Statistics for Ancient History by Letter 'C'

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Last Pharaoh of Egypt, she was bit by an asp	Cleopatra	98%
Roman "dictator for life" who overthrew the weak senate	Julius Caesar	94%
Capitol of the Byzantine Empire, modern day Istanbul	Constantinople	93%
Rome fought against this Tunisian city-state during the Punic Wars	Carthage	84%
Icarus and his father tried to escape this Greek island	Crete	80%
Flavian Amphitheater where the gladiators fought	The Colosseum	79%
Chinese philosopher who focused on treating others with fairness	Confucius	77%
In this Indian social system, traits are determined by birth	Caste System	74%
Three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld	Cerberus	72%
First assassinated Roman Emperor his name means "little boots"	Caligula	71%
Ancient Chinese writing art with over 30,000 characters	Calligraphy	56%
Greek order of architecture, the most detailed of the columns	Corinthian	55%
Ancient Sumerian form of writing that uses clay tablets	Cuneiform	53%
Roman orator, he was killed by the Second Triumvirate	Cicero	48%
He discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922	Howard Carter	44%
Roman Goddess of agriculture and seasons	Ceres	42%
The highest position in the Roman government	Consul	42%
He founded the Persian Empire and returned the Jews to Jerusalem	Cyrus the Great	41%
He defeated Spartacus and was part of the First Triumvirate	Crassus	34%
These jars contained the organs of the mummies	Canopic jars	22%