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Which was NOT part of the Roman Empire in A.14? |
| | A) | Spain |
| | B) | Italy |
| | C) | Egypt |
| | D) | Algeria |
| | E) | Macedonia |
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Virgil wrote the Aeneid for |
| | A) | Julius Caesar. |
| | B) | Augustus. |
| | C) | Trajan. |
| | D) | Constantine. |
| | E) | Caracalla. |
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Which of the following was NOT associated with the founding of Rome? |
| | A) | Venus |
| | B) | Aeneas |
| | C) | Romulus |
| | D) | Remus |
| | E) | Virgil |
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| 4 | |
Roman concrete was a mixture of |
| | A) | water, tufa, travertine, and rubble. |
| | B) | water, mortar, gravel, and rubble. |
| | C) | stucco, plaster, water, mortar, and rubble. |
| | D) | tufa, rubble, gravel, and mortar. |
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Which was NOT a Roman architectural type? |
| | A) | the private house |
| | B) | the round temple |
| | C) | the peripteral temple |
| | D) | the massive amphitheater, such as the Colosseum |
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Pompeii was destroyed |
| | A) | in A.D. 79. |
| | B) | in the first century B.C. |
| | C) | under Nero. |
| | D) | in A.D. 121. |
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Which of the following was NOT built under Trajan? |
| | A) | the Ara Pacis |
| | B) | markets |
| | C) | a forum |
| | D) | basilicas |
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Hadrian was especially influenced by |
| | A) | Egyptian religion. |
| | B) | Greek styles. |
| | C) | Virgil's Aeneid. |
| | D) | Homer's Iliad. |
| | E) | Marcus Aurelius. |
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The first known Roman forum dates from |
| | A) | the sixth century B.C. |
| | B) | the reign of Julius Caesar. |
| | C) | the first century A.D. |
| | D) | the reign of Augustus. |
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The "Ides of March" are |
| | A) | when Roman emperors are killed. |
| | B) | the middle of the month. |
| | C) | the birthday of the Roman emperor. |
| | D) | the end of the month. |
| | E) | the beginning of the month. |
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Which was LEAST likely to be in a Roman forum? |
| | A) | temples |
| | B) | libraries |
| | C) | markets |
| | D) | baths |
| | E) | basilicas |
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Two streets intersecting at right angles in ancient Roman cities were the |
| | A) | castra and cardo. |
| | B) | insula and decumanus. |
| | C) | castra and decumanus. |
| | D) | cardo and decumanus. |
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| 13 | |
Which of the following was NOT a use of the Roman basilica? |
| | A) | commerce |
| | B) | worship |
| | C) | law courts |
| | D) | administration |
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Which of the following was NOT a main construction medium of the Colosseum in Rome? |
| | A) | concrete |
| | B) | travertine |
| | C) | marble |
| | D) | tufa |
| | E) | iron |
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| 15 | |
Seutonius wrote that Augustus found Rome a city of ________ and left it a city of ________. |
| | A) | dust; gold |
| | B) | brick; marble |
| | C) | men; the world |
| | D) | civility; despotism |
| | E) | art; decay |
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