Roman History 2023

Question 1

The Year of the Four Emperors followed the death of which emperor?

Answer 1

Nero

Question 2

Who was not one of the five good emperors?
Nerva, Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, Vespasian

Answer 2

Vespasian

Question 3

What group codified the Twelve Tables?

Answer 3

Decemviri

Question 4

With which North African state was the war against Jugurtha fought?

Answer 4

Numidia

Question 5

The decisive battle between Octavian and Marc Antony was fought where?

Answer 5

Actium

Question 6

Who became emperor after the death of Caligula?

Answer 6

Claudius

Question 7

The conquest of which region is commemorated by Trajan’s Column?

Answer 7

Dacia

Question 8

What Roman nobleman, denounced by Cicero, attempted to lead an armed insurrection against Rome?

Answer 8

Cataline

Question 9

What state did Crassus die campaigning against

Answer 9

Parthia

Question 10

Under what Greek king were the Pyrrhic wars fought with Rome?

Answer 10

Pyrrhus

Question 11

Which senator was involved in the plot to assassinate Caesar?

Answer 11

Decimus Brutus

Question 12

What Germanic chieftain defeated a Roman army in the Teutoburgian Forest?

Answer 12

Arminius

Question 13

Which river seperated Rome from Etruria?

Answer 13

Tiber

Question 14

Under which emperor was the Fucine Lake drained?

Answer 14

Claudius

Question 15

What is the traditional date of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

Answer 15

476 AD

Question 16

Which emperor extended citizenship to all free men in the Empire?

Answer 16

Caracalla

Question 17

The death of which emperor ended the era of the Five Good Emperors?

Answer 17

Marcus Aurelius

Question 18

Which Roman dictator was the first to use proscriptions to purge his political enemies?

Answer 18

Sulla

Question 19

Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at Zama?

Answer 19

Scipio Africanus

Question 20

What desert city was captured and demolished by Aurelian?

Answer 20

Palmyra

Question 21

Who was the last emperor to rule both the Western and Eastern Empires?

Answer 21

Theodosius

Question 22

Which river seperated Gaul from the Germans?

Answer 22

Rhine

Question 23

On what date did a force of Goths sack Rome?

Answer 23

410 A.D.

Question 24

What Germanic tribe invaded and captured North Africa?

Answer 24

Vandals

Question 25

Which office was responsible for the census?

Answer 25

Censor

Question 26

Two men were elected to hold which office annually?

Answer 26

Consul

Question 27

Two early Roman comic playwrights were Terrence and

Answer 27

Plautus

Question 28

Under which emperor was Pompeii destroyed by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius?

Answer 28

Titus

Question 29

Which imperial dynasty immediately followed the Year of the Four Emperors?

Answer 29

Flavian

Question 30

The Altar of Peace (Ara Pacis) was built by which emperor?

Answer 30

Augustus

Question 31

Under which emperor was the Praetorian Guard established?

Answer 31

Augustus

Question 32

Which emperor wrote Meditations?

Answer 32

Marcus Aurelius

Question 33

What province did Caesar take control of after his consulship?

Answer 33

Cisalpine Gaul

Question 34

What king willed the Kingdom of Pergamum to Rome after his death?

Answer 34

Attalus

Question 35

Which Roman author wrote the Origines?

Answer 35

Cato

Question 36

Which emperor built the Domus Aurea?

Answer 36

Nero

Question 37

Which Roman general led the first Mithridatic War?

Answer 37

Sulla

Question 38

Which of his children did Augustus relegate to an island?

Answer 38

Julia the Elder

Question 39

Who was the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire?

Answer 39

Romulus Augustulus