Statistics for The 1st and 2nd Century BC

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YearDescriptionAnswer% Correct
4 BCPossible date for the birth of this important religious figureJesus Christ
97%
c. 52 BCThe Romans found this city on the river SeineLutetia (Paris)
87%
2nd century BCThis trade route network connecting Europe with China begins to be usedSilk Road
86%
30 BC
This last Egyptian pharaoh commits suicide. Later legends would say
an asp was involved.
Cleopatra
85%
before 150 BCThe Romans invent this building materialConcrete
78%
44 BCJulius Caesar is assassinated on this day of the yearThe Ides of March
76%
200 BC–1 BC
Pakistan is ruled by people speaking this language, left over from
Alexander’s conquests
Greek
75%
146 BCThe Third Punic War ends with the complete destruction of this cityCarthage
73%
73–71 BCThis gladiator leads a rebellion of an estimated 120,000 slavesSpartacus
72%
c. 160 BC
First celebration of this Jewish holiday marking the repurification of the
Temple and candles which miraculously burned for 8 days
Hanukkah
70%
50–58 BC
Julius Caesar conquers this region. Ancient sources say a million Celts
were killed, and another million enslaved.
Gaul
69%
c. 150 BCAlexandros of Antioch creates this famous, now armless, statue{Venus} de Milo
67%
4 BC
Death of this king of Judea, known for the biblical (but not historical)
Massacre of the Innocents
Herod the Great
60%
1st century BCThis “ism” becomes the official ideology of the Chinese stateConfucianism
56%
1st century BC
King Mithridates of Pontus ingests sub-lethal doses of this poison to
build up a tolerance
Arsenic
46%
2nd century BCLiu An invents this pressed bean curd productTofu
46%
18 BCFirst mention of this capital city on the Han RiverSeoul
36%
53 BC
This wealthiest of Roman citizens loses his army and his life trying to
conquer the Parthian Empire
Marcus Crassus
30%

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