- 1. Who was the last Roman emperor of the Western Roman Empire?
A) Romulus Augustulus
B) Augustus
C) Constantine
D) Julius Caesar
- 2. What event in 476 marked the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
A) Coronation of Charlemagne
B) Battle of Adrianople
C) Invasion of Attila the Hun
D) Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
- 3. Which Germanic tribe is commonly credited with sacking Rome in 410 AD?
A) Vandals
B) Visigoths
C) Saxons
D) Franks
- 4. Which emperor divided the Roman Empire into East and West as co-emperor with Maximian?
A) Theodosius
B) Diocletian
C) Augustus
D) Constantine
- 5. What was the official language of the Western Roman Empire?
A) Arabic
B) Germanic
C) Latin
D) Greek
- 6. Who was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity?
A) Nero
B) Constantine
C) Julius Caesar
D) Augustus
- 7. Which city became the capital of the Western Roman Empire after its division?
A) Milan
B) Rome
C) Constantinople
D) Paris
- 8. During the Crisis of the Third Century, what was the term used to describe a military commander who declared himself emperor?
A) Proconsul
B) Praetorian
C) Usurper
D) Patrician
- 9. Who was the Roman general who defeated Spartacus in the Third Servile War?
A) Crassus
B) Pompey
C) Mark Antony
D) Julius Caesar
- 10. Which famous Roman historian chronicled the history of Rome from its founding to the early Empire?
A) Plutarch
B) Suetonius
C) Tacitus
D) Livy
- 11. Which battle in 451 AD saw the defeat of Attila the Hun by a coalition of Roman and Germanic forces?
A) Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
B) Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
C) Battle of Adrianople
D) Battle of Chalons
- 12. Who was the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity as the state religion?
A) Diocletian
B) Augustus
C) Constantine
D) Theodosius I
- 13. What archaeological site is known as the best-preserved Roman city in the Western Empire?
A) Pompeii
B) Petra
C) Carthage
D) Ephesus
- 14. Who was the Roman emperor who famously declared 'bread and circuses' to placate the populace?
A) Virgil
B) Seneca
C) Juvenal
D) Cicero
- 15. Which river marked the boundary between the Eastern and Western Roman Empires?
A) Nile
B) Rhine
C) Danube
D) Tiber
- 16. Who was the Roman general who famously crossed the Rubicon River, sparking a civil war?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Augustus
C) Pompey
D) Mark Antony
- 17. In Roman mythology, who was the god of war and one of the most important Roman deities?
A) Mars
B) Mercury
C) Jupiter
D) Venus
- 18. What title was bestowed upon Octavian by the Senate, marking his consolidation of power in the Roman Republic?
A) Augustus
B) Julius
C) Princeps
D) Caesar
- 19. What was the name of the Roman law code compiled under the direction of the Emperor Justinian?
A) Lex Romana
B) Pandects
C) Corpus Juris Civilis
D) Codex Theodosianus
- 20. Which Roman emperor famously persecuted Christians, blaming them for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD?
A) Caligula
B) Nero
C) Constantine
D) Trajan
- 21. Who was the Roman emperor known for building the massive public baths in Rome that bear his name?
A) Septimius Severus
B) Caracalla
C) Hadrian
D) Diocletian
- 22. Under which emperor did the Roman Empire reach its greatest territorial extent in the early 2nd century AD?
A) Marcus Aurelius
B) Trajan
C) Augustus
D) Constantine
- 23. Which Roman poet wrote the epic poem 'Aeneid,' celebrating the mythic origins of Rome?
A) Virgil
B) Ovid
C) Horace
D) Catullus
- 24. During the Crisis of the Third Century, which famous emperor reunited the Roman Empire temporarily?
A) Severus
B) Gallienus
C) Claudius Gothicus
D) Aurelian
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