Roman Expansion Rome Quiz

Where did Rome begin as a small city-state?

• Latium

• Etruria

• Campania

• Sicily

Which groups did Rome have early wars with?

• Latins, Sabines, Etruscans, Samnites

• Gauls, Carthaginians, Greeks, Egyptians

• Persians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites

• Celts, Goths, Vandals, Huns

By approximately what year did Rome control all of Italy south of the Po River?

• 272 BC

• 300 BC

• 250 BC

• 200 BC

With whom did Rome establish colonies and alliances?

• Italian peoples

• Greek city-states

• Egyptian pharaohs

• Persian empires

What territory did Rome gain as its first province after the 1st Punic War?

• Spain

• Sicily

• North Africa

• Gaul

Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama?

• Julius Caesar

• Scipio Africanus

• Pompey

• Augustus

What was the outcome of the 3rd Punic War?

• Rome gained Sicily

• Rome gained Spain

• Rome destroyed Carthage and gained North Africa

• Rome lost to Carthage

In which century did Rome fight wars with Macedonia and the Seleucid Empire?

• 1st century BC

• 2nd century BC

• 3rd century BC

• 4th century BC

When did Greece become a Roman province?

• 133 BC

• 146 BC

• 150 BC

• 120 BC

Which kingdom in Asia Minor was bequeathed to Rome in 133 BC?

• Seleucid Empire

• Macedonia

• Pergamum

• Corinth