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Britain - The Romans 0001   Mixed

 
 
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1. Approximately when did Julius Caesar invade Britain?
 
65 BC
55 BC
45 BC
35 BC
 
 
2. Which British city was known as Eboracum in Roman times?
 
Chester
Colchester
Exeter
York
 
 
3. The Romans built Fosse Way between Exeter and which other settlement?
 
Catterick
Chester
Leicester
Lincoln

Although Fosse Way passed through Leicester, it carried on northwards to Lincoln
 
 
4. Which province had the Romans conquered immediately before invading Britain?
 
Denmark
Gaul
Sicily
Spain

Gaul was in modern-day France, the last point before the Channel
 
 
5. Which religion penetrated into Europe during the times of the Roman Empire?
 
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
 
 
6. Which Roman emperor had a stone wall built in the north of England?
 
Claudius
Hadrian
Nero
Paulinus
 
 
7. During which Roman emperor's reign was Christ crucified?
 
Augustus
Claudius
Gaius
Tiberius

Tiberius reigned between 14 and 37 AD
 
 
8. Which two rivers marked the extent of the Roman Empire in Europe?
 
Danube and Rhine
Elbe and Vistula
Oder and Dneiper
Seine and Volga

The Romans did get further than the Rhine but soon withdrew to the natural frontier
 
 
9. Which were the three chief centres of civilised life in Roman Britain?
 
Catterick, Exeter and Lincoln
Chester, Leicester and York
Cirencester, Oxford and Rochester
Colchester, London and St Albans
 
 
10. Which major settlement was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC?
 
Cartagena
Carthage
Syracuse
Thermopylae
 
 
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