Pompeii and Herculaneum
What river is Pompeii situated on?
Sarno River
What was the name of the group of 15 Spartiates that shared meals together?
The Sysstia
What is the name of the League that formed as a result of the Persian Wars?
The Delian League
What were the two revolts that Xerxes had to put down at the beginning of his reign?
Egypt and Babylon
What is the name of the provision market in the forum?
Marcellum
What was the name of the mythical representative of the two kings? (Twin sons of Zeus)
The Dioscuri - Castor and Pollux
Who won the Battle of Mycale?
Allied Greece
Atossa and Darius
Which Magistrates were expected to pay for gladiatorial fights?
Aediles
Which religious festival is the festival of the 'unarmed boys'?
Gymnopaedia
What is an Archon?
Three magistrates who shared the power of the Kings. They had military, religious and civil powers.
Which building was the largest on the terrace of Persepolis?
The Apadana Palace
What is the name of the guardian spirit of the house that also guaranteed many children?
Genius
What is a mora?
The largest unit of the Spartan Army
What is the name of the woman who advised against sending the Egyptian fleet away at the Battle of Salamis?
Queen Artemisia
What is the Satapatis?
The commander of 100 men (the Satabam)
How many water towers did Pompeii have for distributing water from the aqueducts?
14
How many (original) Komai make up Sparta?
5
Who suggested the location for the Battle of Marathon?
The ex-tyrant Hippias
Who was Aspamitres?
The court Eunuch who assisted Artabanus in the assassination of Xerxes