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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the people of Fregellae attempt to break away from Rome, but were crushed by a Roman army led by Lucius Opimius?
(a) 108 BCE.
(b) 125 BCE.
(c) 131 BCE.
(d) 119 BCE.

2. When was Caesar murdered?
(a) March 11, 44 BCE.
(b) February 21, 44 BCE.
(c) March 15, 44 BCE.
(d) February 10, 44 BCE.

3. When did Pompey the Great triumph over King Mithradates VI of Pontus?
(a) 67 BCE.
(b) 64 BCE.
(c) 60 BCE.
(d) 61 BCE.

4. In what city was found a decoration of a bar designed in the second century whose theme was of "The Seven Sages" (471)?
(a) Ostia.
(b) Pozalio.
(c) Trieste.
(d) Livorno.

5. When did Octavian become known as Augustus?
(a) 27 BCE.
(b) 20 BCE.
(c) 39 BCE.
(d) 31 BCE.

6. In 9 CE, where was there a terrible military disaster?
(a) Britain.
(b) Africa.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

7. When did Caesar's appointed heir, Gaius Octavious arrive in Rome?
(a) May 44 BCE.
(b) June 44 BCE.
(c) April 44 BCE.
(d) July BCE.

8. What emperor spent a great deal of time as a tourist and was abroad more than at home?
(a) Tiberius.
(b) Vespasian.
(c) CLaudius.
(d) Hadrian.

9. In Chapter 6, when was a full census carried out?
(a) 70 BCE.
(b) 60 BCE.
(c) 65 BCE.
(d) 55 BCE.

10. What was the name of Caesar's daughter whom Pompey married?
(a) Domitia.
(b) Marciana.
(c) Julia.
(d) Fausta.

11. When was Sulla elected consul?
(a) 85 BCE.
(b) 84 BCE.
(c) 88 BCE.
(d) 81 BCE.

12. When did Cicero's former slave Marcus Tullius Tiro die?
(a) 40 BCE.
(b) 29 BCE.
(c) 11 BCE.
(d) 4 BCE.

13. What was the approximate value of the property that Cicero owned in 45 BCE?
(a) 17 million sesterces.
(b) 9 million sesterces.
(c) 13 million sesterces.
(d) 20 million sesterces.

14. How much older was Cicero than Publilia when they married?
(a) 43 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 39 years.

15. How long was the siege when Scipio Aemilianus cut the town off from the sea?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 26 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gaius Octavious when Julius Caesar was assassinated?

2. When did Caesar leave Italy for Gaul for a five-year command that continued on for another five years?

3. Near the location of what modern city was Carthage located?

4. How many books of Pliny the Younger's letters survived?

5. Who did Marcus Aurelius brutally suppress?

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