| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What mountain range did Carthaginian troops famously cross with war elephants? | Alps | 100%
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| What was the title given to the man who became the sole leader of the Republic in times of desperate need? | Dictator | 100%
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| Who was the king of Pontus who fought the Romans and micro-dosed himself with poisons to build immunity and avoid assassination? | Mithridates VI | 100%
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| What Roman general did Caesar face off against in the Civil War? | Pompey | 89%
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| Who was the king of Epirus who won highly costly victories against Rome? | Pyrrhus | 89%
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| What Roman general invaded Africa, defeated the Carthaginians, and ended the Second Punic War? | Scipio Africanus | 89%
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| What was the worst defeat the Romans suffered during the Second Punic War? | Cannae | 78%
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| What Roman general invaded Africa and besieged Carthage in the Third Punic War? | Scipio Aemilianus | 78%
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| What Gallic chieftain did Julius Caesar defeat at the Battle of Alessia, ending the Gallic Wars? | Vercingetorix | 78%
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| Who was the Roman senator and orator who repeatedly declared "Carthago delenda est," or "Carthage must be destroyed." | Cato the Elder | 67%
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| Who crushed the Spartacus uprising of the Third Servile War? | Crassus | 67%
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| Who overthrew the last king of Rome and became the first consul? | Lucius Brutus | 67%
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| Who won the Social War and installed himself as dictator of Rome with no term limit? | Sulla | 67%
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| Which general led the Carthaginians against the Romans in the First Punic War? | Hamilcar Barca | 56%
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| What were the names of the Gracchi brothers, pro-plebian land reformers who were eventually killed by the patrician elite? | Tiberius and Gaius | 56%
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| Who is remembered as the Shield of Rome, for his cautious strategy of wearing down the Carthaginians without risking pitched battle? | Fabius Maximus | 44%
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| Which Gallic chieftain sacked Rome but was defeated by Camillus? | Brennus | 33%
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| Whom did Julius Caesar defeat when he said "Veni, vidi, vici," or "I came, I saw, I conquered." | Pharnaces II of Pontus | 33%
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| What was the final battle of Julius Caesar's Civil War? | Pharsalus | 22%
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| Who is remembered as the Sword of Rome, one of only three men in history to achieve spolia opima? | Marcellus | 11%
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