Roman History Quiz

The term refers to the idea in Roman society that males should be dominant because females were too weak.

• A. patriarch

• B. patrilineal

• C. paterfamilias

• D. matriarch

Judaea became a Roman province under the direction of an official called a…

• A. dictator

• B. praetor

• C. procurator

• D. Imperator

Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a powerful governmental coalition called a .

• A. triumvirate

• B. consul

• C. republic

• D. Insulae

A form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote is called a

• A. dictatorship

• B. monarchy

• C. empire

• D. republic

What is the Law of Nations primarily based on?

• A. Sacrifice

• B. Civil law

• C. Reason

• D. Democracy

Who influenced the way Rome organized its army?

• A. Sicilians

• B. Greeks

• C. Latins

• D. Etruscans

Who became the first Roman Emperor known as Augustus?

• A. Crassus

• B. Julius Caesar

• C. Antony

• D. Octavian

What was the Pax Romana a time of?

• A. Peace

• B. War

• C. Creativity

• D. Oppression

What culture influenced Roman art and architecture?

• A. American

• B. Etruscan

• C. Egyptian

• D. Greek

Who wrote The Early History of Rome?

• A. Virgil

• B. Horace

• C. Livy

• D. Plato