Enemies of Rome - Statistics

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Year Hint Answer % Correct
247-183 BC Military commander in the second Punic War who crossed the Alps with elephants Hannibal
97%
69-31 BC Queen of Egypt who seduced Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. In 32 BC the Roman senate declared war against her and after her defeat she committed suicide with an asp. Cleopatra
85%
c. 406–453 Leader of the huns who was feared and got the nickname 'scourge of god' Attila
84%
c. 111–71 BC One of the escaped slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Subject of major film in 1960 and miniseries. Spartacus
76%
30?-60? Queen of the British Iceni who led an unsuccessful uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. Boudica
64%
287-212 BC Greek mathematician and inventor who may have used mirrors acting collectively as a parabolic reflector to burn Roman ships attacking Syracuse. Archimedes
61%
80?-46 BC Chieftain of the Arverni tribe who united the Gauls in a failed revolt against Julius Caesar. Now a folk hero in France. Vercingetorix
51%
319/318–272 BC King of Epirus who had some victories against Rome but whit heavy losses. He famously said: "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined" Pyrrhus of Epirus
49%
18/17 BC – 21 AD Leader of the german tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, in which three Roman legions under the command of general Publius Quinctilius Varus were destroyed. Arminius
40%
285 - 229 BC General in the first Punic war who made - number 5 - his son to swear never to be a "Friend of Rome" and "Never to show goodwill to the Romans Hamilcar
39%
135–63 BC King of Pontus who started a genocide against the Romans in the east; He also created immunity to poisons by regularly ingesting sub-lethal doses Mithridates VI
37%
c. 370 – 410 King of the Visigoths who is responsible for the sack of Rome in 410 Alaric
32%
4th century BC Leader of a gallic tribe which sieged and sacked Rome uttering the words 'Vae victis' which means ‘Woe to the vanquished,’ Brennus
26%
?- 270 Sasanian king of Iran who led several wars against the Roman empire. In 260 he defeated and captured the Roman emperor, Valerian and plundered the eastern provinces. Shapur
19%
c. 389 – 477 He also sacked Rome in 455 but he was so fierce that the name of the Vandals is still a term for barbaric destruction. Gaiseric
17%
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