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A) After Cleopatra VII's ascension in 51 BC B) After the Battle of the Nile in 47 BC C) After the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC D) After Ptolemy VI's death in 145 BC
A) Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator B) Ptolemy XII Auletes C) Ptolemy VIII Physcon D) Ptolemy IX Soter II
A) He abdicated the throne to marry Cleopatra VII B) Physcon killed his young nephew and seized the throne C) He ruled jointly with Cleopatra III peacefully D) He fled to Rome and lived in exile
A) Ptolemy X Alexander I and Tryphaena B) Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII C) Ptolemy XI and Berenice IV D) Cleopatra III and her son Ptolemy IX
A) 80 BC B) 116 BC C) 107 BC D) 88 BC
A) Ptolemy X Alexander I B) Ptolemy XI Alexander II C) Ptolemy XII Auletes D) Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
A) 107 BC B) 80 BC C) 88 BC D) 51 BC
A) Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator B) Ptolemy X Alexander I C) Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos D) Ptolemy XI Alexander II
A) He was lynched by the Alexandrian mob B) He died peacefully in his palace in Rome C) He drowned in the Nile during a battle D) He committed suicide with a sword
A) Physcon B) Theos Philopator C) Neos Philopator D) Auletes, the flute-player
A) Crete and Tarsus B) Macedon and the Seleucid empire C) Judaea and Cyrene D) Both Libya and Cyprus
A) 44 BC B) 30 BC C) 48 BC D) 51 BC
A) Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII B) Tryphaena and Berenice IV C) Caesarion and Cleopatra Selene D) Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphos
A) 22 March 51 BC B) Summer of 47 BC C) 12 August 30 BC D) Autumn of 34 BC
A) Mark Antony B) Octavian C) The Roman senate D) Julius Caesar
A) Cleopatra III and Cleopatra VII B) Octavia Minor and Tryphaena C) Cleopatra Selene and Octavia Minor D) Tryphaena and Berenice IV
A) By execution B) By suicide with an asp C) By assassination D) By drowning in the Nile
A) By execution B) By assassination C) By poison D) By falling on her own sword
A) To annex Cyprus and Libya B) To fight Mark Antony C) To quell the looming civil war D) To marry Cleopatra VII
A) In a royal chariot B) Disguised as a Roman soldier C) Wrapped in a carpet D) Hidden inside a grain shipment
A) The donations of Alexandria B) The Siege of Alexandria C) The Battle of Actium D) The Battle of the Nile
A) At the Battle of the Nile B) Outside Rome C) At the Siege of Alexandria D) At Actium
A) He reportedly drowned in the Nile while attempting to flee B) He was assassinated by Tryphaena C) He was lynched by the Alexandrian mob D) He committed suicide by falling on his sword
A) 51 BC B) 44 BC C) 48 BC D) 47 BC
A) Dendara B) Actium C) Rome D) Cyprus
A) Alexander Helios B) Ptolemy XIV C) Caesarion D) Ptolemy Philadelphos
A) 48 BC B) 30 BC C) 45 BC D) 44 BC
A) Julius Caesar and Pompey B) Auletes and Caesarion C) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Ptolemy XIV D) Mark Antony and Octavian
A) In Egypt B) In Dendara C) In Cyprus D) In Rome
A) As Antony was married to a Roman woman B) Because the Roman senate forbade marriages with Egyptians C) Because Julius Caesar had banned it in his will D) Because Cleopatra was a pharaoh
A) Cleopatra Selene and Alexander Helios B) Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII C) Tryphaena and Berenice IV D) Caesarion and Ptolemy Philadelphos
A) Alexander Helios B) Ptolemy Philadelphos C) Caesarion D) Ptolemy XIV
A) The Siege of Alexandria B) The assassination of Julius Caesar C) The donations of Alexandria ceremony D) The Battle of the Nile
A) Libya, Macedonia, Rome, Egypt, and Syria B) Sicily, Gaul, Hispania, Britannia, and Thrace C) Tarsus, Cyrene, Crete, Cyprus, and Judaea D) Alexandria, Dendara, Actium, Athens, and Sparta
A) In Tarsus B) In Alexandria C) In Cyprus D) In Rome
A) Julius Caesar B) Ptolemy XIV C) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa D) Octavian
