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• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor was assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard in 41 CE?

Answer

Caligula

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• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor built the defensive wall known as the Antonine Wall in Scotland?

Answer

Antoninus Pius

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• The Roman Empire

What Roman coin became the standard silver currency of the empire?

Answer

Denarius

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• The Roman Empire

Which Roman monument commemorates Emperor Trajan’s victory in the Dacian Wars?

Answer

Trajan’s Column

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• The Roman Empire

What was the main language of government and administration in the Western Roman Empire?

Answer

Latin

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• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor made Christianity the empire’s official state religion in 380 CE?

Answer

Theodosius I

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• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor completed the Colosseum and inaugurated it with games in 80 CE?

Answer

Titus

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• The Roman Empire

Which Roman ruler introduced the Julian calendar in 46 BCE?

Answer

Julius Caesar

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• The Roman Empire

Who commissioned the Appian Way, Rome’s famous ancient road, in 312 BCE?

Answer

Appius Claudius Caecus

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• The Roman Empire

Which Roman emperor issued the Constitutio Antoniniana in 212 CE?

Answer

Caracalla

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• The Roman Empire

Which battle in 31 BCE gave Octavian victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra?

Answer

The Battle of Actium

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• The Roman Empire

Which emperor dedicated Constantinople as the Roman Empire’s new capital in 330 CE?

Answer

Constantine the Great

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