Roman Republic Quiz: questions and answers

1. What was the capital of the Roman Republic?

Athens

Milan

Rome

2. Who was the Republic's greatest enemy?

Carthage

Philip V

Perseus

3. Who was the last Roman king?

Julius Caesar

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Cleopatra

4. In which war did Rome defeat a coalition of Latins at the battles of Vesuvius and the Trifanum?

Second Samnite War

Latin War

Battle of Bovianum

5. When did the Roman Republic start?

27 BC

509 BC

507 BC

6. Who won the First Punic War?

Carthage

Messina

Rome

7. Who were the belligerents in the Battle of Pydna?

Roman Republic and Carthage

Roman Republic and Macedon

Macedon and Carthage

8. Where did the First Servile War take place?

Greece

Asia Minor

Sicily

9. Why did the Social War start?

Because the Romans did not want to afford the Roman citizenship to the Picentes

Because Rome wanted Jugurtha

None are correct

10. When did the Second Mithridatic War happen?

83-81 BC

112-106 BC

91-88 BC

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