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Stage 27: The Roman Legionary Fortress (video quiz 1)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Latin name for a Roman legionary fortress?

a)

legio

b)

castra

c)

basilica

d)

exercitus

2.

Who was the "founder of Rome's imperial period"?

a)

Caesar

b)

Augustus

c)

Agricola

d)

Constantine

3.

The Roman province of Hispania (modern _______) had quartered permanent legions prior to Augustus.

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

England

4.

Roman armies had also set up camps when crossing the ________ river in the Germany.

a)

Tiber

b)

Seine

c)

Rubicon

d)

Rhine

5.

What surveying instrument is pictured on the far right?

a)

groma

b)

malleus

c)

gladius

d)

diploma

6.

The ________________ oversaw the construction of the camp.

a)

legatus

b)

praefectus castrorum

c)

primus pilus

d)

tribunus militum

7.

The camp headquarters, or ________________, contained an open courtyard as well as large assembly hall and tribunal.

a)

castra

b)

valetudinarium

c)

horreum

d)

principia

8.

The central shrine for the legion contained the eagle standard as well as the standards for all ____ centuries in the legion

a)

9

b)

19

c)

59

d)

99

9.

What is the name for the eagle standard which represented the spirit of the legion?

a)

aquila

b)

contubernium

c)

agricola

d)

groma

10.

The standard bearers of the legion (signiferi) also had ________ responsibilities in the camp.

a)

diplomatic

b)

financial

c)

religious

d)

engineering