| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| According to legend, Rome was founded by the twins... | Romulus and Remus | 100%
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| During the days of the republic, Rome was governed by two | Consuls | 91%
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| Who were twin sons of __, known as Ares to the Greeks. | Mars | 91%
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| Later, three powerful men formed the First Triumvirate: Marcus Crassus, Pompey, and... | Julius Caesar | 73%
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| Augustus hired many writers to propagate his empire, among them Virgil, who wrote but never finished... | The Aeneid | 73%
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| Rome completely surrounds the smallest country in the world... | Vatican City | 73%
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| Ancient Rome's rough equivalent to Christmas was __, honoring the end of the harvest season. | Saturnalia | 64%
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| Who met his end on __, with his adopted son Augustus Caesar becoming Rome's first emperor. | The Ides of March | 64%
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| Before Rome became a republic, it was occasionally ruled by __ kings. | Etruscan | 55%
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| Which was painted by... | Michelangelo | 45%
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| The beginning of the end of the republic was when the __ brothers were killed after proposing reforms benefitting the plebeians (common people). | Gracchi | 36%
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| Although he didn't, in fact, set Rome ablaze, __ was not unwilling to turn the ruins into a massive palace for himself. | Nero | 36%
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| Which has a painting focusing on the events of the Book of Revelations, confusingly inserting the Greek daemon Charon, called... | The Last Judgment | 36%
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| In 799, after being attacked by nobles, Pope Leo III sought aid from __, who would become the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. | Charlemagne | 27%
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| A statue of him, rededicated to Sol, became the site of the __ (not named for its size, actually). | Colosseum | 27%
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| There, gladiatorial games, mock battles, executions, and animal hunts took place, the last of which sadly led to the extinction of the... | European Lion | 27%
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| Which was located on the Roman __, home of marketplaces, government offices, and triumphal processions. | Forum | 27%
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| After significant degradation of both classical and medieval monuments, __ issued a papal bull of civic improvement of the city. | Pope Martin V | 27%
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| Before Rome was the capital of the reunified Italy in 1871, the role was given to the city of... | Florence | 18%
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| During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Senate was located on the __, ancient Rome's record office. | Tabularium | 18%
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