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Can you name the modern-day names of these cities and settlements that existed or were founded during Roman times?
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BluntDiplomat
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Source:
Atlas of the Roman Empire
The cities and settlements featured in this quiz are not exclusively of Roman origin. Some of them may have already been in existence, and then renamed once they came under Roman rule.
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Italy
Roma
Mediolanum
Florentia
Patavium
Augusta Taurinorum
Panormus
Genua
Bononia
Caralis
Tarentum
Messana
Brixia
Neapolis
Rhegium
Barium
Syracusae
Catăna/Catĭna
Tergeste
Brundisium
Augusta Praetoria Salassorum
Tridentum
Mutina
France
Lutetia
Massilia
Lugdunum
Tolosa
Portus Namnetus
Durocortorum
Burdigala
Cularo/Gratianopolis
Nicaea
Augustonemetum
Argentoratum/Argentorate
Condate Riedonum
Nemausus
Divodurum
Rotomagus
Samarobriva
Augustoritum
Narbo
Spain
Hispalis
Caesaraugusta
Carthago Nova
Pompaelo
Emerita Augusta
Gades
Toletum
Corduba
Valentia
Illiberis
Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium
Tarraco
Palma
United Kingdom
Londinium
Mamucium
Ratae Corieltauvorum
Pons Aelius
Eboracum
Isca Dumnoniorum
Aquae Sulis
Glevum
Deva Victrix
Germany
Colonia Agrippina
Augusta Vindelicorum
Mogontiacum
Aquae Mattiacorum
Castra Regina
Bonna
Augusta Treverorum
Turkey
Byzantium
Ancyra
Smyrna
Claudioconium/Colonia Aelia Hadriana
Caesarea
Attalia
Bulgaria
Serdica
Trimontium
Debeltum
Odessus
Augusta Traiana
Portugal
Olisipo/Felicitas Iulia
Bracara Augusta
Aeminium
Ossonoba
Austria
Vindobona
Lentia
Brigantium
Iuvavum
Hungary
Aquincum
Sopianae
Savaria/Sabaria
Arrabona
Syria
Damascus
Emesa
Laodicea ad Mare
Beroea
Switzerland
Turicum
Genara
Lousanna
Greece
Athenae
Thessalonica
Patrae
Serbia
Singidunum
Naissus
Cusum
Croatia
Spalatum
Mursa
Iader/Iadera
Netherlands
Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum
Traiectum ad Mosam
Romania
Tomis
Napoca
Slovenia
Emona
Celeia
Algeria
Constantina/Cirta
Hippo Regius
Morocco
Tingi
Sala Colonia
Belgium
Atuatura Tungrorum
Israel
Hierosolyma/Aelia Capitolina
Albania
Dyrrachium
Monaco
Monoecus
Cyprus
Citium
Montenegro
Olcinium/Ulcinium
Kosovo
Theranda
Jordan
Philadelphia
Lebanon
Berytus
Egypt
Alexandria
Tunisia
Carthago
Libya
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Cities of the Roman Empire Quiz
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JC3
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Nov 16th, 2009 at 12:39 GMT
2 points
is Philippopolis really the latin name? It sounds suspiciously greek with the "polis" suffix meaning city.
BluntDiplomat
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Nov 16th, 2009 at 17:49 GMT
4 points
Oooh. Thanks for noticing that. I've updated it to its Latin name. Thanks for the sharp eyes. Please let me know if any more corrections should be made, or if you have suggestions to enhance the quiz.
johnlk
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Nov 16th, 2009 at 18:56 GMT
5 points
No Hispalis or Hippo Regius? Also, I don't see what's wrong with "Philippopolis" - Greek names were often just carried over into Latin, so the fact that the name is Greek in origin doesn't mean it wasn't also (part of the time, at least) the Latin name. Also, "Thessalonica" is certainly still used as a name for Thessaloniki in English.
Patricio
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Dec 9th, 2009 at 00:38 GMT
2 points
This is a great quiz, but my performance was so bad :P
esumme
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Dec 19th, 2009 at 16:50 GMT
5 points
Tough, but very interesting.
adzaho31
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Dec 21st, 2009 at 00:35 GMT
5 points
This is really good, but I think you're missing a few key cities, e.g. Hafnia and Holmia.
BluntDiplomat
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Dec 21st, 2009 at 01:16 GMT
11 points
I shall look into the possibility of adding more cities. I'm trying to cap the game at under 150 so it can be as playable and manageable as possible. Although these are good suggestions, Copenhagen and Stockholm were not founded by the Romans or existed beforehand and subsequently absorbed into the empire. This quiz is not really about a modern city's Latin name but rather about the geographic and cultural enormity of the Roman Empire and its enduring legacy in terms of the cities that it absorbed or established that still survive and thrive to this day as major cities in their respective countries. But thanks for playing. If you have any more suggestions, let me know. :)
EasilyConfused
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Jan 7th, 2010 at 16:35 GMT
5 points
One of the best Geography/History games I've seen in awhile. Good job coming up with a creative and well-presented quiz.
Pit_trout
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Jan 13th, 2010 at 04:10 GMT
4 points
Might it be possible to make the layout more compact? This is one where you really need to see the questions/clues as you type, which makes it almost unworkable on a medium-sized laptop. :-( Other than that, very nice quiz!
