- 1. Who is known as the first Roman emperor?
A) Augustus
B) Nero
C) Constantine
D) Julius Caesar
- 2. What title did Augustus adopt to signify his authority?
A) Princeps
B) Consul
C) Dictator
D) Pontifex Maximus
- 3. In what year did Augustus become the first Roman emperor?
A) 44 BC
B) 27 BC
C) 64 AD
D) 476 AD
- 4. Which rival of Augustus did he defeat in the Battle of Actium?
A) Mark Antony
B) Brutus
C) Crassus
D) Pompey
- 5. Where was Augustus' rule centered during his reign as emperor?
A) Athens
B) Rome
C) Byzantium
D) Carthage
- 6. What was the name of the age of peace and stability that characterized Augustus' reign?
A) Pax Romana
B) Punic Wars
C) Time of Troubles
D) The Dark Ages
- 7. Who was Augustus' successor as emperor?
A) Caligula
B) Trajan
C) Tiberius
D) Nero
- 8. What was the name of the political faction that supported Augustus?
A) Plebeians
B) Equites
C) Populares
D) Optimates
- 9. Who was Augustus' wife and empress of Rome?
A) Agrippina
B) Messalina
C) Cleopatra
D) Livia
- 10. What was the significance of Augustus wearing the laurel wreath in public?
A) Fashion statement
B) Religious symbolism
C) Sign of mourning
D) Symbol of victory
- 11. Which famous line did Augustus say before his death, expressing the peace he brought to Rome?
A) Alea iacta est
B) Veni, vidi, vici
C) I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble
D) Et tu, Brute?
- 12. Augustus reformed the Roman political system by creating the...
A) Republic
B) Monarchy
C) Triumvirate
D) Principate
- 13. Where did Augustus defeat Mark Antony and Cleopatra in a naval battle?
A) Carthage
B) Actium
C) Sparta
D) Troy
- 14. Augustus was granted the title 'Father of the Country' by the Roman Senate, known as...
A) Pater Patriae
B) Imperator
C) Dominus
D) Rex
- 15. How did Augustus die?
A) Natural causes
B) Assassination
C) Battle wounds
D) Illness
- 16. Which poet did Augustus exile for writing disrespectful verses about him?
A) Horace
B) Virgil
C) Ovid
D) Livius
- 17. Who served as Augustus's right-hand man and was his most trusted general?
A) Brutus
B) Antony
C) Agrippa
D) Cicero
- 18. What post did Augustus hold in 19 BC that made him the chief priest of Rome?
A) Tribune
B) Pontifex Maximus
C) Censor
D) Consul
- 19. Augustus established a new body of urban police and fire-fighters known as the...
A) Vigiles
B) Praetorian Guard
C) Gladiators
D) Legion
- 20. What was Augustus's title 'Princeps' primarily associated with?
A) General
B) Dictator
C) King
D) First citizen
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