Roman Empire Quiz

The term Pax Romana is

• The decree dividing Rome into eastern and western halves

• The 200 year period of Roman peace after the Second Triumvirate

• The decree which legalized Christianity

• Rome's first set of laws

After his victory against Mark Antony and Cleopatra, __________ adopted the title Augustus and became Rome's first emperor.

• Octavian

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Romulus

During the Pax Romana, to help with trade and transportation across such a big empire, Octavian and his successors

• Built the Colosseum

• Built a canal that went from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean

• Built over 50,000 miles of stone paved roads

• Adopted the Arabic numeral system

The Colosseum was

• A building in the city of Rome, where people would meet and discuss politics

• A large arena where slave soldiers called gladiators fought to the death

• The summer palace of the Roman Emperors in Sicily

• The site in Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

Large stone tracts which carried water over long distance in ancient Rome were called

• Forums

• Patriarchs

• Aqueducts

• Colosseums

Who was the first Roman emperor?

• Tiberius

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus

• Titus

During the Pax Romana, the Roman Empire's greatest literary work, the Aeneid was written by

• Virgil

• Horace

• Homer

• Augustus

Based on the map, what modern day country was not part of the Roman Empire during its height?

• Britain

• Palestine

• Greece

• Egypt

• Denmark

Where did the religion of Christianity begin?

• the city of Rome on the Italian Peninsula

• in a kingdom near the Himalayan Mountains in India

• in Judea a province of Rome in present day Israel

• in Mesopotamia

Who was the founder of Christianity

• Moses

• Muhammad

• Abraham

• Jesus