Ancient History by Letter 'A'

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Hint	Answer
First Roman Emperor, he established Pax Romana	Augustus
This city fought against Sparta in the Peloponnesian War	Athens
The hill in Greece where the Parthenon stands	Acropolis
The most famous mathematician of Ancient Greece	Archimedes
Nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology	Amazon
King of Macedonia, he cut the Gordian Knot	Alexander the Great
The protagonist of the Iliad, his only weakness was his heel	Achilles
He commanded Greek armies during he Trojan War	Agamemnon
31 BC Battle where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated	Battle of Actium
Hunnic ruler who terrorized Rome in the 5th century AD	Attila the Hun

Hint	Answer
Visigoth leader who sacked Rome in 410 AD	Alaric the Visigoth
The God of light and sun in Roman and Greek mythology	Apollo
Nineveh was the capital of this Mesopotamian Empire	Assyrian Empire
What the Romans built to bring water into the city	Aqueducts
Jackal-headed Egyptian God of the Necropolis	Anubis
Mountains where Hannibal marched his elephants	The Alps
What Julius Caesar said after crossing the Rubicon	Alea iacta est
This 378 AD battle saw the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire	Battle of Adrianople
Ancient Greek slave who "wrote" many fables	Aesop
A.D. In the year of our lord	Anno Domini

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Jan 14, 2015

Nicely done, never heard of Adrianople. But I would accept "Assyria" and "Akropolis."

Level 68

Feb 25, 2015

Awesome quiz

Level 77

Mar 15, 2015

Great quiz, but it's "capital", not "capitol" for the Nineveh question.

Level 21

Mar 15, 2015

I fixed it. Thank you for your help. Please keep commenting on my quizzes so that you can motivate me to finish sooner!

Level 84

Sep 9, 2016

I found the last question/hint very confusing. I knew the answer but had no idea what I was supposed to type.

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Dec 21, 2019

Only just got to this one on a lucky dip. Good quiz, with a good mix - should be featured.

Level 57

Nov 10, 2021

'Iacta Alea Est' is the more common form.

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