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A) Antoninus Pius B) Augustus C) Julius Caesar D) Nero
A) Stoicism B) Platonism C) Aristotelianism D) Epicureanism
A) Reflections of a Roman Emperor B) Meditations C) Thoughts of a Philosopher-King D) Marcus's Musings
A) Octavius B) Lucius Verus C) Maximus D) Commodus
A) 50 AD B) 100 AD C) 200 AD D) 161 AD
A) Lucius Verus B) Nero C) Constantine D) Julius Caesar
A) Britannia B) Pannonia C) Achaia D) Dacia
A) Julius Cassius Augustus B) Lucius Aurelius Maximus C) Titus Vespasianus Flavius D) Marcus Annius Verus
A) Greek B) Latin C) Spanish D) Arabic
A) Wealth B) Military service C) Noble birth D) Merit
A) Antonine Plague B) Great Fire of Rome C) Vesuvius Eruption D) Barbarian Invasions
A) Faustina the Younger B) Livia C) Octavia D) Agrippina
A) Constantinian Emperors B) Flavian Emperors C) Julio-Claudian Emperors D) Five Good Emperors
A) Suetonius B) Tacitus C) Plutarch D) Cassius Dio
A) Wise B) Majestic C) Honored D) Noble
A) 177 B) 169 C) 161 D) 180
A) The Roman–Parthian War B) The Gallic Wars C) The Gothic Wars D) The Punic Wars
A) Caesar B) Pontifex Maximus C) Augustus D) Imperator
A) 20,000 sesterces per capita B) 10,000 sesterces per capita C) 30,000 sesterces per capita D) 5,000 denarii per capita
A) Colosseum B) Hadrian's mausoleum C) The Pantheon D) Forum Romanum
A) Burial in a common grave B) Cremation without honor C) Exile D) Deification
A) Part of his mother's estate B) His entire fortune C) The imperial treasury D) Lucius Verus’s inheritance
A) Athens B) Rome C) Antioch D) Lanuvium
A) Nero’s birthday B) Augustus’s birthday C) Caligula’s birthday D) Julius Caesar’s birthday
A) Nine B) Eleven C) Fifteen D) Thirteen
A) Aufidius Victorinus B) Charilas C) Titus Varius Clemens D) Lucius Volusius Maecianus
A) Aufidius Victorinus B) Lucius Volusius Maecianus C) Titus Varius Clemens D) Charilas
A) 15 April B) 28 March C) 10 January D) 5 February
A) Fronto B) Heliodorus C) Martius Verus D) C. Avidius Cassius
A) Osroene B) Armenia C) Seleucia D) Media
A) Wilhelm Xylander B) Thomas More C) Erasmus of Rotterdam D) Martin Luther
A) Vienna B) Elegeia C) Alsium D) Cappadocia
A) Philosophical Thoughts B) To Himself C) Unknown D) Personal Reflections
A) Prefect of Egypt B) Commander of III Gallica C) Ab epistulis D) Governor of Syria
A) Vindobona (modern Vienna) B) Rome C) Alexandria D) Antioch
A) He permitted it, allowing criticism without retribution B) He ignored all forms of criticism C) He strictly controlled and punished any dissent D) He encouraged only positive feedback
A) Roman B) Arsacid C) Greek D) Parthian
A) The imperial freedman Charilas B) Titus Varius Clemens C) Marcus Aurelius D) Lucius Verus
A) A city in southern Spain B) A city on the Nile River C) A city in northern India D) A city near Guangzhou along the South China Sea
A) Cappadocia B) Alsium, in Etruria C) Vienna D) Armenia
A) Chosrhoes B) Pacorus C) Severianus D) Marcus Aurelius
A) George W. Bush B) Bill Clinton C) Barack Obama D) Donald Trump
A) Rome B) Ravenna C) Antioch D) Alexandria
A) Epicurean B) Cynic C) Socratic D) Stoic
A) Paris B) Rome C) London D) Zurich
A) Daphne B) Rome C) Antioch D) Laodicea
A) Dura B) Artaxata C) Nisibis D) Edessa
A) Mannus B) Avidius Cassius C) Lucius D) C. Iulius Sohaemus
A) The Seleucids broke faith first B) An order from Marcus Aurelius C) A plague contracted in Seleucia D) A shortage of supplies
A) 169 B) 179 C) 172 D) 177
A) Frederick the Great B) Goethe C) John Stuart Mill D) Christina of Sweden
A) 166 B) 163 C) 164 D) 165
A) Theodosius I B) Constantine the Great C) Valens D) Julian the Apostate
A) The Great Wall of China B) The Euphrates River C) The city of Rome D) Kattigara, lying beyond the Golden Chersonese (Malay Peninsula)
A) Felicitas temporum (happy times) B) The end of peace C) The greatness of Marcus and Lucius D) A new era of war
A) 166 B) 163 C) 164 D) 165
A) 12th century B) 10th century C) 11th century D) 9th century
A) Mannus B) Avidius Cassius C) Lucius D) C. Iulius Sohaemus
A) Eloquent reading matter, such as works by Cato, Cicero, Sallust, or a poet B) Historical accounts of previous emperors C) Philosophical texts only D) Military manuals and strategies
A) About 25% B) 50% C) 10% D) 75%
A) Subordinate generals B) Marcus Aurelius C) Lucius Verus D) Fronto
A) Ctesiphon B) Edessa C) Dura D) Nisibis
A) Dausara B) Kaine Polis ('New City') C) Artaxata D) Edessa
A) Parthicus Maximus B) Rex armeniis Datus C) Imp. III D) Medicus
A) Public speeches B) Lessons, due to Marcus' prominence and public duties C) Military training D) Philosophical debates
A) 'Medicus' B) Armeniacus C) Parthicus Maximus D) Imp. IV
A) A severe drought B) A volcanic eruption C) An earthquake D) The Tiber flooded over its banks
A) Bodleian Library B) British Museum C) Vatican Library D) Library of Alexandria
A) The Fifth Legion (Macedonica) B) The Ninth Legion of Hispania C) The Tenth Legion (Gemina) D) The First Legion (Minervia)
A) 180 B) 175 C) 170 D) 166
A) Asia Minor B) The Carpathian area C) Scandinavia D) North Africa |