James Walsh 

Who said it, Arron Banks or Mary Beard?

Ukip donor Arron Banks got a Roman tangle with classical historian Mary Beard on Twitter
  
  

A depiction of the Visigoths sacking Rome.
A depiction of the Visigoths sacking Rome. Photograph: Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy

Insurance multi-millionaire and Ukip funder Arron Banks found himself in a Twitter debate with prominent classicist and historian Mary Beard on Monday evening. The topic: ancient Rome, and whether immigration was to blame for the Empire’s fall.

Our quiz is taken from their social media exchanges (no peeking). Can you tell who said what?

  1. 'The Roman Empire was effectively destroyed by immigration.'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  2. Visigoths Sack Rome<br>AYK8AD Visigoths Sack Rome

    'Could we agree that failure to control hordes on the borders led to the sacking of Rome?'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  3. 'Not really so simple. Idea of border completely different for a start'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  4. 'One powerful modern view is to see creation of series of mini-Romes'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  5. A view of the area of the ancient Campus Martius, where Julius Caesar is believed to have been assassinated in 44 BC, in downtown Rome, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. The area containing four temples and a part of the Pompey's Theatre is among the monuments that Rome is offering in the form of "adoption" with a project called "100 proposals for patrons", seeking all the sponsors it can find to fund the monumental job of restoring and maintaining its hundreds of fountains, statues, archaeological sites and historic palazzos. (AP Photo Domenico/Stinellis)

    'Didn't [Ammianus] Marcellinus say something about savages beyond compare falling down on Rome and destroying the empire'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  6. 'Ammianus Marcelllnus said an awful lot of things! Some very different'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  7. Penitents dressed as Roman soldiers hold helmets during church mass in Sumartin<br>Penitents dressed as Roman soldiers hold helmets during church mass in a church in the fishing village of Sumartin on the Adriatic island of Brac April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Matko Biljak (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

    'The Romans had quite a tough approach to internal regulation'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  8. 'You don't have a monopoly on history'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  9. Ancient roman coins<br>AYEBFF Ancient roman coins

    'Debate is great but treating one old version of Roman hist[ory] as truth behind modern problems is dangerous'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

  10. 'This might be a subject on which to listen to experts!'

    1. Arron Banks

    2. Mary Beard

Solutions

1:A, 2:A, 3:B, 4:B, 5:A, 6:B, 7:A, 8:A, 9:B, 10:B

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