Quiz  /  Ancient Rome Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which battle caused the decisive defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra?

  • Battle of Actium
  • Battle of Pharsalus
  • Battle of Munda
  • Battle of Philippi

  • 2. 
    Whose rape and suicide, according to tradition, led to the founding of the Roman Republic?

  • Lucretia
  • Helena
  • Agrippina
  • Livia

  • 3. 
    What is probably the only ancient Roman lighthouse still in use?

  • Tower of Hercules
  • Pharos of Alexandria
  • Tower of Babel
  • Tower of London

  • 4. 
    Which Roman leader was responsible for a calendar reform that remains the basis of the modern calendar?

  • Julius Caesar
  • Scipio Africanus
  • Cicero
  • Constantine

  • 5. 
    To whom was Cato the Elder referring when he exclaimed, “If they are victorious now, what will they not attempt?”

  • Greeks
  • women
  • Carthaginians
  • slaves

  • 6. 
    Which Roman leader’s failed revolt led to 6,000 of his followers being crucified?

  • Catiline
  • Brutus
  • Spartacus
  • Nero

  • 7. 
    Which ancient military commander had at an early age been made to swear eternal hostility to Rome?

  • Pyrrhus
  • Hannibal
  • Hasdrubal
  • Alexander the Great

  • 8. 
    Which ancient Italian city, destroyed by a volcanic eruption, is now an important archaeological site and a sobering destination for tourists?

  • Thera
  • Naples
  • Knossos
  • Pompeii

  • 9. 
    Who was the first Roman emperor?

  • Julius Caesar
  • Augustus
  • Constantine
  • Marcus Aurelius

  • 10. 
    Which battle marked the beginning of serious Germanic inroads into Roman territory?

  • Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
  • Battle of Adrianople
  • Battle of Tolbiac
  • Battle of the Milvian Bridge

  • 11. 
    Which conqueror immortalized the words "Veni, vidi, vici"?

  • Julius Caesar
  • Augustus
  • Nero
  • Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
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