What were the two official languages spoken in the Roman Empire?
Greek and Italian
Latin and Greek
English and Greek
Latin and German
What Roman emperor was kidnapped by pirates as a child and would later have all of his kidnappers captured and executed?
Aulus Vitellius
Augustus
Julius Caesar
Nero
69 A.D. in the Roman Empire is known as "The Year of the ____ Emperors" due to the number of people who were emperor that year.
What volcano erupted in 79 A.D. and destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae?
Mount Epomeo
Solfatara
Mount Vesuvius
Magnaghi
The Pax Romana is a time period in the Roman Empire characterized by what?
Peace
Chickenpox
Famine
War
Which emperor's rule from 180 to 192 A.D. is commonly marked as the end of the Pax Romana period of peace?
Lucius Verus
Didius Julianus
Pertinax
Commodus
Which general led the Roman conquest of Britain?
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Aulus Plautius
Nero Claudius Drusus
Who did Emperor Nero blame for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 A.D.?
What Roman emperor declared a 100-day celebration upon the opening of the Colosseum in 80 A.D.?
Titus
Domitian
Nerva
Vespasian
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"?
Trajan
Claudius
Caligula
Tiberius
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.
Elagabalus
Macrinus
Caracalla
Diadumenian
What Roman commander and "Emperor in the West" is considered the founder of the Gallic Empire?
Postumus
Gallienus
Aureolus
Victorinus
The rise of which Roman emperor and his defeat of Valerius Severus in 307 A.D. led to the Civil wars of the Tetrarchy?
Maxentius
Constantius I
Vetranio
Diocletian
Who is known as the last of the Western Roman emperors and ruled until 476 A.D.?
Basiliscus
Romulus Augustus
Marcus
Justin I
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