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War and Warfare
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Which battles did Herodotus write about?
The Battle for Middle Earth
The Battle of Salamis
Battle of Platea
The Battle of Thermopylae
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Why was it cool to be a Tesserarius?
You got to hold the flag
You got to blow a horn
You got to know all the passwords
You got a ride a horse instead of march
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When was the Battle of Actium?
2nd September 85BC
2nd September 85AD
2nd September 31BC
2nd September 31AD
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Who was Leonidas?
The guy who betrayed the Spartan Army
King and Leader of the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
The Former Spartan King who defected to the Persians
The King of the Persian Invaders
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What is a Aquila?
The Eagle emblem of the Legion
The standard flag of a Century
The person who carried it
Something your parents drank as teenagers to get drunk
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And lastly, what is this a picture of?
The eruption of Versuvius
Pliny and Co making a run for it with pillows on their heads
The death of Pliny the Elder
Numpties being overcome by pyroclastic flow
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This torture scene is from Trajan's Column What does it show?
Dacian women being held captive
Roman woman publically torturing men
Dacian women torturing Roman Soldiers
A victory celebration
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What did Cleopatra do in the Battle of Actium
An killed herself with an Asp
She sailed into the enemy line to help Mark Anthony get away
She hid behind Mark Anthony's warships
She ploughed through the enemy and did a runner
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Mark Anthony was married to Octavian's Sister, what did he do with her when he married Cleopatra?
Employed her to negotiate with her brother
Fed her to the Kraken
Posted her back to her Brother
Gave her an army to lead
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This is a coin given to Mark Anthony's troops in 32BC What is it called?
Galleon
Sickle
Denarius
Denier
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What is this camp known as?
Centurian
Conteburnium
Cohort
Certury
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Who was Trajan?
Roman Emperor AD98 - 117
Roman Emperor - 100BC to 59BC
Roman Emperor 27BC - 14AD
Spartan King 445 BC to 400BC
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This image is from Trajan's Column but what is it showing us?
A ballista
A Testudo
Onanger
A Liburnae
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This is a primary source from the South Frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike from BC What does it show?
Greeks fighting Persians
Lapiths fighting the Centaurs
Romans fighting the Dacians
Greeks fighting the Amazons
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Found in Laconia in 520BC, who could this be?
A Maenad
An Amazon
Artemis without her bow
A Spartan girl running?
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What was the job of a Praefectus?
The Captain of a Squadron of Naval Ships
The Tribune of the Cavalry
The commander of a Roman Naval Fleet
The Commander of a Legionary Fortress
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This relief commemorates the victory at the Battle of Actium in 31BC How do you know it's a Roman Warship?
The Towers
The Roman Soldiers
The Style of ship
The Crocodile
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This is the Arch of Trajan in Benevento - why was it built?
To deter the Dacians from further conflict
They needed to keep the stonemasons in work
To remember Trajan's achievements as Emperor
There wasn't enough room for it all on Trajan's Column
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How you spell the name of the guy who betrayed the Spartans to Xerxes?
Epliates
Ephialtes
Elphiates
Ehpialtes
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What is Dienekes famous for saying?
Return with your shield or on it
If the Persians hide the sun, we shall have our battle in the shade
The fly on my shield is the last thing my enemy will see
If you sword is too short, get closer
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The famous quotes of Leonidas
Come and take them
In truth, I am taking many if they are all to be slain
Then we are also near to them
Tonight we will dine with Hades
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You are on an Athenian Trireme and the Captain asks you to perform a Diekplous manoeuvre, what are you going to do?
Row in double time
Tie a cable to each end of the trireme to keep it stable
Prepare to ram your opponent
Row backwards
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What is so special about Trajan's Column>
It details Trajan's conquests over the Dacians
It details battle strategies used by the Romans
It details the personal life of Trajan
It would have been in colour when it was made
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Primary Source from the British Museum, AD 2nd Century
Cornicen
A Legatus
A Tribune
A Roman Legionary
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This is the Lenormant trireme relief, it's very rare and is in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. How old is this relief?
410BC
520BC
30AD
185BC
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What is a Morai?
The smallest unit of the Spartan Army
The Right hand man of the Legatus
A Spartan Army regiment
A Roman Legionary Regiment
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Who was Themistocles?
A low class Politian in the Athenian Democracy
Ended up living under the protection of Xerxes
The Mastermind behind the Battle of Salamis
Loved by all the poor people
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If you wanted to hold a meeting for all your troops in the Legionary Fortress, where would you hold it?
Basilica
Praetorium
Principia
Via Praetoria
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Who is this guy?
Legatus
Laconian
Legionnaire
Lacivius
