NLE History I

What province at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea fell under the domination of the Persian Empire before being conquered by the Greeks and later was added to the Roman Empire?

• Britannia
• Gallia
• Asia
• Africa

At the Battle of Actium, the forces of Antony and Cleopatra fought with those of

• Octavian
• Julius Caesar
• Pompey
• Brutus

At the Battle of Pharsalus, the forces of Julius Caesar fought with those of

• Octavian
• Marc Antony
• Pompey
• Brutus

The Flavian Emperors who built the first permanent amphitheater in Rome, sacked Jerusalem and dealt with the eruption of Vesuvius were

• Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula
• Claudius, Nero, Galba
• Vespasian, Titus, Domitian
• Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius

The "Five Good Emperors," who ruled in the second century A.D., included

• Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula
• Claudius, Nero, Galba
• Vespasian, Titus, Domitian
• Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius

The year 2014 was the 2000th anniversary of the death of this leader who boasted that he transformed Rome from a city of brick to a city of marble.

• Jullius Caesar
• Augustus
• Vespasian
• Constantine

Who became emperor after defeating his rival Maxentius in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge?

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus

• Vespasian

• Constantine

The eruption of what volcano buried the city of Pompeii in 79 A.D.?

• Etna
• Olympus
• Ida
• Vesuvius

Which of the following events happened last?

• the end of the Trojan War
• the reign of Augustus, the first emperor
• the growth of the Senate during the Roman Republic
• the expulsion of the kings

Which of the following events happened first?

• the end of the Trojan War
• the reign of Augustus, the first emperor
• the growth of the Senate during the Roman Republic
• the expulsion of the kings