Important Historical Figures

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)