Ancient Rome Review

1) Most gladiators were enslaved, criminals, prisoners of war, or

• artisians

• household servants

• poor

• rich

2) Who could hold political office in early Rome?

• plebeians

• patricians

• senate

• judges

3) In the Second Punic War,

• Carthage attacked Rome

• Carthage defeated Rome

• Carthage captured Spain

• Rome defeated Spain

4) When Diocletian took power in A.D. 284, he

• brought the empire back together

• divided the empire into 4 parts

• conquered more land

• divided the empire in half

5) The Carthaginian general Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps on

• chariots

• donkeys

• elephants

• mules

6) In 509 B.C. Romans overthrew Tarquin the Proud and

• appointed a king

• began a republic

• developed a written language

• gave all people the right to vote

7) According to a traditional legend, who founded the city of Rome?

• Aristotle and Plato

• Julius Casear

• Helen of Troy

• Romulus and Remus

8) Italy is

• a peninsula shaped like a boot

• a large country in central Europe

• an island in the Mediterranean Sea

• part of Scandinavia

9) How did Julius Caesar die on March 15, 44 B.C.?

• He died of natural causes.

• He took his own life.

• He was killed in battle.

• His enemies (the senators) killed him

10) To avoid being captured by Octavian's forces, Antony and Cleopatra,

• defeated Octavian.

• killed themselves.

• were defeated by Octavian.

• were killed.