Geography of the Roman Empire - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The most common language in ancient Rome	Latin	99%
Cities which were destroyed in the eruption (name either)	Pompeii / Herculaneum	85%
City in Egypt which was once the second-most populous in the empire	Alexandria	82%
Roman name for the region of modern-day France	Gallia (Gaul)	80%
City near modern-day Tunis that Rome destroyed in the Third Punic War	Carthage	78%
73 mile long wall that spanned northern England	{Hadrian}'s Wall	78%
Volcano near Naples which erupted in 79 AD	Mount Vesuvius	78%
City which became capital of the empire in 324 AD	Constantinople	75%
The two rivers that separated Roman territory from Germania	Rhine	72%
River on which Rome was built	Tiber	67%
The two rivers that separated Roman territory from Germania	Danube	65%
Still-standing concrete dome that served as a temple to all Gods	Pantheon	59%
English city known to the Romans as "Aquae Sulis"	Bath	57%
Rome's largest horse-racing arena	Circus {Maximus}	54%
River at the Italian border which Caesar crossed, saying "the die is cast" (The modern-day location is unclear)	Rubicon	53%
Area that served as the "meeting place" of central Rome	The Forum	51%
Modern-day city on the Croatian coast that was originally a palace built by the emperor Diocletian	Split	42%
Famous road completed in 264 BC that connected Rome and Brindisi	{Appian} Way	40%
Middle East kingdom led by Herod which was annexed in 6 AD	Judea	39%
Hill in Rome which is the source of the English word "palace"	Palatine Hill	36%

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