A) By poison B) By drowning in the Nile C) By falling on his own sword D) By drinking venom from an asp
A) 12 August 30 BC B) Autumn of 34 BC C) 22 March 51 BC D) Summer of 47 BC
A) By way of the venomous bite of an asp B) By drowning in the Nile C) By execution ordered by Octavian D) By falling on her own sword
A) Octavia Minor B) Berenice IV C) Cleopatra III D) Tryphaena
A) Caesarion B) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa C) Someone in the Mauretanian royal line D) A member of the Roman senate
A) It became part of the Seleucid empire B) It became a Roman province C) It was divided into client monarchies D) It remained an independent kingdom under Cleopatra Selene
A) Tarsus B) Rome C) Alexandria D) Dendara
A) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa B) Mark Antony C) Julius Caesar D) Octavian
A) 20 years B) 5 years C) 50 years D) 10 years
A) Ankhwennefer B) Horwennefer C) Boethus D) Ptolemy V Epiphanes
A) Ankhwennefer B) Ptolemy VIII Physcon C) Antiochus III D) Ptolemy VI Philometor
A) The Rosetta Stone B) The Dodecaschoenus stele C) The Philometris inscription D) The Temple of Isis
A) Cleopatra II B) Arsinoƫ C) Berenice D) Eurydice
A) Philip V B) Alexander III C) Perseus D) Antigonus II
A) Greece B) Rome C) Persia D) Carthage
A) Philae B) Memphis C) Thebes D) Alexandria
A) Thrace B) Coele-Syria C) Nubia D) Caria
A) Ankhwennefer B) Horwennefer C) Philopator D) Boethus
A) Memphis B) Alexandria C) Thebes D) Philometris
A) Gaul B) Cyrenaica C) Coele-Syria D) Cyprus
A) Alexander B) Arrian C) Antigonus D) Seleucus
A) Gaza B) Ipsus C) Alexandria D) Corinth
A) Arrian B) Euclid C) Manetho D) Callimachus
A) 65 B) 70 C) 90 D) 84
A) Peloponnesian League B) Nesiotic League C) Achaean League D) Delian League
A) Iron B) Copper C) Gold D) Silver
A) Port Sudan B) Alexandria C) Corinth D) Gaza
A) Roman culture B) Mesopotamian culture C) Hellenistic culture D) Persian culture
A) Callimachus B) Manetho C) Aristarchus D) Euclid
A) Euclid B) Callimachus C) Aristarchus D) Theocritus
A) Apollonius of Rhodes B) Euclid C) Aristarchus D) Posidippus
A) Callimachus B) Theocritus C) Manetho D) Arrian
A) Antigonus B) Seleucus C) Lysimachus D) Ptolemy I
A) Ancient Greek B) Persian C) Mesopotamian D) Roman
A) Exactly one century B) Fifty years C) Nearly three centuries D) Over a thousand years
A) Seleucid Empire B) Achaemenid Empire C) Roman Republic D) Byzantine Empire
A) Roman Republic B) Seleucid Empire C) Achaemenid Empire D) Macedonian Empire
A) Emperor B) Consul C) Satrap D) Pharaoh
A) Basileus B) Strategos C) Archon D) Tyrant
A) Roman senators B) Persian nobility C) Greek ruling class D) Native Egyptian priests
A) Horus myth B) Zeus myth C) Osiris myth D) Isis myth
A) Aramaic B) Egyptian C) Latin D) Greek
A) 641 AD B) 30 BC C) 305 BC D) 323 BC
A) Thirty-first Dynasty B) Thirtieth Dynasty C) Twentieth Dynasty D) Ptolemaic Dynasty
A) Ra B) Osiris C) Amun D) Zeus
A) Macedonians B) Persians C) Phoenicians D) Egyptians
A) Ptolemy B) Alexander IV C) Perdiccas D) Philip III
A) Perdiccas B) Alexander IV C) Ptolemy D) Arrhidaeus
A) Large military fortresses B) Marble palaces C) Greek gymnasiums D) Magnificent new temples
A) Ptolemais Hermiou B) Babylon C) Memphis D) Alexandria
A) The Greeks B) The Persians C) The Babylonians D) The Romans
A) The Benefactor B) The Scholar C) The Great D) The Conqueror
A) Babylonia B) Thrace C) Edfu D) Athens
A) Thrace B) Anatolia C) Babylonia D) Athens
A) The zenith B) The end C) The decline D) The beginning
A) Macedon B) Athens C) Sparta D) Thebes
A) Sparta B) Babylon C) Athens D) Rome
A) Conon of Samos B) Eratosthenes C) Seleucus II D) Apollonius of Perge
A) Cleopatra B) Agathoclea C) Arsinoƫ D) Berenice
A) Horus B) Set C) Antiochus D) Pharaoh Philopator
A) Antiochus B) Arsinoe C) Set D) The native rebels
A) A new library B) A golden altar C) A grand obelisk D) A statue group
A) One day B) Seven days C) Three days D) Five days
A) The Greek colonists B) The Roman Senate C) The Ptolemaic rulers D) The emperor |