Julius Caesar/Roman History Quiz

Question 1

Who conquered Rome around 600 BC?

Answer 1

Etrusans

Question 2

In 509 BC, who led a rebellion that overthrew King Tarquin?

Answer 2

Junius Brutus

Question 3

Another word for wealthy aristocrats

Answer 3

Patricians

Question 4

Another word for common citizens

Answer 4

Plebeians/Plebes

Question 5

Who tried to, but failed, to invade Rome in 390 BC?

Answer 5

The Gauls (France)

Question 6

Who fought with Rome, and lost, from 280-272 BC?

Answer 6

The Greeks (Southern Italy)

Question 7

Who led the Greeks?

Answer 7

Pyrrhus

Question 8

Who fought Rome from 264-146 BC?

Answer 8

Carthage

Question 9

Who attacked Rome via Spain and the Alps of Italy in the Second Punic War? (and won)

Answer 9

Carthaginian general Hannibal

Question 10

Who won the Third Punic war, winning control of Carthage and many Mediterranean Provinces?

Answer 10

Rome

Question 11

Aristocratic

Answer 11

Wealthy

Question 12

Triumvirate

Answer 12

3 Man rule

Question 13

Who of Rome’s 3 most powerful generals formed a triumvirate in 60 BC?

Answer 13

Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Crassus

Question 14

When did Crassus die

Answer 14

53 BC

Question 15

Who did Pompey marry?

Answer 15

Caesar’s daughter Julia

Question 16

When did Julia die?

Answer 16

54 BC

Question 17

What caused civil war?

Answer 17

The power struggle between Pompey and Caesar

Question 18

Who was banned from returned to Rome from Gaul (France)?

Answer 18

Caesar

Question 19

Who was chief magistrate of the Roman Senate?

Answer 19

Pompey

Question 20

How long did Caesar build up an army and popularity in Gaul (France)?

Answer 20

9 years

Question 21

When did Caesar disobey the Senate, going into Italy (Part of Rome at the time) from Gaul (France)?

Answer 21

49 BC

Question 22

After Pompey fled Rome, what did Caesar do?

Answer 22

Gain control of Rome, setting up a temporary government with himself as ruler

Question 23

When and where was Pompey assassinated?

Answer 23

Egypt, 48 BC

Question 24

When did Julius Caesar defeat Pompey’s sons?

Answer 24

45 BC

Question 25

Why did the republican senators not like Caesar?

Answer 25

While his intentions were good, he had enough power and support to be dictator for life, and they hated the idea of a monarchy.

Question 26

Ides of March

Answer 26

March 15

Question 27

What happened on the Ides of March?

Answer 27

60 senators assassinated Julius Caesar

Question 28

Why where the senators attempts in vain?

Answer 28

14 years later, Julius Caesar's nephew, Octavian (Augustus Caesar), became the "emperor of Rome"

Question 29

What highlighted Augustus' rule?

Answer 29

Pax Romana (Roman Peace)

Question 30

Why where Pompey's plans for land reform vetoed?

Answer 30

Pompey was absent, and his conservative critics vetoed it.

Question 31

Last popular election in Rome before civil war

Answer 31

Crassus and Pompey running as consuls in 55

Question 32

When and where was Pompey defeated?

Answer 32

Farsala, Greece, 48 BC

Question 33

Who murdered Pompey?

Answer 33

Ptolemy XIII (Brother of Cleopatra)

Question 34

Who forced Julius Caesar into a military career in Asia minor?

Answer 34

A patrician named Sulla

Question 35

When was Sulla appointed as governor of Spain?

Answer 35

61 BC

Question 36

What enabled Sulla to run a successful campaign for consul, despite the opposition of the Senate?

Answer 36

His alliance with Pompey and Crassus

Question 37

What did Caesar become military governor of?

Answer 37

North Italy and Southern Gaul

Question 38

How did Caesar conquer Gaul?

Answer 38

He already was military governor of Southern Gaul

Question 39

What gave Caesar the power to reorganize the Roman state?

Answer 39

Having conquered Gaul and restricting the power and influence of the patrician-controlled Senate

Question 40

How did Caesar get into Italy in 49 BC?

Answer 40

He defied the Senates orders to stay out of Rome, and Pompey's naval blockade didn't work because Pompey was defeated and murdered

Question 41

When and how did Crassus die?

Answer 41

In battle with Parthia in 53 BC

Question 42

Who did Caesar have an affair with?

Answer 42

Cleopatra

Question 43

When did Caesar return to Rome to be declared dictator?

Answer 43

47 BC

Question 44

Who was procurator of Judea

Answer 44

Antipater

Question 45

To whom did Caesar give key positions in his new regime?

Answer 45

Cassius Longinus and Marcus Brutus

Question 46

How did Caesar die?

Answer 46

He was stabbed to death