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A) Antoninus Pius B) Augustus C) Nero D) Julius Caesar
A) Aristotelianism B) Epicureanism C) Platonism D) Stoicism
A) Reflections of a Roman Emperor B) Thoughts of a Philosopher-King C) Meditations D) Marcus's Musings
A) Commodus B) Maximus C) Octavius D) Lucius Verus
A) 200 AD B) 100 AD C) 50 AD D) 161 AD
A) Lucius Verus B) Constantine C) Julius Caesar D) Nero
A) Pannonia B) Britannia C) Dacia D) Achaia
A) Marcus Annius Verus B) Lucius Aurelius Maximus C) Titus Vespasianus Flavius D) Julius Cassius Augustus
A) Arabic B) Greek C) Spanish D) Latin
A) Noble birth B) Military service C) Merit D) Wealth
A) Great Fire of Rome B) Vesuvius Eruption C) Antonine Plague D) Barbarian Invasions
A) Faustina the Younger B) Livia C) Octavia D) Agrippina
A) Flavian Emperors B) Five Good Emperors C) Constantinian Emperors D) Julio-Claudian Emperors
A) Plutarch B) Suetonius C) Tacitus D) Cassius Dio
A) Wise B) Honored C) Majestic D) Noble
A) 180 B) 161 C) 169 D) 177
A) The Roman–Parthian War B) The Gothic Wars C) The Gallic Wars D) The Punic Wars
A) Augustus B) Pontifex Maximus C) Imperator D) Caesar
A) 20,000 sesterces per capita B) 5,000 denarii per capita C) 30,000 sesterces per capita D) 10,000 sesterces per capita
A) Forum Romanum B) Hadrian's mausoleum C) The Pantheon D) Colosseum
A) Burial in a common grave B) Deification C) Cremation without honor D) Exile
A) Lucius Verus’s inheritance B) Part of his mother's estate C) His entire fortune D) The imperial treasury
A) Rome B) Lanuvium C) Antioch D) Athens
A) Caligula’s birthday B) Nero’s birthday C) Julius Caesar’s birthday D) Augustus’s birthday
A) Fifteen B) Thirteen C) Nine D) Eleven
A) Aufidius Victorinus B) Titus Varius Clemens C) Lucius Volusius Maecianus D) Charilas
A) Titus Varius Clemens B) Lucius Volusius Maecianus C) Aufidius Victorinus D) Charilas
A) 5 February B) 15 April C) 10 January D) 28 March
A) C. Avidius Cassius B) Heliodorus C) Martius Verus D) Fronto
A) Seleucia B) Armenia C) Osroene D) Media
A) Wilhelm Xylander B) Erasmus of Rotterdam C) Thomas More D) Martin Luther
A) Vienna B) Elegeia C) Cappadocia D) Alsium
A) Philosophical Thoughts B) To Himself C) Unknown D) Personal Reflections
A) Governor of Syria B) Commander of III Gallica C) Prefect of Egypt D) Ab epistulis
A) Rome B) Antioch C) Vindobona (modern Vienna) D) Alexandria
A) He encouraged only positive feedback B) He ignored all forms of criticism C) He strictly controlled and punished any dissent D) He permitted it, allowing criticism without retribution
A) Roman B) Greek C) Arsacid D) Parthian
A) Lucius Verus B) Marcus Aurelius C) The imperial freedman Charilas D) Titus Varius Clemens
A) A city on the Nile River B) A city in southern Spain C) A city near Guangzhou along the South China Sea D) A city in northern India
A) Vienna B) Cappadocia C) Armenia D) Alsium, in Etruria
A) Severianus B) Chosrhoes C) Marcus Aurelius D) Pacorus
A) Bill Clinton B) George W. Bush C) Barack Obama D) Donald Trump
A) Antioch B) Rome C) Ravenna D) Alexandria
A) Cynic B) Stoic C) Socratic D) Epicurean
A) Paris B) London C) Zurich D) Rome
A) Rome B) Daphne C) Laodicea D) Antioch
A) Nisibis B) Dura C) Artaxata D) Edessa
A) Mannus B) Avidius Cassius C) Lucius D) C. Iulius Sohaemus
A) A shortage of supplies B) A plague contracted in Seleucia C) The Seleucids broke faith first D) An order from Marcus Aurelius
A) 177 B) 172 C) 169 D) 179
A) John Stuart Mill B) Christina of Sweden C) Goethe D) Frederick the Great
A) 165 B) 163 C) 164 D) 166
A) Theodosius I B) Julian the Apostate C) Valens D) Constantine the Great
A) The Great Wall of China B) Kattigara, lying beyond the Golden Chersonese (Malay Peninsula) C) The city of Rome D) The Euphrates River
A) The end of peace B) Felicitas temporum (happy times) C) The greatness of Marcus and Lucius D) A new era of war
A) 164 B) 166 C) 165 D) 163
A) 10th century B) 12th century C) 9th century D) 11th century
A) Avidius Cassius B) Mannus C) Lucius D) C. Iulius Sohaemus
A) Historical accounts of previous emperors B) Eloquent reading matter, such as works by Cato, Cicero, Sallust, or a poet C) Philosophical texts only D) Military manuals and strategies
A) 75% B) 10% C) 50% D) About 25%
A) Lucius Verus B) Fronto C) Subordinate generals D) Marcus Aurelius
A) Ctesiphon B) Nisibis C) Dura D) Edessa
A) Kaine Polis ('New City') B) Edessa C) Dausara D) Artaxata
A) Parthicus Maximus B) Rex armeniis Datus C) Imp. III D) Medicus
A) Military training B) Philosophical debates C) Lessons, due to Marcus' prominence and public duties D) Public speeches
A) Imp. IV B) Parthicus Maximus C) Armeniacus D) 'Medicus'
A) A volcanic eruption B) An earthquake C) A severe drought D) The Tiber flooded over its banks
A) Library of Alexandria B) Bodleian Library C) Vatican Library D) British Museum
A) The First Legion (Minervia) B) The Tenth Legion (Gemina) C) The Ninth Legion of Hispania D) The Fifth Legion (Macedonica)
A) 175 B) 166 C) 180 D) 170
A) Scandinavia B) Asia Minor C) North Africa D) The Carpathian area |