🏰 Only History Scholars Can Pass This Roman Empire Quiz

What Roman emperor was kidnapped by pirates as a child and would later have all of his kidnappers captured and executed?

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus

• Aulus Vitellius

• Nero

What volcano erupted in 79 A.D. and destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae?

• Solfatara

• Magnaghi

• Mount Epomeo

• Mount Vesuvius

The Pax Romana is a time period in the Roman Empire characterized by what?

• Chickenpox

• War

• Famine

• Peace

Which emperor's rule from 180 to 192 A.D. is commonly marked as the end of the Pax Romana period of peace?

• Commodus

• Pertinax

• Lucius Verus

• Didius Julianus

Which general led the Roman conquest of Britain?

• Aulus Plautius

• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

• Gnaeus Julius Agricola

• Nero Claudius Drusus

Who did Emperor Nero blame for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 A.D.?

• The British

• Millennials on social media

• Christians

• House Targaryen

What Roman emperor declared a 100-day celebration upon the opening of the Colosseum in 80 A.D.?

• Vespasian

• Domitian

• Nerva

• Titus

What Roman general, statesman, and architect created the Pantheon?

• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

• Heracleides

• Cyrus

• Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Who is sometimes referred to as the "Mad Emperor of Rome"?

• Tiberius

• Trajan

• Claudius

• Caligula

Which Roman emperor originally ruled alongside his brother from February 4, 211 A.D. until having his brother Geta killed on February 2, 212 A.D.? This emperor would continue to rule until his own assassination 5 years later.

• Diadumenian

• Elagabalus

• Caracalla

• Macrinus

What Roman commander and "Emperor in the West" is considered the founder of the Gallic Empire?

• Victorinus

• Gallienus

• Aureolus

• Postumus

The rise of which Roman emperor and his defeat of Valerius Severus in 307 A.D. led to the Civil wars of the Tetrarchy?

• Diocletian

• Vetranio

• Maxentius

• Constantius I

Who is known as the last of the Western Roman emperors and ruled until 476 A.D.?

• Romulus Augustus

• Justin I

• Marcus

• Basiliscus