| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 260 | Approximately now, the game of ___ is invented in India | Chess | 83%
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| 300 | In Central America, the ___ civilization reaches its peak | Mayan | 56%
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| 286 | Maximian defeats a rebellion and then an invasion of Gaul, and is awarded the title of ___, becoming co-emperor | Augustus | 50%
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| 251 | The ___ and Saxons begin raiding the coast of Britain | Franks | 50%
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| 262 | The Temple of ___ is destroyed by the Goths, being the first of the existing 7 wonders of the ancient world to be destroyed | Artemis | 44%
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| 285 | The above then appoints a fellow officer, Maximian to the post of ___ (junior emperor) | Caesar | 44%
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| 278 | The defeated ___ tribes are resettled in devastated Roman provinces in hopes of repopulating them | Germanic | 44%
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| 281 | A triumph is celebrated in Rome after the defeat of 3 usurpers and the ___ tribe | Vandal | 44%
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| 268 | The ___ first appear as a distinct people from the Goths | Visigoths | 44%
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| 256 | The Goths invade the Balkans and Anatolia, and the province of ___ is lost to the Romans | Dacia | 33%
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| 259 | The ___ Empire is formed as modern Spain, France and Britain break away from Roman control | Gallic | 33%
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| 266 | Odaenathus of ___ attempts to capture the Persian capital of Ctesiphon, but fails to breach its walls | Palmyra | 33%
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| 296 | The province of ___ is returned to the Roman Empire after having been controlled by rebels for 10 years | Britannia | 28%
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| 271 | The Romans finally withdraw their administration from Dacia, thereby shortening the ___ frontier | Danube | 28%
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| 261 | The ___ tribe are crushed at Milan after ravaging the area for years | Alemanni | 22%
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| 257 | Under Valerian, the important city of ___ is recovered from Persia | Antioch | 22%
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| 294 | Tiridates III of ___ is defeated by the Sassanids and flees to Rome | Armenia | 22%
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| 264 | Sima Zhou, regent of Cao Wei, styles himself the King of ___ | Jin | 22%
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| 267 | The above is assassinated, and is succeeded by his wife, ___ | Zenobia | 22%
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| 270 | Following the death of the above, ___ replaces him and immediately repels a German invasion | Aurelian | 17%
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| 291 | The ___, who will eventually establish themselves within modern France, are defeated by both the Goths and Alemanni | Burgundians | 17%
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| 255 | A rebellion is crushed in the Chinese state of ___ ___ | Cao Wei | 17%
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| 288 | An army, probably led by future emperor ___, defeats a usurper in Gaul | Constantius | 17%
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| 279 | The Jin Dynasty conquers the last of the Three Kingdoms in China (the ___ ___) | Eastern Wu | 17%
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| 269 | Claudius II becomes known as Claudius ___ for defeating the Goths in battle | Gothicus | 17%
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| 283 | The above exploits a civil war in the ___ Empire and invades, sacking the capital | Sassanid | 17%
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| 274 | A temple is built and dedicated to ___ ___. The worship of this sun god becomes the state religion of Rome | Sol Invictus | 17%
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| 252 | A Roman army of ___ men is defeated in Syria by the Sassanids | 70000 | 11%
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| 290 | The founder of the Jin dynasty dies, having reestablished the capital in ___ | Luoyang | 11%
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| 293 | The ___ begins as Rome finds itself with 4 coexisting emperors | Tetrarchy | 11%
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| 282 | ___ becomes Roman Emperor after a successful usurpation in Raetia | Carus | 6%
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| 299 | ___ are expelled from the Roman army | Christians | 6%
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| 253 | The Roman empire is split in two, with Valerian taking the east and his son, ___, taking the west | Gallienus | 6%
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| 273 | King Hormizd I of Persia dies after a short reign in which he has shown tolerance to the anti-materialist ___ faith | Manichean | 6%
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| 287 | Diocletian signs a peace treaty with the Persians and reorganises the ___ frontier in the east | Mesopotamian | 6%
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| 272 | The ___ Empire in the Near East is brought to an end after the surrender of their queen to the Romans | Palmyrene | 6%
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| 276 | After 2 Roman Emperors are murdered within a year, Emperor ___ invites the responsible factions to a banquet and massacres them, before burning a survivor alive | Probus | 6%
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| 298 | The manufacture of cultured ___ becomes popular from Korea to Japan | Silk | 6%
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| 297 | Thirumalisai Alvar, one of the 12 ___ Saints, who is said to have lived for 4500 Years, dies | Azhwar | 0%
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| 284 | Diocletian becomes Roman Emperor, ushering in the ___ period | Dominate | 0%
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| 289 | The future co-emperor of the above (___) distinguishes himself in a campaign against the Sarmatians | Galerius | 0%
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| 292 | The ___ Code is produced. It is the first codification of Roman law | Gregorian | 0%
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| 295 | In Rome, an edict is issued against the sexual crime of ___ | Incest | 0%
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| 254 | Pope (and saint) ___ dies after returning to Rome from exile | Lucius I | 0%
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| 275 | The ___ Dynasty begins in Southern India | Pallava | 0%
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| 265 | The Romans attempt to recover the breakaway state in the west, but are defeated by ___ | Postumus | 0%
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| 258 | The last of the Three Rebellions in ___ are crushed by Sima Zhou | Shouchun | 0%
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| 263 | The Chinese state of ___ ___ is conquered, ending the Three Kingdoms period | Shu Han | 0%
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| 280 | The ___ tribe appear in Central Germany. A modern state in Germany is named after them. | Thuringii | 0%
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| 277 | Tuboa Xilu becomes the leader of the ___ clan in Northern China | Tuboa | 0%
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