Roman Cities – Sudden Death

Click the modern-day cities which were inside the boundaries of the Roman Empire, without clicking any of the ones that weren't.
All the correct answers were also Roman cities (or very nearby)
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Alexandria
Amman
Ankara
Athens
Belgrade
Berlin
Budapest
Chicago
Cologne
Copenhagen
Damascus
Delhi
Dubai
Dublin
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Lisbon
London
Lyon
Marseille
Milan
Mogadishu
Moscow
Paris
Riyadh
Seville
Tehran
Timbuktu
Tunis
Vienna
York
Zurich
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27 Comments
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Level 49
May 7, 2025
OK, Who are the 5% of people who said Chicago?
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Level 73
May 7, 2025
Thank God it's down to 2% now lol
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Level 68
May 7, 2025
and now it's at 1%!
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Level 59
May 8, 2025
now it's down to 0%!
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Level 60
Jul 10, 2025
Back up to 1%
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Level 90
May 9, 2025
It must be because of the deep dish Roman pizza
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Level 75
May 9, 2025
They saw the future with the new Pope
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Level 65
Jul 10, 2025
Confused the Eternal City with the Windy City.
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Level 33
May 7, 2025
I was killed in Riyadh
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Level 83
May 7, 2025
Thank you for your service I guess?
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Level 68
May 7, 2025
I- what??
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Level 83
May 7, 2025
Great quiz, got them all but some like amman and cologne had me thinking abit, although with process of elimination it was simple.
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Level ∞
May 7, 2025
Definitely easier to eliminate the ones that are obviously wrong.
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Level 88
May 8, 2025
I think anyone who knows the Roman Empire pretty well should get about 15 - 17 pretty quickly... then of the remaining choices, it should be pretty easy to eliminate all the ones that are definitely wrong, so the rest have to be correct. The last one I got was Cologne, as I was thinking which of the 2 German cities was more likely to be correct... but then it occurred to me first that the empire never extended as far east in northern Europe as Berlin... but also that the name "Cologne" came from the Latin "colonia".
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Level 80
May 20, 2025
Cologne was founded by the Romans around 30 BCE as a city called Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. It is actually one of the oldest cities in Germany. The border of the Roman empire in what is today Germany mostly followed the river Rhine. So there are many Roman cities west of the Rhine but essentially none east of the Rhine. Berlin was only founded in the 13th century and wasn't really relevant until the 18th century when it became the capital of Prussia. It definitely didn't exist during Roman times. We like to joke that while Cologne was already prospering for over a thousand years, Berlin was just a swamp - in fact, the name Berlin probably derives from a slavic word for swamp or bog. Greetings from Cologne ;-)
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Level 72
Jun 4, 2025
Alaaf!
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Level 61
May 7, 2025
Can I make one on Byzantine cities or will you?
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Level ∞
May 7, 2025
I won't be making one.
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Level 95
May 7, 2025
For Europe it’s West of the Rhine and South of the Danube. A bit trickier for the Middle East - wasn’t sure white how far Trajan and Hadrian got
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Level 90
May 9, 2025
I forgot about the extensive Roman ruins in Zurich. :)
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Level 76
May 10, 2025
I only missed amman. I was fairly sure the one I clicked would be wrong, but the others all didn't seem too likely and I thought perhaps I am wrong about it being wrong and gave it a go, but nope indeed it was wrong.
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Level 60
Jul 10, 2025
Rome certainly traded with Timbuktu. Roman coins have been found around Lake Chad and the Niger River
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Level 41
Jul 10, 2025
Missed York for Berlin, but York was least guessed and Berlin was the most, so I'd say I did pretty well.
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Level 71
Jul 10, 2025
There is a well-preserved Roman amphitheater in Amman. It's near a McDonald's. Go figure.
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Level 56
Jul 10, 2025
I'm surprised you didn't try to trick anyone with Philadelphia as an option.
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Level 62
Sep 8, 2025
Oh wow I got them all correct. Just remember that they stuck to western and southern Europe and the Balkans and the edges of the Mediterranean. They did not pass the Rhine Rivver
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Level 65
Mar 20, 2026
I love this quiz! If anyone is looking for more Rome quizzes I made a few recently!