Can you name the Roman Emperors?

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Of what were Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey members?
Whom did the emperor Nerva adopt as his son and heir?
Of what were Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus members?
What Roman emperor saw to the reconstruction of the Pantheon?
What is the name of the port city of Rome?
Who was the second Roman emperor?
In what year did Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian all serve as emperor?
What famous church council did Constantine convoke in A.D. 325?
Who is the author of the Ab Urbe Condita?
Whose troops did Caesar defeat at Pharsalus in 48 B.C.?
Whom did Caligula promise to make a consul?
At what age did Nero begin his emperorship?
What is the more common name for the Flavian Amphitheater?
Who is the author of the Metamorphoses?
What type of poetry did Propertius and Tibullus write?
From what notable physical malady did the Roman emperor Claudius suffer?
What Roman emperor had three hundred concubines and also killed his sister?
Events of what war does the Column of Trajan depict?
What name has been given to the Roman empire in the East?
Who is the author of the Aeneid?
What Roman emperor offered Roman citizenship to all free men within the Roman empire?
In what famous battle did the forces of Antony and Octavian defeat the forces of Brutus and Cassius in 42 B.C.?
What emperors of the second century A.D. afforded Christians protection from persecution?
Who was the first Roman emperor?
What Roman emperor established his capital in what is today Istanbul?
Whom did Nero blame for the fire of A.D. 64 in Rome?
Why primarily did Trajan have a massive road system developed within the Roman empire?
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Who was a famous patron of poets, e.g., Vergil and Horace, and a close friend of Augustus?
What does Helvedius' epithet 'Pertinax' mean?
What is the title given to Augustus' account of his accomplishments?
What is the expression used to describe post-Augustan Latin of the first and second centuries?
What does 'pax Romana' mean?
How old was Marcus Aurelius' son, Commodus, when became emperor?
Who was the son of Caesar and Cleopatra?
Whose military forces did Octavian defeat at Actium in 31 B.C.?
What does the emperor Antonius' epithet 'Pius' mean?
What Roman emperor hired gladiators and German mercenaries so as to ensure the protection of the Roman empire?
What Roman emperor declared in A.D. 391 Christianity the only officially permissible religion within the Roman empire?
Who were the lead conspirators behind Caesar's assassination?
What wall was constructed to keep the Scots from making invasions into England?
What Roman general finished the siege of Jerusalem in A.D. 70?
Who was the fifth Roman emperor?
What was closed during times of war?
What Roman emperor began construction of the Flavian Amphitheater?
Who was the third Roman emperor?
What is an English word that means 'a eulogistic speech or writing'?
Under what Roman emperor did Britain become a province?
To what form of philosophy was Marcus Aurelius attracted?
What is the expression used to describe the Latin of Augustus' reign?
Upon crossing what river did Caesar utter, 'Iacta alea est'?
Who is the author of the Odes and Epodes?
What does Caligula's name mean?
What volcano erupted on August 24, A.D. 79, during Titus' reign?
What Roman emperor established the tertrarchy?
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Roman Emperors I-VII Quiz

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