The 1st and 2nd Century - Statistics

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Year	Description	Answer	% Correct
47	Romans found this city on the River Thames	Londinium	90%
c. 100	The Pyramid of the Sun is completed in the city of Teotihuacán, located in this modern-day country	Mexico	90%
79	This volcano erupts, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum	Mt. Vesuvius	90%
122–128	This defensive fortification in northern England is constructed	{Hadrian}'s Wall	89%
64	Much of the city of Rome is destroyed by fire. This emperor would later be accused of "fiddling" while it burned.	Nero	89%
80	This Roman amphitheatre is completed	Colosseum	88%
2	The population of China is recorded as 59,594,978 – most of whom live near this river	Yellow River	86%
14	This first Roman Emperor dies after a reign of 40 years	Augustus	84%
58–75	This religion spreads into China during the reign of Emperor Ming	Buddhism	84%
c. 140	Ptolemy completes his "Almagest", an astrological treatise which places this at the center of the universe	Earth	82%
c. 100	In China, Cai Lun invents a new technique for making this substance, forever changing how information is transmitted	Paper	82%
126	This temple to all gods is dedicated in Rome	Pantheon	74%
c. 30	Jesus is crucified after a trial presided over by this Roman governor	Pontius Pilate	65%
70	The Temple in this city is destroyed by Roman troops	Jerusalem	64%
c. 95	This last book of the New Testament is written by John of Patmos	Revelation	63%
c.100	"Codexes", or modern books, replace these as the preferred method of preserving written information in the Roman Empire	Scrolls	59%
61	This Celtic queen dies in a revolt against the Romans	Boudica	55%
165–180	The Roman Empire is struck by a plague, thought to be this disease	Smallpox	48%
180	This stoic philosopher and emperor dies, marking the start of the long decline of the Roman Empire	Marcus Aurelius	47%
117	Under this emperor, the Roman Empire reaches its maximal extent	Trajan	34%