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1
Q

Give the ancient name for Greece

A

Achaea

2
Q

Give the ancient name for York

A

Eboracum

3
Q

Give the ancient name for Izmit

A

Nicomedia

4
Q

Give the ancient name for Marseille

A

Massilia

5
Q

Give the ancient name for the North Sea

A

Oceanus Germanicus

6
Q

Give the ancient name for the Black Sea

A

Pontus Euxinus

7
Q

Give the ancient name for Belgrade

A

Singidunum

8
Q

Give the ancient name for Thames

A

Tamesis

9
Q

Give the ancient name for Homs

A

Emesa

10
Q

Give the ancient name for Padua

A

Patavium

11
Q

The towns of Placentia, Bononia, and Ariminum were located on what road?

A

Via Aemilia

12
Q

On what road was Tarentum located?

A

Via Appia

13
Q

On what road was Capua located?

A

Via Appia

14
Q

On what road was Beneventum located?

A

Via Appia

15
Q

Why was it important that the Via Appia eventually extend to Brundisium?

A

it was the embarkation port to Greece

16
Q

The road connecting London and York was:

A

Ermine Street

17
Q

When did concrete piers faced with masonry replace large masonry blocks in the construction of Roman
bridges?

A

First Century B. C

18
Q

The city of Rome ultimately had how many bridges crossing its river?

A

12

19
Q

In Italy, milestones gave the distance:

A

to Rome

20
Q

Who erected in Rome the column in the Forum giving the distance to major towns of the empire?

A

Augustus

21
Q

The warehouse district in Rome was located just to the southwest of which hill?

A

Aventine

22
Q

Hispania Ulterior and Hispania Citerior were later reorganized into Lusitania, Baetica and:

A

Tarraconensis

23
Q

At which gate of Rome would you have seen the convergence of half a dozen aqueducts entering the city?

A

Praenestina

24
Q

Name three major thermae in Rome

A

Diocletian’s, Trajan’s, Nero’s

25
Q

Name three minor bath complexes in Rome

A

Titus’, Agrippa’s, Nero’s

26
Q

Name three theaters or odeums in Rome

A

Marcellus, Balbus, Pompey

27
Q

What gate had the Via Appia running through it?

A

Porta Capena

28
Q

What gate had the Via Nomentana running through it?

A

Porta Collina

29
Q

What gate had the Via Metrovia running through it?

A

Porta Caelimontana

30
Q

There was a large oval bulge in the Aurelian Wall between the Porta Asinaria and the Porta Labicana. What
caused this?

A

the Amphitheatrum Flavium

31
Q

Which bridge connected the Campus Martius with the Vatican Fields?

A

Pons Neronianus

32
Q

Leaving the Forum Romanum by the Forum of Augustus, one entered what neighborhood?

A

Subura

33
Q

A small stretch of the Argiletum was turned into what?

A

Forum Transitorium

34
Q

What bridge would you have crossed to visit the Temple of Aesculapius?

A

Fabricius

35
Q

The Clivus Argentarius connected the Forum with:

A

the Campus Martius

36
Q

Most of Rome’s bridges connected it with

A

Transtiberim

37
Q

To visit the Lacus Curtius, one went to:

A

the Forum Romanum

38
Q

Located at the top of the Viminal Hill was:

A

Baths of Diocletian

39
Q

clivus

A

street on a slope

40
Q

crepido

A

pavement

41
Q

umbo

A

stone curb

42
Q

agger

A

causeway forming a road

43
Q

angiportus

A

alley

44
Q

pervium

A

. passage

45
Q

limes

A

path, boundary

46
Q

milliarum

A

milestone

47
Q

Northern Italy

A

Gallia Cisalpina

48
Q

Mediterranean Gaul

A

Gallia Narbonensis

49
Q

Libya

A

Africa

50
Q

Northeastern France

A

Gallia Comata

51
Q

On what road was the Ustrinum of Augustus located?

A

Via Lata

52
Q

On what road was the Ara Pacis located?

A

Via Lata

53
Q

On what road was the Column of Marcus Aurelius located?

A

Via Lata

54
Q

Which of these provinces was added during the life of Julius Caesar (100 B. C. to 44 B. C.) ?

A

Bithynia

55
Q

Which of these was located within the Servian Wall?

A

Baths of Diocletian

56
Q

Occupied by Rome in 102 B.C. in an effort to deal with pirates, formally became a province in 72 B. C.
Included Phrygia and Pisidia until these were returned to Asia

A

Cilicia

57
Q

Originally reduced by Crassus in 29 B. C. , separated from Macedonia or Illyricum. Divided in two by
Domitian, and further by Diocletian. Important river border.

A

Moesia

58
Q

Located in modern Italy, this region had been settled by Gauls before the Romans arrived. Bordered by the
Po and the Alps.

A

Gallia Transpadana

59
Q

One of Trajan’s provincial additions, one of the few on the far side of the Danube, abandoned by Aurelian.

A

Dacia

60
Q

Bordered by Pontus, Pamphylia, Asia, etc. but by no coast.

A

Galatia

61
Q

Rome to Capua

A

south

62
Q

Numidia to Africa

A

east

63
Q

Crete to Cyrenaica

A

south

64
Q

Achaea to Sicilia

A

west

65
Q

Misenum to Cannae

A

east

66
Q

Saguntum to Carthago Nova

A

south

67
Q

Paestum to Brundisium

A

east

68
Q

Athens to Ephesus

A

east

69
Q

Corinth to Delphi

A

north

70
Q

Halicarnassus to Rhodes

A

south

71
Q

Which of these is not on a border of the Empire after the age of Trajan?

A

Asia