Question | Answer | % Correct |
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For some time, the three most powerful men formed a group that was known as the triumvirate. Besides Caesar, who belonged to it? | Pompey and Crassus | 91%
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This Egyptian queen was Caesar's lover and, after his death, turned to Mark Antony. | Cleopatra | 86%
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Caesar served in an office known as pontifex maximus. Who is known by that title nowadays? | the Pope | 84%
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He was a member of this political faction | Populares - populists, pro-commoners | 82%
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For which reason did Brutus kill Caesar? | Brutus believed in the republic and thought Caesar was too powerful | 80%
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He says this in William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar": "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." | Mark Antony | 73%
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Caesar first wrote about Germanic peoples. What is noteworthy about that? | These peoples didn't call themselves "Germanic" at the time | 73%
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As a young man, Caesar was captured by pirates. How did he react? | He considered the ransom an insult to his status, and demanded that they raise it | 70%
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What kind of a name is Julius, as in Julius Caesar? | a family name | 68%
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Cato the Younger was known as a fierce enemy of Caesar. What happened after the latter seized power? | Caesar pardoned Cato, who then killed himself | 68%
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Caesar, Jesus, Cicero and Augustus all lived at the same time. True or false? | False | 68%
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Which of these words for "emperor" does not derive from Caesar? | Király | 68%
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How was the name Caesar pronounced, in all likelihood? | kae̯.sar (kuy-sarr) | 66%
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When someone brought him the head of his major opponent during the civil war, Pompey, what did Caesar do? | He cried bitter tears | 59%
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During a senatorial debate, Caesar received a letter. His enemy Cato, suspecting it had to do with a conspiracy, compelled him to read it out loud. It turned out to be...? | A love letter from Servilia, Cato's sister | 57%
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