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Roman Quiz

1. Where does the word "Latin" come from ?
a) Latiniopolis, an ancient city in Southern Greece 
b) Latium, an ancient area of central Italy
c) Latinetti, an ancient Etruscan area of Northern Italy ?

2. No-one actually knows where the people whom we call "Romans" originally came from. But what do historians and archaeologists believe ?
a) They were farmers from the area around Rome
b) They were Etruscans 
c) They were Greek seafarers and tradesmen

3. What language did these early (pre 3rd Century BC) Romans speak ?
a) Greek
b) Latin
c) An unknown language with no modern name

4. One Emperor, treated as an idiot by his family in his youth because of shyness, a stutter and a slight limp, was a historian and learned the language of the ancient Romans. Who was it ?
a)  Augustus
b) Claudius
c) Tacitus

5. The Latin word for "money" is "Pecunia". This word came from something else that was used for barter before coins were minted. What is it ?
a) A Daughter
b) Cattle
c) A Measure of corn

6. What was the first type of coin minted by the Romans?
a) As
b) Denarius
c) Sestertius

7. Caracalla was murdered behind a bush in Greece on his way back to camp from visiting a temple. According to history what was he doing behind the bush ?
a) Making love to a woman
b) Changing into dry clothes
c) Sitting down and relieving himself (taking a cr*p)

8. The Romans began building their empire by adding small areas and provinces from around Italy. How did they primarily win the inhabitants of those provinces over ?
a) By giving the inhabitants Roman citizens' rights ?
b) With brute force and "sending the boys round" ?
c) By forcing one daughter per family to marry a Roman citizen ?

9. There was only one Roman emperor whose name began with the letter "U", as opposed to "V". Who was it (without visiting Wildwinds or Forum Sales :-)
a) Untillus Pius
b) Urbastian Maximianus
c) Uranius Antoninus

10. True or False: The face of the fallen horseman on Constans FEL TEMP coins was the face of his father-in-law, whom he despised ?
a) true
b) false
c) It was actually the moneyer's neighbour



















Answers:
1 b
2 b
3 c
4 b
5 b
6 a
7 c
8 a
9 c
10 b