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AD 79 - Quiz
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  • 1. What kind of year was AD 79 in the Julian calendar?
A) Common year starting on Friday
B) Leap year starting on Friday
C) Common year starting on Sunday
D) Leap year starting on Monday
  • 2. Who were the Roman Consuls in AD 79?
A) Titus and Vespasianus
B) Agricola and Pliny
C) Titus and Agricola
D) Vespasian and Augustus
  • 3. What was an alternative name for the year AD 79 in terms of Ab urbe condita?
A) 832
B) 850
C) 776
D) 790
  • 4. On what date did Emperor Vespasian die?
A) August 24
B) June 23
C) June 24
D) October 24
  • 5. What was the cause of Emperor Vespasian's death?
A) Assassination
B) Volcanic eruption
C) Fever from diarrhea
D) Old age
  • 6. What were Vespasian's final words on his deathbed?
A) I think I'm turning into a god.
B) Forgive me for my sins.
C) The end has come.
D) Long live the empire.
  • 7. Who succeeded Vespasian as Roman emperor?
A) Pliny
B) Agricola
C) Ma Rong
D) Titus
  • 8. Why did Titus exile his mistress, Berenice?
A) She caused a scandal in the palace
B) To please the Senate
C) She betrayed the Roman empire
D) She was a spy
  • 9. Which of these cities was NOT destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
A) Herculaneum
B) Rome
C) Pompeii
D) Stabiae
  • 10. What was the role of the Roman navy at Misenum during the Vesuvius eruption?
A) Evacuate refugees
B) Transport goods to Britain
C) Attack the rebels
D) Defend the coastline
  • 11. How did Pliny the Elder die?
A) Inhaling volcanic fumes
B) Burned by lava
C) Drowned in the sea
D) Killed by soldiers
  • 12. What was the Roman name for the fort established at modern-day Chester?
A) Misenum
B) Mamucium
C) Caledonia
D) Deva Victrix
  • 13. Which legion built the fortress at Deva Victrix?
A) Legio I Augusta
B) Legio II Adiutrix
C) Legio X Fretensis
D) Legio IX Hispana
  • 14. What was the first version of Manchester founded by the Romans called?
A) Caledonia
B) Victrix
C) Deva
D) Mamucium
  • 15. Into which region did Gnaeus Julius Agricola enter, facing native resistance?
A) Gaul
B) Spain
C) Germany
D) Caledonia
  • 16. What significant cultural event took place in China in AD 79?
A) Construction of the Great Wall
B) Invention of paper
C) Canonization of Confucius' works
D) Appointment of a new emperor
  • 17. Who was the Chinese emperor born in AD 79?
A) Ma Rong
B) He of Han
C) Confucius
D) Vespasian
  • 18. Which Chinese poet and politician was born in AD 79?
A) Ma Rong
B) He of Han
C) Caesius Bassus
D) Berenice
  • 19. On what date did the Chinese empress Ma die?
A) August 16
B) June 24
C) October 24
D) August 25
  • 20. Who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius alongside Drusilla?
A) Caesius Bassus
B) Pliny the Elder
C) Titus
D) Vespasian
  • 21. Who was Aulus Caecina Alienus?
A) A Roman general and politician
B) A poet
C) A Chinese scholar
D) A Syrian bishop
  • 22. How did Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus die?
A) Committed suicide
B) Executed
C) Died in Vesuvius
D) Natural causes
  • 23. What was the profession of Tiberius Claudius Balbilus?
A) Politician and astrologer
B) General
C) Bishop
D) Poet
  • 24. Who was Apollinaris of Ravenna?
A) A Roman senator
B) A British chieftain
C) A Chinese diplomat
D) A Syrian bishop and martyr
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