Roman
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100

Who was Rome's first Princeps (Emperor)

Augustus 

100

What was the title used by many fascists to refer to Mussolini?

Il Duce

100

What is the capital of Italy?

Rome

100

Who wrote The Divine Comedy?

Dante

200

Who was Rome's alleged founder?

Romulus

200

Who was the leader of the "Black Shirts"

Mussolini

200

What is Italy's second largest island?

Sardinia

200

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

300

Marc Antony was the lover of which famous Queen? 

Cleopatra

300

Who was the leader of the "Red Shirts"?

Garibaldi

300

Which city is the capital of Tuscany?

Florence 

300

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo da Vinci

400

Which Roman Poet wrote The Aeneid?

Virgil

400

Who was the first king of unified Italy?

Victor Emmanuel II

400

Herculaneum was destroyed by which volcano?

Mount Vesuvius

400

How was Galileo punished for his theory of Heliocentrism?

House Arrest

500

Name the three members of the Second Triumvirate.

Octavian (Augustus), Marc Antony, and Lepidus.

500

Which treaty gave The Vatican its independence?

The Lateran Treaty

500

What is the name of the sea off Italy's east coast

The Adriatic

500

Where was Raphael born?

Urbino