| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| He crossed the Rubicon, but didn't survive the Ides of March | Julius Caesar | 99%
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| The first emperor of Rome | Augustus | 89%
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| Most famous assassin of the above | Brutus | 87%
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| He didn't actually fiddle as Rome burned | Nero | 87%
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| Emperor who built a wall in northern England | Hadrian | 76%
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| Gladiator who led a slave revolt | Spartacus | 71%
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| The first Christian emperor of Rome | Constantine | 68%
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| Called "little boot", this emperor was utterly insane | Caligula | 64%
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| Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend him your ears | Mark Antony | 52%
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| Emperor who was also a stoic philosopher | Marcus Aurelius | 51%
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| Famous orator in the waning days of the Roman Republic | Cicero | 45%
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| Poet who wrote "Metamorphoses" | Ovid | 45%
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| Author of the "Aeneid" | Virgil | 40%
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| Emperor under whom the empire reached its greatest territorial extent | Trajan | 37%
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| General who crushed Carthage in the Second Punic War | Scipio Africanus | 36%
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| Member of the First Triumvirate known for his enormous wealth | Crassus | 35%
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| Name shared by two conservative Senators, "elder" and "younger" | Cato | 27%
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| Two brothers who launched populist reforms in the 100s BC,but were killed for their efforts | Tiberius and GaiusGracchus | 19%
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| Wife of the above, who some consider a conspiratorial mastermind | Livia | 18%
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| Ancient Rome's most famous doctor | Galen | 14%
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