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Roman Emperors

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Roman emperor is responsible for using Christians as candles for his garden parties and forcing them to fight lions in the Colosseum?

a)

Claudius

b)

Augustus

c)

Nero

d)

Trajan

2.
Which emperor famously built a wall in Britain?
a)
Hadrian
b)
Vespasian
c)
Domitian
d)
Claudius
3.

This emperor heavily taxed Rome and killed his mother and wife.

a)

Nero

b)

Vespasian

c)

Elagabalus

d)

Trajan

4.

He persecuted and killed many Christians who he blamed for starting the Great Fire in the city of Rome.

a)

Nero

b)

Caligula

c)

Vespian

d)

Domitian

5.

Which emperor caused a serious Jewish rebellion?

a)

Hadrian

b)

Trajan

c)

Nero

d)

Augustus

6.

Which Roman was disfigured, clumsy and under-rated by his family but was an effective and successful leader? He was murdered by his wife and doctor. Nero was his successor?

a)

Claudius

b)

Nero

c)

Caligula

d)

Julius Caesar

7.
The first emperor of Rome was ____.
a)
Augustus
b)
Tiberius
c)
Romulus
d)
Julius Caesar
8.

How did Caligula drain the Roman treasury so quickly?

a)

He wasted money on his adventures and many wars

b)

He bought all the goats in the Roman Empire

c)

He paid it out to all the Plebeians

d)

He bought buildings and turned them into shelters

9.

Which emperor conquered parts of Germania and Parthia?

a)

Nero

b)

Caligula

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Constantine

10.

Which emperor was considered one of the five "Good Emperors"?

a)

Nero

b)

Caligula

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Constantine

11.

Which emperor is believed to have started trade with China?

a)

Nero

b)

Caligula

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Constantine

12.

What philosophy did Marcus Aurelius practice?

a)

Stoicism

b)

Cynicism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Hellenism

13.

First Emperor to be elected by the Senate

a)

Nerva

b)

Trajan

c)

Hadrian

d)

Marcus Aurelius

e)

Nero

14.

Built a Bridge to expand across the Danube R.

a)

Nerva

b)

Trajan

c)

Hadrian

d)

Marcus Aurelius

15.
The rule of which emperor is considered to be the start of the decline of the Roman Empire?
a)
Marcus Aurelius
b)
Lucius Verus
c)
Antoninus Pius
d)
Commodus