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6. What is the source that tells us Augustus gave money and grain to plebs in times of shortage?

  • Res Gestae
  • Suetonius
  • Cassius Dio
  • Tacitus

7. Suetonius - which emperor "crushes riots without mercy"?

  • Nero
  • Tiberius
  • Caligula
  • Vespasian

8. Suetonius - which emperor built a number of significant public buildings e.g. a new Forum?

  • Domitian
  • Tiberius
  • Nero
  • Claudius

9. Which emperor does Suetonius tell us gave people choices in what they saw in games?

  • Claudius
  • Domitian
  • Tiberius
  • Vespasian

10. Which emperor provided employment for 30,000 men for 11 years when he drained the Fucine lake? (Suetonius)

  • Claudius
  • Titus
  • Nero
  • Augustus

11. Suetonius - which emperor set up a relief operation after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD?

  • Titus
  • Vespasian
  • Domitian
  • Nero

12. Suetonius - which emperor built the Flavian Amphitheatre?

  • Titus
  • Vespasian
  • Domitian
  • Nero

13. Suetonius - which emperor was disliked by the people for using their tax money to indulge his own personal interests?

  • Tiberius
  • Nero
  • Domitian
  • Caligula