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- 1. Multiple Choice
This emperor was suspected of setting fire to Rome in 64 CE
Claudius
Nero
Vespasian
Titus
- 2. Multiple Choice
On whom did the emperor who set fire to Rome blame the fire
barbarians
slaves
Jews
Christians
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which emperor killed his mother and what was her name? (two correct answers)
Agrippina
Nero
Augustus
Julia
Claudius
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who built the Domus Aurea
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Caracala
Hadrian
Nero
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the builder of the Domus Aurea buid it?
by bleeding the provinces dry of money
by taking money from the rich and then killing them
with massive amounts of slave labor
with public funds
all of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
What engineering innovation did the Domus Aurea feature?
vaulted ceilings
coffers
an oculus
frescoes
- 7. Multiple Choice
Whose last words were "what an artist dies with me"
Claudius
Vespasian
Hadrian
Nero
- 8. Multiple Choice
What non-Roman general succeeded Nero?
Augustus
Vespasian
Trajan
Hadrian
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who built the Flavian Amphitheater?
Titus
Augustus
Vespasian
Trajan
- 10. Multiple Choice
What kind of spectacle DID NOT take place in the Flavian Amphitheater
execution of criminals
wild beast hunts
plays
gladiator fights
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was the awning called that sheltered spectators in the Flavian Amphitheater
the cloaca
the velarium
the hypogeum
the groma
- 12. Multiple Choice
This emperor was the first in a series who came from outside Italy
Vespasian
Hadrian
Nerva
Trajan
- 13. Multiple Choice
With this emperor the Empire reached its greatest extent
Trajan
Vespasian
Hadrian
Caracala
- 14. Multiple Choice
This emperor built roads, aqueducts, a column depicting his military exploits and a new forum
Vespasian
Trajan
Hadrian
Augustus
- 15. Multiple Choice
What kinds of structures were NOT present in the forum
law courts
the senate house
temples
hospitals
markets
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who was Apollodorus of Damascus?
Hadrian's trusted friend
a Greek architect
a general defeated by Trajan
a Roman historian
- 17. Multiple Choice
Who built a 73-mile defensive wall across northern Britannia?
Vespasian
Claudius
Trajan
Hadrian
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who built the Pantheon?
Trajan
Agrippa
Hadrian
Caracala
- 19. Multiple Choice
What was a mile castle?
fortifications that protected Rome's farthest borders
a guard post along Hadrian's wall housed up to 60 troops at a time.
fortifications built into the wall that protected Rome
a place for emperors to stay when they visited troops
- 20. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the Pantheon
a temple dedicated to all gods
the mausoleum of Hadrian
an enormous market place
a building dedicated to all Roman citizens
a huge bath complex
- 21. Multiple Choice
dome of this building would remain the largest unsupported concrete span in the world for 18 centuries.
Domus Aurea
Colosseum
Pantheon
Hadrian's palace
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is the oculus of the Pantheon?
its coffered ceiling
a colonnaded gateway to the interior
its main altar
a circular opening in the dome
- 23. Multiple Choice
The crowning achievement of Caracalla was...
an enormous forum
a massive temple
a behemoth bath complex
a huge palace
- 24. Multiple Choice
What heated the floor and water of a public bath?
dozens of furnaces in a vast underground space
hundred of slaves working huge bellows
wood fires in every room
hot sulphur springs
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