Q 01/05

Which Roman emperor launched the successful invasion of Britain in AD 43?

A) Julius Caesar

B) Claudius

C) Nero

D) Hadrian

Answer · why

B) Claudius

Caesar had raided in 55 and 54 BC, but Claudius's invasion began the near four-century occupation. He came over himself briefly, reportedly with eleph...

Q 02/05

Boudica, who led a revolt against Rome around AD 60, was queen of which tribe?

A) The Brigantes

B) The Catuvellauni

C) The Iceni

D) The Atrebates

Answer · why

C) The Iceni

The Iceni. Boudica's Iceni, based in modern Norfolk, burned Colchester, London and St Albans before Suetonius Paulinus crushed the revolt; her chariot...

Q 03/05

Roughly how long is Hadrian's Wall?

A) 73 miles

B) 95 miles

C) 120 miles

D) 200 miles

Answer · why

A) 73 miles

73 miles. Hadrian's Wall ran 80 Roman miles, about 73 modern miles, from Wallsend on the Tyne to Bowness-on-Solway; construction began in AD 122.

Q 04/05

In roughly which year did Roman rule in Britain finally end?

A) AD 410

B) AD 450

C) AD 500

D) AD 550

Answer · why

A) AD 410

AD 410. The conventional end date comes from the Rescript of Honorius, in which the emperor reportedly told the British cities to see to their own def...

Q 05/05

The 793 raid marking the start of the Viking Age in Britain hit which Northumbrian monastery?

A) Iona Abbey

B) Lindisfarne

C) Jarrow Priory

D) Whitby Abbey

Answer · why

B) Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne. The 793 sack of Lindisfarne's monastery, on a tidal island off Northumberland, shocked Christian Europe; the monks later fled with St Cut...