1. THE AGE OF KINGS:One of Rome’s implacable foes was Lars Porsenna but where was he king of?
   A)  Veii

   B)  Tarquinii

   C)  Clusium

   D)  Tusculum

2. THE AGE OF KINGS:Following the ‘Rape of the Sabine Women’, Romulus took a Sabine wife. What was her name?
   A)  Hersilia

   B)  Tatia

   C)  Pompilia

   D)  Amulia

3. THE AGE OF KINGS: According to Numa Pompilius, a spell that included an onion, human hair and live pilchards could be used to control what?
   A)  The Sea

   B)  Earthquakes

   C)  Thunder and Lightning

   D)  Women

4. FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC: Who famously said “Vae Victis” to a group of leading Romans?
   A)  Marcus Furius Camillus, the Roman dictator

   B)  Pyrrhus, King of Epirus

   C)  Brennus, a Gallic chieftain

   D)  Hamilcar Barca of Carthage

5. FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC: Following his victories over various enemies of Rome, a famous Roman was given the rare honour of being buried within the walls of Rome. Who was he?
   A)  Publius Valerius Poplicola

   B)  Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

   C)  Appius Claudius

   D)  Lucius Cornelius Scipio Scapula

6. FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC: A famous general once said after a victory over the Romans that “one more victory like that and I’ll be ruined”?
   A)  Hannibal Barca after Lake Trasimene

   B)  Brennus the Gaul after Allia

   C)  Lars Porsenna after Lake Regillus

   D)  Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, after Asculum

7. ROMAN RISE TO GREATNESS: During the Second Punic War, if Quintus Fabius Maximus was the “shield of Rome”, who was their “sword”?
   A)  Caius Flaminius

   B)  Caius Terentius Varro

   C)  Marcus Claudius Marcellus

   D)  Publis Cornelius Scipio Africanus

8. THE LAST REPUBLICANS: I built an empire that challenged Rome’s expansion; I invaded Greece and captured Athens; I fought and survived Sulla, Lucullus and Pompeius Magnus and killed Romans by the thousand. Who am I?
   A)  Antiochus VIII Philometer King of Syria

   B)  Cleopatra VII of Egypt

   C)  Mithridates VI of Pontus

   D)  Vercingetorix the Gaul

9. THE LAST REPUBLICANS: Which of the following was not a wife of Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus?
   A)  Julia

   B)  Cornelia

   C)  Antista

   D)  Claudia

10. IMPERIAL ROME: Following his triumphal return from Gaul and Spain, the Senate commissioned a building in honour of Augustus. What was it?
   A)  the Temple of Mars Ultor (the Avenger), celebrating the avenging of Caesar’s murder

   B)  the Mausoleum of Augustus, where the imperial family would be laid to rest

   C)  the Forum of Augustus - a portrait gallery of many famous Romans

   D)  the Altar of Peace with symbols religious piety and agricultural fertility