Directions: Solve the equations in the left column. The answers will yield an important date in Roman history. In the blank at far left, place the letter of the event from the right column that corresponds with the date you computed in the left column. ___ 1. DCC + LIII = ______ BCE A. Emperor Constantine splits the empire between east (Rome) and west (Constantinople) ___ 2. MXVIII ÷ II = _____ BCE B. Hannibal leads the Carthaginian army over the Alps into ___ 3. (XV)II - (XIV ÷ II) = _____ BCE Italy (the Second Punic War) ___ 4. (CCC ÷ II) - (II x II) = _____ BCE C. Cicero exposes the Cataline Conspiracy ___ 5. (VIII)II + VI = _____ BCE D. Birth of Ovid, author of The Metamorphoses ___ 6. LXIV - I = _____ BCE E. Birth of Vergil, author of The Aeneid ___ 7. (VII)II = _____ BCE F. Traditional date for the Fall of Rome to invading barbarians ___ 8. (III) x (XV) + I = _____ BCE G. According to legend, Romulus and Remus found Rome ___ 9. (XI) x (VIII) ÷ II = _____ BCE H. Julius Caesar is assassinated ("Et tu, Brute?") ___ 10. XXI + XXII = _____ BCE I. Julius Caesar introduces the Julian calendar ___ 11. VII + II = _____ BCE J. Pompeii is devastated by the eruption of Mr. Vesuvius ___ 12. (VIII)II = _____ CE K. Carthage is destroyed by Roman troops (Third Punic War) ___ 13. LIII + (CIV ÷ IV) = _____ CE L. Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon ___ 14. (CX) x (III) = _____ CE M. Nero allegedly fiddles during the Great Fire of Rome ___ 15. VIV - (XII)II - V = _____ CE N. Octavian becomes Augustus and the first Roman emperor O. Rome becomes a republic