Ancient Rome

Question 1

Jupiter

Answer 1

King of the Greco-Roman pantheon; god of the heavens.

Question 2

King of the Greco-Roman pantheon; god of the heavens.

Answer 2

Jupiter

Question 3

Juno

Answer 3

ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state

Question 4

ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state

Answer 4

Juno

Question 5

Minerva

Answer 5

the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war.

Question 6

the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war.

Answer 6

Minerva

Question 7

Mars

Answer 7

od of war and strife.

Question 8

od of war and strife.

Answer 8

Mars

Question 9

Venus

Answer 9

oddess of love and lust

Question 10

oddess of love and lust

Answer 10

Venus

Question 11

Romulus and Remus

Answer 11

were twins (=two children born at the same time) who were left to die when they were babies. They were taken care of by a wolf (=a wild animal like a large dog), who fed them with her milk. Later, when they had started to build the city of Rome, Romulus killed Remus after a quarrel.

Question 12

were twins (=two children born at the same time) who were left to die when they were babies. They were taken care of by a wolf (=a wild animal like a large dog), who fed them with her milk. Later, when they had started to build the city of Rome, Romulus killed Remus after a quarrel.

Answer 12

Romulus and Remus

Question 13

Lupa

Answer 13

a female wolf

Question 14

a female wolf

Answer 14

Lupa

Question 15

Aeneas

Answer 15

a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite (Venus). He became the first true hero of Rome.

Question 16

a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite (Venus). … He became the first true hero of Rome.

Answer 16

Aeneas

Question 17

Romanum

Answer 17

f

Question 18

f

Answer 18

Romanum

Question 19

Campus Martius

Answer 19

a publicly owned area of ancient Rome

Question 20

a publicly owned area of ancient Rome

Answer 20

Campus Martius

Question 21

appropriation

Answer 21

the action of taking something for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission.

Question 22

tufa

Answer 22

a kind of limestone

Question 23

exedra

Answer 23

a room (as in a temple or house) in ancient Greece and Rome used for conversation and formed by an open or columned recess often semicircular in shape and furnished with seats

Question 24

concrete

Answer 24

they made it

Question 25

arches

Answer 25

used arches with circular tops, called rounded arches, which were made of stone

Question 26

barrel vaults

Answer 26

the simplest form of a vault: effectively a series of arches placed side by side

Question 27

rostra

Answer 27

a large platform built in the city of Rome that stood during the republican and imperial periods

Question 28

forum

Answer 28

a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome

Question 29

basilica

Answer 29

an oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in ancient Rome especially for a court of justice and place of public assembly

Question 30

amphitheater

Answer 30

large, circular or oval open-air venues with raised seating

Question 31

helical frieze

Answer 31

column of Trajan

Question 32

bay

Answer 32

the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment

Question 33

circumambulation

Answer 33

a ritual term meaning literally “to walk a circle around”

Question 34

dictator

Answer 34

a magistrate of the Roman Republic, entrusted with the full authority of the state to deal with a military emergency or to undertake a specific duty.

Question 35

patricians and plebeians

Answer 35

The patricians were the ruling class of the early Roman Empire

All the other citizens of Rome were Plebeians.

Question 36

gladiators

Answer 36

a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators

Question 37

apotheosis

Answer 37

a process whereby a deceased ruler was recognized as having been divine by his successor, usually also by a decree of the Senate and popular consent.

Question 38

verism or hellenistic?

Answer 38

f

Question 39

oligarchy to monarchy

Answer 39

f

Question 40

augustus as template for autocracy

Answer 40

f

Question 41

to see and be seen civic architecture

Answer 41

f