A.   was persecuted by the emperor Augustus for writing works that criticized the Roman government

B.   was the author of the Aeneid, an epic poem that is the Latin equivalent of the Greek Iliad and Odyssey

C.   became so famous for his stories about the lives of common people in Rome that he was elected emperor in 31 CE

D.   translated the works of the Greek poet Homer into Latin

A.   moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Egypt and proclaimed himself pharaoh

B.   fully restored the Roman Republic and the authority of the elected consuls

C.   claimed to have restored the Republic, but in fact kept an extraordinary amount of political power for himself

D.   returned complete autonomy to the Roman provinces

A.   the capital of the Roman Empire was moved to Egypt, and Roman emperors took the title of pharaoh 

B.   the Roman Republic was fully restored, along with the authority of the elected consuls

C.   the Senate returned complete autonomy to the Roman provinces

D.   Roman government was unstable, and more than twenty different emperors seized power in just 49 years

A.   the Roman governor responsible for ordering Jesus’ execution

B.   the Hellenized Jew who became a key figure in the development and spread of Christianity as a religion separate from Judaism

C.   the Zoroastrian priest who translated Jesus’ teachings from Latin into Persian

D.   an early follower of Jesus who insisted it was necessary to convert to Judaism in order to accept the Christian faith