Which Roman emperor built the Baths of Caracalla in Rome?
Answer
Caracalla
80 The Roman Empire Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was the name of Rome’s earliest written law code, created around 450 BCE?
Answer
The Twelve Tables
Which battle in 275 BCE ended King Pyrrhus’s invasion of Italy?
Answer
Battle of Beneventum
What name is given to the Roman law compilation commissioned by Justinian I?
Answer
Corpus Juris Civilis
Which volcano buried Pompeii under ash in 79 CE?
Answer
Mount Vesuvius
Which Roman historian wrote the work titled The Annals?
Answer
Tacitus
At which battle did Constantine the Great defeat Maxentius in 312 CE?
Answer
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Which Roman emperor built the defensive wall known as the Antonine Wall in Scotland?
Answer
Antoninus Pius
Which Roman monument commemorates Emperor Trajan’s victory in the Dacian Wars?
Answer
Trajan’s Column
Which Roman ruler introduced the Julian calendar in 46 BCE?
Answer
Julius Caesar
Who commissioned the Appian Way, Rome’s famous ancient road, in 312 BCE?
Answer
Appius Claudius Caecus
Which Roman emperor issued the Constitutio Antoniniana in 212 CE?
Answer
Caracalla
Which battle in 31 BCE gave Octavian victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra?
Answer
The Battle of Actium
Which emperor dedicated Constantinople as the Roman Empire’s new capital in 330 CE?
Answer
Constantine the Great
What governing system did Diocletian establish in the Roman Empire in 293 CE?
Answer
The Tetrarchy
Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?
Answer
Augustus