Frontiers & Limes
By 117 CE, the Roman Empire reached its greatest size under:
A) Hadrian
B) Trajan
C) Antoninus Pius
B) Trajan
The capital of the Parthian Empire by 120 BCE was:
A) Ctesiphon
B) Babylon
C) Persepolis
A) Ctesiphon
During Rome’s height, China was ruled by the:
A) Qin Dynasty
B) Tang Dynasty
C) Han Dynasty
C) Han Dynasty
The Roman frontier in Germania followed primarily these two rivers:
A) Rhine and Danube
B) Seine and Loire
C) Tiber and Po
A) Rhine and Danube
The Roman province where Yeshua (Jesus) lived was:
A) Syria
B) Judea
C) Galatia
B) Judea
The fortified frontier system of permanent garrisons in the third century became known as:
A) Praesidia
B) Castra Magna
C) Limes
C) Limes
Unlike Rome’s infantry focus, Parthian forces relied heavily on:
A) War elephants
B) Cavalry and mounted archers
C) Naval warfare
B) Cavalry and mounted archers
Romans were especially obsessed with this Chinese luxury product:
A) Porcelain
B) Silk
C) Paper
B) Silk
Germanic tribes practiced a legal system based on:
A) Written codified law
B) Clan-based blood payments
C) Imperial decrees
B) Clan-based blood payments
The Jewish revolt that began in 66 CE was crushed by Roman forces led by:
A) Titus
B) Hadrian
C) Vespasian
A) Titus
Hadrian’s Wall was primarily built to:
A) Mark and defend the northern boundary of Roman Britain
B) Prepare for invasion of Germania
C) Control sea trade
A) Mark and defend the northern boundary of Roman Britain
The disastrous Roman defeat in 53 BCE where Crassus was killed occurred at:
A) Antioch
B) Carrhae
C) Edessa
B) Carrhae
Roman merchants used monsoon winds to sail across the:
A) Indian Ocean
B) Persian Gulf
C) South China Sea
A) Indian Ocean
After the Teutoberg Forest disaster, Rome’s goal in Germania was mainly to:
A) Continue expansion eastward
B) Convert Germanic tribes to Roman religion
C) Defend borders rather than conquer
C) Defend borders rather than conquer
After the Bar Kokhba revolt, Hadrian renamed Judea:
A) Aelia Capitolina
B) Syria Palestina
C) Provincia Orientalis
B) Syria Palestina
Roman fleets along rivers and seas mainly worked together with land garrisons to:
A) Expand trade routes
B) Control access points into the Empire
C) Transport settlers
B) Control access points into the Empire
Parthian control of Silk Road routes allowed them to:
A) Dominate Mediterranean shipping
B) Tax Roman agriculture
C) Build a strong economic base
C) Build a strong economic base
The Roman Empire was referred to in Han sources as:
A) Lijian
B) Da Qin
C) Tianxia
B) Da Qin
Some Germanic tribes were allowed to settle along Roman borders in exchange for:
A) Military tribute
B) Roman citizenship
C) Trade monopolies
A) Military tribute
The destruction of the Temple led Jewish religious leadership to shift toward:
A) Military resistance
B) Temple priesthood expansion
C) Rabbinic study and written tradition
C) Rabbinic study and written tradition
Romans generally believed lands beyond the northern borders were:
A) Economically valuable but politically unstable
B) Rich in farmland but dangerous
C) Cold, inhospitable, and populated by “barbarians”
C) Cold, inhospitable, and populated by “barbarians”
Rome adopted this practical innovation from Parthian Persia:
A) Irrigation techniques
B) Concrete construction
C) Road paving systems
A) Irrigation techniques
One Roman export that became a luxury in Han China was:
A) Olive oil
B) Wine
C) Glassware
C) Glassware
Both Romans and Chinese tended to view outsiders as:
A) Potential allies
B) Culturally inferior “barbarians”
C) Equal civilizations
B) Culturally inferior “barbarians”
The Roman term “imperator,” originally meaning victorious general, later became the root of the English word:
A) Empire
B) Emperor
C) Imperial
B) Emperor