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Question	Answer	% Correct
What animals did he bring with him during his invasion of Rome?	Elephants	95%
What was the leadership of Rome called when Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Marcus Crassus ruled Rome?	First Triumvirate	95%
Which Carthaginian general crossed the Alps and invaded ancient Rome?	Hannibal	95%
Who assassinated Julius Caesar?	Marcus Brutus	95%
Which Roman emperor was blamed for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD?	Nero	95%
Who was the leader of the rebelling gladiators and slaves in the Third Servile War?	Spartacus	95%
The eruption of which volcano destroyed and buried the city of Pompeii in 79 AD?	Vesuvius	95%
What did Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII do after they realized they had lost the war to Octavian?	Both committed suicide	90%
Who became Roman Emperor in 306 AD and then converted to Christianity?	Constantine	90%
Who was the main god in Roman mythology?	Jupiter	90%
How many Punic Wars were there?	Three	90%
What did Octavian change his name to after he became the first Roman Emperor?	Augustus	86%
Who became the first emperor of Rome in the year 27 BC?	Caesar Augustus	86%
What type of current modern government is most similar to the Roman Republic?	Democracy	86%
Who was the Roman goddess of the hunt, wild animals and the wilderness?	Diana	86%
What fortification was built by the Romans across the width of Britain to separate Romans from the barbarians?	Hadrian's Wall	86%
What did Rome gain following the First Punic War, a war primarily fought at sea?	Sicily	86%
When Julius Caesar seized control of Rome and made himself dictator, what famous Roman government came to an end?	The Republic	86%
Where was Julius Caesar assassinated?	At the theater	81%
Which Emperor decided to divide Rome into two sections to try and stabilize the empire?	Diocletian	81%
The members of the Second Triumvirate included Mark Antony, Lepidus, and who else?	Octavian	81%
What area of the city was the center of Roman public life and government?	The Forum	81%
Under which emperor, Rome reached its territorial height in 117?	Trajan	81%
Who was the goddess of love and beauty in Roman mythology?	Venus	81%
When did the Western Roman Empire collapse?	476	76%
When was Rome founded according to the tradition?	753 BC	76%
What was the highest position in the government of the Roman Republic?	Consul	76%
Which battle is widely considered the greatest military achievement of Julius Caesar?	Battle of Alesia	71%
What Roman ruler was the father of Cleopatra's children Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene II and Ptolemy Philadelphus?	Mark Antony	71%
How was Octavian related to Julius Caesar?	Nephew	71%
Which barbarian people group invaded Britain as the Roman Empire grew weak?	Saxons	71%
How many consuls were elected every year by citizen assembly in early Rome?	Two	71%
Who did Julius Caesar defeat in the Roman civil war to become the most powerful man in Rome?	Pompey the Great	67%
Which of the following was famous Roman philosopher?	Seneca	67%
Some of Rome's early kings may have been Etruscan. How many of theme were there?	Seven	67%
What is not true in the legend of Romulus and Remus?	Romulus was killed by Remus	48%
The Julian calendar was proposed by Julius Caesar in 46 BC. How many days it differs from Gregorian calendar used today?	13 days	38%
In 305 Diocletian abdicated voluntarily due to ill health and retired to his palace at which city?	Spalatum	29%