Roman History 2017

Question 1

What was the lowest public office in the cursus honorum?

Answer 1

Quaestor

Question 2

What was the name of Marcus Brutus’ wife (and Cato’s daughter) who died after ingesting hot coals?

Answer 2

Porcia

Question 3

To what king of Rome did the Sibyll sell her book of prophecies?

Answer 3

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 4

Which Praetorian Guard ruled behind the throne of Emperor Tiberius until his execution in 31 AD?

Answer 4

Sejanus

Question 5

Marius was exiled by which Roman general following a long-standing political struggle?

Answer 5

Sulla

Question 6

What was granted to those who completed their term serving as an auxiliary soldier?

Answer 6

Citizenship

Question 7

Which famous Roman historian wrote his famous work “Historiae” in 100-110 AD?

Answer 7

Tacitus

Question 8

Which general defeated the Romans at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC?

Answer 8

Hannibal

Question 9

In what year was the First Triumvirate formed?

Answer 9

60 BC

Question 10

Which British warrior queen rebelled against the Romans in 60 AD?

Answer 10

Boudicca

Question 11

Which emperor, who liked to compete as a gladiator in fixed fights, was strangled by his wrestling partner in
192 AD?

Answer 11

Commodus

Question 12

In what year did the first Punic War start?

Answer 12

264 BC

Question 13

Which general conquered Britain for Roman rule?

Answer 13

Claudius

Question 14

Who became emperor at the end of the “Year of Four Emperors” in 69 AD, and ruled for 10 years?

Answer 14

Vespasian

Question 15

Under what emperor were the last persecutions of the Christians?

Answer 15

Diocletian

Question 16

What king of Rome established the census?

Answer 16

Servius Tullius

Question 17

By what charge did Clodius have Cicero exiled in 58 BCE?

Answer 17

killing citizens without trial

Question 18

Which emperor ordered a statue of himself erected in the Jewish Temple?

Answer 18

Caligula

Question 19

Which Iranian people ruled an empire to the east of Rome until the early 3rd century AD?

Answer 19

Parthians

Question 20

Which Numidian king in the Second Punic War allied with Rome before changing to Carthage’s side?

Answer 20

Masinissa

Question 21

Who was the first Roman to issue coins with his own portrait?

Answer 21

Julius Caesar

Question 22

Who was the commander of Octavian’s navy which defeated Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium?

Answer 22

Agrippa

Question 23

Who was Caesar’s master of the horse?

Answer 23

Mark Antony

Question 24

What public official was one position below the consul in the cursus honorum?

Answer 24

Praetor

Question 25

Which official had the power of veto in the Roman Senate?

Answer 25

Tribune of the Plebs

Question 26

Who commanded the Gauls when they sacked Rome in 387 BC?

Answer 26

Brennus

Question 27

Where did Cato commit suicide after the Battle of Thapsus?

Answer 27

Utica

Question 28

Which Egyptian city was the second largest in the empire after Rome itself?

Answer 28

Alexandria

Question 29

What battle against the Goths resulted in the death of the Eastern Roman Empire’s emperor Valens?

Answer 29

Adrianople

Question 30

Which Emperor committed suicide in 68 AD after being declared an enemy of the people by the Senate?

Answer 30

Nero

Question 31

Under which Roman emperor were Africa, Italy, and part of Spain conquered from the barbarians in the 6th century AD?

Answer 31

Justinian

Question 32

Which barbarian army led by Alaric sacked Rome in 410 AD?

Answer 32

Visigoths

Question 33

Under what emperor did the empire reach its greatest extent?

Answer 33

Trajan

Question 34

What city was razed to the ground in 146, the same year as Carthage?

Answer 34

Corinth

Question 35

Who murdered his own brother in front of his mother at a supposed peace talk?

Answer 35

Caracalla

Question 36

What war forced the Romans to change from the Greek hoplite style of warfare?

Answer 36

Samnite Wars

Question 37

The Roman province of Bithynia was located in which modern country?

Answer 37

Turkey

Question 38

Who was governor of Britain from 77-85 AD, and father-in-law of the historian, Tacitus, who wrote a book about him?

Answer 38

Agricola

Question 39

Which Stoic philosopher was a tutor then advisor of Nero, who later forced him to commit suicide?

Answer 39

Seneca

Question 40

Which king of Epirus invaded Italy in 280 BC, but suffered heavy losses in his victories against the Romans?

Answer 40

Pyrrhus

Question 41

What Roman author was killed by Mt. Vesuvius when he went to aid the people and examine the eruption?

Answer 41

Pliny the Elder

Question 42

What was the title of the two senior magistrates elected annually to rule the Roman Republic?

Answer 42

Consul

Question 43

Who was appointed dictator of Rome after Hannibal had invaded Italy?

Answer 43

Q. Fabius Maximus (Cunctator)

Question 44

In 212 AD, what was granted to every inhabitant of the Roman Empire?

Answer 44

Citizenship

Question 45

During whose reign was Jesus of Nazareth crucified?

Answer 45

Tiberius