Roman Empire Quiz
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Author's Game Description
See what you know about the Roman Empire.
Category: Geography Games
Created by niklas, 31 Jan, 2008
Tags: empire, italy, roman, Rome

5 ratingsPlayed 456 times | 3 Fav's
Niklas 1 year ago
Dinosaurus4 1 year ago
In the question about the Centurion, yes they commanded 100 legionaries but for a short time. After a while, it became only 80.
tickman 1 year ago
Very nicely done.
Niklas 1 year ago
Thank you Ronald, I corrected it.
RonaldDerGrosse 1 year ago
Very good game. The question on Carthage has a typo..Cartage-Carthage.
Niklas 1 year ago
You are probably right, I found this in Wikipedia:
One of the few sources to allude to the use of the "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" gestures in the Roman arena comes from Satire III of Juvenal (3.34-37)[17] and seems to indicate that, contrary to modern usage, the thumbs down signified that the losing gladiator was to be spared and that the thumbs up meant he was to be killed.
I found the info for my game on the net as well but I think Wikipedia is to be trusted in this case.
BoboLo 1 year ago
I thought I saw somewhere that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the thumbs-down sign was actually an instruction to spare rather than kill the defeated gladiator.
| Highscores — Roman Empire Quiz | Place 1 - 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Score | Time | Date of Play | |
| 1 | toffetom | 100% | 0:13.6 min. | 14 Nov, 2009 |
| 2 | myloveiselectric | 100% | 0:14.4 min. | 25 Oct, 2009 |
| 3 | sven-the-man2 | 100% | 0:16.0 min. | 29 Apr, 2009 |
| 4 | gmelia | 100% | 0:16.8 min. | 8 Apr, 2009 |
| 5 | aikapula | 100% | 0:17.1 min. | 12 Feb, 2008 |
| 6 | BoboLo | 100% | 0:19.0 min. | 31 Jan, 2008 |
| 7 | Kathy | 100% | 0:21.0 min. | 31 Jan, 2008 |
| 8 | Phoebeheyman | 100% | 0:22.3 min. | 31 Jan, 2008 |
| 9 | Grainbeer | 100% | 0:24.9 min. | 15 Nov, 2009 |
| 10 | Conquistador | 100% | 0:25.0 min. | 17 Oct, 2008 |
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OK, I thought it was a good question since their name starts with cent- which suggests it was 100. But I can add 'at first, in the beginning' or something like that in the question.