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- 1. When was the Republic of Rome declared?
A) 753 BC
B) 509 BC
C) 476 AD
D) 27 BC
- 2. What form of government replaced the monarchy in Rome?
A) Republic
B) Dictatorship
C) Empire
D) Oligarchy
- 3. Which Roman general played a crucial role in the transition to the Republic?
A) Mark Antony
B) Scipio Africanus
C) Hannibal
D) Lucius Junius Brutus
- 4. Which group of people had significant political power in the early Roman Republic?
A) Patricians
B) Barbarians
C) Slaves
D) Plebeians
- 5. Who was the first dictator of Rome, effectively ending the Republic?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Augustus
C) Spartacus
D) Cicero
- 6. What title did Julius Caesar proclaim himself in 44 BC?
A) Pontifex Maximus
B) Tribune
C) Consul
D) Dictator perpetuo
- 7. Who was the famous orator and statesman who opposed Julius Caesar?
A) Scipio Africanus
B) Spartacus
C) Cicero
D) Hannibal
- 8. Who formed the First Triumvirate with Julius Caesar?
A) Pompey and Crassus
B) Augustus and Cicero
C) Cato and Brutus
D) Mark Antony and Lepidus
- 9. Which class of Roman society demanded greater political rights in the early Republic?
A) Slaves
B) Plebeians
C) Barbarians
D) Patricians
- 10. What were the Twelve Tables in the Roman Republic?
A) Religious rituals
B) Military treaties
C) Laws
D) Senatorial decrees
- 11. What was the name of Julius Caesar's great-nephew and heir, who later became Augustus?
A) Antony
B) Crassus
C) Octavian
D) Cicero
- 12. How many consuls served at the same time in the Roman Republic?
A) Three
B) Two
C) One
D) Four
- 13. Who was the first Emperor of Rome after the fall of the Republic?
A) Constantine
B) Caesar Augustus
C) Nero
D) Augustus
- 14. Which Roman institution gained more power as the Republic declined?
A) Senate
B) Consuls
C) Centuriate Assembly
D) Tribal Assembly
- 15. What term is used to describe the 200-year period of relative peace and stability in the Roman Empire?
A) Pax Romana
B) Triumvirate
C) Punic Wars
D) Gracchi Reforms
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