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🏛️ Ancient World

From Mesopotamia to Rome.

2,071 historical figures, born between 3400 BC and 498, across 92 countries.

Birth years 3400 BC to 498 · 92 countries · 4 continents · Main fields: Politics (876), Religion (376), Literature (201), Military (170), Philosophy (122), Science (102)

How to play

A historical figure from Ancient World is shown
Drop a pin on the world map where you think they were born
Score by how close you are, over five rounds

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Who you might get

48 of 2,071 figures in this map. Birthplaces are hidden — that's what the game asks you to guess.

Alexander the Great b. 356 BC
Cleopatra b. 69 BC
Jesus (Christian) b. 7 BC
Julius Caesar b. 100 BC
Paul the Apostle b. 5
Aristotle b. 384 BC
Augustus b. 63 BC
Socrates b. 470 BC
Marcus Aurelius b. 121
The Buddha b. 563 BC
Saint Peter b. 1 BC
Augustine of Hippo b. 354
Confucius b. 552 BC
Caligula b. 12
Cyrus the Great b. 600 BC
Constantine the Great b. 272
Plato b. 427 BC
David (Christian)
Homer b. 900 BC
Virgin Mary b. 18 BC
Nero b. 37
Solomon (Christian)
Krishna b. 3228 BC
Hannibal b. 247 BC
Tutankhamun b. 1343 BC
Qin Shi Huang b. 259 BC
Moses (Christian)
Cicero b. 106 BC
Archimedes b. 287 BC
Ashoka b. 304 BC
John the Baptist (Christian) b. 6 BC
St George b. 275
Pontius Pilate b. 12 BC
Saint Patrick b. 385
Commodus b. 161
Hadrian b. 76
Pythagoras b. 550 BC
Tiberius b. 42 BC
Mark Antony b. 83 BC
Herod the Great b. 74 BC
Herodotus b. 484 BC
Caracalla b. 188
Akhenaten b. 1400 BC
Diogenes b. 412 BC
Justinian I b. 482
Trajan b. 53
Xerxes I b. 519 BC
Jacob (Christian) b. 1791 BC

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