Rome Quiz

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  1. The city of Rome is in the modern day country of
  2. Your answer:
    England
    Turkey
    Italy


  3. This is the modern name of the city of Constantinople
  4. Your answer:
    Bucharest
    Baghdad
    Instanbul


  5. This is a government in which citizens have the right to vote to choose their leaders
  6. Your answer:
    autocracy
    republic
    oligarchy


  7. This is a member of a privileged family who claimed descent from the founders of Rome
  8. Your answer:
    patrician
    gravitas
    plebian


  9. A person who is a free citizen but had less power than the highest class
  10. Your answer:
    plebian
    patrician
    gravitas


  11. One of two people in Rome who where in power in place of a king
  12. Your answer:
    triumvirate
    Archimedes
    consul


  13. This is the power to overule
  14. Your answer:
    kibosh
    veto
    exchequer


  15. They were the aristocratic branch of the Roman government
  16. Your answer:
    Senate
    Legislative
    Emperor


  17. This was an absolute ruler for a six month period who was chosen by consuls and elected by the aristocratic branch of the government
  18. Your answer:
    king
    emperor
    dictator


  19. This is a soldier who fights in any country's army for pay
  20. Your answer:
    mercenary
    reservist
    barbarian


  21. This was the city dwelling landless poor of Rome
  22. Your answer:
    Carthagians
    proletariat
    swampies


  23. This was an official who spoke on behalf of the plebeians
  24. Your answer:
    tribune
    post
    gazette


  25. This was a rule, done by three people
  26. Your answer:
    triumvirate
    tripart
    Three Amigos


  27. This was a centrally located city where the Roman republic began and from which it spread its power
  28. Your answer:
    Athens
    Rome
    Sparta


  29. This is a peninsula near the midpoint of the mediterranean
  30. Your answer:
    Italy
    Spain
    Egypt


  31. This was the father of the family, who had complete control
  32. Your answer:
    mater fimilas
    pater familas
    piter pater


  33. This was Rome's strongest enemy, located near the midpoint of the Medeterranean coast
  34. Your answer:
    Carthage
    Sicily
    Athens


  35. This was the first written Roman laws that established idea that all free citizens had a right to protection from the law
  36. Your answer:
    Twelve Tables
    Bacqlava
    The Parthenon


  37. This ended the second Punic War when Scipio defeated Hannibal
  38. Your answer:
    Battle of Zama
    Battle of Britain
    Battle of Troy


  39. These were brothers who attempted reforms to Rome's government
  40. Your answer:
    the Gracchi
    the Guiseppi
    the Gestapo


  41. He won many battles as a General in Gaul, was a consul of Rome, and later became absolute ruler of Rome for ten years until he was assassinated
  42. Your answer:
    Julius Caesar
    Brutus
    Mark Anthony


  43. This was the salaried people of all ranks who performed work to run the Roman empire
  44. Your answer:
    civil service
    labour force
    unionists


  45. This was a writing that mocked society for it's foolishness and wickedness
  46. Your answer:
    satire
    stoicism
    tragedy


  47. This is a country estate owned by a wealthy city dweller, used as an escape from the city life
  48. Your answer:
    villa
    country estate
    vista


  49. This is a church official who set moral standards and supervised finances of several local churches
  50. Your answer:
    deacon
    bishop
    pope


  51. This is an increase in prices
  52. Your answer:
    static rate
    inflation
    decreases


  53. This was 207 years of Roman Peace between 27 BC and 180 AD
  54. Your answer:
    Centurus Roma
    Pax Romana
    Carpe Dium


  55. The Roman Peace ended with this emperor. He also wrote Meditations (Old emperor in the movie Gladiator)
  56. Your answer:
    Marcus Aurelius
    Commodus
    Maximus


  57. He was a Greek philosopher whos ideas about happiness influenced Romans
  58. Your answer:
    Epicurus
    Epidemic
    Epidermus


  59. These were the first settlers in Italy and Rome
  60. Your answer:
    Etruscans
    Latins
    Barbarians


  61. This was Egypt's queen who married Julius Caesar, wooed and won Mark Antony and caused the third civil war in Rome
  62. Your answer:
    Ramses
    Cleopatra
    Queen Latifah


  63. He was a patriotic historian whose works were sponsored by Augustus
  64. Your answer:
    livy
    livingston
    lathargic


  65. He was a Greek Philosopher who developed the Stoicism
  66. Your answer:
    Zorba
    Zeus
    Zeno


  67. These were Jewish Revolutionaries who tried to overthrow Roman Rule
  68. Your answer:
    Moshe Dayan
    Patriots
    Zealots


  69. He was an emperor who tried to restore order in the empire and increase it's strength
  70. Your answer:
    Commodus
    Diocletian
    Caesar


  71. He was the emperor who ended Christian persecution and moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium
  72. Your answer:
    Constantine
    Caesar
    Augustus


  73. The Roman empire went as far to the north, as what modern day country?
  74. Your answer:
    Scotland
    Russia
    Norway


  75. The Roman Empire went as far to the west as the modern day country of
  76. Your answer:
    Greece
    Spain
    France


  77. This was the third group of settlers in Italy, who brought a writing system and helped develop Rome's trade
  78. Your answer:
    Etruscans
    Egyptians
    Sicilians


  79. This was the second name for Byzantium
  80. Your answer:
    Carthage
    Constantinople
    Instanbul


  81. He was Caesar's friend that helped to kill him
  82. Your answer:
    Brutus
    Mark Antony
    Octavian


  83. Thies was the law that changed Christianity from an outlawed sect to an approved religion by the Roman Emperor
  84. Your answer:
    Edict of the Vatican
    Edict of Cassona
    Edict of Milan


  85. The Roman Empire went as far to the east as the modern day country of
  86. Your answer:
    India
    Turkey
    China


  87. This was Octavian's main rival
  88. Your answer:
    Mark Antony
    Caesar
    Brutus


  89. This was the battle that decided which city, Rome or Carthage, would control Sicily and the western Mediterranean
  90. Your answer:
    Afghan War
    Wrongus Answerus
    Punic War


  91. The Romans admired the
  92. Your answer:
    Egyptians
    Greeks
    Carthagians


  93. According to Roman legend, the city was formed by two brothers named
  94. Your answer:
    Beavis and Butthead
    Romulus and Remus
    Romulan and Borg


  95. During Roman time slavery became
  96. Your answer:
    obsolete
    smaller
    more widespread


  97. This slave led the slave revolt against Rome
  98. Your answer:
    Pericles
    Spartacus
    Caesar


  99. He was a Carthagian military genius who defeated Roman armies twice
  100. Your answer:
    Lector
    Hannibal
    Caesar


  101. He was Caesar's grandnephew and adopted son who became ruler of Rome for 41 years
  102. Your answer:
    Mark Antony
    Brutus
    Octavian


  103. The Roman empire went as far south as the modern day country of
  104. Your answer:
    South Africa
    Congo
    Egypt


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