What Would Your Job Be in the Roman Empire?

By: Mark Lichtenstein
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
What Would Your Job Be in the Roman Empire?
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About This Quiz

The Roman Empire was a fun time. Despite the many, many wars, it was a time of revelry, excess and lots of fun. But even the best partiers in human history had to work and get paid, so they could spend most of it on their partying habits. Do you know what you'd be doing for money during that time? If you want to find out, take this quiz!

Would you be a politician? Back in those days, politicians were a dime a dozen, or at least everyone wanted to be one because of the benefits. Would you have been an actor? Would you have been renowned across the empire for your heartwrenching performances? Or would you have been an augur? Would your job have been to make predictions of the things that were to come? Could you have foretold that you would have taken this quiz in the future? Or would your fate have been to become a doctor? Would you have been the one responsible for healing the empire's sick and needy? 

If you want to find out what your role would have been, take this quiz! Would you have been the one causing pain, healing it, predicting it or hiding it? Let's find out! 

Do you love to help people?
Of course, I know what's good for them.
Only to inspire them.
Sure, they need faith.
That's my jam.

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Are you good at going along to get along?
Absolutely.
Only in some ways.
If I have to.
No.

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How important is money?
Very.
Not at all.
Somewhat.
I hate that it is, but it is.

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Do you want to travel for work?
Yes, all the time.
Yes, often.
No thanks.
Only a little.

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Are you okay with going to the dangerous outskirts of the Empire?
Only sometimes.
Rarely.
No.
Only if the money is right.

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Would you be upset when the Roman democracy was replaced by an emperor?
I love the Emperor and all his ideas. Why, what have you heard?
I don't really care.
I'm not supposed to have an opinion.
I prefer democracy.

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Would you live in Rome, or some other seat of Roman power like Egypt or Constantinople?
I would leave Rome only if I was exiled.
If the jobs were there, I'd leave Rome.
Depends on where my flock is.
I prefer Rome.

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Would you want to be famous?
Yes, naturally.
It's the most important thing.
Only if it helps spread the word.
I want to be renowned in my field.

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How important is career stability?
Not very.
Not at all.
Fairly.
Extremely.

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What kind of education did you want to have?
I'd want a well-rounded education.
I'd want an education in an artistic field.
I want a religious education.
I want a science-based education.

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Do you have a sense of humor?
Only if the person I am talking to wants me to.
Absolutely.
No.
You have to in my line of work.

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How eloquent are you?
I am literally Cicero.
I am good with other people's words.
I pray fine.
I prefer science.

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Would you do a few years in the military in service of your ultimate career goal?
I already did.
Absolutely not.
If I had to.
Only in a support role.

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Would you go to the Colosseum often to see the games?
I would, and I would sponsor them.
Sure, you gotta relax.
Sure, it's not against the rules.
Nah, I get enough blood at work.

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Would you court controversy?
If necessary.
Only incidentally.
I'd try not to.
No.

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Would you spend much time in the forum?
Yes, you must see and be seen.
No, I can't afford anything there.
Only if it was near the temple.
No, I work too hard.

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Which god would you sacrifice to the most?
Whichever was fashionable.
Bacchus.
All of them.
Apollo.

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Would you go to the temple much?
As appropriate.
Nah.
I live there.
From time to time.

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Do you believe in astrology?
Of course, everyone else does.
Nope.
Of course, I do.
I doubt it.

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Do you mind getting your hands dirty?
I'll do it if I must.
I prefer not.
Only when sacrificing an animal.
I love it.

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How is your penmanship (with a chisel)?
It's very good.
It's okay.
It's horrible.
I have a scribe for that.

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Which part of Roman society would you like to hang around with?
Upper class.
Middle and lower class.
Priestly class.
Merchant class.

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Would you like to live to a ripe old age?
I'd give that up to be famous and powerful.
I don't think about that much.
I guess so.
Yes, please!

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Would you be okay with stabbing a friend in the back?
Yes, literally.
Only if there was no other way to get hired.
I would hate it, but I would do it.
I would never do that.

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Would you want to be remembered forever?
Yes, that's why I'm doing this.
I want the work to be remembered, not me.
I just assume I will be.
I don't think about that.

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Would you be secretly hoping for the fall of Rome?
Only if I had bet on it.
No, that's bad for business.
No, I depend on stability to be alive and employed.
My job never goes out of style, so it really doesn't matter.

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Would you aim to please the crowd?
Yes, they are my only true master.
Yes, they are my muse.
Yes, they are my flock.
No.

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What would you wear to work?
A toga.
A mask and robe.
Vestiments.
A tunic and apron.

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What would you carry to work?
A pen,
A scroll.
A crook.
Tools.

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What animal would you own?
A horse.
I don't have one.
A bird.
A disease-sniffing dog.

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