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Where did the Romans defeat Pyrrhus of Epirus in 275 B. C. ?

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Malventum

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Who infamously disrupted the sacred rites of the Bona Dea in 62 B. C. ?

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Clodius Pulcher

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Which emperor of Rome demanded to be called Dominus et Deus?

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Domitian

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Which of these men did NOT rule in the year 238 A. D. ?

A. Decius B. Gordian II C. Maximinus Thrax D. Pupienus

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A. Decius

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The emperor Titus carried on an unpopular affair with which Jewish woman?

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Berenice

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What elderly senator was selected to replace Domitian in 96 A. D. ?

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Nerva

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Where did the emperor Augustus die in 14 A. D. ?

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Nola

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Which general was called Rome’s second founder?

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Camillus

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Which of the following generals survived the disaster at Cannae in 216 B. C. ?

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Varro

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Which king established a cult to Diana on the Aventine?

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Servius Tullius

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Where did Caesar defeat Pharnaces II of Pontus in 47 B. C. ?

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Zela

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In what year did Marius and Lutatius Catulus defeat the Cimbri at Vercellae?

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101 B. C

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What emperor’s misrule was helped by the use of secret police called frumentarii?

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Commodus’

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To what city in modern day Croatia did Diocletian retire in A. D. 305?

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Split

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Where did Acilius Glabrio win a battle against Antiochus III in 191 B. C. ?

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Thermopylae

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Which emperor completed the wall which was begun by Aurelian?

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Probus

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What Numidian king allied himself with Hannibal against the Romans?

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Syphax

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Which of the following was NOT a child of Agrippa and Julia the Elder?
A. C. Caesar B. Agrippa Postumus C. Julia the Younger D. Agrippina the Younger

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D. Agrippina the Younger

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Who defeated the Samnites at Colline Gate in 82 B. C. ?

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Sulla

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What general died after he fell from his horse in 9 B. C. ?

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Drusus

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What general quelled the revolt of Bar Kochba in Jersusalem in A. D. 135?

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Julius Severus

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Where in Africa was the emperor Septimius Severus born?

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Leptis Magna

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Who was the first Plebeian to hold the office of dictator?

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C. Marcius Rutilus

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At which of the following sites did a P. Decius Mus NOT commit devotio?
A. Heraclea B. Asculum C. Sentinum D. Mt. Vesuvius

