Question 1

How long did Julius Caesar stay in Gaul?

Accepted Answer

10 years

Question 2

When were the Gallic Wars?

Accepted Answer

58 B.C. - 51 B.C.

Question 3

Who fought in the Gallic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Romans and Celts

Question 4

What was the result of the Gallic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Rome gained France and Belgium and declared Britain part of Rome

Question 5

What did Julius Caesar write that told of his military victories?

Accepted Answer

Commentaries on the Gallic Wars

Question 6

What did Caesar gain as a result of his victories in the Gallic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Loyalty of soldiers and reputation as a great military leader

Question 7

Where and when was Crassus killed?

Accepted Answer

In Syris in 53 B.C.

Question 8

Where was Pompey before he came back to Rome?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 9

Who did Pompey align himself with after his wife's (Caesar's daughter) death?

Accepted Answer

Senate patricians

Question 10

Who did the Senate view as a threat after the Gallic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Julius Caesar

Question 11

What did Pompey do in response to the threat of Caesar?

Accepted Answer

Raise legions to supposedly fight in Spain, but he kept them in Rome

Question 12

Who was appointed sole consul after the Gallic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Pompey

Question 13

What did Caesar try to do with Pompey?

Accepted Answer

Make peace

Question 14

What did Pompey persuade the Senate to do to Caesar?

Accepted Answer

Order him back to Rome without his army

Question 15

What did the Senate tell Caesar through a messenger?

Accepted Answer

They ordered Caesar not to cross the Rubicon River with his army

Question 16

What was the Rubicon River?

Accepted Answer

Boundary between Gaul and Roman Italy

Question 17

What did Caesar do in response to the message from the Senate?

Accepted Answer

Disobeyed, crossing into Rome with one legion, leaving nine in Gaul

Question 18

How many legions did Pompey have?

Accepted Answer

Ten legions

Question 19

Who was the Roman Civil War between?

Accepted Answer

Caesar and Pompey, who was allied with the Senate

Question 20

Who was the victor of the civil war?

Accepted Answer

Caesar

Question 21

Where was Pompey murdered, after being defeated twice by Caesar?

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 22

What ended when Caesar defeated Pompey and the Senate?

Accepted Answer

Roman Republic

Question 23

What did Caesar win for Rome?

Accepted Answer

Land in Asia Minor, Africa, Egypt, and Spain

Question 24

When did Julius Caesar return to Rome from his conquering after the Gallic Wars?

Accepted Answer

46 B.C.

Question 25

What were the reforms Julius Caesar made?

Accepted Answer

Redistributed land to the poor, granted citizenship to people outside of Italy, reorganized provincial governments, made provincial governors responsible to Caesar, not the Senate, and adopted the Julian calendar

Question 26

When was Caesar proclaimed dictator for life?

Accepted Answer

45 B.C.

Question 27

Why was the Senate alarmed with Caesar's role of dictator?

Accepted Answer

They were afraid he would declare himself king

Question 28

When was Julius Caesar assassinated by the Senate?

Accepted Answer

March 15, 44 B.C. (Ides of March)

Question 29

What happened after Caesar's death?

Accepted Answer

A civil war broke out

Question 30

Who was the second Roman civil war between?

Accepted Answer

Caesar's assassins and the Second Triumvirate

Question 31

Who was in the Second Triumvirate?

Accepted Answer

Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian

Question 32

Who won the second Roman civil war?

Accepted Answer

Second Triumvirate

Question 33

Who did the Second Triumvirate murder?

Accepted Answer

Thousands of Romans they considered their enemies, many patricians

Question 34

How did the Second Triumvirate rule Rome?

Accepted Answer

They split up the empire

Question 35

Where did Lepidus rule?

Accepted Answer

North Africa

Question 36

Where did Octavian rule?

Accepted Answer

Western Mediterranean, including Rome

Question 37

Where did Marc Antony rule?

Accepted Answer

Eastern Mediterranean, including Egypt

Question 38

What happened to the Second Triumvirate after the empire was divided up?

Accepted Answer

It fell apart

Question 39

What title was given to Lepidus?

Accepted Answer

Pontifex Maximus (chief priest of Rome)

Question 40

Who gained the support of the Senate out of the Second Triumvirate?

Accepted Answer

Octavian

Question 41

Who plotted to overthrow Octavian?

Accepted Answer

Marc Antony and Cleopatra

Question 42

Who was Cleopatra?

Accepted Answer

Ruler of Egypt

Question 43

What did Octavian persuade the Senate to do to determine where Marc Antony's loyalty lay?

Accepted Answer

Declare war on Cleopatra

Question 44

Who was sent to defeat Cleopatra and Marc Antony?

Accepted Answer

Octavian and his army

Question 45

During which battle were Cleopatra and Marc Antony defeated by Octavian?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Actium

Question 46

When was the Battle of Actium?

Accepted Answer

31 B.C.

Question 47

What became of Cleopatra and Marc Antony later on?

Accepted Answer

Both later committed suicide

Question 48

What did Octavian become after the defeat at Actium?

Accepted Answer

Sole ruler of Rome

Question 49

What title was Octavian given?

Accepted Answer

Augustus

Question 50

What does Augustus mean?

Accepted Answer

Revered One

Question 51

What did Rome become when Octavian began his rule?

Accepted Answer

An empire

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