8th period

In what year did Emperor Trajan celebrate an extended series of games?

• 107 A.D

• 395 A.D

• 80 A.D

• 162 A.D

Under whose leadership did the Roman Empire reach its greatest territorial extent?

• Commodus

• Nero

• Trajan

• Titus

Who was a prominent Christian leader brought to Rome to be executed, most likely in the city's Amphitheater?

• Galen of Pergamon

• Telemachus

• Marcus Aurelius

• Ignatius of Antioch

What was the Roman Empire's population around the time of Trajan's rule?

• 100 million

• 20 million

• 50 million

• 75 million

Which emperor is known for fighting as a gladiator in the Coliseum?

• Augustus

• Julius Caesar

• Commodus

• Nero

What was the name of the famed Beastmaster mentioned by the poet Martial?

• Haterius

• Telemachus

• Carpophorus

• Galen

Who was the emperor that ordered a total ban on gladiatorial combat throughout the empire?

• Arcadius

• Honorius

• Domitian

• Theodosius

What was the greatest territorial extent of the Roman Empire in square miles under Trajan's rule?

• 1 million square miles

• 1.5 million square miles

• 2 million square miles

• 2.5 million square miles

Who was the master builder responsible for the complex hypogeum beneath the Coliseum?

• Haterius

• Martial

• Simicus

• Galen

Which emperor is known for renaming Rome and its Senate after himself?

• Caligula

• Titus

• Nero

• Commodus