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Question 1

etruscans

Answer 1

member of an ancient people of Etruria, italy . romans borrowed parts of their civilization

Question 2

necropolis

Answer 2

burial ground

Question 3

sarcophagus

Answer 3

stone coffin and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried

Question 4

fasces

Answer 4

origin in the Etruscan civilization and used by romans as symbol of power and executive authority. rods and an axe.

Question 5

ostia

Answer 5

port city for ancient rome. helped produce a rich city

Question 6

tiber

Answer 6

river that was essential to romes trade and commerce

Question 7

Apennines

Answer 7

mountains that helped protect rome from invastion. the apennine divide allowed romans to gather forces for attacks.

Question 8

po river

Answer 8

essential river for irrigation

Question 9

cloaca maxima

Answer 9

one of the worlds earliest sewage systems. constructed in ancient rome to drain marshes and remove waste.

Question 10

Patria potestas

Answer 10

the father has all the power in the family.

Question 11

mos maiorum

Answer 11

unwritten code in which the romans established social norms.
“way of the ancestors” or “ancestral custom”

Question 12

Pietas

Answer 12

a respectful/ed person who also has faithful attachment to gods, country, and relatives.

Question 13

Livy

Answer 13

famous historian who narrates the history of rome up until the death of augustus.

Question 14

exemplarity

Answer 14

being a model for admiration.

Question 15

aeneas

Answer 15

mythical hero of troy and rome. known for defending rome against greeks in trojan war.

Question 16

numitor and amulius

Answer 16

amulius killed his brother, numitor as well as his infant son, and took the thrown.

Question 17

rhea silvia

Answer 17

daughter of numitor. was forced to be a vestal virgin by amulius to prevent her from having any sons (she did anyway bc she was r*ped by the god mars)

Question 18

romulus and remus

Answer 18

mythical twins whose story is supposed to be about the founding of rome. romulus killed remus.

Question 19

lupa

Answer 19

immortal roman wolf goddess who trains roman demigods in the ways of rome.

Question 20

lapis niger

Answer 20

ancient shrine in rome that is one of the remaining remnants of an early assembly are of ancient rome.

Question 21

numa

Answer 21

2nd king of rome. credited for forming the religious calender and other roman religious institutions.

Question 22

horatii and curiatii

Answer 22

roman legend of two sets of triplet brothers

Question 23

r*pe of sabine women

Answer 23

event in roman mythology where roman men committed a mass abduction of young women in nearby cities.

Question 24

animism

Answer 24

the belief that everything on earth has a soul

Question 25

vestal virgins

Answer 25

priestess of vesta. they were important part of the security of rome. they kept a sacred fire burning that wasn’t allowed to go out

Question 26

pontifex maximus

Answer 26

the head of the prinipal college of priests (in roman catholic church = the pope)

Question 27

flamen dialis

Answer 27

high priest of jupiter. oversaw the cult of jupiter(the sky diety and ruler of gods)

Question 28

augur

Answer 28

member of religious college/priest. studied the flight of birds as a way to interpret the will of the gods.

Question 29

do ut des

Answer 29

“i give so that you may give” like quid pro quo

Question 30

extispicium.

Answer 30

studying the entrails of sacrificed animals in order to seek knowledge about the future - supernatural

Question 31

auspices

Answer 31

looking for signs/knowledge about the future through flights of birds

Question 32

vow

Answer 32

prayer promising an offering to a diety

Question 33

lustration

Answer 33

individuals and communities rid themselves of ceremonial impurity.

Question 34

instauration

Answer 34

redoing of a ceremony or ritual that has gone wrong in some way, no matter how minor.

Question 35

evocatio

Answer 35

A ritual by which, in the course of a war, a Roman general would attempt to deprive the enemy of divine protection, by formally offering their protecting deity a new home and cult at Rome.

Question 36

jupiter optimus maximus

Answer 36

roman god associated with thunder, lightning, and storms. father of gods/most powerful.

Question 37

lemuria

Answer 37

a feast where romans performed rites to exorcise the malevolent and fearful ghosts of the dead from their homes. .

Question 38

lupercalia

Answer 38

annual pagan festival february 15th blood / violence, and sex celebration with animal sacrifice, random matchmaking and coupling in the hopes of warding off evil spirits and infertility. meant to help purify the city.

Question 39

saturnalia

Answer 39

the most popular holiday on the ancient Roman calendar, derived from older farming-related rituals of midwinter and the winter solstice, especially the practice of offering gifts or sacrifices to the gods during the winter sowing season.