Cultural

Question 1

Caesar Augustus

Answer 1

1st emperor of Rome

Question 2

Augustus

Answer 2

adopted son of Julius Caesar

Question 3

Which hill was the temple of Jupiter located?

Answer 3

The Capitoline Hill

Question 4

memento mori

Answer 4

reminder of death (during the Roman Triumph, a slave would whisper in the general’s ear that they are a mortal and that some day, they are going to die)

Question 5

Pax Romana

Answer 5

Roman Peace

Question 6

Cupid’s stepfather

Answer 6

Mars (Aphrodite’s lover)

Question 7

Cupid’s mom

Answer 7

Aphrodite

Question 8

Ixion

Answer 8

attached to a flaming wheel and forced to fly around the heavens for eternity (real bad host and real bad house guest–> he disrespected Zeus in his home and this is how Zeus punished him)

Question 9

Matrimonium

Answer 9

Latin word for Marriage; institution of motherhood (mater); monogamy

Question 10

Where did the Roman Triumph end?

Answer 10

on the Capitoline Hill (the triumph ended with a sacrifice to Jupiter)

Question 11

Who wrote the Amores?

Answer 11

Ovid

Question 12

Where did the Roman Triumph start?

Answer 12

Campus Martius (Field of Mars)

Question 13

toga picta

Answer 13

generals wear this when they win a war

Question 14

What is a Roman Triumph?

Answer 14

reserved for military generals who won a war abroad; started off as a celebratory parade–> became more religious; generals became “gods” for a day

Question 15

Centaurus

Answer 15

This is the offspring of Ixion and the Cloud of Hera; Centaurs come from Ixion

Question 16

How did Ixion disrespect Zeus?

Answer 16

Ixion hit on Zeus’ wife Hera & Zeus makes a Hera shaped cloud which Ixion sleeps with and he catches Ixion and the cloud in the act