Q 01/05

Rome is the capital of which Italian region?

A) Tuscany

B) Umbria

C) Campania

D) Lazio

Answer · why

D) Lazio

The region's Latin name, Latium, gave its name to the Latins who helped found the city.

Q 02/05

Which river flows through the centre of Rome?

A) Arno

B) Tiber

C) Adige

D) Reno

Answer · why

B) Tiber

The original settlement grew around the only natural ford in the area, beside the river's island.

Q 03/05

Which second river crosses modern Rome before joining the main river north of the centre?

A) Aniene

B) Velino

C) Liri

D) Sacco

Answer · why

A) Aniene

The ancient Ponte Nomentano crosses it, making five surviving Roman bridges in the city.

Q 04/05

Rome is nicknamed the 'City of' how many hills?

A) Three

B) Five

C) Seven

D) Nine

Answer · why

C) Seven

The Rome of the Kings stood on the Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal.

Q 05/05

Which Roman poet first called the city the 'Eternal City' in the 1st century BC?

A) Virgil

B) Ovid

C) Livy

D) Tibullus

Answer · why

D) Tibullus

Ovid, Virgil and Livy picked the phrase up; the city is also called Caput Mundi, capital of the world.