- 1. When was the Republic of Rome declared?
A) 476 AD
B) 509 BC
C) 27 BC
D) 753 BC
- 2. What form of government replaced the monarchy in Rome?
A) Empire
B) Oligarchy
C) Republic
D) Dictatorship
- 3. Which Roman general played a crucial role in the transition to the Republic?
A) Scipio Africanus
B) Hannibal
C) Lucius Junius Brutus
D) Mark Antony
- 4. Which group of people had significant political power in the early Roman Republic?
A) Patricians
B) Slaves
C) Barbarians
D) Plebeians
- 5. Who was the first dictator of Rome, effectively ending the Republic?
A) Augustus
B) Julius Caesar
C) Spartacus
D) Cicero
- 6. What title did Julius Caesar proclaim himself in 44 BC?
A) Dictator perpetuo
B) Pontifex Maximus
C) Consul
D) Tribune
- 7. Who was the famous orator and statesman who opposed Julius Caesar?
A) Scipio Africanus
B) Cicero
C) Hannibal
D) Spartacus
- 8. Who formed the First Triumvirate with Julius Caesar?
A) Pompey and Crassus
B) Augustus and Cicero
C) Mark Antony and Lepidus
D) Cato and Brutus
- 9. Which class of Roman society demanded greater political rights in the early Republic?
A) Slaves
B) Barbarians
C) Patricians
D) Plebeians
- 10. What were the Twelve Tables in the Roman Republic?
A) Military treaties
B) Senatorial decrees
C) Religious rituals
D) Laws
- 11. What was the name of Julius Caesar's great-nephew and heir, who later became Augustus?
A) Antony
B) Cicero
C) Crassus
D) Octavian
- 12. How many consuls served at the same time in the Roman Republic?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) One
- 13. Who was the first Emperor of Rome after the fall of the Republic?
A) Augustus
B) Caesar Augustus
C) Nero
D) Constantine
- 14. Which Roman institution gained more power as the Republic declined?
A) Tribal Assembly
B) Senate
C) Centuriate Assembly
D) Consuls
- 15. What term is used to describe the 200-year period of relative peace and stability in the Roman Empire?
A) Gracchi Reforms
B) Pax Romana
C) Triumvirate
D) Punic Wars
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