Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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122–128 | This defensive fortification in northern England is constructed | {Hadrian}'s Wall | 90%
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47 | Romans found this city on the River Thames | Londinium | 90%
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c. 100 | The Pyramid of the Sun is completed in the city of Teotihuacán, located in this modern-day country | Mexico | 90%
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79 | This volcano erupts, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum | Mt. Vesuvius | 90%
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64 | Much of the city of Rome is destroyed by fire. This emperor would later be accused of "fiddling" while it burned. | Nero | 89%
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80 | This Roman amphitheatre is completed | Colosseum | 88%
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2 | The population of China is recorded as 59,594,978 – most of whom live near this river | Yellow River | 86%
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14 | This first Roman Emperor dies after a reign of 40 years | Augustus | 84%
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58–75 | This religion spreads into China during the reign of Emperor Ming | Buddhism | 84%
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c. 140 | Ptolemy completes his "Almagest", an astrological treatise which places this at the center of the universe | Earth | 82%
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c. 100 | In China, Cai Lun invents a new technique for making this substance, forever changing how information is transmitted | Paper | 82%
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126 | This temple to all gods is dedicated in Rome | Pantheon | 74%
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c. 30 | Jesus is crucified after a trial presided over by this Roman governor | Pontius Pilate | 66%
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70 | The Temple in this city is destroyed by Roman troops | Jerusalem | 64%
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c. 95 | This last book of the New Testament is written by John of Patmos | Revelation | 63%
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c.100 | "Codexes", or modern books, replace these as the preferred method of preserving written information in the Roman Empire | Scrolls | 59%
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61 | This Celtic queen dies in a revolt against the Romans | Boudica | 56%
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165–180 | The Roman Empire is struck by a plague, thought to be this disease | Smallpox | 48%
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180 | This stoic philosopher and emperor dies, marking the start of the long decline of the Roman Empire | Marcus Aurelius | 47%
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117 | Under this emperor, the Roman Empire reaches its maximal extent | Trajan | 34%
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