Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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What was the most common language in ancient Rome? | Latin | 99%
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What cities were destroyed in the eruption (name either)? | Pompeii / Herculaneum | 85%
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What Egyptian city was once the second most populous in the Empire? | Alexandria | 83%
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What was the Roman name for the region of modern-day France? | Gallia (Gaul) | 81%
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What 73 mile long wall spanned northern England? | {Hadrian}'s Wall | 79%
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What volcano near Naples erupted in 79 AD? | Mount Vesuvius | 79%
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What city, near modern-day Tunis, was destroyed by Rome in the Third Punic War? | Carthage | 78%
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What city became the capital of the empire in 324 AD? | Constantinople | 75%
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What two rivers separated Roman territory from Germania? | Rhine | 72%
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On what river was Rome built? | Tiber | 67%
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What two rivers separated Roman territory from Germania? | Danube | 65%
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What still-standing concrete dome served as a temple to all Gods? | Pantheon | 60%
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What English city was known to the Romans as "Aquae Sulis"? | Bath | 58%
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What was Rome's largest horse-racing arena? | Circus {Maximus} | 54%
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What river at the Italian border did Caesar cross, saying "the die is cast"? (The modern-day location is unclear) | Rubicon | 53%
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What area served as the "meeting place" of central Rome? | The Forum | 52%
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What famous road, completed in 264 BC, connected Rome and Brindisi? | {Appian} Way | 41%
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What modern-day city on the Croatian coast was originally a palace built by the emperor Diocletian? | Split | 41%
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What Middle East kingdom, led by Herod, was annexed in 6 AD? | Judea | 40%
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What hill in Rome is the source of the English word "palace"? | Palatine Hill | 36%
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