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Answer
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What was the most common language in ancient Rome?
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Latin
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What city became the capital of the empire in 324 AD?
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Constantinople
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What was the Roman name for the region of modern-day France?
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Gallia (Gaul)
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What city, near modern-day Tunis, was destroyed by Rome in the Third Punic War?
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Carthage
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What famous road, completed in 264 BC, connected Rome and Brindisi?
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Appian Way
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On what river was Rome built?
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Tiber
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What area served as the "meeting place" of central Rome?
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The Forum
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What still-standing concrete dome served as a temple to all Gods?
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Pantheon
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What 73 mile long wall spanned northern England?
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Hadrian's Wall
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What two rivers separated Roman territory from Germania?
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Danube
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Rhine
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What river at the Italian border did Caesar cross, saying "the die is cast"? (The modern-day location is unclear)
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Rubicon
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What Egyptian city was once the second most populous in the Empire?
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Alexandria
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What volcano near Naples erupted in 79 AD?
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Mount Vesuvius
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What cities were destroyed in the eruption (name either)?
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Pompeii / Herculaneum
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What hill in Rome is the source of the English word "palace"?
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Palatine Hill
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What modern-day city on the Croatian coast was originally a palace built by the emperor Diocletian?
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Split
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What English city was known to the Romans as "Aquae Sulis"?
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Bath
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What was Rome's largest horse-racing arena?
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Circus Maximus
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What Middle East kingdom, led by Herod, was annexed in 6 AD?
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Judea
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