Checkpoint B - Part V (2011-2015)

What disaster occurred in Rome in 64 AD during the reign of Nero?

• a great fire

• an earthquake

• a flood

• a volcanic eruption

What is the name of this platform?

• Carcer

• Curia

• Basilica

• rostra

The hot water bath in the thermae was called the

• frigidarium

• unctorium

• palaestra

• caldarium

A Roman milestone bearing the inscription DCXLV marks a distance in miles of

• 445

• 565

• 645

• 765

Where would Romans go to watch the chariot races?

• Cloaca Maxima

• Pantheon

• Theatre of Marcellus

• Circus Maximus

Which god or goddess is NOT correctly paired with their Greek counterpart?

• Minerva-Aphrodite

• Diana-Artemis

• Mars-Ares

• Jupiter-Zeus

In which work is this story told?

• Iliad

• Odyssey

• Ars Amatoria

• Argonautica

According to tradition, how many consuls were elected every year during the Roman Republic?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Over what mountain range did Hannibal cross when he invaded Italy?

• the Alps

• the Himalayas

• the Adirondacks

• the Andes

The hero of Vergil's epic who voyages to Italy after the Trojan War:

• Achilles

• Aeneas

• Hector

• Odysseus