Early Influences Flashcards
What were the names of the two brothers that founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus
The city of Rome is named after which legendary king?
Romulus
This epic poem tells the story of one of Rome’s early ancestors who escaped from the Trojan War.
The Aeneid
This Roman author wrote the Aeneid.
Virgil
The Romans borrowed much of their religious beliefs from the ancient Greeks. What was the main difference between Roman gods and Greek gods?
The Romans renamed the gods. Zeus became Jupiter, for example.
What form of Greek entertainment influenced Roman culture?
Theater
This culture contributed mathematics and science to the Romans, allowing the Romans to build huge structures.
The Romans learned mathematics and science from the Greeks.
Roman religious temples like the Pantheon were inspired by which civilization?
The Greeks gave the Romans columns.
Roman aqueducts were inspired by what, and by whom?
The Etruscans built the cuniculus, which was a trench that brought water to crops or sewage out of cities.
What civilization taught the Romans to build arches?
The Etruscans
Before gladiator fights were a form of entertainment, what was their original purpose?
The Etruscans used gladiator fights as a funeral ritual.
What group of people did the Romans learn chariot racing from?
The Etruscans
Describe what a fasces looked like and what it symbolized.
A fasces was a bundle of sticks with an axe sticking out. The sticks symbolized a ruler’s power to tear down and rebuild his city, and the axe symbolized a ruler’s power to do away with disloyal subjects.
Which civilization did the Romans get the idea do fasces from?
The Etruscans
