A) Early 55 BC B) Late 55 BC C) Late 53 BC D) Early 53 BC
A) 10,000 to 15,000 B) 5,000 to 8,000 C) 28,000 to 35,000 D) 40,000 to 50,000
A) Artavasdes B) Orodes C) Mithridates D) Silaces
A) Through Mesopotamia B) Through the coastal region C) Through Syria D) Through Armenia
A) Ichnae B) Parthia C) Zenodotium D) Carrhae
A) 10,000 B) 4,000 C) 1,000 D) 7,000
A) Silaces B) Ariamnes C) Orodes D) Surena
A) He wanted to capture the great cities of Mesopotamia B) He feared the Armenian winter C) He lacked enough supplies D) He may not have trusted Artavasdes
A) Orodes B) Surena C) Mithridates D) Artavasdes
A) Thirty thousand B) Ten thousand C) Fifteen thousand D) Five thousand
A) Horses B) Mules C) Elephants D) Camels
A) Silaces B) Orodes C) Ariamnes D) Artavasdes
A) Gregory Hospodor B) Silaces C) Plutarch D) Publius
A) 1 June B) 15 June C) 9 June D) 9 May
A) All-cavalry B) Heavy infantry C) Mainly foot archers D) Light infantry and chariots
A) 50 B) 45 C) 62 D) 70
A) Plutarch B) Cicero C) Caesar D) Erich S. Gruen
A) Ateius Capito B) Publius Crassus C) Sulla D) Pompey
A) Defeat of Egypt B) Conquest of Gaul C) Defeat of Spartacus D) Victory over Carthage
A) Battle of Actium B) Battle of Pharsalus C) Battle of the Colline Gate D) Battle of Carrhae
A) Ateius Capito B) Pompey C) Cicero D) Caesar
A) The Parthian army was already disbanded B) Lack of Parthian weaponry C) Previous Roman success against eastern powers D) The Parthian king surrendered
A) Sulla B) Plutarch C) Cicero D) Ateius Capito
A) Because it was too expensive B) Because Parthia had a treaty with Rome C) Because the Senate did not approve it D) Because the army was poorly trained
A) Plutarch B) Marcus Crassus C) Publius Crassus D) Ateius Capito
A) Artavasdes II B) Phraates III C) Mithridates IV D) Orodes II
A) Aulus Gabinius B) Artavasdes II C) Surena D) Crassus
A) King B) Proconsul C) Senator D) General
A) Babylonia B) Armenia C) Osroene D) Ptolemaic Egypt
A) Babylonia B) Syria C) Media D) Armenia
A) Phraates III B) Surena C) Orodes II D) Aulus Gabinius
A) Crassus B) Mithridates IV C) Artavasdes II D) Orodes II
A) Babylonia B) The Balikh River C) Osroene D) Seleucia on the Tigris
A) Baghdad, Iraq B) Rome, Italy C) Harran, Turkey D) Damascus, Syria
A) Virgil B) Cicero C) Horace D) Ovid
A) It became a monarchy B) It expanded C) It ended D) It added a fourth member
A) It was funded by the Senate B) It was delayed by the Senate C) It was fully sanctioned D) It lacked official consent
A) Lex Parthica B) Lex Trebonia C) Lex Crassus D) Lex Romana
A) Syria B) Spain C) Gaul D) Cisalpine Gaul
A) Coastal marshland B) Urban terrain C) Mountainous forest D) Flat desert
A) In a direct cavalry charge B) By suicide on the battlefield C) From illness in camp D) During violent truce negotiations
A) A testudo formation B) A single column C) A hollow square D) Traditional Roman line
A) Surena B) Cassius C) The Parthian King D) Publius
A) Chanting war songs B) Beating hollow drums C) Sacrificing animals D) Burning their own tents
A) They retreated safely to the Roman camp B) They surrendered to Surena C) They defeated the Parthians in a surprise charge D) They were confronted by cataphracts and surrounded
A) They were taken as prisoners to Syria B) They were killed by the Parthians C) They were left to wander in the desert D) They were rescued by a Roman counterattack
A) Burned his body in a public square B) Poured molten gold down his throat C) Paraded his body through the city of Carrhae D) Placed his body on a golden throne
A) Crassus's sword B) Crassus's armor C) Crassus's shield D) Crassus's severed head
A) Increased vulnerability to archers B) Difficulty in communication C) Reduced mobility D) Weakness against infantry charges
A) Swords B) Arrows C) Spears D) Javelins
A) Julius Caesar's sword B) The Roman Senate C) The Roman Treasury D) Legionary Eagles
A) Surena B) Julius Caesar C) Pacorus D) Gaius Cassius Longinus
A) Rome B) Alexandria Margiana C) Antioch D) Liqian
A) Cicero B) Alfred Duggan C) Homer H. Dubs D) Plutarch
A) Skirmish line B) Phalanx formation C) Cavalry wedge D) Testudo formation
A) Carrhae B) Alexandria Margiana C) Rome D) Antioch
A) A well-documented event B) A brilliant discovery C) Historical fact D) A rural myth
A) Roman style architecture B) Coins or weaponry C) Roman armor D) Written records in Latin
A) Silver coins B) Crassus's armor C) Golden aquilae D) The Roman senate seal
A) Metellus Pius Scipio B) Sulla C) Publius Ventidius Bassus D) Julia
A) A peace treaty with Parthia B) The restoration of the Senate's power C) The immediate crowning of Pompey D) Caesar's civil war
A) The poorly organised retreat B) The refusal of Armenian reinforcements C) The failure to scout the terrain D) The initial invasion of Mesopotamia
A) Naval powers B) Opponents who used similar tactics C) Guerilla fighters D) Horse archers
A) Naval blockade B) More heavy artillery C) Agile leadership D) Increased numbers of cavalry
A) Three times B) Twice C) Four times D) Once |