History
The “Ancient Rome” quiz — History. It has 25 questions in five categories: Senate and Republic, Legions and Conquest, Arches and Aqueducts, Life in the City, Caesars and Empire. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Crossing which northern Italian river in 49 BC marked Julius Caesar's legendary point of no return?
Which Latin word meaning 'I forbid' gave Roman plebeian tribunes the legal power to block official decrees?
Which patrician was summoned…
In the gameWhich senator famously ended…
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Which Carthaginian general famously led the pictured army with war elephants across the Alps to invade Italy?
In 9 AD, Germanic tribes ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions under Varus in which dense forest?
Which brutal military punishment…
In the gameWhich Roman general defeated…
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What is the pictured Roman temple with the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome, lit by an open oculus?
Which pictured highway, dubbed the 'Queen of Roads', linked Rome to Capua and later stretched to Brindisi?
Which pictured three-tiered Roman…
In the gameWhich ancient covered sewer…
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In the gameWhich massive arena seated over 150,000 spectators for chariot races between factions like the Blues and Greens?
Which pungent fermented fish sauce was a staple seasoning across the Roman world, added to almost every dish?
Which priestesses, shown in…
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In the gameWhat type of gladiator…
In the gameWhich emperor notoriously was said to have sung and played the lyre while the Great Fire consumed Rome in 64 AD?
Which pictured 'philosopher on the throne' recorded his Stoic reflections in a private journal known as Meditations?
Under which emperor in…
In the gameWhich emperor brought stability…
In the gameWhich teenage ruler, deposed…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.