NLE III History & Culture Quiz

The Gallic leader defeated by Caesar at Alesia was

• Vercingetorix

• Ambiorix

• Ariovistus

• Dumnorix

The highest government official during the Roman republic was

• consul

• tribune

• aedile

• plebian

Cornelia's sons were

• Tarquinii

• Horatii

• Gracchi

• Crassi

Rome's first government was

• democracy

• monarchy

• republic

• empire

Caesar fought against __________ in the Civil War of 49-46 B.C.

• Pompey

• Crassus

• Lepidus

• Antony

The Roman who became dictator in an emergency and then returned to his farm was:

• Horatius

• Romulus

• Gaius Gracchus

• Cincinnatus

The most terrifying and formidable of Rome's enemies in the Punic Wars was:

• Spartacus

• Mithridates

• Jugurtha

• Hannibal

The ditches which Caesar dug to surround his camp were called:

• castra

• scuta

• fossae

• tabernacula

The chief duty of the eight praetors who were elected each year was that of:

• supervisor of games

• judge

• pay-master

• priest

Crassus, Pompey, and ________ formed the first triumvirate in 60 B.C.

• Augustus

• Cicero

• Caesar

• Antony