- 1. Who is known as the first Roman emperor?
A) Nero
B) Augustus
C) Constantine
D) Julius Caesar
- 2. What title did Augustus adopt to signify his authority?
A) Dictator
B) Pontifex Maximus
C) Consul
D) Princeps
- 3. In what year did Augustus become the first Roman emperor?
A) 476 AD
B) 64 AD
C) 27 BC
D) 44 BC
- 4. Which rival of Augustus did he defeat in the Battle of Actium?
A) Mark Antony
B) Pompey
C) Crassus
D) Brutus
- 5. Where was Augustus' rule centered during his reign as emperor?
A) Carthage
B) Athens
C) Byzantium
D) Rome
- 6. What was the name of the age of peace and stability that characterized Augustus' reign?
A) Pax Romana
B) Time of Troubles
C) Punic Wars
D) The Dark Ages
- 7. Who was Augustus' successor as emperor?
A) Nero
B) Trajan
C) Tiberius
D) Caligula
- 8. What was the name of the political faction that supported Augustus?
A) Equites
B) Populares
C) Plebeians
D) Optimates
- 9. Who was Augustus' wife and empress of Rome?
A) Livia
B) Agrippina
C) Messalina
D) Cleopatra
- 10. What was the significance of Augustus wearing the laurel wreath in public?
A) Fashion statement
B) Sign of mourning
C) Symbol of victory
D) Religious symbolism
- 11. Which famous line did Augustus say before his death, expressing the peace he brought to Rome?
A) Alea iacta est
B) Veni, vidi, vici
C) Et tu, Brute?
D) I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble
- 12. Augustus reformed the Roman political system by creating the...
A) Monarchy
B) Republic
C) Triumvirate
D) Principate
- 13. Where did Augustus defeat Mark Antony and Cleopatra in a naval battle?
A) Troy
B) Carthage
C) Actium
D) Sparta
- 14. Augustus was granted the title 'Father of the Country' by the Roman Senate, known as...
A) Pater Patriae
B) Dominus
C) Rex
D) Imperator
- 15. How did Augustus die?
A) Battle wounds
B) Assassination
C) Illness
D) Natural causes
- 16. Which poet did Augustus exile for writing disrespectful verses about him?
A) Ovid
B) Virgil
C) Horace
D) Livius
- 17. Who served as Augustus's right-hand man and was his most trusted general?
A) Agrippa
B) Brutus
C) Cicero
D) Antony
- 18. What post did Augustus hold in 19 BC that made him the chief priest of Rome?
A) Pontifex Maximus
B) Tribune
C) Censor
D) Consul
- 19. Augustus established a new body of urban police and fire-fighters known as the...
A) Gladiators
B) Legion
C) Praetorian Guard
D) Vigiles
- 20. What was Augustus's title 'Princeps' primarily associated with?
A) First citizen
B) King
C) Dictator
D) General
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