Empire: Extras and MTQs

Question 1

What freedman advisor to Nero convinced the Praetorian Guard to betray Nero?

Answer 1

Nymphidius Sabinus

Question 2

Which wife of Augustus had their mother sent a note before the marriage had even been consummated claiming she was still in “mint-condition”

Answer 2

Clodia

Question 3

What Grandfather of Vespasian received a pardon by Caesar during the civil war?

Answer 3

Titus Flavius Petro

Question 4

What eastern general handled the short-term governance of Rome while Vespasian was still out east?

Answer 4

Gaius Licinius Mucianus

Question 5

Where did Gaius Licinius Mucianus persuade Vespasian to take up arms against Vitellius

Answer 5

Mount Carmel

Question 6

Where did the eastern generals supporting Vespasian’s bid for the throne hold a war council in July?

Answer 6

Berytus (Beirut)

Question 7

What king of Judea had built the fortifications at Massada?

Answer 7

King Herod the Great

Question 8

Which Roman prefect of Judea immediately preceded Pontius Pilate

Answer 8

Valerius Gratus

Question 9

What governor of Judea started his term in 130 A.D. and unsuccessfully combated the early uprising faze of the Simon Bar Kokhba with some even claiming he helped provoke it?

Answer 9

Quintus Tineius Rufus

Question 10

What general under Nero reportedly said “Axios” as he fell on his sword meaning “I am worthy”

Answer 10

Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo

Question 11

When he was stationed in Germania Inferior during the reign of Claudius, what tribes did Corbulo have to resist uprisings from?

Answer 11

Cherusci and Chauci

Question 12

Where was Corbulo stationed as governor in 52 B.C.?

Answer 12

Asia

Question 13

Against what Armenian king did Corbulo fight?

Answer 13

Tiridates I

Question 14

What king of Parthia was brother in law to Tiridates I and supported him through the wars with Corbulo?

Answer 14

Vologases I

Question 15

When did Corbulo begin his offensive in Armenia after being reinforced with German troops?

Answer 15

58 A.D.

Question 16

What Armenian prince does Corbulo replace Tiridates I with?

Answer 16

Gaius Iulius Tigranes VI

Question 17

What governor of Cappadocia resented Corbulo’s success and was soundly defeated at Rhandeia?

Answer 17

Lucius Caesennius Paetus

Question 18

Who leads the invasion, under Vespasian, of Commagene after sending a letter to Vespasian claiming that their king wasn’t loyal?

Answer 18

Lucius Caesennius Paetus

Question 19

What demand did the Praetorians make of the new emperor Nerva – a demand which he acceded to?

Answer 19

They wanted to execute Domitian’s killers

Question 20

What does Vitellius mean?

Answer 20

young-calf

Question 21

Who revolted in Britain before being assassinated by his finance minister Allectus?

Answer 21

Carausius

Question 22

What Persian king was the father of Shapur I and fought Alexander Severus in the east?

Answer 22

Ardashir

Question 23

Who, likely the father in law of Artashir I was the first “Sassanian king” minted on coins being minted on Ardashir’s coins after his death?

Answer 23

Pabag (Papak)

Question 24

What last Parthian Shahanshah was defeated at Hormozdgan in 224 by Ardashir I?

Answer 24

Artabanus IV

Question 25

What kingdom did Ardashir I rule for about 12 years before revolting against the Parthians?

Answer 25

Pars (King of Persis)

Question 26

What king fought a war with Alexander Severus in Mesopotamia?

Answer 26

Ardashir I

Question 27

When did Hatra fall to Ardashir I?

Answer 27

(April or September) 240 A.D.

Question 28

Which of Vitellius's two generals fought for 4 of the Emperors in 69 A.D., and was executed by Titus for his previous lack of loyalty?

Answer 28

Caecina

Question 29

Who was the second wife of Herod the Great?

Answer 29

Mariamne I

Question 30

What wife of Herod the Great was the mother of Herod Antipas?

