- 1. What is the Latin name for the title 'emperor'?
A) Aedile
B) Caesar
C) Imperator
D) Consul
- 2. Which Roman emperor was known for building a massive wall in Britain?
A) Hadrian
B) Augustus
C) Trajan
D) Nero
- 3. Who was the last of the 'Five Good Emperors' of Rome?
A) Commodus
B) Claudius
C) Caligula
D) Marcus Aurelius
- 4. What Roman emperor famously said 'Alea iacta est' ('The die is cast')?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Caligula
C) Nero
D) Augustus
- 5. Which Roman emperor famously declared himself a god and built a lavish palace known as the 'Golden House'?
A) Hadrian
B) Trajan
C) Vespasian
D) Nero
- 6. Who was the Roman emperor responsible for dividing the empire into eastern and western halves?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Augustus
C) Diocletian
D) Constantine the Great
- 7. The Roman emperor Caligula was assassinated by members of his own guard. What was the name of this elite unit?
A) Centurions
B) Legionnaires
C) Gladiators
D) Praetorian Guard
- 8. Which Roman emperor built the massive Colosseum in Rome?
A) Domitian
B) Claudius
C) Titus
D) Vespasian
- 9. What Roman emperor famously declared himself a god and demanded to be worshipped as such?
A) Commodus
B) Nero
C) Julian the Apostate
D) Caligula
- 10. Who was the Roman emperor during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum?
A) Domitian
B) Caligula
C) Vespasian
D) Titus
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