Famous People

Question 1

Homer

Answer 1

poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Question 2

Romulus

Answer 2

legendary founder of Rome

Question 3

Socrates

Answer 3

philosopher put to death by the Athenians

Question 4

Plato

Answer 4

student of Socrates who founded the Academy and wrote dialogues

Question 5

Aristotle

Answer 5

student of Plato who founded his own school, the Lyceum, and wrote on absolutely every topic ever

Question 6

Alexander the Great

Answer 6

tutored by Aristotle; brilliant Greek general who conquered the Persian empire

Question 7

Hannibal

Answer 7

brilliant Carthaginian general who fought the Romans and was eventually defeated

Question 8

Cicero

Answer 8

Roman orator who defeated the conspiracy of Catiline and wrote on philosophical topics

Question 9

Julius Caesar

Answer 9

Roman ruler who conquered Gaul; assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC

Question 10

Augustus

Answer 10

born Octavian and adopted by Caesar; created Roman Empire and became the first Roman emperor

Question 11

Constantine

Answer 11

Roman emperor who converted to Christianity and founded Constantinople/Istanbul