A) A triumphal arch B) A Roman aqueduct C) A Roman triumphal column D) A temple dedicated to Mars
A) Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars B) Marcus Aurelius's victory in the Marcomannic Wars C) Augustus's victory in the Gallic Wars D) Julius Caesar's victory over Pompey
A) Apollodorus of Damascus B) Rabirius C) Agrippa D) Vitruvius
A) The Roman Senate B) Emperor Hadrian C) The Roman People D) The Praetorian Guard
A) Near the Colosseum B) In the Campus Martius C) In Trajan's Forum D) In the Roman Forum
A) 101 AD B) 117 AD C) 1587 AD D) 12 May 113 AD
A) Its spiral bas relief B) Its massive bronze statue C) Its hidden treasury room D) Its height
A) 35 metres (115 feet) B) 20 metres (66 feet) C) 30 metres (98 feet) D) 50 metres (164 feet)
A) Red brick B) Travertine limestone C) Granite blocks D) Carrara marble drums
A) 25 B) 20 C) 15 D) 10
A) 100 tons B) 10 tons C) 53.3 tons D) 32 tons
A) 250-metre (820-foot) B) 100-metre (328-foot) C) 300-metre (984-foot) D) 190-metre (620-foot)
A) 30 times B) 23 times C) 10 times D) 15 times
A) 185 steps B) 100 steps C) 300 steps D) 250 steps
A) A water reservoir B) An altar to Jupiter C) A secret burial chamber D) A viewing deck
A) 32 tons B) 100 tons C) 53.3 tons D) 15 tons
A) A statue of a lion B) A statue of Victory C) A statue of a bird, probably an eagle D) A statue of a wolf
A) A statue of Augustus B) A statue of an eagle C) A statue of Saint Peter D) A statue of Trajan
A) In the 19th century B) In the Middle Ages C) In antiquity D) During the Renaissance
A) Pope Gregory XIII B) Pope Julius II C) Pope Sixtus V D) Pope Leo X
A) Two residential villas B) Two sections of the Ulpian Library C) Two basilicas of justice D) Two temples of the imperial cult
A) A Roman chamber and an Egyptian chamber B) A public chamber and a private chamber C) A Greek chamber and a Latin chamber D) A philosophical chamber and a legal chamber
A) Marble busts of emperors B) Wooden bookcases for scrolls C) Painted murals of battles D) Bronze statues of philosophers
A) His commentary on the Dacian Wars, the Dacica B) His letters to Pliny the Younger C) His military manual on bridge building D) His personal memoirs, the Commentarii
A) 1,500 figures B) 3,000 figures C) 2,662 figures D) 500 figures
A) 230 scenes B) 50 scenes C) 500 scenes D) 155 scenes
A) 58 times B) 10 times C) 100 times D) 25 times
A) A traditional Greek design B) A failed artistic experiment C) An architectural innovation D) A copy of Egyptian obelisks
A) Nero B) Constantine C) Marcus Aurelius D) Augustus
A) From 2 metres to 1 metre B) From 0.5 metres to 2 metres C) It stays the exact same width D) From about 1 metre to 1.2 metres
A) In isolated square frames B) Continuously C) Chronologically separated by text D) In reverse order
A) Strict linear perspective is always maintained B) A variety of different perspectives are used to reveal more C) Only aerial perspectives are used D) No perspective is used at all
A) The Gallic Wars B) The first campaign (101–102) C) The second campaign (105–106) D) The Parthian War
A) The Germanic Wars B) The second campaign (105–106) C) The civil wars D) The first campaign (101–102)
A) They were purely fictional future wars B) They were contemporary to the time of construction C) They occurred centuries before construction D) They happened during the Republic
A) Naval defeat B) Gladiatorial combat C) Senate debate D) Imperial address (adlocutio)
A) Supplicatio B) Sacrificio C) Consecratio D) Lustratio
A) Reditus B) Profectio C) Expeditio D) Triumphus
A) They are completely absent B) They are very much a minority C) They take up exactly half of the column D) They make up the majority of the frieze
A) Panicked retreats and chaotic skirmishes B) Orderly soldiers carrying out ceremony and construction C) Political negotiations in the Senate D) Triumphal parades through Rome
A) To incorporate and integrate Dacia into the Roman Empire as a province B) To exact a one-time monetary tribute C) To completely annihilate the local population D) To establish a temporary trading outpost
A) They are shown in great detail B) They appear only in the upper half C) They are nonexistent D) They are limited to the background
A) Foreign ambassadors visiting the capital B) The Roman legionaries stationed abroad C) The urban population of Rome D) The conquered Dacian nobility
A) Their fear and distrust of the army B) Their distrust of the Senate C) Their fear of grain shortages D) Their fear of foreign naval invasions
A) A religious prophet and reformer B) A ruthless conqueror of nations C) An austere and unyielding dictator D) A man of justice, clemency, moderation, and restraint
A) The construction of a temporary road network B) A more total conquest of the province than had previously been achieved C) An ecological disaster caused by the Romans D) A peaceful commercial partnership
A) 5 of the 500 trees B) 100 of the 200 trees C) 48 of the 224 trees D) 10 of the 50 trees
A) A large portrait of Emperor Trajan B) A carving of a sacrificial bull C) An inscription dedicated to Jupiter D) A personification of victory writing on a shield flanked by trophies
A) The burning of the Dacian capital B) The assassination of Decebalus C) The great sacrifice by the Danube bridge D) The signing of the initial peace treaty
