Roman History by Picture

Can you identify these people, places, and things from Roman history?
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Last updated: March 29, 2018
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specific building
emperor
assembly of leading men
erupted in 79 A.D.
Mount Vesuvius
type of structure
formal garment
everyday garment
wall in England
Hadrian's Wall
rival empire
Parthian Empire
leader of 80 soldiers
arena fighter
third century B.C. conflict
Second Punic War
temple to all gods
founders of Rome
two-faced god
style of art using tiles
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Level 82
Mar 29, 2018
Gotta be scope for a ancient Greek one
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Level 76
Sep 11, 2022
an
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Level 75
Mar 29, 2018
80 Soldiers?? A Centurion was in command of 100 soldiers. Unless I'm missing something.
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Level ∞
Mar 29, 2018
Yep!
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Level 85
Mar 29, 2018
Wikipedia: "In the Roman infantry, centurions initially commanded a centuria or 'century'. Centuries, or centuriae, developed from the Roman tribal system under the Servian reforms and could contain 200 to 1000 legionaries."
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Level 78
Mar 29, 2018
From Wikipedia: "Most centurions commanded groups of centuries of around 80 legionaries [...]"

here follows a footnote:

"The centuries (centuriae) commanded by the centurion theoretically derive from centum ("hundred"), but that connection is now disputed. It certainly meant "company" or "tribe". "

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Level 83
Mar 30, 2018
A century was made out of 10 contubernii. A contubernium was a pack of soldiers who ate and slept together in the same tent; there were often 10 men in a contubernium, but they were 8 soldiers and 2 "helpers"... so a century is indeed 80 soldiers.

...Except if you're talking about the early Republic. There were 100 soldiers by century, but it's pretty much a footnote compared to the imperial army.

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Level 35
Sep 3, 2018
A roman Century had 80 men. Its a later translation of the word misconstrued to mean 100
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Level 35
Nov 15, 2019
no, there were 80 fighting men and 20 non-combatants who were in charge of logistics and engineering or were slaves.
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Level 38
Mar 30, 2018
I Actually do make quizzes
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Level 56
Mar 4, 2022
cool, idrc though
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Level 34
Mar 30, 2018
Wrote Parthenon (Greek) for Pantheon (roman) - doh!
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Level 92
Apr 10, 2018
Etymology will help you out.

'Pan' - all, 'Theos' - gods. is the temple for all gods.

'Parthenos' - virgin/unmarried woman, is the temple to the goddess of Athens, Athena Parthenos.

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Level 82
Apr 9, 2018
There's some tip top quality Roman history quizzes on my page 👍
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Level 82
Jun 13, 2018
Flavian Amphitheater?
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Level 75
Jun 13, 2018
I didn't see the bottom row. :(
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Level 65
Jun 13, 2018
Can you accept Sassanid/Sassanian Empire in place of Parthian?
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Level 57
Jun 13, 2018
Those are not interchangeable.
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Level 62
Jun 13, 2018
spelled it mosiac... only one I missed :(
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Level 56
Jun 15, 2018
I could not remember centurion. I kept thinking of Doctor Who: "what was Rory, what was Rory?"
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Level 73
Oct 10, 2020
Nothing about Byzantine history?
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Level 28
Jul 20, 2022
Please accept "centurio" as well
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Level 79
Apr 15, 2023
So what's with the scoring on some of these quizzes? Got 14/16 and only missed the two least guessed, but only got 3 points? Seems off.