Test Your Knowledge: The Roman Empire Discover how much you know about the Roman Empire with this quiz! Answer 12 questions to test your historical expertise. ghostman published on October 19, 2023 Stacked 1/12 Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire? Julius Caesar Augustus Nero Constantine 2/12 Which river marked the northern border of the Roman Empire? Nile Tiber Euphrates Danube 3/12 What architectural marvel was constructed in Rome during the reign of Emperor Vespasian? Pantheon Colosseum Acropolis Hagia Sophia 4/12 Which Roman emperor famously converted to Christianity? Caligula Hadrian Trajan Constantine 5/12 What was the main language spoken in the Roman Empire? Latin Greek Arabic Hebrew 6/12 Which famous volcano erupted and buried the city of Pompeii? Mount Vesuvius Mount Etna Mount Olympus Mount Sinai 7/12 Who was the Roman general responsible for defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra? Scipio Africanus Julius Caesar Tiberius Octavian (Augustus) 8/12 Which emperor famously played the fiddle while Rome burned? Nero Caligula Augustus Trajan 9/12 What was the name of the Roman road network that connected the empire? Silk Road Appian Way Great Wall Amber Road 10/12 Who was the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire? Constantine Augustus Theodosius Romulus Augustulus 11/12 What year is commonly accepted as the fall of the Western Roman Empire? 476 AD 1453 AD 218 BC 800 AD 12/12 Where was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire located? Rome Athens Constantinople Alexandria