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A) After the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC B) After Ptolemy VI's death in 145 BC C) After Cleopatra VII's ascension in 51 BC D) After the Battle of the Nile in 47 BC
A) Ptolemy XII Auletes B) Ptolemy VIII Physcon C) Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator D) Ptolemy IX Soter II
A) He ruled jointly with Cleopatra III peacefully B) He abdicated the throne to marry Cleopatra VII C) He fled to Rome and lived in exile D) Physcon killed his young nephew and seized the throne
A) Cleopatra III and her son Ptolemy IX B) Ptolemy XI and Berenice IV C) Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII D) Ptolemy X Alexander I and Tryphaena
A) 116 BC B) 88 BC C) 80 BC D) 107 BC
A) Ptolemy XI Alexander II B) Ptolemy XII Auletes C) Ptolemy X Alexander I D) Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
A) 88 BC B) 51 BC C) 107 BC D) 80 BC
A) Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator B) Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos C) Ptolemy XI Alexander II D) Ptolemy X Alexander I
A) He died peacefully in his palace in Rome B) He committed suicide with a sword C) He drowned in the Nile during a battle D) He was lynched by the Alexandrian mob
A) Theos Philopator B) Auletes, the flute-player C) Neos Philopator D) Physcon
A) Judaea and Cyrene B) Macedon and the Seleucid empire C) Both Libya and Cyprus D) Crete and Tarsus
A) 44 BC B) 48 BC C) 30 BC D) 51 BC
A) Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII B) Tryphaena and Berenice IV C) Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphos D) Caesarion and Cleopatra Selene
A) Autumn of 34 BC B) Summer of 47 BC C) 22 March 51 BC D) 12 August 30 BC
A) Octavian B) The Roman senate C) Julius Caesar D) Mark Antony
A) Cleopatra III and Cleopatra VII B) Tryphaena and Berenice IV C) Octavia Minor and Tryphaena D) Cleopatra Selene and Octavia Minor
A) By drowning in the Nile B) By assassination C) By suicide with an asp D) By execution
A) By execution B) By assassination C) By falling on her own sword D) By poison
A) To quell the looming civil war B) To fight Mark Antony C) To annex Cyprus and Libya D) To marry Cleopatra VII
A) In a royal chariot B) Disguised as a Roman soldier C) Hidden inside a grain shipment D) Wrapped in a carpet
A) The Battle of the Nile B) The Siege of Alexandria C) The donations of Alexandria D) The Battle of Actium
A) At Actium B) At the Siege of Alexandria C) At the Battle of the Nile D) Outside Rome
A) He committed suicide by falling on his sword B) He was lynched by the Alexandrian mob C) He reportedly drowned in the Nile while attempting to flee D) He was assassinated by Tryphaena
A) 47 BC B) 44 BC C) 51 BC D) 48 BC
A) Rome B) Actium C) Cyprus D) Dendara
A) Ptolemy XIV B) Alexander Helios C) Ptolemy Philadelphos D) Caesarion
A) 30 BC B) 48 BC C) 44 BC D) 45 BC
A) Julius Caesar and Pompey B) Mark Antony and Octavian C) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Ptolemy XIV D) Auletes and Caesarion
A) In Egypt B) In Dendara C) In Rome D) In Cyprus
A) Because Cleopatra was a pharaoh B) Because the Roman senate forbade marriages with Egyptians C) Because Julius Caesar had banned it in his will D) As Antony was married to a Roman woman
A) Tryphaena and Berenice IV B) Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII C) Caesarion and Ptolemy Philadelphos D) Cleopatra Selene and Alexander Helios
A) Ptolemy Philadelphos B) Alexander Helios C) Ptolemy XIV D) Caesarion
A) The assassination of Julius Caesar B) The Siege of Alexandria C) The Battle of the Nile D) The donations of Alexandria ceremony
A) Libya, Macedonia, Rome, Egypt, and Syria B) Tarsus, Cyrene, Crete, Cyprus, and Judaea C) Sicily, Gaul, Hispania, Britannia, and Thrace D) Alexandria, Dendara, Actium, Athens, and Sparta
A) In Rome B) In Alexandria C) In Cyprus D) In Tarsus
A) Julius Caesar B) Octavian C) Ptolemy XIV D) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
