Questions in this quiz: The Roman Empire

Rise and fall of Rome from 27 BC to 476 AD. Cover emperors, military campaigns, infrastructure, religion, and daily life across the Republic-to-Empire transition through the fall of the Western Empire.

1. Which Roman leader was granted the honorific title 'Augustus' by the Senate in 27 BC, marking the traditional start of the Empire? — Options: Julius Caesar, Octavian, Tiberius, Mark Antony
2. In which year did the Western Roman Empire traditionally come to an end with the deposition of Romulus Augustulus? — Options: 410 AD, 455 AD, 476 AD, 527 AD
3. Which emperor is said to have 'fiddled while Rome burned' during the Great Fire of 64 AD? — Options: Caligula, Nero, Domitian, Commodus
4. What is the name of the famous defensive wall built across northern Britain during the reign of a 2nd-century emperor? — Options: Antonine Wall, Offa's Dyke, Hadrian's Wall, Servian Wall
5. Which religion did Emperor Constantine the Great famously legalize through the Edict of Milan in 313 AD? — Options: Mithraism, Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism
6. Which massive amphitheater, capable of holding tens of thousands of spectators for gladiatorial games, was inaugurated in 80 AD? — Options: The Circus Maximus, The Pantheon, The Colosseum, The Theatre of Pompey
7. What was the name of the standard professional infantryman who formed the backbone of the imperial army's heavy infantry? — Options: Hoplite, Centurion, Legionary, Praetorian