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Ancient Roman History II

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Introduction:
"My second quiz based on Ancient Roman History. Again, it's based on my university notes and course readings."


1. The common people of Rome were known as what?
    Plebeians
    Proletariats
    Patricians
    Bourgeoisie


2. The years of the Second Punic War are known to be ...?
    264 - 241 BC
    258 - 246 BC
    149 - 146 BC
    218 - 201 BC


3. Which group of Roman officals supervised public works, temples, and games?
    Quaestor
    Praetor
    Augur
    Aediles


4. What were the "munera"?
    gladiatorial games
    Roman adaptations of Greek plays
    original Roman plays
    overseers of the civic treasury


5. Who commissioned the building of the first stone theatre in Rome?
    Pompey
    Augustus
    Caesar
    Sulla


6. According to legend, who was the mother of Aeneas?
    Juno
    Venus
    Rhea Silvia
    Diana


7. Who was the famous Carthaginian General of the First Punic War?
    Answer: (One Word)


8. Who was the leading Roman general at the Battle of Zama?
    Lucius Paulus
    Quintus Fabius Maximus
    Scipio Africanus
    Gaius Varro


9. In 42 BC, Cassius and Brutus were defeated at the Battle of ...?
    Philippi
    Ruspina
    Pharsalus
    Perugia


10. The best known work of Augustus, giving his point of view on his own life, is called what?
    Answer: (Two Words. Latin.)


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