C L A S S I C S

Question 1

Why did Rome invade Britain

Answer 1

Gold and minerals

Question 2

Who famously lost to England

Answer 2

Julius Caesar

Question 3

Who was the fierce Celtic Queen

Answer 3

Boudicca

Question 4

What did the Romans do once they had taken over

Answer 4

Bought land
Made taxes
Made roads

Question 5

What happened to Boudicca and her girls

Answer 5

Daughters were raped

She took poison to escape capture

Question 6

Who was King Prasotagus

Answer 6

Boudicca’s husband

Question 7

What would a Roman legionary wear

Answer 7

Tunic
Sandals
Loyn cloth
Linen tunic
Scarf
Woollen socks 
Cloak

Question 8

What would a Roman legionary use for armour

Answer 8

Shield
Loricer
Bet
Javelin 
Gladius
Dagger

Question 9

How much in weight would the Romans have to carry

Answer 9

35 kilos

Question 10

Where is the oldest place at fishborne

Answer 10

The bath house

Question 11

What decoration was used

Answer 11

Mosaics, paintings and fountains

Question 12

Who was Pelops

Answer 12

He loved Hippodamia
Hippodamias father wouldn’t let them marry so Pelops challenged him to a chariot race, the father died so Pelops married her

Question 13

What was in Olympia

Answer 13

Temple of Zeus
Altar of Zeus
Echo Colomede
Stadium

Question 14

What events took place in Olympia

Answer 14

Foot race
Race for men in armour
Pan Kration for men

Question 15

Who was Pindar

Answer 15

Greek lyric poet
Composed odes to celebrate victories 
Olympic Games
He’s work was best preserved 
Wrote 14 Olympic odes
First Greek poet to reflect on he nature of poetry

Question 16

What are Vases

Answer 16

Show what events were done
Black or red figure paintings
No women
How events were done

Question 17

Who was Pausanius

Answer 17

A travel writer
Writes descriptions about where he goes and what he sees
Describes events and athletes
Died 180 ad
Identifies the Olympic Games

Question 18

What is Archaeology

Answer 18

Most thing are washed away
Created in the century bc
One of the largest sites in Grease
The temple of Zeus was burnt in ad 475Lies in a valley at the confluence of rivers Alpheois and Kladeos

Question 19

What was the most famous race in the olympics and what happened

Answer 19

200 yd race, there were acrobats and people came from all around to see this amazing sight

Question 20

What was bad about ancient Olympia

Answer 20

Alcohol
Fights
Travel
Smell

Question 21

What was the stadium

Answer 21

Holy place for ancient Greeks
All sports her were dedicated to Zeus
Capacity was 20,000 spectators
Made to be viewed from mt. Cronin but moved further east till was in front of the temple of Zeus
Seats were made of mud
Start and Finnish was marked by 2 stone markers
Track from hard clay

Question 22

What was the Atlis

Answer 22

Sanctuary for the gods
Constructed in 776 BCE
Used to worship gods and goddesses
Religious importance

Question 23

What was the palaestra

Answer 23

Ruin
Exercise room
Water channel through it
Used for boxing and wrestling

Question 24

What’s the Hippodrome

Answer 24

South east corner of Olympia
Washed away by the Alpheios river
Large elongated flat space approximately 780 m
Judges had their own place to judge from
Contained equestrian contests