracalla

Question 33

When did Macrinus rule Rome?

Answer 33

217-218 AD

Question 34

What Roman emperor ruled from 217-218 AD?

Answer 34

Macrinus

Question 35

What Roman emperor most likely orchestrated the assassination of Caracalla?

Answer 35

Macrinus

Question 36

What Roman emperor was the first to NOT have been of Senatorial Rank?

Answer 36

Macrinus

Question 37

What Roman emperor is technically not considered to be part of the Severan dynasty, but is because he is right between emperors who are in chronological order?

Answer 37

Macrinus

Question 38

When did Elagabalus rule Rome?

Answer 38

218-222 AD

Question 39

What Roman emperor ruled from 218-222 AD?

Answer 39

Elagabalus

Question 40

What Roman emperor came into power at age 14, but was crazy and mean?

Answer 40

Elagabalus

Question 41

What Roman emperor worshipped the Sun God?

Answer 41

Elagabalus

Question 42

One of this Roman emperor's favorite pastimes was to get a crowd and catapult snakes into it.

Answer 42

Elagabalus

Question 43

What Roman emperor was assassinated while hiding in a latrine?

Answer 43

Elagabalus

Question 44

What Roman emperor's body was thrown into the Tiber River after being assassinated in a latrine?

Answer 44

Elagabalus

Question 45

When did Severus Alexander rule Rome?

Answer 45

222-235 AD

Question 46

What Roman emperor ruled from 222-235 AD?

Answer 46

Severus Alexander

Question 47

What Roman emperor came into power at the age of 14, the cousin of Elagabalus?

Answer 47

Severus Alexander

Question 48

What Roman emperor was controlled both by his mother and grandmother (both named Julia)?

Answer 48

Severus Alexander

Question 49

What Roman emperor was assassinated by the 8-ft tall Thracian, Maximinus Thrax?

Answer 49

Severus Alexander

Question 50

In what manner did Maximinus Thrax assassinate Severus Alexander?

Answer 50

Cutting off his head and putting it on a spike

Question 51

When does Maximinus Thrax rule Rome?

Answer 51

235-238 AD

Question 52

What Roman emperor ruled from 235-238 AD?

Answer 52

Maximinus Thrax

Question 53

When was the Year of the Six?

Answer 53

238 AD

Question 54

How many emperors ruled in 238 AD?

Answer 54

6