- 1. - A Roman writer who drew some of his ideas from Homer’s odyssey and has an epic poem called the Aeneid.
A) Ptolemy B) Spartacus C) Galen D) Virgil E) Horace
- 2. - The poet who used Greek models to write satires and he composed odes.
A) Ptolemy B) Spartacus C) Galen D) Virgil E) Horace
- 3. - A Greek doctor who brought many medical ideas to Rome and emphasized the importance of anatomy.
A) Virgil B) Spartacus C) Horace D) Ptolemy E) Galen
- 4. - Another important scientist of the Roman Empire who studied the sky and mapped different stars.
A) Spartacus B) Horace C) Virgil D) Ptolemy E) Galen
- 5. - A gladiator who led a slave revolt in Italy in 73 B.C..
A) Ptolemy B) Horace C) Virgil D) Galen E) Spartacus
A) Ode B) Satire C) Forum D) Anatomy E) Vault
- 7. - Works that poked fun at human weaknesses.
A) Ode B) Anatomy C) Forum D) Satire E) Vault
- 8. - Poems that express strong emotions about life.
A) Anatomy B) Forum C) Satire D) Vault E) Ode
- 9. - The study of body structure.
A) Forum B) Satire C) Vault D) Ode E) Anatomy
- 10. - An open space that served as a marketplace and public square.
A) Vault B) Ode C) Anatomy D) Forum E) Satire
- 11. - People who fought animals and each other, most were enslaved people, criminals, or poor people.
A) Diocletian B) Constantine C) Rhetoric D) Paterfamilias E) Gladiator
- 12. - “father of the family,” he had complete control over family members.
A) Diocletian B) Rhetoric C) Gladiator D) Constantine E) Paterfamilias
- 13. - Public speaking. Boys learned this in school along with reading and writing.
A) Gladiator B) Paterfamilias C) Diocletian D) Rhetoric E) Constantine
- 14. - A general who became an emperor in A.D. 284. He introduced reforms to stop the empire’s decline.
A) Gladiator B) Constantine C) Diocletian D) Paterfamilias E) Rhetoric
- 15. - Another general who became emperor in A.D. 312 after a period of conflict when Diocletian retired from office.
A) Constantine B) Diocletian C) Paterfamilias D) Rhetoric E) Gladiator
- 16. - A new emperor who finally gained control and ended the fighting after Constantine died in A.D. 337.
A) Theodosius B) Inflation C) Plaque D) Alaric E) Odoacer
- 17. - The Visigoth leader who him and his soldiers captured Rome itself in A.D. 410.
A) Odoacer B) Theodosius C) Alaric D) Plaque E) Inflation
- 18. - A Germanic general who took control and overthrew the western empire in A.D. 476.
A) Plaque B) Odoacer C) Alaric D) Inflation E) Theodosius
- 19. - A disease that spreads widely.
A) Alaric B) Plaque C) Inflation D) Theodosius E) Odoacer
- 20. - Rapidly increasing prices.
A) Odoacer B) Theodosius C) Plaque D) Inflation E) Alaric
- 21. - Exchange goods without using money.
A) Justinian B) Theodora C) Barter D) Reform E) Belisarius
- 22. - Political changes to make things better.
A) Barter B) Belisarius C) Theodora D) Reform E) Justinian
- 23. - Became emperor of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527 and ruled until A.D. 565.
A) Barter B) Belisarius C) Justinian D) Reform E) Theodora
- 24. - Justinian’s wife, the empress, who helped him run the empire.
A) Barter B) Theodora C) Belisarius D) Reform E) Justinian
- 25. - The general who Justinian ordered to strengthen and lead the Byzantine army.
A) Reform B) Theodora C) Barter D) Justinian E) Belisarius
- 26. - A person who led an ordered group of legal scholars to reform the law code.
A) Saint B) Regent C) Theodora D) Tribonian E) Mosaic
- 27. - Pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone.
A) Tribonian B) Regent C) Saint D) Mosaic E) Theodora
- 28. - Christian holy people.
A) Regent B) Theodora C) Mosaic D) Saint E) Tribonian
- 29. - A person who stands in for a ruler who is too young or too ill to govern.
A) Theodora B) Mosaic C) Saint D) Tribonian E) Regent
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