WorksheetsRoman Emperors
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the first Roman emperor?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Augustus
c)
Nero
d)
Trajan
2.
Which emperor famously declared himself a god?
a)
Augustus
b)
Caligula
c)
Nero
d)
Hadrian
3.
Who was known as the "philosopher king" and authored "Meditations"?
a)
Marcus Aurelius
b)
Claudius
c)
Tiberius
d)
Vespasian
4.
Which Roman emperor built the Colosseum in Rome?
a)
Nero
b)
Vespasian
c)
Trajan
d)
Hadrian
5.
Who was the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire?
a)
Constantine
b)
Romulus Augustulus
c)
Julius Nepos
d)
Honorius
6.
Which emperor famously issued the Edict of Milan, legalizing Christianity?
a)
Diocletian
b)
Constantine
c)
Theodosius I
d)
Julian
7.
Who was the first emperor to adopt Christianity?
a)
Constantine
b)
Nero
c)
Trajan
d)
Marcus Aurelius
8.
Which emperor is known for his extensive building projects including the Pantheon?
a)
Trajan
b)
Hadrian
c)
Nero
d)
Tiberius
9.
Who was the emperor during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which buried Pompeii and Herculaneum?
a)
Nero
b)
Titus
c)
Domitian
d)
Vespasian
10.
Which emperor is known for his persecution of Christians, resulting in the Great Persecution?
a)
Nero
b)
Domitian
c)
Diocletian
d)
Caligula
11.
Who was the first emperor to be assassinated?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Caligula
c)
Commodus
d)
Septimius Severus
12.
Which emperor famously declared "I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble"?
a)
Augustus
b)
Trajan
c)
Hadrian
d)
Marcus Aurelius
13.
Who was the only Roman emperor to voluntarily abdicate the throne?
a)
Diocletian
b)
Marcus Aurelius
c)
Constantine
d)
Romulus Augustulus
14.
Which emperor initiated the construction of the Roman road network known as the Via Appia?
a)
Augustus
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Claudius
d)
Trajan
15.
Who was the emperor during the Roman invasion of Britain?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Claudius
c)
Nero
d)
Augustus
16.
Which emperor famously fiddled while Rome burned?
a)
Caligula
b)
Nero
c)
Domitian
d)
Commodus
17.
Who was the first emperor of the Flavian dynasty?
a)
Nero
b)
Vespasian
c)
Domitian
d)
Titus
18.
Which emperor famously declared "I am now the master of 33 legions"?
a)
Augustus
b)
Tiberius
c)
Trajan
d)
Caligula
19.
Who was the first emperor to adopt a co-emperor as part of the system of the tetrarchy?
a)
Diocletian
b)
Constantine
c)
Maximian
d)
Galerius
20.
Which emperor divided the Roman Empire in two?
a)
Constantine
b)
Diocletian
c)
Theodosius I
d)
Valentinian I
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