Julio-Claudian dynasty - Quiz
Julio Claudian dynasty
  • 1. On what date did Augustus die?
A) 18 October AD 31
B) 19 August AD 14
C) AD 19
D) 16 March AD 37
  • 2. Whom did Tiberius favor as his successor initially?
A) Germanicus
B) Caligula
C) Tiberius Gemellus
D) Drusus the Younger
  • 3. Where did Germanicus die in AD 19?
A) Capri
B) Germania
C) Misenum
D) Syria
  • 4. Who was accused of murdering Germanicus on his deathbed?
A) Lucius Aelius Sejanus
B) Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus
C) Naevius Sutorius Macro
D) Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
  • 5. To whom did Tiberius delegate the day-to-day running of the Empire?
A) Lucius Aelius Sejanus
B) Drusus the Younger
C) Germanicus
D) Naevius Sutorius Macro
  • 6. What was the incentive for informers under Sejanus?
A) A share of the accused's property
B) Political appointments
C) Immunity from taxes
D) Military promotion
  • 7. Who was the second husband of Tiberius' first wife Vipsania?
A) Decimus Haterius Agrippa
B) Drusus the Younger
C) Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus
D) Sejanus
  • 8. In what year was Sejanus betrothed to Julia Livia?
A) AD 31
B) AD 14
C) AD 30
D) AD 19
  • 9. Which honor did Tiberius reserve only for heirs to the throne, which he gave to Sejanus in AD 31?
A) Tribunician power
B) Proconsular power in Germania
C) Control of the Praetorian Guard
D) Holding the Consulship with the emperor
  • 10. When did Tiberius order the destruction of Sejanus and his faction?
A) 18 October AD 31
B) AD 25
C) 19 August AD 14
D) 16 March AD 37
  • 11. Who were the co-heirs appointed by Tiberius after the death of his previous family members?
A) Caligula and Tiberius Gemellus
B) Sejanus and Caligula
C) Nero and Drusus
D) Germanicus and Drusus
  • 12. What forced suicide occurred involving the wife of Drusus III?
A) Aemilia Lepida
B) Livilla
C) Vipsania
D) Agrippina
  • 13. Where did Tiberius allegedly conduct orgies and debauchery?
A) Capri
B) Misenum
C) Syria
D) Germania
  • 14. Where did Tiberius die?
A) Rome
B) Misenum
C) Syria
D) Capri
  • 15. Who supposedly smothered Tiberius with a pillow?
A) Naevius Sutorius Macro
B) Caligula
C) Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
D) Lucius Aelius Sejanus
  • 16. How long did Tiberius reign?
A) 78 years
B) 37 years
C) 23 years
D) 19 years
  • 17. At what age did Tiberius die?
A) 23
B) 31
C) 78
D) 14
  • 18. Who was the first husband of Augustus' daughter, Julia?
A) Germanicus
B) Tiberius
C) Marcus Claudius Marcellus
D) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
  • 19. How many children did the marriage of Julia and Agrippa produce?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Six
  • 20. What caused the death of Drusus in 9 BC?
A) Food poisoning
B) Battle wounds
C) Execution
D) Falling from a horse
  • 21. Where did Tiberius go into voluntary exile in 6 BC?
A) Rome
B) Rhodes
C) Planasia
D) Germany
  • 22. What was the official reason for the exile of Julia the Elder and Julia the Younger?
A) Treason
B) Adultery
C) Murder
D) Conspiracy
  • 23. What was the fate of Mark Antony's son, Iullus Antonius?
A) Suicide
B) Execution
C) Natural causes
D) Exile
  • 24. Where was Agrippa Postumus banished before his execution?
A) Rhodes
B) Rome
C) Planasia
D) Germany
  • 25. Who was the father of Germanicus?
A) Augustus
B) Tiberius
C) Agrippa
D) Drusus
  • 26. Who did Germanicus marry?
A) Vipsania Agrippina
B) Agrippina
C) Livia
D) Julia the Younger
  • 27. Who was Tiberius forced to divorce by Augustus?
A) Julia the Elder
B) Agrippina the Elder
C) Vipsania Agrippina
D) Livia
  • 28. What was the final status of Tiberius regarding his succession to Augustus?
A) Forced into suicide
B) Officially adopted by Augustus
C) Married to Agrippina
D) Exiled to Planasia
  • 29. Which emperor's suicide marked the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty?
A) Tiberius
B) Nero
C) Caligula
D) Claudius
  • 30. What principle was notably absent in the succession history of the Julio-Claudians?
A) Primogeniture
B) Adoption
C) Dynastic succession
D) Marriage alliances
  • 31. What was the original family name of Gaius Octavius before his adoption?
A) Julius
B) Claudius
C) Ahenobarbus
D) Octavius
  • 32. How was Tiberius related to Augustus after Augustus married Livia?
A) Nephew
B) Brother
C) Biological son
D) Stepson
  • 33. Nero was born into which family on his father's side?
A) Flavii
B) Julii Caesares
C) Claudii Nerones
D) Domitii Ahenobarbi
  • 34. What was the name of the son of Claudius who outlived him?
A) Britannicus
B) Tiberius Gemellus
C) Germanicus
D) Nero
  • 35. What is the historiographical term for the first five Roman emperors?
A) Nervan-Antonnine dynasty
B) Antonine dynasty
C) Julio-Claudian dynasty
D) Flavian dynasty
  • 36. Which family line was Caligula connected to through his mother, Agrippina the Elder?
A) Flavian
B) Julian
C) Claudian
D) Antonine
  • 37. Who was the historian that claimed the conspirators wanted to restore the Republic?
A) Josephus
B) Tacitus
C) Suetonius
D) Plutarch
  • 38. Who killed Caligula in an underground passage?
A) Cassius Chaerea
B) Cornelius Sabinus
C) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
D) Naevius Sutorius Macro
  • 39. What was the name of Caligula's wife who was killed along with him?
A) Julia Livilla
B) Agrippina the Younger
C) Caesonia
D) Julia Drusilla
  • 40. Which group was primarily responsible for the conspiracy to kill Caligula?
A) The Praetorian Guard
B) The foreign mercenaries
C) The Senate
D) The common citizens
  • 41. Which of these women was NOT one of Claudius's wives?
A) Agrippina the Younger
B) Valeria Messalina
C) Lollia Paulina
D) Plautia Urgulanilla
  • 42. How old was Nero when he became emperor?
A) Sixteen
B) Twenty-one
C) Eighteen
D) Fourteen
  • 43. Who assisted Nero in his suicide?
A) Burrus
B) Epaphroditus
C) Seneca
D) Galba
  • 44. What happened to the Julio-Claudian dynasty after Nero's death?
A) It merged with the Senate
B) It came to an end
C) It was restored to power
D) It passed to the family of Galba
  • 45. Who rebelled against Nero in AD 67 or 68?
A) Virginius Rufus
B) Galba
C) Vindex
D) Piso
  • 46. Which historian's book 12 of the Annals recounts events of the dynasty?
A) Seneca
B) Suetonius
C) Tacitus
D) Cassius Dio
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