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Random History #5

How well do you know your history? Let's find out!
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1. What religion predominated in the first century amongst the upper class?
Judaism
Islam
Paganism
Catholicism
2. Who wrote, "Standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave!"
Keats
Tennyson
George W. Bush
Lord Byron
3. Which disease spread rapidly in the early 16th century in South America?
Ebola
Smallpox
Chickenpox
AIDS
4. Which name means "land between the rivers"?
Lugdunum
Baetica
Etruria
Mesopotamia
5. The Testudo was a Roman military formation that was named after what animal?
Turtle
Vulture
Hamster
Iguana
6. Where was the center of Roman politics?
The Palatine Hill
The Forum
The Pantheon
The Colosseum
7. What was the road that connected Rome to Brindisi called?
Petro Arco
Via Lunga
Nuova Strada
Appia Antica
8. Hadrian's wall separates:
England and Scotland
England and Ireland
Spain and France
Italy and Austria
9. How did the Romans eat?
Sitting up
Standing
Reclining
Laying
10. What year did Augustus Caesar die?
69 AD
14 AD
2 AD
28 BCE
11. Who created the solidus gold coin?
Cleopatra
Constantine I
Augustus Caesar
Diocletian
12. What was the Germanic leader who fought in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest named?
Marc Antony
Arminius
Agrippa
Claudius
13. Who commanded the army in Ancient Rome?
Tribune
Plebeians
Mayor
Consul
14. What is Marcus Aurelius's book called?
Pensieri
War and Peace
Meditations
Musings
15. What was the Mediterranean called in ancient Rome?
Mare Nostrum
Mare Terra
Mediterraneo
Oceanus Nostra
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