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A. Heraclea

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What emperor issued the Constitutio Antoniniana which granted citizenship to all freedmen?
Caracalla
26
In what year was the First Mithridatic War concluded by the Treaty of Dardanus?
85 B. C
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What Numidian chieftian was defeated by Cornelius Dollabella in A. D. 24?
Tacfarinas
28
Who, the agent of king Pyrrhus of Epirus, called the Roman Senate an "assembly of kings"?
Cineas
29
What general led the invasion of Britain under Claudius in A. D. 43?
A. Plautius
30
What consul of 195 B. C. was sent to Spain to take command against the Celtiberians and Turdetani?
M. Porcius Cato
31
Whose cult, which involved a ritual baptism with the blood of a bull, became popular with Roman soldiers?
Mithras'
32
Which king of Rome established the fetiales and drained the salt marshes at Ostia?
Ancus Marcius
33
Where did Scipio, the future Africanus, earn his final victory in Spain in 206 B. C. ?
Ilipa
34
What wife of Trajan played a critical role in the ascension of Hadrian?
Plotina
35
What Spanish city did Scipio Aemilianus starve into submission in 133 B. C. ?
Numantia
36
What battle of A. D. 324 ultimately decided the war between Constantine and Licinius?
Cibalae
37
What law of 59 B. C. secured Caesar's governorship of both Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum?
lex Vatinia
38
Which general under Domitian defeated the Caledonians at Mons Graupius?
Agricola
39
Which general who fought for Caesar was defeated and killed in the Bagradas Valley in 49 B. C. ?
Curio
40
Who was the mother of the emperor born as Bassianus?
Julia Soaemias
41
How many times was Julius Caesar elected consul?
five
42
Which member of the Praetorian Guard assassinated Caligula in A. D. 41?
Cassius Chaerea
43
Who revolted against Sulla's restoration government and was defeated at the Milvian Bridge?
Lepidus
44
Whom did the Senate declare joint emperors in A. D. 238?
Pupienus & Balbinus
45
Who convinced the Plebeians to return to the city with his parable of the "belly and the limbs"?
Menenius Agrippa
46
Where was the emperor Augustus born?
Velitrae
47
Who was the victorious admiral at the battle of Mylae in 260 B. C. ?
Duilius
48
Who was Rome's third consul?
Valerius Publicola
49
To what city did Honorius move the capital of the Roman Empire?
Ravenna
50
Which notorious Prefect under Commodus sold 25 consulships in one day?
Cleander
51
Who was killed by her brother at the Capena Gate for weeping over her dead fiancé?
Horatia
52
Who succeeded Valentinian III as emperor in the West in A. D. 455?
Petronius Maximus
53
What chieftain of the Cherusci defeated three Roman legions at Teutoberg Forest in A. D. 9?
Arminius
54
Who was the king of the Dacians during the time of Julius Caesar?
Burebistas
55
What Mauretanian emperor elevated his son Diadumenianus to the rank of Caesar?
Macrinus
56
In what year did Constantius Chlorus, the father of Constantine, die at Eboracum?
306
57
From the years 444-367 B. C. , what office was not held in Rome?
consul
58
Stilicho defeated Alaric in two consecutive battles at Pollentia and
Verona
59
What general sacked Athens in 86 B. C. ?
Sulla
60
What emperor died while fighting the Parthians in A. D. 363?
Julian
61
Against what enemy were the Fabii nearly annihilated at the Cremara rivulet c. 475 B. C. ?
Veii
62
What Roman colony built in 328 B. C. disallowed the Samnites from entering the Liris Valley and cut them off from the western seaboard?
Fregellae
63
What member of the original tetrarchy was said to have been descended from Claudius Gothicus?
Constantius Chlorus
64
What was the age of Tiberius when he died in 37 A. D. ?
77
65
What famous jurist served as praetorian prefect during the reign of Alexander Severus?
Ulpian
66
What battle of 171 B. C. began the Third Macedonian War with Perseus?
Larissa
67
What Carthaginian leader in the Second Punic War died on a voyage back home from Genua in 205 B. C. ?
Mago Barca
68
Where did the Second Triumvirate meet in 39 B. C. to negotiate with Sextus Pompey?
Misenum
69
Who created an independent imperium Galliarum in A. D. 260?
Postumus
70
What two provinces were assigned to Brutus and Cassius in 44 B. C. ?
Crete & Cyrene
71
What emperor made a bonfire in the Forum of records of some 900 million sesterces’ worth of such debts owed to the fiscus?
Hadrian
72
A battle fought at Naraggara is more commonly known to us at what?
Zama
73
What city was sacked by Gaiseric and the Vandals in 439 A. D. ?
Carthage
74
What consul of 290 B. C. concluded Rome’s conflict with the Samnites?
Curius Dentatus
75
What emperor required all citizens to carry around libelli, documents which proved their allegiance to the pagan gods?
Decius
76
In what city was Pyrrhus of Epirus killed in 272 B. C. when someone dropped a tile on his head?
Argos
77
What slave on Sicily called himself King Tryphon?
Salvius
78
Where were the Goths defeated in 269 A. D. by Claudius Gothicus?
Naissus
79
What king of Alba Longa ruled in the time of Tullus Hostilius?
Gaius Cluilius
80
What island was cleared of pirates by Q. Metellus from 68-67 B. C. ?
Crete
81
What praetorian prefect was executed by Commodus on an unfounded charge of treason in 185 B. C. ?
Perennis
82
Tarquinius Superbus secured the aid of Lars Porsenna after what indecisive battle against Rome?
Silva Arsia
83
What emperor built the world’s first university in Constantinople?
Justinian
84
During which emperor’s reign was the Parthian capital Ctesiphon sacked?
Septimius Severus’
85
What battle of 305/304 B. C. concluded the Second Samnite War?
Bovianum
86
What emperor was defeated and killed at Aquilea by one of his own family members?
Constantine I
87
What Carthaginian admiral defeated the Romans at Cape Passaro in 249 B. C. ?
Carthalo
88
What man from Aricia was put to death for speaking out against Tarquinius Superbus?
Turnus Herdonius
89
What emperor formally renounced the title of Pontifex Maximus?
Gratian
90
Which of the following emperors was the half-brother of his predecessor?
Florianus
91
What Gallic tribe did NOT fight with the Romans during Caesar’s campaign? A. Morini B. Remi C. Menapii D. Ambiani
B. Remi
92
In what year was the denarius first introduced into Roman currency?
212 B. C
93
What governor of Britain reconstructed Hadrian’s Wall from 205 to 207 A. D. ?
Lucius Senecio
94
Who became proconsul of Cilicia in 96 B. C. ?
Sulla
95
What tribune increased the power of the Tribal Assembly in religious matters after a Vestal Virgin was struck by lightning in 114 B. C. ?
Sex. Peducaeus
96
What king of Armenia was deposed by Trajan in 114 A. D. ?
Parthamasiris
97
What general of Marc Antony recaptured Jerusalem from the Parthians in 37 B. C. ?
Gaius Sosius
98
In what city did Maximinus Daia meet his death having been defeated several times by his eastern rival Licinius?
Tarsus
99
What former governor of Egypt became the first ever praefectus annonae?
C. Turranius
100
Which of the following is the correct sequence of emperors who ruled in the West from 461 to 474 A. D. ?
Severus III, Anthemius, Olybrius, Glycerius

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