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Roman Emperor Trivia: Multiple Choice

Can you match each fun fact to the correct Roman emperor?
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1. Which emperor commissioned the construction of the Colosseum?
Augustus
Vespasian
Nero
Galba
2. Which emperor voluntarily retired?
Diocletian
Constantine
Titus
Aurelian
3. Which emperor had a stammer?
Otho
Vitellius
Claudius
Hadrian
4. Which emperor killed his own brother and co-emperor?
Caracalla
Marcus Aurelius
Trajan
Commodus
5. Which emperor was the cousin of emperor Elagabalus?
Antoninus Pius
Severus Alexander
Pupienus
Balbinus
6. Who was the first openly Christian Roman emperor?
Augustus
Licinius
Macrinus
Constantine
7. Who was the last openly pagan Roman emperor?
Julian II
Diocletian
Aurelian
Numerian
8. Who was the tallest Roman emperor?
Geta
Carus
Maximinus Thrax
Maxentius
9. Who was the first African Roman emperor?
Septimius Severus
Carinus
Galba
Gordian I
10. Who was emperor during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Nero
Constantius II
Titus
Pertinax
11. Who was the last Western Roman emperor?
Constantine
Romulus Augustulus
Honorius
Galerius
12. Who split the Roman empire into the Eastern and Western empires?
Gratian
Constans
Theodosius I
Diocletian
13. Which emperor build a wall across modern-day UK?
Trajan
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus
Hadrian
14. Which emperor died of a stroke while shouting at Germanic envoys?
Valentinian I
Valentinian II
Valentinian III
Valens
15. Which emperor expanded the borders of the Roman empire to their furthest extent?
Aurelian
Gordian III
Trajan
Maximian
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