Answer 30

Malthrace

Question 31

What son of Macrinus was also raised to the rank of Augustus?

Answer 31

Diadumenian (Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus)

Question 32

At what battle did Elagabalus seize control of the empire?

Answer 32

Antioch

Question 33

What general served for Elagabalus in the battle of Antioch?

Answer 33

Gannys

Question 34

Who wrote the earliest known comprehensive refutation of Christianity: "The True Word"?

Answer 34

Celsus

Question 35

When Claudius invaded Britain, he actually did so at the invitation of several British chieftains who feared what man’s power?

Answer 35

Caratacus

Question 36

Who handed Caratacus over to the Romans during their conquest of Britain?

Answer 36

Catimandua

Question 37

What British chieftain made a speech that so impressed Claudius that he was spared?

Answer 37

Caratacus

Question 38

What British monarch fled to Rome and gave Claudius the pretext to invade Britain?

Answer 38

Verica

Question 39

Who made the poison responsible for killing Claudius?

Answer 39

Locusta

Question 40

What cupbearer of Claudius was most likely responsible for administering the poison to him?

Answer 40

Halotus

Question 41

Who was emperor of the east from 457-474 B.C.

Answer 41

Leo I

Question 42

What Roman, who shares a name with a Consul of 13 A.D., was executed under Claudius for his affair and attempted coup with the empress Messalina?

Answer 42

Gaius Silius

Question 43

Who exposed the marriage of Messalina and Gaius Silius to Claudius?

Answer 43

Narcissus

Question 44

What freedman advisor of Claudius wanted him to marry Agrippina the Younger?

Answer 44

Pallas

Question 45

What Governor of Germania Superior, who was one of only a few survivors of those allied with Sejanus, ended up being executed under Caligula for a plot to replace him?

Answer 45

(Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus) Gaetulicus

Question 46

What Batavian led a revolt in Gallia Lugdunensis in 69 A.D. at the prompting of Vespasian?

Answer 46

Julius Civilis

Question 47

Who puts down the revolt of Julius Civilis after he refuses Vespasian's request to lay down arms?

Answer 47

Quintus Petillius Cerialis

Question 48

Quintus Petillius Cerialis served under Suetonius in the battle against Boudicca, in what city did he suffer a defeat at the hands of the Iceni queen?

Answer 48

Camulodunum (Colchester)

Question 49

What were the years of Domitian's Dacian wars?

Answer 49

86 - 88 A.D.

Question 50

Who was the fist king to Successfully unify Dacia

Answer 50

Burebista

Question 51

Under Augustus who had successfully defeated the Dacians and reportedly killed three of their five kings?

Answer 51

Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives

Question 52

What Dacian king started Domitian's Dacian war by leading an army into Moesia and annihilating Oppius Sabinus's army

Answer 52

Duras

Question 53

What Praetorian Prefect of Domitian led the attack into Dacia in 87 A.D. and was ultimately defeated at the fist battle of Tapae?

Answer 53

Cornelius Fuscus

Question 54

Who led the Romans to victory at the second battle of Tapae in 88 A.D.?

Answer 54

Tettius Julianus

Question 55

What events caused an early peace with Decebalus in 89 B.C.?

Answer 55

The revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus and the insurrection of the Qaudi, Marcomanni, and Sarmatians.

Question 56

Who, along with the future emperor Trajan, put down the revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus?

Answer 56

Lucius Appius Maximus Norbanus

Question 57

Who forces Gratian to raise Valentinian II to the rank of Co-Augustus?

Answer 57

Merobaudes

Question 58

Where was Magnus Maximus defeated by Theodosius I?

Answer 58

Poetovio

Question 59

After the defeat of Magnus Maximus who was made the Magister Militum of Valentinian II?

Answer 59

Arbogast

Question 60

After the suspicious death of Valentinian II, who supported Eugenius on the throne?

Answer 60

Arbogast

Question 61

What son of Magnus Maximus was raised to the rank of Augustus by Magnus?

