1️⃣ Week 1 Certamen Flashcards
For his defeat of what king of Caenina did Romulus earn the first ever Spolia Opima?
Acron
Name the shepherd and his wife who discovered Romulus and Remus.
Faustulus & Acca Larentia
Who was the wife of Romulus?
Hersilia
What woman was deified as the goddess Hora after the death of her husband Romulus?
Hersilia
The Fetiales, Flamines, Pontices, and Vestal Virgins were among the priestly colleges established by which king of Rome?
Numa Pompilius
Which king of Rome was said to receive prophecies from a water nymph named Egeria?
Numa Pompilius
Who established a twelve month lunar calendar and established various priestly colleges during his peaceful reign as second king of Rome?
Numa Pompilius
The consecration of the temple of Jupiter Elicius, the creation of a twelve month lunar calendar, and the insitution of twelve Salii all occurred during the reign of which Roman king?
Numa Pompilius
Name the three original tribes of Rome which were established by Romulus.
Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres
Who leapt over the pomerium upon seeing six vultures and was killed instantly by his brother?
Remus
Which king of Rome had a co-regent, a Sabine named Titus Tatius?
Romulus
Which king of Rome assumed the deified name Quirinus?
Romulus
What man, having seen 12 vultures fly overhead, interpreted that he would be the rightful king of Rome and killed his brother?
Romulus
Who killed Acron and earned the first ever Spolia Opima?
Romulus
Who attempted to populate the city of Rome by holding a festival in honor of the god Consus in order to attract the nearby Sabine women?
Romulus