A) Nero B) Caligula C) Mark Antony D) Julius Caesar
A) Julius Caesar B) Nero Claudius C) Marcus Aurelius D) Gaius Octavius
A) Tribune B) Consul C) Pontifex Maximus D) Princeps
A) Augusta B) Empress C) Vestal Virgin D) Praetor
A) Pax Romana B) Triumvirate C) Social War D) Punic Wars
A) Spartacus B) Mark Antony C) Vercingetorix D) Hannibal
A) Athens B) Rome C) Alexandria D) Nola
A) Concordat of Worms B) Tetrarchy C) Second Triumvirate D) First Triumvirate
A) Gracchians B) Optimates C) Populares D) Julians
A) 2 BC B) 1010 AD C) 133 BC D) 367 AD
A) Dictator B) Tribune C) Consul D) Praetor
A) Bronze B) Marble C) Silver D) Gold
A) Ovid B) Virgil C) Horace D) Livy
A) Praetorship B) Tribunate C) Consulship D) Censorship
A) Publius Quinctilius Varus B) Gaius Maecenas C) Marcus Agrippa D) Lucius Aelius Sejanus
A) Augur B) Pontifex Maximus C) Flamen Dialis D) Vestal Virgin
A) August B) July C) September D) October
A) Caligula B) Nero C) Tiberius D) Claudius
A) Peace treaty B) Complete victory C) Annexation D) A major defeat
A) Babylonian Empire B) Assyrian Empire C) Parthian Empire D) Carthaginian Empire
A) Octavia Minor B) Julia the Elder C) Livia D) Scribonia
A) A series of fortresses B) An impenetrable wall C) A naval blockade D) A buffer region of client states
A) Nubian Kingdom B) Carthaginian Kingdom C) Egyptian Empire D) Kingdom of Kush
A) Standing professional army B) Auxiliary forces C) Legionary militia D) Imperial guard
A) Augustus B) Pater Patriae C) Caesar D) Princeps
A) Telegraph lines B) Networks of roads C) Sea lanes D) Air routes
A) Caesar B) Augustus C) Octavianus D) Thurinus
A) Augustus B) Octavianus C) Thurinus D) Imperator
A) Octavian B) Gaius Octavius C) Imperator Caesar D) Augustus
A) Imperator B) Caesar C) Augustus D) Thurinus
A) In Macedonia B) On the Palatine Hill in Rome C) In Velitrae near Rome D) At Caesar's villa
A) Patrician B) Plebeian C) Senator D) Equestrian
A) Sphaerus B) Apollodorus of Pergamon C) Areios of Alexandria D) Athenodorus of Tarsus
A) Lucius Marcius Philippus B) Pompey the Great C) Julius Caesar D) Marcus Epidius
A) General B) Proconsular governor of Macedonia C) Consul D) Pontiff
A) Pompey and Crassus B) Atia and Gaius Octavius C) Marcus Epidius and Apollodorus of Pergamon D) Lucius Marcius Philippus and Sphaerus
A) They conquered Rome together B) It fell apart leading to a civil war C) Caesar became emperor D) They formed a triumvirate
A) A legion of soldiers B) Military decorations C) The consulship D) A province to govern
A) Hispania B) Macedonia C) Africa D) Greece
A) In Gaius Octavian's home B) At the Temple of Venus Genetrix C) In the Roman Senate D) With the Vestal Virgins
A) Increased support for Antony B) Led to his immediate resignation C) Caused a riot in Rome D) Alienated him from moderate Caesarian senators
A) Imperium proconsulare maius B) Powers of the censor C) Imperium over the city of Rome D) Tribunicia potestas
A) Laurels B) A golden shield C) The corona civica ('civic crown') D) A diadem
A) Caesarion B) Antyllus C) Cleopatra Selene II D) Ptolemy Philadelphus
A) Smallpox B) Malaria C) A liver disease D) Pneumonia
A) An arrow shot by an enemy soldier B) A naval battle injury C) A fall from his horse D) A collapsing siege ramp
A) Legionaries from Egypt B) Naval support C) Her enormous wealth D) Political alliances
A) 30,000 B) 40,000 C) 20,000 D) 50,000
A) Augustus B) Lucius Licinius Varro Murena C) The Senate D) the recently deceased Marcellus
A) Powers of the censor B) Imperium proconsulare maius ('greater proconsular power') C) Imperium over the city of Rome D) Tribunicia potestas for life
A) Agrippa B) Menas C) Salvidienus Rufus D) Antony
A) Money seized from the assassins B) Donations from foreign allies C) Tribute from Roman provinces D) Funds from Caesar's will
A) Lucius Antonius B) Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus C) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus D) Gaius Cassius Longinus
A) Battles at Philippi B) Battle of Actium C) Battle of Carrhae D) Battle of Munda
A) his ability to rule the state officially B) his direct control over senatorial affairs C) his role as consul annually D) his dominant position over his 'imperial' provinces
A) Romulus B) Imperator C) Princeps D) Caesar
A) Octavia's children B) Cleopatra's son, Caesarion C) Agrippa D) Antony's son, Antyllus
A) Tiberius successfully defended against Germanic tribes. B) Augustus personally led a successful counterattack. C) The Romans conquered Germania up to the Elbe River. D) Arminius destroyed three entire Roman legions.
