Battle of Carrhae - Quiz
A) Late 55 BC B) Late 53 BC C) Early 53 BC D) Early 55 BC
A) 10,000 to 15,000 B) 5,000 to 8,000 C) 28,000 to 35,000 D) 40,000 to 50,000
A) Mithridates B) Orodes C) Silaces D) Artavasdes
A) Through Mesopotamia B) Through Armenia C) Through Syria D) Through the coastal region
A) Carrhae B) Ichnae C) Parthia D) Zenodotium
A) 10,000 B) 1,000 C) 4,000 D) 7,000
A) Silaces B) Orodes C) Ariamnes D) Surena
A) He wanted to capture the great cities of Mesopotamia B) He may not have trusted Artavasdes C) He feared the Armenian winter D) He lacked enough supplies
A) Artavasdes B) Orodes C) Mithridates D) Surena
A) Thirty thousand B) Fifteen thousand C) Ten thousand D) Five thousand
A) Elephants B) Mules C) Camels D) Horses
A) Silaces B) Artavasdes C) Orodes D) Ariamnes
A) Publius B) Silaces C) Plutarch D) Gregory Hospodor
A) 1 June B) 9 May C) 9 June D) 15 June
A) Heavy infantry B) Light infantry and chariots C) All-cavalry D) Mainly foot archers
A) 50 B) 62 C) 70 D) 45
A) Plutarch B) Caesar C) Cicero D) Erich S. Gruen
A) Ateius Capito B) Pompey C) Publius Crassus D) Sulla
A) Defeat of Spartacus B) Defeat of Egypt C) Victory over Carthage D) Conquest of Gaul
A) Battle of Carrhae B) Battle of the Colline Gate C) Battle of Pharsalus D) Battle of Actium
A) Ateius Capito B) Cicero C) Pompey D) Caesar
A) Previous Roman success against eastern powers B) Lack of Parthian weaponry C) The Parthian army was already disbanded D) The Parthian king surrendered
A) Plutarch B) Sulla C) Cicero D) Ateius Capito
A) Because the army was poorly trained B) Because the Senate did not approve it C) Because it was too expensive D) Because Parthia had a treaty with Rome
A) Marcus Crassus B) Plutarch C) Publius Crassus D) Ateius Capito
A) Artavasdes II B) Orodes II C) Mithridates IV D) Phraates III
A) Crassus B) Artavasdes II C) Aulus Gabinius D) Surena
A) General B) Senator C) King D) Proconsul
A) Babylonia B) Armenia C) Osroene D) Ptolemaic Egypt
A) Armenia B) Babylonia C) Syria D) Media
A) Aulus Gabinius B) Phraates III C) Surena D) Orodes II
A) Artavasdes II B) Crassus C) Mithridates IV D) Orodes II
A) Seleucia on the Tigris B) The Balikh River C) Babylonia D) Osroene
A) Damascus, Syria B) Harran, Turkey C) Rome, Italy D) Baghdad, Iraq
A) Cicero B) Horace C) Ovid D) Virgil
A) It became a monarchy B) It expanded C) It added a fourth member D) It ended
A) It lacked official consent B) It was delayed by the Senate C) It was fully sanctioned D) It was funded by the Senate
A) Lex Parthica B) Lex Romana C) Lex Trebonia D) Lex Crassus
A) Gaul B) Syria C) Cisalpine Gaul D) Spain
A) Mountainous forest B) Urban terrain C) Coastal marshland D) Flat desert
A) In a direct cavalry charge B) From illness in camp C) During violent truce negotiations D) By suicide on the battlefield
A) A hollow square B) A single column C) A testudo formation D) Traditional Roman line
A) Publius B) Cassius C) The Parthian King D) Surena
A) Burning their own tents B) Sacrificing animals C) Beating hollow drums D) Chanting war songs
A) They were confronted by cataphracts and surrounded B) They surrendered to Surena C) They defeated the Parthians in a surprise charge D) They retreated safely to the Roman camp
A) They were taken as prisoners to Syria B) They were killed by the Parthians C) They were left to wander in the desert D) They were rescued by a Roman counterattack
A) Paraded his body through the city of Carrhae B) Placed his body on a golden throne C) Poured molten gold down his throat D) Burned his body in a public square
A) Crassus's sword B) Crassus's severed head C) Crassus's armor D) Crassus's shield
A) Weakness against infantry charges B) Increased vulnerability to archers C) Reduced mobility D) Difficulty in communication
A) Swords B) Javelins C) Arrows D) Spears
A) The Roman Treasury B) Legionary Eagles C) The Roman Senate D) Julius Caesar's sword
A) Julius Caesar B) Surena C) Pacorus D) Gaius Cassius Longinus
A) Alexandria Margiana B) Antioch C) Liqian D) Rome
A) Cicero B) Homer H. Dubs C) Plutarch D) Alfred Duggan
A) Skirmish line B) Phalanx formation C) Cavalry wedge D) Testudo formation
A) Antioch B) Rome C) Alexandria Margiana D) Carrhae
A) Historical fact B) A brilliant discovery C) A well-documented event D) A rural myth
A) Roman armor B) Written records in Latin C) Roman style architecture D) Coins or weaponry
A) The Roman senate seal B) Silver coins C) Golden aquilae D) Crassus's armor
A) Publius Ventidius Bassus B) Sulla C) Julia D) Metellus Pius Scipio
A) A peace treaty with Parthia B) Caesar's civil war C) The restoration of the Senate's power D) The immediate crowning of Pompey
A) The refusal of Armenian reinforcements B) The initial invasion of Mesopotamia C) The poorly organised retreat D) The failure to scout the terrain
A) Opponents who used similar tactics B) Guerilla fighters C) Horse archers D) Naval powers
A) Naval blockade B) Agile leadership C) More heavy artillery D) Increased numbers of cavalry
A) Twice B) Three times C) Four times D) Once |
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