Romans Final Important Dates

Question 1

When was Plautus active?

Answer 1

254 -184 BC

Question 2

What was Plautus’ full name?

Answer 2

Titus Maccius Plautus

Question 3

How many plays of Plautus survive?

Answer 3

21

Question 4

When was the time of Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)?

Answer 4

195 BC

Question 5

When was Plautus’ Pseudolus first performed?

Answer 5

April, 191 BC

Question 6

When was there a major source of slaved granted to the Romans?

Answer 6

AD 70, Jerusalem

Question 7

When was Plautus writing his plays?

Answer 7

Between 205-184 BC

Question 8

When was the tombstone of Aurelia Philemation made?

Answer 8

Late 1st century BC

Question 9

When did Cicero write his accounts with Servilia, Mother of Brutus?

Answer 9

June, 44 BC

Question 10

When did Pliny the Younger live from?

Answer 10

AD 61-112

Question 11

When was the Spartacus rebellion?

Answer 11

73-71 BC

Question 12

When was the Spartacus rebellion?

Answer 12

73-71 BC

Question 13

When was Servilia born? and what was her position in society?

Answer 13

100 BC (same as Caesar); mother of Marcus Brutus, behind the scenes power broker

Question 14

When was Cicero’s letter about Servilia written?

Answer 14

44 BC

Question 15

When was Arria involved in the rebellion forces because of her husband?

Answer 15

AD 42

Question 16

When was Virgil alive?

Answer 16

70 - 19 BC

Question 17

When was Horace alive?

Answer 17

65 - 8 BC

Question 18

When was Livy alive?

Answer 18

64? BC - AD 17

Question 19

When was Ovid alive?

Answer 19

43 BC - AD 17

Question 20

When did Horace write his Epodes?

Answer 20

30s BC - Triumviral period

Question 21

When did Horace writes his Odes?

Answer 21

23 BC early age of Augustus; sung poetry read slowly also very brief

Question 22

When was Horace’s Epode 7 written?

Answer 22

42-39 BC

Question 23

When were the first 3 of Horace’s Odes published?

Answer 23

23 BC

Question 24

When was Ode 1.37 written?

Answer 24

31 BC as a celebration of the death of Cleopatra

Question 25

When was Horace’s Secular Hymn written?

Answer 25

17 BC performed at the Roman festival of renewal from June 1-3, 17 BC

Question 26

What was the festival celebrating?

Answer 26

The Julian Laws of 18 BC

Question 27

When did Ovid write his Metamorphoses?

Answer 27

Around AD 8

Question 28

When was the Altar of Augustan Peace commisioned by the Senate?

Answer 28

13-9 BC

Question 29

At what age did Virgil die and what did he leave unfinished?

Answer 29

51 years old in 19 BC and left behind his “unfinished” Aeneid

Question 30

When was the political crisis occurring in Rome?

Answer 30

88 BC - AD 14

Question 31

When was Sallust alive?

Answer 31

86 - 35 BC

Question 32

When was Cicero alive?

Answer 32

106 - 43 BC

Question 33

How long was the cycle of civil wars?

Answer 33

49 - 31 BC (from Caesar to Augustus)

Question 34

When was Juvenal active and when did he write his Satire’s?

Answer 34

Active during the 1/4 of the 2nd century AD during Trajan and Hadrian’s rule; Satires written between AD 110-120

Question 35

When was the period of Tacitus?

Answer 35

AD 65-120; wrote famous account of the Great Fire of AD 64 after 50 years

Question 36

When was Pliny the Younger active?

Answer 36

AD 61-112

Question 37

When did Augusts close the Gates of Janus?

Answer 37

29 BC; closed for the 3rd time in Roman History

Question 38

When did Pliny write about the Christians and where was he when writing?

Answer 38

AD 111, dispatched to Northern Asia Minor by Trajan

Question 39

When did Tacitus write his account of Emperor Claudius’ speech on the admission of the Northern Gauls to the Roman senate?

Answer 39

AD 48

Question 40

Who was Seneca?

Answer 40

Roman senator and noted philosopher who is know for his influence in the imperial court after being Nero’s tutor then chief counselor

Question 41

When did Seneca write his Letters to Lucilius?

Answer 41

AD 63 - 65

Question 42

When did Ovid start writing his early poetry?

Answer 42

25 BC; Heriodes: letters by mythological women to their men

Question 43

When and who founded Stoicism?

Answer 43

Zeno of Citium (Cyprus) in early 3 BC

Question 44

When does stoicism arrive in Rome?

Answer 44

Late 2nd century BC

Question 45

When was Marcus Aurelius active?

Answer 45

AD 161-180

Question 46

When was Seneca Nero’s tutor and Chief advisor?

Answer 46

AD 54-59

Question 47

When was Seneca writing his letters on morality?

Answer 47

AD 62

Question 48

When was Seneca’s Suicide?

Answer 48

AD 65; copies Socrates by taking Hemlock

Question 49

When was Seneca active?

Answer 49

4 BC - AD 65

Question 50

When was the Arch of Titus dedicated?

Answer 50

AD 81

Question 51

When were the Jewish revolts?

Answer 51

AD 66-73 and AD 132-135

Question 52

When did the Roman army capture Masada?

Answer 52

AD 73

Question 53

What year was the Christian population in the empire 0.3-0.4%?

Answer 53

AD 200

Question 54

When was Diocletian’s “Great Persecution”?

Answer 54

AD 303-313

Question 55

When was the battle at Milvian Bridge?

Answer 55

AD 312

Question 56

When was Constantine the soul emperor of Rome?

Answer 56

AD 324-337

Question 57

When are the two proposed dates that end the Roman empire?

Answer 57

476 after the last recognized Western “emperor” was deposed and 1453 when Rome was captured by the Turks of Constantinople