A) Drusus's marriage to Antonia B) Augustus's illness C) Tiberius's retirement from politics D) The death of Marcellus
A) Cumae B) Brundisium C) Tarentum D) Misenum
A) Lex Julia B) Lex Titia C) Lex Cornelia D) Lex Pompeia
A) Lepidus B) Lucius Antonius C) Sextus Pompey D) Quintus Calenus
A) Poisoned bread B) A poisoned fig C) Poisoned wine D) Poisoned water
A) Patrician B) Proconsul C) Consul D) Tribunicia sacrosanctitas holder
A) Drusus B) Germanicus C) Varus D) Tiberius
A) Centralizing power in his own hands. B) Eliminating all political rivals immediately. C) Dissolving the Senate permanently. D) Appointed term limits for offices.
A) Epirus B) Alexandria C) Nicopolis ('victory city') D) Rome
A) Rome B) Athens C) Segesta (modern Siscia) D) Metulum
A) Led to his exile from Rome B) Calmed tensions between factions C) Mounted public opinion against the assassins D) Resulted in a peace treaty
A) Greece B) Sicily C) Italy D) Corsica
A) Gaul B) Africa C) Spain D) Illyricum
A) They publicly reconciled B) Antony declared war on Octavian C) Cicero was exiled from Rome D) Octavian left Rome immediately
A) Ten B) Twenty-five C) Eighteen D) Fifteen
A) Claudia B) Livia Drusilla C) Octavia Minor D) Scribonia
A) "Veni, vidi, vici" B) "I have done my duty" C) "Et tu, Brute?" D) "Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit"
A) Tiberius B) Drusus C) Julia D) Sextus
A) Repay all of Caesar's debts B) Retire from politics C) Assume the dead dictator's name D) Marry into a prominent family
A) Calpurnius Piso B) Marcus Claudius Marcellus C) Antonius Musa D) Agrippa
A) He fell in love with Livia Drusilla. B) She did not bear him any children. C) Their marriage had never been consummated. D) Claudia supported Lucius Antonius.
A) 500 B) 100 C) Around 300 D) 200
A) Five or six B) Twenty C) Thirty D) Ten
A) Rome B) Miletus C) Sicily D) Athens
A) Never again B) Three times C) Once D) Twice
A) Apollonia, Illyria B) Rome C) Brundisium D) Macedonia
A) Egypt B) Gaul C) Spain D) Africa
A) 19 years old B) 30 years old C) 25 years old D) 35 years old
A) Rome B) Sicily C) Brundisium D) Perusia
A) Land grants B) Promises of high-ranking positions C) Monetary gain D) Protection for their families
A) Fulvia B) Cleopatra C) Scribonia D) Octavia Minor
A) Lepidus B) Sextus Pompey C) Antony D) Agrippa
A) Germany B) Gaul C) The eastern provinces D) Illyricum
A) Imperial immunity B) Consular immunity C) Tribunician immunity (sacrosanctitas) D) Military immunity
A) Marcus Lollius B) Germanicus C) Tiberius D) Cornelius Balbus
A) 21 September B) 30 December C) 1 July D) 15 March
A) Claudia B) Scribonia C) Livia Drusilla D) Octavia Minor
A) Gaius Cassius B) Lucius Munatius Plancus C) Marcus Agrippa D) Publius Ventidius
A) Antony's forces B) Agrippa's forces C) Lepidus's forces D) Sextus Pompey's forces
A) Tiberius B) Livia Drusilla C) Julia D) Drusus
A) Agrippa B) Menas C) Antony D) Lepidus
A) Republican legal frameworks B) Monarchical traditions C) Dictatorial decrees D) Military conquests alone |