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