Ancient Geography #1

Ancient Names/Modern Equivalents

100

Aquae Sulis

A. Harran, Turkey

B. Aquincum, Hungary

C. Bath, Britain

D. Trier, Germany

Bath, Britain

200

Amman, Jordan

A. Serdica

B. Smyrna

C. Thapsus

D. Philedelphia

Philedelphia

300

Ister River 

A. Tigris River

B. Rubicon River

C. Danube River

D. Rhone River

Danube River

400

Illyria

a. Croatia

b. Albania

c. Serbia

d. Bulgaria

Albania

500

Callinicum

a. Raqqa, Syria

b. Chester, Britain

c. Luxor, Egypt

d. Valencia, Spain

Raqqa, Syria

Maps

100

this italian province borders brutium, campania, and apulia

a. Lucania

b. Liguria

c. Calabria

d. Samnium

Lucania

200

this forum has the temple of mar ultor inside of it

a. Forum of Caesar

b. Forum of Trajan

c. Forum Transitorium

d. Forum of Augustus

Forum of Augustus

300

this roman province is the easternmost out of the answer choices

a. lycia et pamphilia

b. raetica

c. numidia

d. cilicia

cilicia

400

this island houses mt ida and mt. dikte 

a. sicily

b. cyprus

c. ithaca

d. crete

crete

500

this hill has the baths of trajan on it

a. quirinial

b. viminal

c. esquiline

d. caelian

esquiline

History/Myth

100

the long walls of athens connected it to this city

a. Corinth

b. Piraeus

c. Megara

d. Aegina

 

Piraeus

200

this lake, near Cumae, was considered the entrance to the underworld

a. Lake Trasimene

b. Lake Como

c. Lake Vadimo

d. Lake Avernus

Lake Avernus

300

this province was where the Battle of Teutoburg Forest was

a. Britannia

b. Gallia

C. Germania

d. Dacia

Germania

400

the first stone bridge across the tiber river in 142 BC 

a. Pons Aemilius

b. Pons Sublicius

c. Pons Fabricius

d. Pons Milvio

Pons Aemilius

500

this is where vergil was born

a. capua

b. verona

c. mantua

d. venusia

mantua

Monuments

100

a. Propyleum

b. Temple of Nike

c. Columbarium 

d. Erectheon

Erectheon

200

a. Palace of Augustus

b. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina

c. Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine

d. Atrium of Vesta

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine

300

a. Arch of Augustus

b. Arch of Titus

c. Arch of Septimius Severus

d. Arch of Constantine

Arch of Titus

400

This monument in Rome has been called the "marble film", a "stony epic poem"

a. Lapis Niger

b. Lacus Curtius

c. Arch of Septimius Severus

d. Column of Trajan

Column of Trajan

500

His name and image were removed from the arch of septimius severus after his assassination in 212 AD

a. Agrippa

b. Piso

c. Varro

d. Geta

Geta

Miscellaneous

100

their tomb in Rome looks like a Pyramid

a. Hadrian

b. Eurysaces the Baker

c. Cestius 

d. Marcellus

Cestius

200

this is where the reconstruction of the altar of zeus and athena was located at 

a. Pergamum

b. Rhodes

c. Halicarnassus

d. Athens

Pergamum

300

Hadrian's wall is near the border of these two modern day places

a. Wales and Scotland

b. Scotland and England 

c. England and Ireland

d. Ireland and Wales

Scotland and England

400

this aquaduct was 43 miles long, has remains that can still be seen, and was built in 52 BC

a. Anio Vetus

b. Aqua Marcia

c. Aqua Claudia

d. Anio Novus

Aqua Claudia

500

The "Great Northern Highway," the main route between Rome and Spain

a. Via Flaminia

b. Via Cassia

c. Via Aurelia

d. Via Salaria

Via Flaminia