Which Classical figure are you?

From Caesar to Cicero, and Pericles to Pausanias the Classical world is filled with icons who changed history. Are you interested to see who you might be?

This short quiz gives you the chance to find out which icon you most resemble. Will you conquer the world by force, or alter history with your intellect- the results may suprise you!

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. You are captured by pirates, what do you do?
Pay the ransom then return and kill them all.
Refuse to pay the ransom- you are above dealing with such lowlife scum.
Escape using your superior cunning.
Reason logically with your captors, and convince them that letting you go would be much the wiser course of action.
Offer to join their band of villains- you've always wanted to live a life at sea!
4. You have been commissioned to write a book- what do you do?
Thrust your Gladius into the commissioner- you care not for the written word, steel alone will prevail.
Embark on a crucial work charting the history of your civilization- people need to know the truth.
Use the opportunity to promote your successes.
Write a beautifully crafted poem on your inner feelings
Write a book on the purpose of life- truth is more important than anything else.
5. You are given command of a small expedition to supress a local uprising, how do you approach the situation?
Use caution and gather information- acting in haste will only lose you men.
Organise a complicated pronged attack using both ships and men to come at the enemy from both sides.
Use the cover of night to out manouevre your opponent.
Pah! This is too easy for the likes of me, have my Lieutentant do it.
I'm neigh unbeatable- let's get this over with, charge!
6. Famine has struck your capital city- what do you do?
Make sure the army is well supplied- they are the only ones who count in a crisis.
Pay through the teeth to get supplies in from Egypt- if the people riot there's no knowing where they'll stop at.
Nothing can stop the people from rioting. Leave for your country villa, you have supplies there- come back when it's quietened down.
Who cares right? A few less dirty peasants isn't such a bad thing.
Give all you have to the needy- you can surive this famine but others can't.
7. It's Spring, time to...
Start harvesting those grapes- we got wine to drink!
Start mustering the men- there's some barbarians that need a good bashing.
Prepare to present your ground-breaking ideas to the council, it will make your plans run more smoothly.
I am unphased by the seasons- they are but momentary illusions.
Send more workers down the gold mines- less will die in this weather.
8. Your best friend has been exiled. What do you do next?
Faithfully join him in exile- Macedonia's not all that bad.
Argue night and day in the courts for his return- you have the rhetoric to be able to overturn the decision.
Kill whoever exiled him, and bring him back with an armed guard- I and my friends are above the law thankyou very much.
Accept that he did wrong and eagerly await his return- it will be best for him in the long run to learn from his mistakes.
Smuggle him back into the city; if anyone askes his name is 'Gaius', your friend's twin brother...
9. You are awarded honours in regonition of your greatness- what did you do?
Write a stunning masterpiece on natural philosophy that will change the world forever.
Conquer most of the known world.
Bring down one of history's most heinous conspiracies.
Live everyday for the greater good of your people.
Become so disgustingly rich that you paid the government into awarding you with all of the above.
10. You are advised to take another wife, what do you decide?
Hell, one more won't hurt- right?
I love my wife, but if I'm to produce an heir I must marry again- the people depend on it.
Wives are for deluded men too attracted to materialism.
No way! I love the one I have. Besides I have lots of mistresses to keep things interesting.
I'm not interested in women.
11. The council elects you to govern Asia, how do you feel?
Happy- it is all part of the process for world domination.
Ecstatic- now you can play with two continents!
Non-plused- it is all old news for you now, you know you're the man.
Slightly put out- Asia is dirty and far away from home.
Slightly interested- now you can learn more about other cultures and include it in your works.
12. When asked to dine in high society, your first thought is usually...
My apologies, I cannot attend I am uninspired by your ostentatious company.
Will there be strippers?
Sh*t they're trying to kill me too!
I'd rather be bashing Gauls.
I suppose I could grace them with my presence- they desperately need someone of my calibre there to make it in society.
13. Your favourite food is...
Fresh African Bull meat- the best in the world and no expense spared.
Army rations- for real generals.
Food? Why eat when you can drink!
I am content with my farm's produce- it helps me concentrate on what is really important.
I'm not bothered- so long as it's dead.
14. How would you prefer to die?
In a blaze of glory slaying hundreds of Barbarians?
As quickly and least painfully as possible.
Doing my duty for my people.
Don't you know I'm Achilles?- I'm invincible...
The body is weak, but the soul is eternal- do what you wish with me.
15. You have been cornered by your political opponents and it's not looking good. What do you do?
Finger the blame on someone in your entourage- better them than you.
Claim Apollo made you do it- the people love piety.
Make up some story about how you are in fact saving the people from tyranny.
Screw politics, they can't accuse you if they don't have a tongue.
Take the blame like a good citizen and go down in history as a matyr.
16. As governor of Arabia how do you intend to rule?
Milk it for all its worth- it's a gold mine.
Recruit every able bodied man and march on your enemies.
Use your position to secure a great housing estate for when you retire.
Develop their economy and protect the cities- one day these people will be citizens and we will need their co-operation.
Sell the province to the Parthians and retire to the Americas where no-one will ever find you.

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