Answer 61

Victor

Question 62

How long was the interregnum in the west between the death of Valentinian II and the Ascension of Eugenius?

Answer 62

4 months

Question 63

What wealthy Frankish military commander in the west supported Count Romanus, the proconsul of Africa, in a series of trials against Count Theodosius?

Answer 63

Merobaudes

Question 64

Which emperor, upon taking power, wrote a letter to the Jews of Alexandria declaring his toleration of their way of life?

Answer 64

Claudius

Question 65

Where was the imperial navy stationed?

Answer 65

Misenum

Question 66

Who led the Praetorians in their siege against the Capital after the death of Domitian and succeed in their demands to punish his murder?

Answer 66

Casperius Aelianus

Question 67

What man was made the first Prefect of Egypt under Augustus?

Answer 67

Cornelius Gallus

Question 68

On what exact day in 69 A.D. was Galba murdered?

Answer 68

January 15th

Question 69

Augustus' constitutional settlement of 23 B.C. was based on the tribunicia poetestas and...?

Answer 69

maius proconsulare

Question 70

Who, before Augustus took it over, created the first free fire brigade in Rome and used it to advance up the Imperial cursus Honorem?

Answer 70

Marcus Egnatius Rufus

Question 71

Who was a Praetorian prefect under Claudius, was dismissed in favor of Burrus by Agrippina, and went on to marry Poppaea Sabina before Otho and Nero?

Answer 71

Rufrius Crispinus

Question 72

What emperors were adopted by their predecessors in the Julio-Claudian dynasty?

Answer 72

Tiberius; Caligula; Nero

Question 73

Where did Hadrian die?

Answer 73

Baiae

Question 74

what was irregular about Hadrian's adoption?

Answer 74

He was not present for it and it was signed by Plotina instead of Trajan

Question 75

What ward of Hadrian's became his Praetorian prefect?

Answer 75

Attianus

Question 76

When was the sack of Rome under Gaiseric?

Answer 76

455 A.D.

Question 77

When did Cleander raise himself and two others to the rank of Praetorian Prefect, which for the first time now had three simultaneous office holders?

Answer 77

185 A.D.

Question 78

Who was appointed Augustus of the west in 308 A.D. at the conference of Carnuntum?

Answer 78

Licinius

Question 79

At which battle of 293 A.D. did Asclepiodotus defeat Allectus and re-establish Roman rule in Britain?

Answer 79

Silchester

Question 80

Along with governing the Empire what literary pastime did Gallienus engage himself with?

Answer 80

Poetry

Question 81

What heir of Caesar was Consul in 1 A.D.?

Answer 81

Gaius Caesar

Question 82

Who is the only Roman emperor never to hold the title "Augustus?"

Answer 82

Vitellius

Question 83

When and where was Agrippa Postumus banished?

Answer 83

7 A.D.; Planasia

Question 84

During what emperor's reign was John the Baptist killed?

Answer 84

Tiberius

Question 85

What emperor styled himself as "Alexander the Great?"

Answer 85

Caracalla

Question 86

Who captured the Druidic stronghold Mona (Anglesey) in 59 A.D.?

Answer 86

Suetonius Paulinus

Question 87

What conspiracy led to the deaths of Seneca, Petronius, and Lucan?

Answer 87

Pisonian Conspiracy

Question 88

What relationship was common between Caenis and Vespasian, and Marcia and Commodus?

Answer 88

A informal marriage like relationship.

Question 89

What former Roman Solider led a north African Berber revolt during the beginning of Tiberius's Riegn?

Answer 89

Tacfarinas

Question 90

What battle is Caratacus captured at?

Answer 90

Ceer Caradoc

Question 91

What Roman General, and the Governor of Britain who succeeded Aulus Plautinus, captured Caratacus at the battle of Ceer Caradoc?

Answer 91

Publius Ostorius Scapula

Question 92

After it's abandonment by Hadrian, what emperor reinstates the province of Mesopitamia?

Answer 92

Septimius Severus