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Julio-Claudian dynasty - Quiz
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  • 1. On what date did Augustus die?
A) 18 October AD 31
B) 19 August AD 14
C) AD 19
D) 16 March AD 37
  • 2. Whom did Tiberius favor as his successor initially?
A) Germanicus
B) Tiberius Gemellus
C) Drusus the Younger
D) Caligula
  • 3. Where did Germanicus die in AD 19?
A) Germania
B) Capri
C) Misenum
D) Syria
  • 4. Who was accused of murdering Germanicus on his deathbed?
A) Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus
B) Naevius Sutorius Macro
C) Lucius Aelius Sejanus
D) Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
  • 5. To whom did Tiberius delegate the day-to-day running of the Empire?
A) Naevius Sutorius Macro
B) Drusus the Younger
C) Germanicus
D) Lucius Aelius Sejanus
  • 6. What was the incentive for informers under Sejanus?
A) Immunity from taxes
B) A share of the accused's property
C) Political appointments
D) Military promotion
  • 7. Who was the second husband of Tiberius' first wife Vipsania?
A) Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus
B) Decimus Haterius Agrippa
C) Sejanus
D) Drusus the Younger
  • 8. In what year was Sejanus betrothed to Julia Livia?
A) AD 30
B) AD 19
C) AD 14
D) AD 31
  • 9. Which honor did Tiberius reserve only for heirs to the throne, which he gave to Sejanus in AD 31?
A) Proconsular power in Germania
B) Tribunician power
C) Control of the Praetorian Guard
D) Holding the Consulship with the emperor
  • 10. When did Tiberius order the destruction of Sejanus and his faction?
A) AD 25
B) 16 March AD 37
C) 19 August AD 14
D) 18 October AD 31
  • 11. Who were the co-heirs appointed by Tiberius after the death of his previous family members?
A) Caligula and Tiberius Gemellus
B) Germanicus and Drusus
C) Sejanus and Caligula
D) Nero and Drusus
  • 12. What forced suicide occurred involving the wife of Drusus III?
A) Livilla
B) Vipsania
C) Aemilia Lepida
D) Agrippina
  • 13. Where did Tiberius allegedly conduct orgies and debauchery?
A) Germania
B) Misenum
C) Capri
D) Syria
  • 14. Where did Tiberius die?
A) Syria
B) Capri
C) Misenum
D) Rome
  • 15. Who supposedly smothered Tiberius with a pillow?
A) Lucius Aelius Sejanus
B) Naevius Sutorius Macro
C) Caligula
D) Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
  • 16. How long did Tiberius reign?
A) 23 years
B) 37 years
C) 19 years
D) 78 years
  • 17. At what age did Tiberius die?
A) 31
B) 14
C) 78
D) 23
  • 18. Who was the first husband of Augustus' daughter, Julia?
A) Germanicus
B) Tiberius
C) Marcus Claudius Marcellus
D) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
  • 19. How many children did the marriage of Julia and Agrippa produce?
A) Six
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
  • 20. What caused the death of Drusus in 9 BC?
A) Falling from a horse
B) Battle wounds
C) Execution
D) Food poisoning
  • 21. Where did Tiberius go into voluntary exile in 6 BC?
A) Rhodes
B) Planasia
C) Germany
D) Rome
  • 22. What was the official reason for the exile of Julia the Elder and Julia the Younger?
A) Conspiracy
B) Treason
C) Adultery
D) Murder
  • 23. What was the fate of Mark Antony's son, Iullus Antonius?
A) Exile
B) Suicide
C) Natural causes
D) Execution
  • 24. Where was Agrippa Postumus banished before his execution?
A) Rome
B) Rhodes
C) Germany
D) Planasia
  • 25. Who was the father of Germanicus?
A) Tiberius
B) Drusus
C) Agrippa
D) Augustus
  • 26. Who did Germanicus marry?
A) Livia
B) Vipsania Agrippina
C) Julia the Younger
D) Agrippina
  • 27. Who was Tiberius forced to divorce by Augustus?
A) Julia the Elder
B) Vipsania Agrippina
C) Livia
D) Agrippina the Elder
  • 28. What was the final status of Tiberius regarding his succession to Augustus?
A) Forced into suicide
B) Married to Agrippina
C) Officially adopted by Augustus
D) Exiled to Planasia
  • 29. Which emperor's suicide marked the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty?
A) Caligula
B) Tiberius
C) Nero
D) Claudius
  • 30. What principle was notably absent in the succession history of the Julio-Claudians?
A) Marriage alliances
B) Adoption
C) Dynastic succession
D) Primogeniture
  • 31. What was the original family name of Gaius Octavius before his adoption?
A) Ahenobarbus
B) Julius
C) Octavius
D) Claudius
  • 32. How was Tiberius related to Augustus after Augustus married Livia?
A) Stepson
B) Brother
C) Biological son
D) Nephew
  • 33. Nero was born into which family on his father's side?
A) Domitii Ahenobarbi
B) Flavii
C) Julii Caesares
D) Claudii Nerones
  • 34. What was the name of the son of Claudius who outlived him?
A) Germanicus
B) Nero
C) Britannicus
D) Tiberius Gemellus
  • 35. What is the historiographical term for the first five Roman emperors?
A) Julio-Claudian dynasty
B) Nervan-Antonnine dynasty
C) Flavian dynasty
D) Antonine dynasty
  • 36. Which family line was Caligula connected to through his mother, Agrippina the Elder?
A) Flavian
B) Julian
C) Antonine
D) Claudian
  • 37. Who was the historian that claimed the conspirators wanted to restore the Republic?
A) Suetonius
B) Tacitus
C) Josephus
D) Plutarch
  • 38. Who killed Caligula in an underground passage?
A) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
B) Cassius Chaerea
C) Naevius Sutorius Macro
D) Cornelius Sabinus
  • 39. What was the name of Caligula's wife who was killed along with him?
A) Caesonia
B) Julia Livilla
C) Julia Drusilla
D) Agrippina the Younger
  • 40. Which group was primarily responsible for the conspiracy to kill Caligula?
A) The Senate
B) The Praetorian Guard
C) The common citizens
D) The foreign mercenaries
  • 41. Which of these women was NOT one of Claudius's wives?
A) Valeria Messalina
B) Lollia Paulina
C) Agrippina the Younger
D) Plautia Urgulanilla
  • 42. How old was Nero when he became emperor?
A) Eighteen
B) Fourteen
C) Sixteen
D) Twenty-one
  • 43. Who assisted Nero in his suicide?
A) Galba
B) Burrus
C) Epaphroditus
D) Seneca
  • 44. What happened to the Julio-Claudian dynasty after Nero's death?
A) It was restored to power
B) It merged with the Senate
C) It came to an end
D) It passed to the family of Galba
  • 45. Who rebelled against Nero in AD 67 or 68?
A) Galba
B) Piso
C) Vindex
D) Virginius Rufus
  • 46. Which historian's book 12 of the Annals recounts events of the dynasty?
A) Cassius Dio
B) Seneca
C) Tacitus
D) Suetonius
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