Ancient Civilizations Trivia
Pharaohs and pyramids, Greek city-states, the Roman Empire, Mesopotamia, the Maya and the civilizations of ancient China and India. These questions cover the people and places where history begins.
Every answer is typed, and each question comes with a short fact from archaeology or the ancient sources.
- 196questions
- 37easy
- 50medium
- 109hard
What's covered
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Roman Empire
- Mesopotamia
- Maya & Aztec
- Ancient wonders
Ancient Civilizations Trivia: sample questions
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- easy
Which Greek city-state is traditionally called the birthplace of democracy, thanks to citizen-assembly reforms introduced by the statesman Cleisthenes in 508 BC?
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Athens
Athenian democracy was direct rather than representative — male citizens debated and voted on laws themselves in the Assembly, with no elected stand-ins.
- easy
Which Roman dictator, recently declared 'dictator for life,' was stabbed to death by a group of senators led by Brutus and Cassius on March 15, 44 BC?
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Julius Caesar
Ancient historian Suetonius recorded that Caesar was stabbed 23 times by the conspirators.
- medium
In Roman legend, which twin killed his brother Remus in a quarrel over where to build a new city, then went on to found Rome and rule as its first king in 753 BC?
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Romulus
Roman tradition held that Romulus and his brother had been suckled as infants by a she-wolf on the banks of the Tiber.
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Which Greek philosopher, tried in Athens on charges of impiety and corrupting the youth, was executed in 399 BC by being made to drink a cup of poison?
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Socrates
According to Plato's dialogue Phaedo, Socrates spent his final hours calmly discussing the immortality of the soul with his students before drinking the poison.
- hard
Who became Rome's first emperor in 27 BC, ushering in the long era of peace known as the Pax Romana after defeating Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium?
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Augustus
He was born Gaius Octavius and rose to power as the adopted great-nephew and heir of Julius Caesar.
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