Roman Empire

Question 1

Who was the legendary founder of Rome?

Answer 1

Romulus

Question 2

In what year did the Western Roman Empire come to an end?

Answer 2

476 AD

Question 3

When did Julius Caesar die?

Answer 3

44 BC

Question 4

The ancient city of Rome was built on this many hills:

Answer 4

7

Question 5

In ancient Roman cities, what was the marketplace and meeting area called?

Answer 5

Forum

Question 6

From What years was the Roma Empire

Answer 6

27 BC – 395 AD

Question 7

What overtook Rome as Capital of the Empire

Answer 7

Constantinople

Question 8

What did Romes population grow to

Answer 8

50 - 90 Million (around 20% of the Population)

Question 9

How long did the Republic live for prior to the Empire

Answer 9

500 years

Question 10

From what years did the republic live for

Answer 10

509 BC–27 BC

Question 11

What Battle did Octavian defeat Mark Anthony and Cleopatra and what year

Answer 11

Battle of Actium - 31 BC

Question 12

What year was Octavian give the title Augustus and made Romes first emperor

Answer 12

27 BC

Question 13

from what years did the Eastern Empire live after the downfall of the Western Empire

Answer 13

395 – 1453

Question 14

What year was Gaius (Caligula) assasinated

Answer 14

41 AD

Question 15

What Emperor Commited Suicide in AD 68

Answer 15

Nero

Question 16

Who came out victorious after the “Year of four Emperors” and what year was it

Answer 16

Vespasian 69AD

Question 17

What dynasty did Vespasian found

Answer 17

The Flavian

Question 18

Who Succeeded Vespasian

Answer 18

Titus

Question 19

What was one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions in European history.

Answer 19

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79

Question 20

Who Succeeded Titus

Answer 20

Domitian

Question 21

Who were the “Five Good Emperors”

Answer 21

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius

Question 22

What year was Severus assasinated

Answer 22

235 AD

Question 23

How many men were declared Emperor in the 3rd century by the Senate

Answer 23

26 over a span of 50 years

Question 24

under whose reign was the Empire finaly stabalized after the crisis of the 3rd century

Answer 24

Diocletian

Question 25

Who was co Emperor from 286 with Diocletian

Answer 25

Maximian

Question 26

Under whos rule was considered the Empire at its great est extent and what years did he reign

Answer 26

Trajan 98 - 117 AD

Question 27

Who was victorious after the Wars of the Tetrachy

Answer 27

Constantine I

Question 28

Were did Constantine move his capital to and what year

Answer 28

Byzantium 330 AD

Question 29

What did Constantine rename Byzantium

Answer 29

Constantinople

Question 30

What Emperor adopted Christianity as Romes official religion

Answer 30

Constantine

Question 31

Who was the last Emperor to rule a united Empire , what years did he rule

Answer 31

Theodosius I - 379 - 395

Question 32

Who sacked Rome in AD 410

Answer 32

Visigoths

Question 33

Who Sacked Rome in AD 455

Answer 33

The Vandals

Question 34

What is considered to mark the end of the empire in the West

Answer 34

the deposition of the emperor, Romulus Augustulus, in 476 by Odoacer

Question 35

How did the Eastern Empire die

Answer 35

It fell to the ottoman Turks in 1453

Question 36

The Roman Empire covered how much land at its extent under Trajan

Answer 36

5 million square kilometres

Question 37

What year was Rome traditionally founded

Answer 37

753 BC

Question 38

Where was Rome founded

Answer 38

on the Palatine Hill along the river Tiber in Central Italy

Question 39

What year was the Republic Founded

Answer 39

509 BC

Question 40

Why was Rome founded where it was

Answer 40

It provided easily defensible positions in the wide fertile plain surrounding them

Question 41

(Myth) what Prince came to Rome at the very beginning

Answer 41

A Trojan prince Aeneas

Question 42

Where do we trace the legendary founding of Rome

Answer 42

he Aeneid of Virgil

Question 43

What was Augustus mythical claim that was used by Virgil for the founding of Rome

Answer 43

ancestry through Julius Caesar from the hero Aeneas and his mother Venus.

Question 44

the survivors from the fallen city of Where banded together under Aeneas and underwent a series of adventures around the Mediterranean Sea

Answer 44

Troy

Question 45

Who was Aeneses son

Answer 45

Ascianus

Question 46

Ascanio son of Aeneas founded which city

Answer 46

Alba Longa

Question 47

What ruler of Alba Longer seized Power and dethroned Nimitor

Answer 47

Amulius

Question 48

What did Amulius do once he dethroned Nimitor

Answer 48

killed his male heirs and forced his daughter, Rhea Silvia, to become a Vestal Virgin so that she would not provide a male heir to the throne.

Question 49

Who did Rhea Silvia give birth to

Answer 49

Romulus and Remus, whose father was thought to be Mars, the god of War.

Question 50

What did Amulius do with the baby boys of Rhea Silvia

Answer 50

condemned the babies to death by drowning in the river Tiber.

Question 51

What happened after Amulius condemned the babies Romulus and Remus to death what

Answer 51

the servant took pity on them, placed them into a basket and pushed them down the River Tiber. They were safely carried to the seven hills.

Question 52

What happened when the twins Romulus and Remus reached the Seven hills after the servent had pushed them down the River

Answer 52

the boys were found by a she-wolf called Lupa who nursed them in her lair in Palatine Hill, they were then raised by shephards

Question 53

What did Romulus and Remus first do when they grew up

Answer 53

Romulus and Remus were two natural born leaders and in a fight killed King Amulius and reinstated Nimitor as king of Alba Longa

Question 54

After reinstating Nimitor what did Romulus and Remus do

Answer 54

Seeking to establish their own settlement, Romulus finally built a wall around the Palatine Hill, the location he had chosen for the founding Rome.

Question 55

Why did Romulus and Remus quarrell

Answer 55

Remus wished to start the city on the Aventine Hill, while Romulus preferred the Palatine Hill.

Question 56

What marked the end of the story of Romulus and Remus

Answer 56

in 754 BC, Romulus built a wall on his hill, which Remus decided to jump over. Angered Romulus killed him.

Question 57

What people ruled Rome by the late 7th Century BC

Answer 57

The Etruscans

Question 58

What type of rule did the Etruscans install in Rome

Answer 58

aristocratic and monarchical elite

Question 59

From what years did the Early Kings of Rome rule

Answer 59

753 - 509 BC

Question 60

Who were the 7 Kings of Rome between 753 - 509 BC

Answer 60

``` Romulus Pompilius Nostilius Marcius Priscus Tullius Superbus ```

Question 61

WHat was one of Romulus first acts as King

Answer 61

He permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens

Question 62

What is Romulus credited with

Answer 62

He is credited with establishing the city's religious, legal and political institutions

Question 63

What did Romulus establish

Answer 63

Romulus established the senate as an advisory council with the appointment of 100 of the most noble men in the community

Question 64

Romulus was behind one of the most notorious acts in Roman history, What?

Answer 64

the rape of the Sabine women

Question 65

What was the purpose of the Rape of Sabine Woman

Answer 65

a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region, due to a shortage of woman

Question 66

How did the rape of the Sabine woman end

Answer 66

a battle came to an end, and the Sabines agreed to unite in one nation with the Romans

Question 67

How long did Romulus reign for

Answer 67

36 Years