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Chapter 2: Emperors and Madmen Quiz
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1Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
The name of [blank_start]Augustus Caesar[blank_end]- AAugustus Caesar
2A literary form that cleverly ridicules human vices and folly: [blank_start]satire[blank_end]
- Asatire
3Gaius Valerius Diocletianus
The name of [blank_start]Diocletian[blank_end]- ADiocletian
4Marcus Aelius Aurelius Verus Caesar
The name of [blank_start]Marcus Aurelius[blank_end]- AMarcus Aurelius
5Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus
The name of [blank_start]Antoninus Pius[blank_end]- AAntoninus Pius
6A government official appointed by a ruler who takes care of the day-to-day workings of government: [blank_start]bureaucrat[blank_end]
- Abureaucrat
7An upper class of persons though to be the 'best' or most able to govern: [blank_start]aristocracy[blank_end]
- Aaristocracy
8Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus
Name of [blank_start]Tiberius Caesar[blank_end]- ATiberius Caesar
9The name of a division of the Roman army, numbering about five thousand soldiers: [blank_start]legion[blank_end]
- Alegion
10The "Roman Peace" a long period of relative peace in the Mediterranean world:
[blank_start]Pax Romana[blank_end]- APax Romana
11First Roman emperor to order the persecution of the Christians: [blank_start]Nero[blank_end]
- ANero
12The death of Augustus: [blank_start]AD 14[blank_end]
Diocletian's rule: [blank_start]AD 284-305[blank_end]
The burning of Rome under Nero: [blank_start]AD 64[blank_end]
The years of the Julian emperors: [blank_start]27BC - AD 68[blank_end]- AAD 14
- BAD 284-305
- CAD 64
- D27BC - AD 68
13Author of 'Meditations' - a collection of stoic wisdom: [blank_start]Marcus Aurelius[blank_end]
- AMarcus Aurelius
14The body of elected aristocrats or patricians that governed Rome: [blank_start]Senate[blank_end]
- ASenate
15Established the principate, the imperial system of government: [blank_start]Augustus Caesar[blank_end]
- AAugustus Caesar
16Title given by the Roman Senate to Octavian, nephew of Julius Caesar and founder of the principate:
[blank_start]Augustus[blank_end]- AAugustus
17A division or small group of believers within a larger religious group: [blank_start]sect[blank_end]
- Asect
18"Commander in chief", "supreme commander"; the title of a commander of several legions, given by the Senate first to Augustus and then held by all his successors: [blank_start]emperor[blank_end]
- Aemperor
19A government run by bureaucrats: [blank_start]bureaucracy[blank_end]
- Abureaucracy
20Emperor who was a reformer of the just treatment of the poor: [blank_start]Hadrian[blank_end]
- AHadrian
21"first citizen": [blank_start]princeps[blank_end]
- Aprinceps
22A philosophy that teaches that happiness can only be found by one who practices self-control and follows the natural law: [blank_start]stoicism[blank_end]
- Astoicism
23Emperor when Christ was crucified: [blank_start]Tiberius Caesar[blank_end]
- ATiberius Caesar
24One of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built: [blank_start]Palatine hill[blank_end]
- APalatine hill
25Publius Aelius Hadrianus
The name of [blank_start]Hadrian[blank_end]- AHadrian
26Marcus Ulpius Trajanus
The name of [blank_start]Trajan[blank_end]- ATrajan
27The new organization of government begun by Augustus, giving real power to the emperor or princeps: [blank_start]principate[blank_end]
- Aprincipate
28Counselor to Hadrian who later became emperor: [blank_start]Titus[blank_end]
- ATitus
29A writer of satire: [blank_start]satirist[blank_end]
- Asatirist
30Nero Claudius Caesar
Name of [blank_start]Nero[blank_end]- ANero
31General of the Danube regions before becoming emperor: [blank_start]Diocletian[blank_end]
- ADiocletian
32Family name of Gaius Julius Caesar: [blank_start]Caesar[blank_end]
- ACaesar
33"General" who commanded several legions combined into an army: [blank_start]imperator[blank_end]
- Aimperator
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