JCL ROMAN HISTORY – EMPIRE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
what emperor ruled over the roman empire at its greatest extent? - ANSWER trajan
who ruled longest of the following?
augustus, trajan, antoninus pius, constantine - ANSWER augustus
which emperor ruled the longest? - ANSWER theodocius
in what year were six different men and three different gordians recognised by the senate as emperors
of rome? - ANSWER AD 238
who finished the conquest of judea begun by vespasian? - ANSWER titus
by what principle did four of the five good emperors choose their successors? - ANSWER adoption
what emperor was known as the apostate? - ANSWER julian
what barbaric leader led the huns on an invasion of italy? - ANSWER attila
who had to defeat pescennius niger and clodius albinus to claim the throne? - ANSWER septimius
severus
what is a tetrarchy? - ANSWER rule by 4 people
who was augustus' first designated heir? - ANSWER marcellus
who became emperor after his victory at the first battle of bedriacum? - ANSWER vitellius
, what emperor earned the nickname "little boot" from his days growing up in army camps? - ANSWER
caligula
whom did the troops in eboracum spontaneously declare emperor upon the death of constantius
chlorus, despite the fact that another man was already named to be his successor? - ANSWER
constantine
which of the following emperors built a wall in the british isles?
trajan, hadrian, antoninus pius - ANSWER hadrian & antoninus pius
who was the power behind honorius' throne until his death in AD 408? - ANSWER stilicho
what two brothers broke the empire in east and west in AD 364? - ANSWER valens and valentinian I
which emperor co-ruled with his brother until he couldn't stand him anymore and then brutally
murdered him? - ANSWER caracalla
which emperor reversed the persecution of christians with his edict of milan in AD 313? - ANSWER
constantine
what greek city did the emperor constantine refound in AD 324 as constantinople? - ANSWER byzantium
Which Flavian emperor demanded to be worshiped as a god - ANSWER Domitian
which flavian emperor ruled the longest? - ANSWER domitian
which reputed son on caesar did augustus have killed after the battle of actium? - ANSWER caesarion
who was the first man to become emperor without first reaching the senatorial class? - ANSWER
macrinus
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