Author Biography: medvedok

This is the first in a series of quizzes on the Apostolic Age, the early days of Christianity and its growth in the Roman world. We begin with some events in the life of Christ and go forward.

Augustus established a government which endured, with relative peace, for two hundred years. He, Gaius Octavius (known then as Octavian) began, at the age of 19, to consolidate the Roman Empire.

Chicago was one of the fastest growing of the major global cities. In sixty years it grew from a cluster of log cabins to a population of 1.7 million. In 1900, it was the fifth largest city in the world.

This is quiz is on first century events as they concerned Christians, Romans, and Jews.

This is the second in my series of quizzes on the earliest days of Christianity.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned, he persecuted Christians, and caused the deaths of hundreds of people, including his own mother and wives. Of course, the fiddle had not been invented yet.

Caligula is not one of my favorite emperors, but he is idiosyncratic enough to be of interest. He had the shortest reign of any of the Julio-Claudian emperors, and judging from his bad behavior, deservedly so.

Claudius is one of my favorite Roman emperors simply because he seemed to be the least likely candidate, but ruled proficiently nevertheless. He is also a rather enigmatic emperor.

Mark Antony found himself at the seat of power after the death of Caesar. This quiz contains questions on the highlights of his life.

Tiberius was never a well loved emperor, but he managed to be a decent administrator.

"The Last Temptation of Christ" was a very controversial film. Those who viewed the film might find this quiz interesting.

Marcus Tullius Cicero was one of the greatest politicians and orators of the Roman Republic. These questions cover some of the highlights of his life.

In my first quiz, we covered scattered facts about the Julio-Claudian emperors. This quiz continues with more questions about the members of Rome's first imperial family.

This quiz is about events in early Christian history and the concerns of some of the Julio-Claudian emperors with new religious movement.

So many seemed to enjoy my first quiz on Claudius that I thougt we might revisit this enigmatic emperor and his reign.

Quiz 2 in my series on the Julio-Claudian emperors. Things do get obscure, don't they?

Roman rulers are worth noting for certain accomplishments and interesting quotes and phrases. This quiz concentrates on the first imperial dynasty, the Julio-Claudians.

Cleopatra has fascinated us, from her day to ours. These questions deal with some events and persons in her lifetime.