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ANCIENT ROME

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These twin brothers were said to be Mars' sons and they nursed by a wolf.

a)

Romis

b)

Romulus

c)

Raius

d)

Remus

2.

This city was founded by Romulus

(a)  

3.

According to the historians, Rome was founded in the 8th century by...

(a)  

4.

Rome was founded on a hill called

(a)  

5.

Rome was settled close to this river

(a)  

6.

The citizens of Rome were divided into

a)

Comitia

b)

Plebeians

c)

Censors

d)

Patricians

7.

The first monarchs of Rome had these roles

a)

They led the army

b)

They built bridges

c)

They wrote poems

d)

They controlled religion

8.

The last king of Rome was

(a)  

9.

The three main political institutions in the Republic were

a)

The Senate

b)

Magistracies

c)

The Tribune of the Plebs

d)

The Comitia

10.

They monitored public life and nominated new people to the senate.

(a)  

11.

They defended the plebeians rights.

(a)  

12.

This assembly elected the magustracies and plebeians were also allowed to participate.

(a)  

13.

These generals formed an alliance to dominate the political world

a)

Tiberius

b)

Crassus

c)

Pompey

d)

Julius Caesar

14.

Crassus was part of this alliance

(a)  

15.

Pompey and Caesar turned on each other starting a civil war. Who was victorius?

(a)  

16.

Caesar was declared ______ by the senate

a)

Emperor of the Year

b)

Trending topic of the Imperium

c)

Dictator for Life

d)

Eternal Emperor

17.

After Julius Caesar's assassination, thiis alliance was formed

(a)  

18.

Octavian, Mark Anthony and _____ formed an alliance.

a)

Lipidus Marcus

b)

Aemilius Gaseosus

c)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

d)

Marcus Tercius Secundus

19.

Mark Anthony was married to a famous Egyptian queen called

(a)  

20.

Octavian proclaimed himself emperor in the year 27BC and changed his name to

a)

Gaius Caesar Juilius

b)

Julius Gaius Augustus

c)

Augustus Pompeyus Neronus

d)

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus

21.

Princeps means

a)

pontifex maximum

b)

dictator in life

c)

head of religion

d)

chief legislator

22.

Augustus means

(a)  

23.

Imperator means

a)

head of religion

b)

tribune of the plebs

c)

leader of the army

d)

legislator in charge

24.

The beginning of the Empire brought a period of PEACE called

(a)  

25.

From the 5th to the 3rd century BC, the Romans conquered

(a)  

26.

2nd century BC-2nd centruy AD, the Romans conquered

a)

Greece

b)

Gaul

c)

Hispania

d)

Eastern Mediterranean

27.

Romans established a SYSTEM OF FORTIFICATIONS called (a)   to defend their provinces.

28.

In the year 212 AD, this emperor granted ROMAN CITIZENSHIP to all the free people of the Roman Empire.

(a)  

29.

In the countryside, the rich settled in villas and the poor went to work for them and became TENANT FARMERS or (a)  

30.

235-270 AD, the emperor’s power started to weaken and there were (a)   successive emperors.

31.

71-275 AD, this emperor ordered to build of a wall around the city of Rome to defend themselves from the Barbarians' attacks.

(a)  

32.

Barbarian was the name the Romans used to refer to these tribes

as evil and uncivilised.

a)

Gaul

b)

Irish

c)

Germanic

d)

Slav

33.

This emperor divided the Empire between his sons in 395 AD

(a)  

34.

Rome organised conquered territories into

(a)  

35.

This emperor ruled the Western Roman Empire from Rome.

a)

Hipolitus

b)

Heraclitus

c)

Hermenegildus

d)

Honorius

36.

This emperor ruled the Eastern Roman Empire from Constantinople.

(a)  

37.

In 410 AD, this Germanic tribe sacked Rome.

(a)  

38.

In 476 AD, this people deposed the last emperor of Rome

(a)  

39.

He was the last emperor of Rome

(a)  

40.

In 476AD, the Western Roman Empire fall and

a)

the Eastern Roman Empire began

b)

the Germanic Empire began

c)

the Middle Ages began

d)

the Modern Ages began