This event first happened in 776 BC and is considered by some historians to mark the end of the Greek Dark Ages.
What is the first Olympics?
100
This great general was only 20 years old when he became king and went on to conquer Greece, Egypt, much of the Middle East, and the Great Persian Empire.
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
Legend claims that Rome was founded by these famous twins suckled by a she-wolf.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
100
This once powerful empire got its start when Phoenicians set up seaports along the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa and Spain.
What is the Carthaginian empire?
100
This is the name for these big stone builders of ancient Europe.
Who are the Megalithic stone builders?
200
Homer is considered the author of these two very famous epic stories that tell the story of the Greek-Trojan war.
What are The Iliad and The Odyssey?
200
After the death of Alexander, the Greek Empire was divided into 4 kingdoms. General Ptolemy took over this once powerful empire.
What is the Egyptian empire?
200
Early Rome was governed by 7 Kings establishing Rome as this type of government.
What is a Monarchy?
200
In 45 BC this famous general proclaims himself "dictator perpetuo (dictator for life). Less than a year later he is assasinated by his fellow senators on the Ides of March.
Who is Julius Caesar?
200
This names the time period of ancient Europe when metallurgy was first being used.
What is the Bronze Age?
300
These 3 great philosophers were a part of the Golden Age of Classical Greece.
Who are Socrates, Plato and Aristotle?
300
In 30 BC this great Pharaoh was defeated by Greek General Octavian marking the end of the Greek Empire.
Who is Cleopatra?
300
In 509 BC, Romans fed up with their governing Monarchy create this body to govern themselves.
What is the Roman Senate?
300
In 30 BC the death of Cleopatra ended the almost 300 year Ptolemy line of Egyptian pharaohs, this is considered the end of the Roman Republic and the start of this.
What is Roman Empire?
300
This famous stone circle was built in ancient Britain around 2000 BC.
What is Stonehenge?
400
This form of government was introduced in Athens in 510 BC ushering in the classical period of Greece.
What is Democracy?
400
This great temple located on the Acropolis was completed in 432 BC and dedicated to the Goddess Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
400
The period from 509-27 BC has this name to mark an era when Romans expanded their power through Europe.
What is the Roman Republic?
400
This insanely evil emperor's name means "Little Soldier's Boot".
Who is Caligula?
400
These bronze age warrior tribes lived in various parts of Europe, most notably in the British Isles and Northern Spain
Who are the Celts?
500
These two powerful city-states once united to fight against the Persians but later fought the 3 Peloponnese wars against each other.
What are Athens and Sparta?
500
Although Alexander the Great spoke Greek and was tutored by the great philosopher Aristotle, he was actually from this nearby country.
What is Macedonia?
500
In 73 BC this famous slave led a rebellion that ended up being crushed two years later.
Who is Spartacus?
500
In 284 AD because the Roman empire was getting too big to handle, Roman emperor Diocletian split the Roman empire into 2 separate empires. The eastern empire also is known by this name.
What is the Byzantine empire?
500
This early language is considered to be the mother of most European languages including Celtic, Latin and Germanic languages.