Era 6 · from 264 BC to AD 476 (with the founding in 753 BC)

Quiz: Ancient Rome

Ten questions on the 25 events of the era. If an answer doesn't convince you, open the event card.

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What did the Romans call the Appian Way? (The queen of roads)

What was the ‘raven’ invented by the Romans during the First Punic War? (A movable bridge with a hook for grabbing enemy ships)

Which town gave its name to pozzolana, the ash used in Roman concrete? (Pozzuoli)

According to the historian Suetonius, what did Caesar say as he crossed the Rubicon? (The die is cast)

How many days did ‘the year of confusion’ last, before the Julian calendar? (445)

Why has Pompeii been so well preserved until today? (Because it was buried under metres of ash and pumice)

Where does the light come into the Pantheon? (Through a round opening at the top of the dome, the oculus)

Who removed Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor in the West? (Odoacer)

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