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
Which king of Rome was raised by a shepherd named Faustulus and his wife Acca Larentia?
Romulus
What two bothers were raised by a she-wolf until they were discovered by the shepherd Faustulus and his wife?
Romulus & Remus
What two young men killed Amulius and restored their grandfather Numitor to his rightful throne of Alba Longa?
Romulus & Remus
Which king of Rome, often identified with the Etruscan hero Mastarna, took the first census, divided the city into four regions, and sourrounded its seven hills with a wall?
Servius Tullius
What woman after treacherously allowing the Sabines into Rome was thrown from a rock which now bears her name?
Tarpeia
What woman vowed to allow the Sabines into Rome if they gave her the gold on their arm but was instead crushed by their shields?
Tarpeia
Which king of Rome was killed when the palace roof was struck by lightning causing a fire?
Tullus Hostilius
Which king, a grandson of Numa, built a bridge across the Tiber and annexed the Janiculum hill?
Ancus Marcius
The construction of the Mamertinum and the Pons Sublicius both ocurred during the reign of which king of Rome?
Ancus Marcius
Which Roman king added to the Senate a hundred members, who were called minores gentes?
Tarquinius Priscus
Tarquinius Priscus enlarged the Senate by adding another 100 members, many of whom were probably Etruscan. What were these new members called?
Minores Gentes
Which Roman king was the son of Demaratus of Corinth, who fled to Etruria?
Tarquinius Priscus
Name the wife of L. Tarquinius Priscus whom tradition credits for his succession to the kingship of Rome.
Tanaquil
Under what king was the forum drained to become the center of commercial, social, and political life?
Tarquinnius Priscus
What son of Ocrisia, a captive of war, became the sixth king of Rome?
Servius Tullius
Which king of Rome oversaw the first Roman coinage, constructed a temple to Diana with help from neighboring Latin cities, and was the victim of a deadly conspiracy involving his daughter?
Servius Tullius
According to legend, who was predicted to become king of Rome when flames were observed around his head as he slept in his crib?
Servius Tullius
What king of Rome was killed when it became clear that his adopted son Servius Tullius was being groomed as his successor?
Tarquinius Priscus
According to Livy, who organized the coup which overthrew Tarquinius Superbus and established the Roman Republic?
Lucius Junius Brutus
Who took refuge at Caere in Etruria after he and his sons were banished from Rome in 509 BC?
Tarquinius Superbus
Which king of Rome purchased three of the Sibylline books only after allowing the other six to be burned?
Tarquinius Superbus
