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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor voluntarily abdicated in 305 CE and retired to grow cabbages?

Answer

Diocletian

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor defeated the usurper Avidius Cassius in 175 CE without a battle?

Answer

Marcus Aurelius

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

Which month was renamed July to honor Julius Caesar after his calendar reform?

Answer

Quintilis

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

What Roman frontier system is represented by Hadrian’s Wall and the Germanic-Raetian Limes?

Answer

Limes

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor built the temple complex now known as the Temple of Venus and Roma?

Answer

Hadrian

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

What was the Roman name for Egypt after Octavian annexed it in 30 BCE?

Answer

Aegyptus

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor launched the conquest of Britain in 43 CE?

Answer

Claudius

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

What elected Roman office was traditionally held by two colleagues for one year?

Answer

Consul

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

Which Roman battle in 216 BCE is famous for Hannibal’s double-envelopment victory?

Answer

Battle of Cannae

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor’s mausoleum later became Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo?

Answer

Hadrian

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• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor commissioned the Basilica Ulpia in Trajan’s Forum in Rome?

Answer

Trajan

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor was known as the “Restitutor Orbis” after restoring imperial territory?

Answer

Aurelian

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