Roman History Quiz

Who were considered the "insiders" to Roman politics, religion, and society?

• Plebeians

• Greeks

• Patricians

• Huns

Which group was known as the "outsiders" to Roman political and cultural life?

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Visigoths

• Vandals

Who was the famed Carthaginian general who led an army of men and elephants over the Alps into Italy?

• Scipio

• Pompey

• Hannibal

• Mark Antony

Who led the Roman army to North Africa and defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama?

• Julius Caesar

• Scipio

• Octavian

• Constantine I

Who was a member of the First Triumvirate and master of the Roman world by 45 BC?

• Octavian

• Mark Antony

• Julius Caesar

• Pompey

Who was Julius Caesar’s 18-year-old grandnephew, adopted son, and heir?

• Mark Antony

• Octavian

• Scipio

• Constantine I

Who was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt?

• Cleopatra

• Cicero

• Constantine I

• Scipio

Who was known as Rome’s greatest orator and statesman?

• Julius Caesar

• Cicero

• Mark Antony

• Octavian

Which emperor made Christianity a legal religion throughout the Roman empire?

• Constantine I

• Julius Caesar

• Octavian

• Scipio

Which group of barbarians sacked Rome and overran southern Gaul and Spain?

• Vandals

• Visigoths

• Huns

• Angles