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Ancient Rome

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rome was founded in 753 BC by

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Augustus

c)

Romulus

d)

Julius Casear

2.

Who was the twin brother of Romulus?

a)

Quirinus

b)

Remus

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Augustus

3.

Who said this, "I found Rome a city of clay but left if a city of marble."

a)

Cicero

b)

Remus

c)

Augustus

d)

Romulus

4.

A Roman stateman who wrote "De Agricultura"

a)

Marcus Varro

b)

Marcus Porcius Cato

c)

Augustus Ceasar

d)

Cicero

5.

A famous orator, lawyer and politician who put the Greek corpus into Latin and his works on Philosophy proved influential in the field of cosmology and physics.

a)

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

b)

Marcus Tulius Cicero

c)

Marcus Terentius Varro

d)

Marcus Porcius Cato

6.

He compiled a vast encyclopedia called De Medicina which has 8 volumes

a)

Aulus Cornelius Celcus

b)

Seneca

c)

Pilny the Elder

d)

Titus Lucretius Carus

7.

A Skeptic who thought that one should question any ideas or facts they heard about. He believed that one should always ask, "how do they know that?".

a)

Pliny the Elder

b)

Seneca and the Stoics

c)

Cicero

d)

Lucretius

8.

Uncheck the item that is not a Roman invention

a)

Ballista

b)

Aqueduct

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Codex

9.

A stack of bound pages that is recognized as the earliest incarnation of the book'

a)

pozzolan

b)

daily acts

c)

cuneiform

d)

codex

10.

Romans made use of concrete which is made up of slaked lime and volcanic ash and volcanic rocks that could endure chemical decay called

a)

tuff

b)

Acta Diurna

c)

pozollana

d)

tesserae

11.

Choose at least one Roman Scientist and Philosopher whom you think has the greatest contribution to science. Explain your answer.

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