🏰 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

• Nero

• Augustus

• Aulus Vitellius

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

• Solfatara

• Magnaghi

• Mount Vesuvius

• Mount Epomeo

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

• War

• Famine

• Peace

• Chickenpox

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

• Didius Julianus

• Commodus

• Lucius Verus

• Pertinax

Which general led the Roman conquest of Britain?

• Nero Claudius Drusus

• Gnaeus Julius Agricola

• Aulus Plautius

• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

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

• Christians

• House Targaryen

• Millennials on social media

• The British

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

• Domitian

• Vespasian

• Titus

• Nerva

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

• Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

• Cyrus

• Heracleides

• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

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

• Tiberius

• Caligula

• Claudius

• Trajan

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.

• Caracalla

• Diadumenian

• Elagabalus

• 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?

• Vetranio

• Maxentius

• Constantius I

• Diocletian

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

• Basiliscus

• Justin I

• Romulus Augustus

• Marcus