Roman Emperors

For how many years did Augustus rule?

• 11
• 22
• 44
• 88

Augustus was famous for building a giant extravagant imperial palace on the Palatine Hill

• Verum
• Falsum

Tiberius, the stepson of Augustus, came to power in his early 20's

• verum
• falsum

Where did Tiberius move the imperial palace to?

• city of Athens
• country of Gaul
• island of Capri
• province of Hispania

Which emperor decided to make his beloved horse, Incitatus, a consul?

• Caligula
• Nero
• Tiberius
• Domitian

Which emperor considered himself to be a living god and even replaced the heads on statues of gods with his own?

• Nero
• Caligula
• Augustus
• Domitian

Who was the mother of Nero and the wife of Claudius?

• Livia
• Agrippina
• Domitiana
• Poppaea

Which emperor built the domus aurea over the ruins of the city destroyed by a great fire?

• Nero
• Caligula
• Domitian
• Hadrian

Why did emperors often fear thunder and lightning? 

• fear that it would start a fire
• omen of the death of a ruler
• represented a disgruntled populace
• triggered epileptic fits 

Domitian, unlike his father and brother, was a very paranoid and unpopular ruler

• verum
• falsum