Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Carthaginian general, who launched an invasion of Italy in the 2. Punic War | Hannibal Barca | 87%
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Syracusian mathematician and Inventor, explained the lever and hydrostatics | Archimedes | 73%
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King of Egypt, who build the Libary of Alexandria | Ptolemy II | 63%
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Mathematician and author of the Elements | Euclid | 57%
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Defeated Carthago in the 2. Punic War at Zama | Scipio Africanus | 57%
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United the Warring States and gave China its name | Qin Shi Huang | 53%
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Conservative roman politician, "Carthago delenda est" | Cato the Elder | 47%
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Ambitius king of Epirus, known for costly victories | Pyrrhus | 43%
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Mauryan emperor, who established Buddhism in his realm | Ashoka | 40%
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Leader of the Carthaginian armies in the 1. Punic War, important father | Hamilcar Barca | 20%
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Roman playwright, wrote Palliata comoedia | Titus Maccius Plautus | 17%
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First person to calculate the circumference of the earth (quite accurately) | Eratosthenes | 10%
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First sceptic philosopher | Pyrrho | 10%
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First emperor of the Han Dynasty | Gaozu of Han | 7%
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First astronomer to propose a heliocentric cosmos | Aristarchus of Samos | 3%
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