Where Is It Located? Part 5 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Greece

The Achaean League, a federation of Greek city-states, was first formed in the fifth century BC, but had been dissolved within a hundred years. By Roman times, a second league had been formed which attempted a rebellion against Roman rule and was led by the city-state of Corinth. During the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC, the Romans completely destroyed the city-state; the men were killed and the women and children sold into slavery.

The area had previously been made up of client states, areas that had been conquered by Rome during the Republic and were subordinate, and had been called Macedonia; after reorganization as a province, the area retained its original name.

Answer: Tunisia

By 146 BC, Carthage was defeated by the Romans during the Third Punic War. The city was in ruins; salt had been plowed in the soil, the men were killed, and the women and children sold into slavery. "Africa Vetus", or "Old Africa", Rome's first African province, was founded in what was thought to be the most arable of the land that had been held by Carthage. Eventually considered as one of the wealthiest provinces of the Roman Empire, the land was repopulated in part by retired army veterans. The province also included parts of modern-day Algeria and Libya.

Answer: Egypt

Egypt became a Roman province in 30 BC after the defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium. At that time, the Egyptians accepted Octavian, the victor, as their new pharaoh. An already wealthy area, Egypt became a breadbasket of the Roman Empire, and Alexandria became the second largest city in the Empire after Rome.

Answer: Portugal

In 27 BC, while provinces in Hispania were being reorganized during the reign of Augustus, Lusitania was created. Not only did the province include modern-day Portugal, but also a bit of Spain. The province was named after the Lusitanian people who lived there, who were known to be brutal fighters; it took intermittent fighting during most of the second century BC for the Romans to subjugate the area.

Answer: Albania

Illyricum became a Roman province in 27 BC after it was conquered by Augustus. It included parts of the modern-day countries of Albania, Croatia, and Slovenia. As Illyricum bordered on the Adriatic Sea it became an important trading location; gold and silver deposits were found in the area, and there was ironworking in the region as well.

Its people, known to be aggressive in their dealings with Rome, were recruited for service in the Roman army and made fine soldiers.

Answer: Switzerland

Named after the people who lived there, Raetia became a Roman province in 15 BC. Very little is known about the Raetians; while Livy claimed they were related to the Etruscans, Pliny the Elder said they were people from the Po Valley who were driven to the mountains by the Gauls. Raetia included not only part of modern-day Switzerland, but also part of Germany and northern Italy as well.

At this time, the Danube River was considered to be the northern border of the province.

Answer: Sicily

The Roman Republic's first province, Sicilia, the western part of modern Sicily, was won by the Romans in 241 BC at the end of the First Punic War. By the end of the Second Punic War in 212 BC, the entire island was part of the province, as well as the island of Malta, and some other small islands in the area. Sicilia was an important source of grain during the Roman Republic, and was one of Rome's wealthiest provinces.

Answer: France

Located in modern-day southwestern France, Gallia Aquitania was a province that was created as the result of Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul. Gallia Aquitania, also called Aquitaine Gaul, was inhabited by a number of small groups, that were defeated by Caesar in 56 BC. Reorganized by Augustus in 27 BC after the census according to a similarity of language and community, Gallia Aquitania became an imperial province.

Answer: Spain

Actually quite of bit of modern-day Spain became part of the Roman territory during the Second Punic War. In 197 BC two areas were designated; Hispania Citerior was located on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, while Hispania Ulterior was on the southern coast of the peninsula. You may remember that Hannibal launched his war elephant invasion across the Alps from Spain.

At the end of the war, Carthage was allowed to keep its original territory in modern-day Africa, but, among other provisions, Spain was ceded to Rome, and an indemnity of 10,000 talents was to be paid.

Answer: Turkey

By 188 BC, as the result of the Battle of Magnesia (190 BC) between the Romans and the Seleucid army of Antiochus III, the area called Asia, consisting of modern-day Turkey, was made up of several client states of Rome. In 129 BC, however, being ceded the land upon the death of Attalus III of Pergamum, and ending a rebellion staged by a pretender, Asia, which consisted of approximately a third of modern-day Turkey, became a province of Rome.