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2012 ROMAN HISTORY EXAMINATION Georgia Junior Classical League
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1.
Which one of these emperors did NOT reign during the Year of the Four Emperors?
a.
2.
d. Dura Europus
12 BC
b. AD 9
c. 27 BC
d. 19 BC
Lex Pompeia
b. Lex Titia
c. Lex Julia
d. Lex Calpurnia
Commodus
b. Aelius Aristides
c. Antoninus Pius
d. Lucius Verus
Constantine
b. Aurelian
c. Diocletian
d. Maximius Thrax
Antonia
b. Marcia
c. Livia
d. Octavia
Who was emperor during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79?
a.
9.
c. Alexandria
Who was the wife of Augustus?
a.
8.
b. Jerusalem
Which emperor created the Tetrarchy?
a.
7.
Palmyra
Who was co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius between AD 161-169?
a.
6.
d. Nerva
Which law legitimized the Second Triumvirate in 43 BC?
a.
5.
c. Galba
When did Augustus become Pontifex Maximus?
a.
4.
b. Vitellius
The Arch of Titus celebrates the fall of what city?
a.
3.
Otho
Titus
b. Vespasian
c. Trajan
d. Nero
Which one of these authors was NOT forced to commit suicide in the Pisonian conspiracy against Nero?
a.
Seneca the Younger
b. Petronius
c. Lucan
d. Tacitus
10. Which emperor granted full Roman citizenship to all free men in the Roman Empire?
a.
Caracalla
b. Marcus Aurelius
c. Septimius Severus
d. Antoninus Pius
11. Which Pergamene king willed his kingdom to Rome in 133 BC?
a.
Eumenes
b. Attalus III
c. Mithridates
d. Aristonicus
12. What is the traditional date for the fall of the Roman Empire?
a.
27 BC
b. AD 410
c. AD 476
d. AD 395
13. What was the political office held by the Gracchi brothers?
a.
Tribune of the Plebs
b. Consul
c. Censor
14. Under which emperor did the empire reach its greatest extent?
d. Dictator
a.
Hadrian
b. Augustus
c. Constantine
d. Trajan
15. Where did Caesar finally defeat Vercingetorix?
a.
Luca
b. Alesia
c. Gergovia
d. Avaricum
16. When was the battle of Actium?
a.
AD 14
b. 44 BC
c. AD 9
d. 31 BC
17. Who was Caligula’s father?
a.
Tiberius
b. Drusus
c. Augustus
d. Germanicus
18. Who was the first emperor to use adoption to pick his successor?
a.
Trajan
b. Nerva
c. Augustus
d. Hadrian
19. Against whom were Cicero’s Philippics directed?
a.
Philip
b. Antony
c. Caesar
d. Pompey
20. Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?
a.
Severia
b. Julia Domna
C. Plautilla
d. Julia Mamaea
21. Which wife of Claudius was his last?
a.
Octavia
b. Agrippina the Elder
c. Agrippina the Younger
d. Messalina
22. Who defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus?
a.
Pompey
b. Sulla
c. Lucullus
d. Caesar
23. To which part of Campania did Tiberius retire until his death in AD 37?
a.
Pompeii
b. Herculaneum
c. Capri
d. Sorrento
24. Who built the Domus Aurea?
a.
Caligula
b. Nero
c. Domitian
d. Caracalla
25. Under what line of emperors was the Colosseum built?
a.
Julio-Claudian
b. Severan
c. Antonine
d. Flavian
26. Which tribune passed a program aimed to overcome the difficulties leading to the Social War?
a.
Gaius Gracchus
b. Sulla
c. Livius Drusus
27. Who was not in the First Triumvirate?
a.
Pompey
b. Crassus
c. Lepidus
d. Caesar
28. What territory did Claudius subdue that Caesar also invaded?
a.
Britain
b. Gaul
c. Egypt
d. Germany
d. Tiberius Gracchus
29. Which emperor insisted on being called dominus et deus (lord and god)?
a.
Nero
b. Domitian
c. Constantine
d. Augustus
30. Who founded the Praetorian Guard?
a.
Caesar
b. Augustus
c. Constantine
d. Sulla
31. Where was Hadrian’s wall built?
a.
Italy
b. Africa
c. Spain
d. Britain
32. Which brother of Caracalla suffered a damnatio memoriae?
a.
Geta
b. Domitian
c. Septimius Severus
d. Dommodus
33. Which philosophical work was written by Marcus Aurelius?
a.
On the Nature of Things
b. Meditations
c. Confessions
d. Poetics
34. What term was used to refer to the first member of a family to become a Roman senator?
a.
socius
b. eques
c. novus homo
d. lar
35. What conquered people are depicted on the Column of Trajan?
a.
Dacians
b. Jews
c. Gauls
d. Parthians
36. Which emperor had his own mother killed?
a.
Domitian
b. Caracalla
c. Tiberius
d. Nero
37. What law allowed plebians to marry patricians?
a.
Lex Hortensia
b. Lex Olgunia
c. Lex Poetelia
d. Lex Canuleia
38. Whom did Augustus NOT want to succeed him?
a.
Tiberius
b. Marcellus
c. Gaius
d. Lucius
39. What queen had relations with both Caesar and Antony?
a.
Livia
b. Julia
c. Cleopatra
d. Calpurnia
40. Who had a command against the pirates?
a.
Caesar
b. Clodius
c. Crassus
d. Pompey
41. Which Numidian king did Rome defeat in 105 BC?
a.
Micipsa
b. Jugurtha
c. Bocchus
d. Adherbal
42. What class of people did Spartacus lead in a revolt?
a.
Patricians
b. Plebians
c. Slaves
d. Freedmen
43. Who was said to end every speech in the Senate saying “Carthago delenda est” (Carthage must be destroyed)?
a.
Cato the Elder
b. Cicero
c. Cato the Younger
d. Catiline
44. What position did Caesar hold when Clodius snuck into his house during the rites of the Bona Dea?
a.
Dictator
b. Tribune
c. Consul
d. Pontifex maximus
45. What term indicates a decree of the senate?
a.
Princeps senatus
b. Imperium
c. Senatus consultum
d. Cursus honorum
46. Antoninus Pius succeeded which emperor?
a.
Trajan
b. Hadrian
c. Titus
d. Marcus Aurelius
47. Who made numerous changes to the Roman army in the 2 nd century BC?
a.
Marius
b. Gracchi brothers
c. Sulla
d. Caesar
48. Against whom did the Romans fight in the Punic wars?
a.
Parthians
b. Macedonians
c. Gauls
d. Carthaginians
49. What decree proclaimed toleration of all religions?
a.
Theodosian code
b. Constitutio Antoniniana
c. Edict of Milan
50. Who sacked the city of Rome in 387 BC?
a.
Gauls
b. Goths
c. Carthaginians
d. Parthians
d. Pax deorum
Answer Key—2012 Roman History
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. D
17. D
18. B
19. B
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. C
24. B
25. D
26. C
27. C
28. A
29. B
30. B
31. D
32. A
33. B
34. C
35. A
36. D
37. D
38. A
39. C
40. D
41. B
42. C
43. A
44. D
45. C
46. B
47. A
48. D
49. C
50. A