4️⃣ Week 4 Certamen

Question 1

What man ruled Rome as emperor between 27 BC to 14 AD?

Answer 1

Augustus

Question 2

What son of Germanicus succeeded Tiberius as Emperor?

Answer 2

Caligula

Question 3

What grandiose palace did Nero construct in the area cleared by fire of 64 A.D?

Answer 3

Domus Aurea

Question 4

What Roman emperor’s last words were supposedly Qualis artifex pereo?

Answer 4

Nero

Question 5

Augustus numbered the years of his reign based on the number of times he held what power?

Answer 5

tribunicia potestas

Question 6

What governor of Gallia Lugdunensis revolted against Nero with the support of Galba and Otho in 68 A.D?

Answer 6

Vindex

Question 7

What group did Nero blame for the fire of 64 A.D?

Answer 7

The Christians

Question 8

What man served as Praetorian prefect for the majority of Tiberius’ reign?

Answer 8

Sejanus

Question 9

What queen of the Iceni led a rebellion against Roman authority in Britain in 61 A.D?

Answer 9

Boudicca

Question 10

What tribune of the Praetorian guard was responsible for the assassination of Caligula in 41 A.D?

Answer 10

Cassius Chaerea

Question 11

What governor of Gallia Lugdunensis prevented Nero from touring Asia Minor and Egypt by rebelling against him in 68AD?

Answer 11

Vindex

Question 12

Awakening from a dream, what general did Augustus demand “bring back his legions” which had been defeated in the Teutoburg Forest?

Answer 12

Quintilius Varus

Question 13

The Senate debated the idea of restoring the Republic after whose assassination in 41 AD?

Answer 13

Caligula

Question 14

What title, conferred upon Augustus in 2 B.C., a title previously given to Cicero and Julius Caesar literally means “father of the country”?

Answer 14

Pater Patriae

Question 15

Whose life and tyrannical reign were ended by Cassius Chaerea just four years after he solidified himself as the successor of Tiberius?

Answer 15

Caligula

Question 16

Which emperor advanced the efforts of his predecessor when he moved beyond the shores of Kent and conquered Britain in 43 AD?

Answer 16

Claudius

Question 17

What governor of Upper Germany defeated Vindex at Vesontio in 68 A.D?

Answer 17

(L) Verginius Rufus

Question 18

What emperor ushered in a “pax Romana” and built the Ara Pacis during his reign from 27 B.C. to 14 A.D.?

Answer 18

Augustus

Question 19

What emperor coined the phrase “oderint dum probent” during his tyrannical reign from 14 t0 37 A.D.?

Answer 19

Tiberius

Question 20

Which emperor left Sejanus in charge of his affairs when he retired to Capri for the final years of his reign?

Answer 20

Tiberius

Question 21

What emperor declared his horse Incitatus a senator in addition to other deranged acts which led to his assassination in 41 A.D.?

Answer 21

Caligula