5️⃣ Week 5 Certamen

Question 1

Whose revolt in Judaea circa 135 AD was put down by Julius Severus who had to be recalled from Britain?

Answer 1

Simon Bar Cosiba

Question 2

The ashes of which emperor, a distant relative of the Julio-Claudians, were the last to be placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus in 98 AD?

Answer 2

Nerva

Question 3

Where did Marcus Aurelius die of plague in 180 A.D?

Answer 3

Vindobonna

Question 4

Who was the governor of Upper Germany in A.D. 97 when he learned that he had been adopted as the heir of the emperor Nerva?

Answer 4

Trajan

Question 5

What elderly senator was elected to succeed Domitian in 96 A.D?

Answer 5

Nerva

Question 6

What name was given to Jersualem after the suppression of the Third Jewish Revolt?

Answer 6

Aelia Capitolina

Question 7

What emperor built an 80 mile long stone wall in Britain from the Tyne to Clyde?

Answer 7

Hadrian

Question 8

What domineering mother acted as empress of Rome throughout the reign of her son Severus Alexander?

Answer 8

Julia Mamaea

Question 9

What man did Hadrian ultimately adopt as his heir?

Answer 9

Antoninus Pius

Question 10

What latin title meaning “best prince” was bestowed upon Trajan perhaps as early as 100 A.D?

Answer 10

Optimus Princeps

Question 11

What emperor ruled from 161 to 180 A.D?

Answer 11

Marcus Aurelius

Question 12

Where did Hadrian build a lavish villa during his reign?

Answer 12

Tibur/Tivoli

Question 13

Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?

Answer 13

Julia Domna

Question 14

Which of the five Good Emperors expanded the borders of the empire to their furthest extent?

Answer 14

Trajan

Question 15

What Dacian capital city falls to Rome in 106 AD?

Answer 15

Sarmizegethusa

Question 16

Whose last words to his sons were supposedly “agree with each other, enrich the soldiers, and despise everyone else”?

Answer 16

Septimius Severus

Question 17

Who was the first Roman emperor to wear a beard?

Answer 17

Hadrian

Question 18

In what year did Trajan decisively defeat Decebalus, leading to the latter’s suicide?

Answer 18

106 A.D

Question 19

Where did the army of Vitellius under Caecina and Valens defeat the Otho in 69 A.D?

Answer 19

Bedriacum / Cremona

Question 20

What king of Dacia launched an invasion of Roman territory in 85 A.D?

Answer 20

Decebalus

Question 21

What emperor first led a campaign against Decebalus and the Dacians?

Answer 21

Domitian

Question 22

What autocratic title did Domitian prefer over the traditional princeps?

Answer 22

Domnius et Deus

Question 23

What disaster on August 24th, 79 A.D cast a shadow over the early part of Titus’ reign?

Answer 23

Eruption of Vesuvius/ destruction of Pompeii

Question 24

What Ampitheather did Titus open during his reign?

Answer 24

Flavian Amphitheater / Colosseum

Question 25

Which of the emperors of 69 AD committed suicide after being defeated at the First Battle of Bedriacum?

Answer 25

Otho

Question 26

What future emperor captured Jerusalem in 70 AD?

Answer 26

Titus

Question 27

Which Imperial Structure depicts in high relief the Jewish menorah and other spoils from the conquest of Jerusalem?

Answer 27

Arch of Titus