Who wants to be a Roman Millionaire?

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Who wants to be a Roman Millionaire?

• Hosted by Andrew R, Nate C, Peter D, and Ariana
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The Prizes
8 - 16,000 9 - 32,000 10 - 64,000 11 -
125,000 12 - 250,000 13 - 500,000 14 -
1,000,000

• 1 - 100
• 2 - 200
• 3 - 500
• 4 - 1,000
• 5 - 2,000
• 6 - 4,000
• 7 - 8,000

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Lifelines

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100
Define Pax Romana
A - a pact Julius Caesar made for peace
B - a time of peace in Rome
B - a time of peace in Rome
C - a time of construction in Rome
D - a time of peace in Greece
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200
Which of these was the emperor of Rome after
Julius Caesar?
A - Marc Antony
B - Augustus
B - Augustus
C - Nero
D - Alexander the Great
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500
What is true about Christianity in Rome?
A - Christianity had always been the major
religion in Rome
B - Christianity was saved by Nero
C - The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity
C - The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity
D - Christians fought militantly for their rights
for a long time
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1,000
What did Octavian do that made him a famous
leader?
A - Octavian was Caesar's supporter
B - He won battles against the Egyptians
C - He became the first emperor of Rome
C - He became the first emperor of Rome
D - He helped all the Romans become wealthy
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2,000
Why did Diocletian divide the Roman Empire?
A - Civil war broke out
B - The empire was too large
B - The empire was too large
C - Diocletian wanted equal inheritance for his
sons
D - The Western half was in turmoil
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4,000
Why did Constantine move the capital?
A - He wanted the new capital to be named after
him
B - Constantinople was farther inland making it
easier to trade.
C - Rome was conquered by invaders
D -Rome wasnt safe. Constantinople was ideal
w/trade routes easily defendable
D -Rome wasnt safe. Constantinople was ideal
w/trade routes easily defendable
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8,000
All the following were invented/built by the
Romans EXCEPT
A - The Flavian Amphitheatre
B - Aqueducts
C - Pantheon
D - Parthenon
D - Parthenon
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16,000
What is the immediate cause of the fall of the
Western Roman Empire?
A - Ottoman Turk invasions
B - Roman citizens revolt
C - Germanic tribes Hun invasions
C - Germanic tribes Hun invasions
D - Economic upheaval
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32,000
How long was the term for a consul?
A - Life
B - One Year
B - One Year
C - Two Years
D - Six Months
13
64,000
What was the river that ran through the Roman
Empire??
A - Tigris River
B - Tiber River
B - Tiber River
C - Yellow River
D - Indus River
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125,000
What is the main reason the 12 Tables were
created?
A - To separate legal and illegal actions within
society, and set punishments for them
B - To prevent the abuse of punishment by high
ranking officials
B - To prevent the abuse of punishment by high
ranking officials
C - To keep the citizens of Rome in fear of the
government
D - To educate officials on how to punish those
who broke the law
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250,000
Hannibal led Carthage in the second Punic War.
What was he fighting for?
A - Protection of the lands, people, and power of
Carthage
A - Protection of the lands, people, and power of
Carthage
B - To get revenge on Rome for humiliating
Carthaginians in the first Punic War
C - To expand the power and influence of Carthage
D - Control of key trading areas based in the
Mediterranean Sea
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500,000
How did the Romans treat conquered lands?
A They treated different people differently
depending on their race
A They treated different people differently
depending on their race
B - They enslaved all of the residents
C - They gave them full rights under the
government
D - They gave the conquered lands to the Vikings
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1,000,000
What two tribunes were a cause of the Roman
Republics downfall through the state of disarray
after their deaths?
A - Tiberius and Gaius Gracchi
A - Tiberius and Gaius Gracchi
B - The Bacchus Brothers
C - Pompey and Crassus
D - The Crassus Brothers
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