Roman Emperors Quiz
Instructions: Can you recall the emperors who ruled the mighty Roman Empire?
- 1.
Which emperor is famous for reportedly fiddling while Rome burned in 64 AD?
ACaligulaBTiberiusCCommodusDNero - 2.
Which emperor legalized Christianity with the Edict of Milan in 313 AD?
ADiocletianBAugustusCConstantine IDTrajan - 3.
Which emperor built Hadrian's Wall in northern England?
AAntoninus PiusBTrajanCHadrianDMarcus Aurelius - 4.
Which emperor was known as a mad tyrant who allegedly made his horse a consul?
ANeroBDomitianCCaligulaDCommodus - 5.
Under which emperor did the Roman Empire reach its greatest territorial extent?
ATrajanBAugustusCHadrianDMarcus Aurelius - 6.
Which emperor split the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western halves for easier governance?
AConstantine IBTheodosius ICDiocletianDValentinian I - 7.
Which emperor ordered the construction of the Colosseum?
ADomitianBTitusCNeroDVespasian - 8.
Which emperor was the last to rule over a united Roman Empire?
ATheodosius IBConstantine ICValentinian IDJulian - 9.
Which emperor established the Pax Romana, a long period of relative peace?
AJulius CaesarBTiberiusCAugustusDTrajan - 10.
Which emperor was a gladiator who fought in the arena and was eventually assassinated?
ANeroBCommodusCElagabalusDCaligula - 11.
Which philosopher-emperor wrote 'Meditations' and was the last of the Five Good Emperors?
AAntoninus PiusBTrajanCMarcus AureliusDHadrian - 12.
Which emperor was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15, 44 BC)?
ATiberiusBAugustusCNeroDJulius Caesar - 13.
Which emperor moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople?
ADiocletianBConstantine ICTheodosius IDJustinian I - 14.
Which was the last Western Roman Emperor, deposed in 476 AD?
ARomulus AugustulusBHonoriusCValentinian IIIDJulius Nepos - 15.
Which emperor adopted Trajan as his successor, starting a tradition of adoptive succession?
ATitusBNervaCDomitianDVespasian