A) By falling on his own sword B) By poison C) By drinking venom from an asp D) By drowning in the Nile
A) Autumn of 34 BC B) 22 March 51 BC C) Summer of 47 BC D) 12 August 30 BC
A) By execution ordered by Octavian B) By falling on her own sword C) By way of the venomous bite of an asp D) By drowning in the Nile
A) Octavia Minor B) Cleopatra III C) Tryphaena D) Berenice IV
A) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa B) Someone in the Mauretanian royal line C) Caesarion D) A member of the Roman senate
A) It remained an independent kingdom under Cleopatra Selene B) It became part of the Seleucid empire C) It became a Roman province D) It was divided into client monarchies
A) Alexandria B) Rome C) Tarsus D) Dendara
A) Julius Caesar B) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa C) Octavian D) Mark Antony
A) 5 years B) 10 years C) 50 years D) 20 years
A) Ankhwennefer B) Ptolemy V Epiphanes C) Horwennefer D) Boethus
A) Ankhwennefer B) Ptolemy VIII Physcon C) Antiochus III D) Ptolemy VI Philometor
A) The Dodecaschoenus stele B) The Philometris inscription C) The Temple of Isis D) The Rosetta Stone
A) Eurydice B) Arsinoƫ C) Cleopatra II D) Berenice
A) Alexander III B) Perseus C) Philip V D) Antigonus II
A) Greece B) Rome C) Persia D) Carthage
A) Philae B) Alexandria C) Memphis D) Thebes
A) Thrace B) Caria C) Coele-Syria D) Nubia
A) Horwennefer B) Boethus C) Ankhwennefer D) Philopator
A) Alexandria B) Memphis C) Thebes D) Philometris
A) Cyprus B) Gaul C) Cyrenaica D) Coele-Syria
A) Alexander B) Antigonus C) Seleucus D) Arrian
A) Alexandria B) Corinth C) Gaza D) Ipsus
A) Euclid B) Manetho C) Arrian D) Callimachus
A) 90 B) 65 C) 70 D) 84
A) Delian League B) Achaean League C) Nesiotic League D) Peloponnesian League
A) Gold B) Silver C) Copper D) Iron
A) Port Sudan B) Corinth C) Gaza D) Alexandria
A) Mesopotamian culture B) Roman culture C) Persian culture D) Hellenistic culture
A) Euclid B) Aristarchus C) Callimachus D) Manetho
A) Theocritus B) Euclid C) Aristarchus D) Callimachus
A) Euclid B) Apollonius of Rhodes C) Posidippus D) Aristarchus
A) Theocritus B) Manetho C) Callimachus D) Arrian
A) Ptolemy I B) Seleucus C) Antigonus D) Lysimachus
A) Ancient Greek B) Persian C) Roman D) Mesopotamian
A) Exactly one century B) Nearly three centuries C) Over a thousand years D) Fifty years
A) Seleucid Empire B) Roman Republic C) Achaemenid Empire D) Byzantine Empire
A) Seleucid Empire B) Macedonian Empire C) Roman Republic D) Achaemenid Empire
A) Pharaoh B) Satrap C) Consul D) Emperor
A) Tyrant B) Archon C) Basileus D) Strategos
A) Roman senators B) Persian nobility C) Greek ruling class D) Native Egyptian priests
A) Horus myth B) Osiris myth C) Isis myth D) Zeus myth
A) Egyptian B) Latin C) Aramaic D) Greek
A) 323 BC B) 305 BC C) 30 BC D) 641 AD
A) Thirty-first Dynasty B) Twentieth Dynasty C) Thirtieth Dynasty D) Ptolemaic Dynasty
A) Zeus B) Ra C) Osiris D) Amun
A) Macedonians B) Persians C) Egyptians D) Phoenicians
A) Alexander IV B) Philip III C) Ptolemy D) Perdiccas
A) Perdiccas B) Alexander IV C) Ptolemy D) Arrhidaeus
A) Magnificent new temples B) Greek gymnasiums C) Large military fortresses D) Marble palaces
A) Ptolemais Hermiou B) Memphis C) Babylon D) Alexandria
A) The Greeks B) The Babylonians C) The Persians D) The Romans
A) The Great B) The Benefactor C) The Conqueror D) The Scholar
A) Thrace B) Athens C) Babylonia D) Edfu
A) Anatolia B) Babylonia C) Athens D) Thrace
A) The end B) The zenith C) The decline D) The beginning
A) Sparta B) Thebes C) Macedon D) Athens
A) Athens B) Babylon C) Sparta D) Rome
A) Conon of Samos B) Seleucus II C) Eratosthenes D) Apollonius of Perge
A) Berenice B) Cleopatra C) Arsinoƫ D) Agathoclea
A) Pharaoh Philopator B) Horus C) Set D) Antiochus
A) Set B) Arsinoe C) Antiochus D) The native rebels
A) A statue group B) A grand obelisk C) A new library D) A golden altar
A) Three days B) Five days C) Seven days D) One day
A) The emperor B) The Ptolemaic rulers C) The Greek colonists D) The Roman Senate |