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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B.   the Senate returned complete autonomy to the Roman provinces

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

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

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

B.   the Roman governor responsible for ordering Jesus’ execution

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

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