Quiz  /  Roman and Byzantine Emperors Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which Roman emperor brought about the Pax Romana, a period of peace, prosperity, and expansion for Rome?

  • Nero
  • Tiberius
  • Galba
  • Augustus

  • 2. 
    Who was the second emperor of Rome? In old age he became a tyrannical recluse and retreated to the island of Capri.

  • Commodus
  • Tiberius
  • Marcus Aurelius
  • Caligula

  • 3. 
    Which Roman emperor is rumored to have wanted to appoint his horse, Incitatus, consul?

  • Nero
  • Commodus
  • Domitian
  • Caligula

  • 4. 
    Which Roman emperor extended Roman rule in North Africa and made Britain a Roman province?

  • Marcus Aurelius
  • Claudius
  • Trajan
  • Hadrian

  • 5. 
    Which Roman emperor was rumored to have played the fiddle while Rome burned?

  • Nero
  • Trajan
  • Marcus Aurelius
  • Hadrian

  • 6. 
    Under which Roman emperor was the Colosseum completed?

  • Vespasian
  • Augustus
  • Trajan
  • Constantine I

  • 7. 
    Under which Roman emperor did the Roman Empire reach its farthest territorial extent?

  • Lucius Verus
  • Trajan
  • Hadrian
  • Commodus

  • 8. 
    Which Roman emperor loved Greek culture and became a patron of art and architecture?

  • Nerva
  • Hadrian
  • Pertinax
  • Lucius Verus

  • 9. 
    The last of the “Five Good Emperors,” which ruler is best known for his Meditations on Stoic philosophy?

  • Justinian
  • Octavian
  • Nerva
  • Marcus Aurelius

  • 10. 
    Who was the successor to Marcus Aurelius whose misrule ended the 84-year Pax Romana?

  • Nero
  • Diocletian
  • Commodus
  • Justinian

  • 11. 
    Which Roman emperor established the tetrarchy, a system whereby Rome was ruled by four leaders?

  • Florian
  • Julian
  • Zeno
  • Diocletian

  • 12. 
    Which Roman emperor made the persecution of Christians illegal by signing the Edict of Milan?

  • Maxentius
  • Diocletian
  • Constantine I
  • Titus

  • 13. 
    Which Byzantine emperor created a law code that both synthesized and simplified old and new Roman law?

  • Justinian I
  • Constans I
  • Licinius
  • Valens

  • 14. 
    Which Byzantine empress was one of the first rulers to recognize the rights of women?

  • Theodora
  • Eudoxia
  • Zoe
  • Irene

  • 15. 
    Which Byzantine emperor implemented the policy of iconoclasm?

  • Alexander
  • Michael II
  • Leo III
  • Romanus II
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