Statistics for Famous Battles (1595 BC - 300)

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The Greeks besieged this city in modern day Turkey for over 10 years. Homer would write a very famous book about it.	Siege of Troy	96%
Persians under Xerxes defeat a coalition of Greek forces led by the Spartans commanded by King Leonidas.	Battle of Thermopylae	74%
Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paulus and Publius Terentius Varro in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical art.	Battle of Cannae	67%
Alexander the Great defeats Darius III in Mesopotamia and conquers Persia. This battle is also known as "Alexander’s Masterpiece."	Battle of Gaugamela	67%
Greek ships under Themistocles and Eurybiades of Sparta defeat Persian fleet in the Bay of Eleusis.	Battle of Salamis	67%
Scipio Africanus Major decisively defeats Hannibal in North Africa, ending the Second Punic War.	Battle of Zama	59%
The German leader Arminius destroys the Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the forests of modern day Lower-Saxony.	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest	56%
The Athenian expedition in Sicily, under Nicias and Demosthenes, is annihilated.	Battle of Syracuse	52%
Hittites sack ______ and end the First ________ dynasty, leaving the area to be occupied by their Kassite allies for centuries.	Babylon	44%
Slave army under Spartacus defeats Romans under Gaius Claudius Glaber.	Battle of Mount Vesuvius	22%