Legendary Rome Quiz 1

Who are the 2 that founded Rome

Romulus and Remus

mythology is the…

scientific study of myths

What is polytheism?

Worshiping multiple gods

Palentine Hill (2 things)

Where the Romans first lived, where emperors built their palaces

Capitolium (Capitol) was where WHAT was located

The Great Temple of Zues AKA the Arx (citadel)

Forum Boarum

market place of animals and grain

Describe Indo-European Culture (4 things)

-Around 3400 BC they wheeled horses which started the breakup of IE

-Italo-Celtic people

-Patriarchal Society

-1200-900: reached Italian Peninsula

-3100-2900 BC: evidence for IE culture along lower Danube

The Etruscans (4)

-Gladiator games were formerly a religious ritual

-Had strong belief in the afterlife

-Haruspicy: liver looking

-Architecture: Romans were influenced by Greeks

Describe the history of the Alphabet (3)

-Alphabet is symbols representing sounds

-alphabet evolved from Egyptian pictographs borrowed by Greeks in 8th or 9th century BC

-Greeks brought Alphabet to Rome

Titus Livius (Livy) (4)

-59BC-17AD

-Native of Padua

-142 books

-First 5 ooks cover from 753BBC to 386BC

Describe the Numitor and Amulius situation (3)

-Brothers in Alba Longa

-Amulius makes his niece a vestal virgin

-Mars impregnates her and has twins

Describe the Romulus and Remus origin story (6)

-Twins cast into the Tiber

-Found by a she-wolf

-Faustulus the sheard raises them

-They grow up and wreak vengeance on Amulius

-Help Numitor back onto thrown

-Goes back where they were found to start Rome

What do Romulus and Remus do after they return to where they were found?

They have a contest where they stand on two hills. Remus sees 6 birds at first, but then Romulus sees 12. Romulus wins which is why the city is named Rome

What does Remus do to get himself killed?

Jumps over the walls so Romulus kills hiim

Who wrote Life of Numa and what was he

-written by Plutarch who lived as a biographer and philosopher

Vestil Virgins (2)

-Vesta or Hesta (goddess of health)

-Must keep your flame going otherwise you were burnt alive

Roman Calendar (3) (How many days? What days of the month? How many months?)

-355 days then changed to 365

-Days of the month: Kalends, Ides, Nones

-10 months

Summary of Numa’s Reign (3)

-Temle of Janus closed

-Pax

-Model of philosopher/kingg

Tullus Hostilius (third king) (4)

• Horatii (from rome) and Curiatii (from near rome)

• The leaders of 3 different tribes all fight instead of a big war

• Horatia (Horatius sister) was crying. She was engaged to be married to one of the Curiatii men. Horatius got mad and killed Horatia

• Horatius’ father does not want the Roman government to take Horatius away because he already lost 2 sons and now a daughter so they don’t. 

Ancus Marcius (fourth king) (4)

• He’s selected to be the ruler, but doesn't hand it off to his kids

• Formal declaration of war by by vote of the senate

• First bridge across Tiber

• Ostia (harbor and salt works)

Tarquinius Priscus (fifth king)

• Etruscan origin

• Planned circus maximus

• Laid foundations for temple of Jupiter on Capitoline 

Servius: sixth king 

• Starts a census

• Importance of citizen-soldiers

• Major walls (used until Aurelian walls 3rd century AD)

• Run over by daughter by chariot