What were the two official languages spoken in the Roman Empire?
Latin and Greek
Greek and Italian
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?
Nero
Aulus Vitellius
Julius Caesar
Augustus
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 Vesuvius
Solfatara
Mount Epomeo
Magnaghi
The Pax Romana is a time period in the Roman Empire characterized by what?
Peace
War
Famine
Chickenpox
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
Didius Julianus
Lucius Verus
Which general led the Roman conquest of Britain?
Nero Claudius Drusus
Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Aulus Plautius
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
Vespasian
Nerva
What Roman general, statesman, and architect created the Pantheon?
Heracleides
Cyrus
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Who is sometimes referred to as the "Mad Emperor of Rome"?
Caligula
Tiberius
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?
Gallienus
Postumus
Victorinus
Aureolus
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.?
Romulus Augustus
Basiliscus
Justin I
Marcus
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