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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Ancient India

Which classical language is used in most Vedic texts of ancient India?

Answer

Sanskrit

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Ancient India

Which ancient Indian empire was founded around 322 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya?

Answer

Maurya Empire

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Alexander The Great

Which Greek hero did Alexander the Great claim descent from through his mother Olympias?

Answer

Achilles

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Julius Caesar

In which city was Julius Caesar born in 100 BC?

Answer

Rome

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Julius Caesar

Which Roman general was married to Julius Caesar's aunt Julia?

Answer

Gaius Marius

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Julius Caesar

Which Greek biographer wrote a Life of Caesar in Parallel Lives?

Answer

Plutarch

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• Julius Caesar

Which historian wrote 'The Twelve Caesars,' a major ancient source on Julius Caesar?

Answer

Suetonius

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Julius Caesar

What Gallic hilltop town was the site of the last major siege in Caesar's Gallic War?

Answer

Uxellodunum

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Julius Caesar

Which poet wrote the epic 'Pharsalia' about Caesar's civil war?

Answer

Lucan

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Julius Caesar

What title did Caesar use as a victorious military commander, later linked to emperors?

Answer

Imperator

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Julius Caesar

Who offered Caesar a diadem at the Lupercalia in 44 BC?

Answer

Mark Antony

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Julius Caesar

What temple in the Roman Forum was dedicated to the deified Julius Caesar?

Answer

Temple of Caesar

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