Roman History KJCL 2025
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1. The expulsion of Rome’s seventh (and last) king led to the establishment of the Republic. What was this king’s name?
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2. Which of the following foreign Kings was Rome’s earliest adversary in the Republic?
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3. The emperor during whose reign Masada was finally captured was:
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4. The emperor who created the Tetrarchy was:
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5. This 3rd-Century BCE enemy of Rome was associated with the ironic situation of facing defeat due to his victories. What was his name?
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6. From 81-79 BCE, Rome endured the dictatorship of which general and civil-war victor?
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7. Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 during the reign of .
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8. The marriage of Messalina to Gaius Silius resulted in her execution by the guards of the emperor:
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9. Which of the following Roman leaders was the target of Cicero’s famous Phillipic speeches?
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10. Which of the following places and events are correctly paired?
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11. Britain was added to the Roman Empire by the emperor _________.
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12. Diocletian and Maximian retired from office together in .
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13. What was the name of the Gallic leader who marshalled the last stand against Julius Caesar?
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14. The decisive clash in the civil war between Caesar and Pompey was the Battle of:
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15. The emperor who tried to curb rampant inflation with his Edict of Prices was:
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16. The cultural insensitivity of _____________ led to the Bar Kochba revolt in Jerusalem.
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17. Hadrian’s succession after Trajan has been attributed to the machinations of the empress , who may have made the choice herself.
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18. Of which province did Cicero serve as governor?
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19. Who was called “The Shield of Rome”?
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20. Which Antonine emperor did NOT adopt his successor? *
21. ______________, King of the Visigoths, sacked Rome in 410.
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22. Prior to crossing the Alps, what other mountain range did Hannibal lead his army across?
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23. This individual, upon losing the 63 BCE election for consul, conspired with a band of fellow discontents to overthrow the state and kill lawmakers. His name was:
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24. The winner of the 63 BCE election for consul, although targeted in the conspiracy mentioned in the previous questions, uncovered and crushed it, saving the Republic. His name was:
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25. The individual mentioned in the previous question, tragically, went from hero to zero after his consulship ended. He was exiled by P. Clodius Pulcher because of a criminal act in crushing the conspiracy. What was this act?
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26. _________ was adopted by his predecessor after a revolt of the Praetorian Guard pressured him to find a successor supported by the army.
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27. For the first time since Constantine came to the throne, the empire was divided into an Eastern and Western half at the death of the emperor ________.
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28. Jerusalem fell to the Romans in what year?
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29. NOT a name for Constantinople: *
30. The “golden quinquennium” refers to the beginning of the reign of .
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31. Which of the following Roman leaders was first to be called “pater patriae”?
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32. What kind of “controversial” legislation were Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus trying to enact as tribunes?
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33. The last Roman emperor in the West was ______.
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34. Where was Publius Vergilius Maro born?
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35. Which of the following was NOT exiled by Augustus? *
36. The initial cause of Marcus Aurelius’ war with Parthia was a dispute over:
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37. The Constitutio Antoniana:
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38. ________ was not an emperor in 193.
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39. In which battle with Hannibal did the Romans suffer what is considered their worst military defeat?
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40. “The Principate” almost always refers to the reign of emperors beginning with:
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41. What was the name of the Roman general who defeated Hannibal in the Second Punic War’s decisive battle?
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42. Where did the decisive battle of the 2nd Punic War (referenced in the previous question) take place?
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43. The Flavian emperor who took the epithet “Germanicus” for his defeat of the Chatti was:
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44. ________ murdered his brother in front of his mother.
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45. Elagabalus was part of the ________ dynasty.
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46. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus earned the “Great” (“Magnus”) part of his name for what impressive achievement?
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47. In 59 BCE, what was the name of Julius Caesar’s co-consul?
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48. The first emperor to be deified after Augustus was:
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49. The year known as the “Year of the Four Emperors” is:
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50. Lucius Verus, co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius, reigned for ________ years.
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