Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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393 | These athletic contests are abolished. They would be restored again in 1896. | Olympic Games | 97%
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391 | Theodosius I makes this the state religion of the Roman Empire | Christianity | 93%
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391 | One of several times that the library in this city was destroyed or vandalized | Alexandria | 92%
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367 | Roman garrisons on this wall rebel, allowing Picts to invade and overrun northern England | {Hadrian}'s Wall | 91%
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c. 320 | The beginning of the Gupta dynasty in this modern-day country | India | 86%
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330 | This city becomes the new capital of the Roman Empire | Constantinople | 85%
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394 | The last known occurrence of this style of Egyptian writing | Hieroglyphics | 85%
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c. 370 | These Asiatic steppe warriors arrive in Europe | Huns | 72%
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283 | The Romans briefly capture the Persian capital of Ctesiphon, located on this river | Tigris | 68%
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c. 250 | The beginning of this Mesoamerican society's Classical Period | Mayan | 64%
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301 | Supposed date for the founding of this country on Mount Titano, making it the world's oldest republic in continuous existence | San Marino | 60%
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262 | Goths damage or destroy this Ancient Wonder of the World (hint: a goddess) | Temple of {Artemis} | 59%
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286 | This city, then known as Mediolanum, is made the capital of the Western Roman Empire | Milan | 51%
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397–400 | This philosopher and theologian writes his "Confessions" | Saint {Augustine} | 49%
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220 | This dynasty comes to an end in China | Han | 45%
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325 | This statement of Christian belief is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea | Nicene {Creed} | 43%
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220–280 | This period of Chinese history occurs | Three {Kingdom}s | 38%
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284–305 | This emperor stabilizes the Roman Empire but also makes it much more bureaucratic and autocratic | Diocletian | 20%
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235–284 | The Roman Empire experiences this chaotic era | The {Crisis} of the Third Century | 20%
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274 or 277 | This prophet dies in Iran. He created a religion in which the world is a battle between good and evil. | Mani | 12%
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