A) The Dacian king Decebalus B) Emperor Trajan C) Apollodorus of Damascus D) King Burebista
A) A ballista or catapult B) Greek fire siphons C) Gunpowder cannons D) Steel crossbows
A) 12 types B) 10 types C) 50 types D) 37 types
A) Idealized classical style B) Gothic style C) Veristic style D) Abstract style
A) They occupy the central heroic positions B) They appear only on the top viewing platform C) They are completely absent from all scenes D) They occupy and define the margins of the scenes
A) Women were forbidden from entering Rome B) Mortal females in Roman state art are so rare C) Female figures were reserved only for coins D) Dacian women did not wear clothes
A) The idea of democratic political alliances B) The idea of subjugation by feminizing the foreign conquered C) The strength of Dacian military resistance D) The importance of agricultural labor
A) The abduction of the Sabine women B) The mourning of fallen soldiers C) The mass suicide scene D) The torture scene
A) Roman soldiers torturing Dacian captives B) Roman women defending a burning fort C) Four Dacian women torturing two naked men D) Dacian priests sacrificing animals
A) An abstract allegorical effect B) A strong effect of verisimilitude C) A surreal mythological effect D) A humorous caricature effect
A) As objective historical truth B) As theatrical stage performances C) As mythological fiction D) As prophetic visions of the future
A) He is hidden among the crowd in disguise B) He is depicted as a giant god making 100 appearances C) He appears only once at the very top D) He is depicted realistically making 58 appearances
A) Roman culinary recipes and dining habits B) Roman and barbarian arms, methods of warfare, and costume C) Greek theatrical scripts and music D) Early Christian religious rituals
A) Chariot race tracks B) Gladiatorial arenas C) Forts, ships, and weapons D) Agricultural windmills
A) A map of the Danube river B) A legal code written by Apollodorus C) Trajan's lost commentary on the Dacian Wars D) A collection of poetry about Rome
A) Be buried inside the column's pedestal B) Serve as a textbook for Roman children C) Be read aloud during Senate meetings D) Be echoed in the spiralling, sculpted narrative design of the column
A) To display marble busts of conquered kings B) To hold wooden bookcases for scrolls C) To store military weapons D) To burn oil lamps for lighting
A) Florence B) Naples C) Rome D) Milan
A) Latin B) Greek C) Italian D) Spanish
A) German B) Latin C) Italian D) French
A) East B) South C) West D) North
A) Medieval clock towers B) Egyptian obelisks C) Roman triumphal arches D) Numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern
A) An external stone ramp B) A spiral staircase C) A wooden ladder D) A system of pulley ropes
A) About 20 metres (66 feet) B) About 50 metres (164 feet) C) About 34 metres (112 feet) D) About 15 metres (49 feet)
A) A gold figure of an angel B) A bronze figure of Trajan C) A silver figure of an eagle D) A bronze figure of Saint Peter
A) Statues of gods B) Armour and shields C) Gold coins D) Scrolls
A) 500 figures B) Exactly 1,000 figures C) About 2,500 figures D) Over 5,000 figures
A) Farmers, merchants, artists and slaves B) Gladiators, actors, musicians and poets C) Doctors, lawyers, architects and builders D) Sailors, soldiers, statesmen and priests
A) Crossing the Rhine into Germania B) The first crossing of the Danube by the Roman legion C) Crossing the Euphrates in the East D) Crossing the Rubicon
A) Trajan's voyage down the Tiber B) Trajan's voyage across the Mediterranean C) Trajan's voyage to Britain D) Trajan's voyage up the Danube
A) The surrender of the Gauls B) The surrender of the Dacians C) The surrender of the Carthaginians D) The surrender of the Parthians
A) The assault on Carthage B) The assault on Jerusalem C) The assault on Alesia D) The assault on the Dacian capital
A) Outside the main gates B) At the southern entrance C) In the exact geographic center D) Toward the northernmost point
A) Jean-Pierre Champollion B) Paul Veyne C) Victor Duruy D) Gaston Boissier
A) Augustus B) Napoleon C) Charlemagne D) Julius Caesar
A) Deification B) Manumission C) Exile D) Ostracism
A) 138 B) 117 C) 110 D) 98
A) Marble B) Bronze C) Gold D) Silver
A) Fastings B) Genuflection C) Chanting D) Circumambulation
A) With a titulus B) With a dot C) With Roman square capitals D) With manuscript lettering
A) Warren Chappell B) Edward Gibbon C) Frederic Goudy D) Carol Twombly
A) Edward Gibbon B) Antoninus Pius C) Edward Catich D) Warren Chappell
A) 29 window slits B) 6 window slits C) 185 window slits D) 43 window slits
A) Capitoline Temple B) Place Vendôme C) Basilica Ulpia D) Trajan's Market
A) 185 blocks B) 19 blocks C) 14 blocks D) 29 blocks
A) 43 blocks B) 19 blocks C) 185 blocks D) 29 blocks
A) Germany B) Austerlitz C) Dacia D) The Capitoline Hill
A) Twelve B) Eight C) Four D) Two
A) Domenico Fontana B) Michelangelo Buonarroti C) Donato Bramante D) Filippo Brunelleschi
A) Rome B) Mainz C) Bucharest D) London
A) The German Archaeological Institute B) An anonymous Roman historian C) A team from the Victoria and Albert Museum D) Conrad Cichorius |