History trivia
Name a Roman emperor
“Name a Roman emperor” is one of 21 history prompts in Icillion. Of its 124 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Augustus
- Nero
- Caligula
- Marcus Aurelius
- Constantine the Great
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Hadrian
- Commodus
- Tiberius
- Claudius
- Trajan
- Vespasian
- Titus
- Domitian
- Diocletian
- Septimius Severus
- Caracalla
- Romulus Augustulus
- Justinian
- Theodosius the Great
- Antoninus Pius
- Galba
- Otho
- Vitellius
- Elagabalus
- Nerva
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 20 | 25 |
| The Deep | 36 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 62 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 36 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, H, J, L, M, P, S, T and V. The Abyss has 62 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 124 answers in total, 63 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Geta”. Longest: “Constantine XI Palaiologos”.
- C, M and A are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 39 answers can be typed more than one way: “Julian” counts as Julian the Apostate.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 18 of the answers begin with it.
- Augustus, Nero and Caligula are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Walk a dynasty in order: the rulers in the middle are rarely named.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a Roman emperor”?
- The usual first answers are Augustus, Nero, Caligula, Marcus Aurelius and Constantine the Great. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a Roman emperor”?
- 124 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 36 in The Deep, 62 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a Roman emperor” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Geta” and the longest is “Constantine XI Palaiologos”.
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