BluntDiplomat
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Jan 13th, 2010 at 05:17 GMT
3 points
I feel your pain. I have a medium-sized laptop too (MacBook), and I tried so many configurations in terms of columns, font sizes, and arrangements, but this was the best I can come up with. I tried five columns, but everything looked so miniscule and it was difficult to navigate altogether. I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the feedback. :)
danno
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Feb 1st, 2010 at 05:24 GMT
1 point
Crikey. Nice job. Could you accept the Italian spellings of Italian cities, and vice versa allow e.g. 'Saragossa' for Zaragoza...?
JoeFish
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Feb 2nd, 2010 at 15:18 GMT
2 points
Really interesting, especially considering that virtually every American city is less than 400 years old. Puts some perspective on what we call "historic". Didn't get many, but the ones I did get were because of Rome: Total War :-)
BluntDiplomat
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Feb 7th, 2010 at 04:25 GMT
3 points
Will do. I'll start putting in alternative spellings.
AdamBishop
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Feb 17th, 2010 at 14:24 GMT
1 point
Lots of fun, but I could have used another couple of minutes.
abanazerb
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Mar 10th, 2010 at 20:06 GMT
2 points
Like it.
micah
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Mar 21st, 2010 at 22:45 GMT
1 point
Wow. That was epic.
johnlk
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Mar 23rd, 2010 at 22:25 GMT
3 points
No Adrianople/Edirne? Also, Carthage wasn't exactly identical to modern Tunis - as I understand it, old Carthage was abandoned and Tunis was built a few miles away. Gradually, Tunis expanded so that old Carthage is now in its suburbs, but they're not normally considered the same city.
BluntDiplomat
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Mar 25th, 2010 at 08:02 GMT
2 points
Thanks for the input everyone. I'll put in two more minutes. And @ johnlk - I shall do more research on it, and I'll make the changes should that be the case. :)
Squiffy
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Mar 28th, 2010 at 16:35 GMT
2 points
I remember taking a day-trip out of Tunis to visit Carthage. I thought there was plenty of time - until I scrolled down to find that there was more than one row of countries. Ulp!
carbon_rod
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May 2nd, 2010 at 01:55 GMT
1 point
Couple little things: accept Saragossa for Zaragoza, Salonika for Thessaloniki.
sklegg
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Jun 14th, 2010 at 18:13 GMT
1 point
Patra should be accepted for Patras.
Cika_Zare
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Oct 5th, 2011 at 14:26 GMT
1 point
Novi Sad in Serbia isn't Cusum, it's Danubius. I know because I'm Serb
Game published: Oct 21st, 2011 at 18:03 GMT
117r
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Oct 21st, 2011 at 18:35 GMT
5 points
Please accept Thessalonika as well as Thessaloniki.
Rachelkachel
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Oct 21st, 2011 at 18:42 GMT
1 point
Croatia has the best city names.
emilkr
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Oct 21st, 2011 at 18:46 GMT
7 points
You also have to accept the local names of places. Therefore you have to allow f.x. Napoli, Torino etc. After all these are the proper names whatever they may be called in other languages.
carbon_rod
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Oct 21st, 2011 at 19:02 GMT
3 points
Also accept Rheims for Reims.
JacketFan
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Oct 21st, 2011 at 20:03 GMT
4 points
Excellent quiz. Thanks for the work that went into this.
Bobman1
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Oct 21st, 2011 at 20:04 GMT
4 points
Not sure I can say more than WOW.
Rayavi
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Oct 21st, 2011 at 22:32 GMT
2 points
Great. Brain's broken now. I should have saved this for later.
ygoloxelfer
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Oct 21st, 2011 at 22:40 GMT
5 points
How did less than half get Damascus, when it's the same name?
QuintFan
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Oct 22nd, 2011 at 00:15 GMT
-1 points
Um...are you kidding me?
chikka2
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Oct 22nd, 2011 at 00:27 GMT
3 points
@ygoloxelfer: Maybe time was tight and Damascus was near the end. As a North American, I expected to be disadvantaged in relation to Europeans who would know more names, but it worked out. Thanks for a lot of mental exercise in a short time!
highbad
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Oct 22nd, 2011 at 11:40 GMT
5 points
Please accept Koln for Cologne. This quiz is really awesome.
JamesSnell
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Oct 23rd, 2011 at 11:40 GMT
2 points
Very interesting quiz, clever people make the most stupid mistakes!
Akhoya
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Oct 23rd, 2011 at 22:00 GMT
2 points
Please accept Rheims and Torino. Great quiz! I was helped by the fact I'm studying in Argentoratum right now.
Syzygy_314159
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Oct 24th, 2011 at 18:57 GMT
-2 points
80something first time, 113 second time. Thank you, RFC.
skaara
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Oct 25th, 2011 at 12:51 GMT
4 points
My geography knowledge is definitely better than my history knowledge. And my football knowledge is better than both. That's why i got Celje and Bregens but not Syracuse ...
Cheeselord
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Oct 29th, 2011 at 10:03 GMT
1 point
i think a few more of the english ones would be in order. For example, calleva, or whatever portsmouth was...
MAZIIC
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Jan 25th, 2012 at 13:18 GMT
-1 points
This quiz is so insane.
dirubin
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Feb 16th, 2012 at 20:29 GMT
5 points
Tunis has existed since ancient times, and was close to, but not the same as, Carthage/Carthago.
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