- 1. What river flows through Rome?
A) Thames
B) Tiber
C) Nile
D) Danube
- 2. In which century was Rome founded?
A) 8th century BC
B) 2nd century AD
C) 10th century BC
D) 4th century BC
- 3. Who was the legendary founder of Rome?
A) Cleopatra
B) Caesar
C) Romulus
D) Hannibal
- 4. What type of government did ancient Rome have?
A) Republic
B) Dictatorship
C) Monarchy
D) Communism
- 5. Which Roman emperor built the Colosseum?
A) Trajan
B) Caligula
C) Vespasian
D) Julius Caesar
- 6. What is the name of the famous Roman road network that connected the empire?
A) Route 66
B) Trans-Siberian Highway
C) Silk Road
D) Via Appia
- 7. Who were the two brothers central to the foundation myth of Rome?
A) Hercules and Perseus
B) Caesar and Brutus
C) Romulus and Remus
D) Antony and Cleopatra
- 8. What famous structure in Rome was originally a Roman temple, later converted into a church?
A) St. Peter's Basilica
B) Pantheon
C) Colosseum
D) Trevi Fountain
- 9. Which ancient Roman author wrote 'The Aeneid'?
A) Cicero
B) Virgil
C) Seneca
D) Ovid
- 10. What is the name of the Roman goddess of love and beauty?
A) Venus
B) Athena
C) Diana
D) Juno
- 11. Who famously declared 'I came, I saw, I conquered' in Latin?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Mark Antony
C) Augustus
D) Nero
- 12. Who was the first Roman emperor?
A) Augustus
B) Caligula
C) Julius Caesar
D) Nero
- 13. What catastrophic event occurred in Rome in 64 AD, causing widespread destruction?
A) Barbarian invasion
B) Mount Vesuvius eruption
C) Plague of Justinian
D) Great Fire of Rome
- 14. What is the name of the ancient Roman public square at the center of Rome?
A) Forum Romanum
B) Piazza Navona
C) Campo de' Fiori
D) Saint Peter's Square
- 15. What was the name of the elite military unit of the Roman army known for their loyalty and bravery?
A) Legionaries
B) Centurions
C) Gladiators
D) Praetorian Guard
- 16. Who was the famous Carthaginian general who almost defeated Rome in the Second Punic War?
A) Hannibal
B) Cleopatra
C) Spartacus
D) Alexander the Great
- 17. What term describes the period of peace and stability that lasted for about 200 years in the Roman Empire?
A) Imperial Crisis
B) Dark Ages
C) Pax Romana
D) Roman Revolution
- 18. What famous structure in Rome was built by the ancient Romans and is known for its gladiatorial contests?
A) Sistine Chapel
B) Colosseum
C) Pantheon
D) Vatican City
- 19. Which region of Italy is Rome located in?
A) Lazio
B) Campania
C) Tuscany
D) Sicily
- 20. What form of government did Rome transition to after the Roman Republic?
A) Roman Empire
B) Feudalism
C) Oligarchy
D) Anarchy
- 21. In Roman numerals, what does the letter 'X' represent?
A) 100
B) 5
C) 10
D) 50
- 22. Which Roman emperor famously declared himself a god and insisted on being worshipped as such?
A) Caligula
B) Hadrian
C) Trajan
D) Nero
- 23. Who was the Roman goddess of wisdom and warfare?
A) Diana
B) Venus
C) Juno
D) Minerva
- 24. Who was the famous Roman orator known for his speeches against political corruption?
A) Tiberius Gracchus
B) Cicero
C) Spartacus
D) Mark Antony
- 25. Which emperor is known for building a massive wall in northern England to defend the Roman Empire against barbarian invasions?
A) Claudius
B) Hadrian
C) Nero
D) Caligula
- 26. Which ancient Roman city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
A) Corinth
B) Carthage
C) Pompeii
D) Ephesus
- 27. Who was the mythical founder of Carthage who fell in love with Aeneas in Virgil's 'The Aeneid'?
A) Cleopatra
B) Helen of Troy
C) Dido
D) Penelope
- 28. What language did the ancient Romans speak?
A) Arabic
B) Greek
C) Latin
D) Italian
- 29. In Roman mythology, who is the king of the gods?
A) Jupiter
B) Mars
C) Pluto
D) Neptune
- 30. Who was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity?
A) Augustus
B) Constantine
C) Tiberius
D) Nero
- 31. Who was the Roman goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth?
A) Venus
B) Diana
C) Juno
D) Minerva
- 32. Which Roman emperor famously fiddled while Rome burned in the Great Fire of Rome?
A) Hadrian
B) Julius Caesar
C) Caligula
D) Nero
- 33. Who was the leader of the slave rebellion against Rome in the Third Servile War?
A) Maxentius
B) Spartacus
C) Cincinnatus
D) Vercingetorix
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