Extra Credit stuff Flashcards
If Jupiter wanted to send a message, he would usually call upon what god?
Mercury
What group of distinguished citizens met in the Curia and advised the consuls during the Roman Republic?
Senators
Name one of these cities which Mt. Vesuvius destroyed?
Pompei
Where would a Roman typically watch a chariot race?
Circus Maximus
Into what creature did Minerva transform Arachne?
Spider
According to legend, what was Cincinnatus doing when he was asked to be dictator?
Plowing a field
Who left behind his wife Creusa as he fled from Troy with his father Anchises and son Ascanius?
Aeneas
What Greek deity is often depicted with winged sandals and the snake-entwined staff called the Caduceus?
Hermes
Which Ancient road was known as the “Queen of the Roads” and ran from Rome to Brundisium?
Via Appia
Where would a Roman boy wear his bulla?
His neck
Who were the chief executive officials in the government of the Roman Republic?
Consuls
What is the Latin word for the part of your body you use to carry out the action of the verbs spectāre, vidēre, and cōnspicere?
Oculus
Rather than living in houses, most Romans lived in apartment buildings called what?
Insula
Who in Ancient Rome would typically say “Nōs moritūrī tē salūtāmus”?
Gladiators
A wolf, a shepherd, a river, and a priestess are all featured in a story about what two brothers?
Romulus and Remus
Which god of music traded his herd of cows and a magic wand in exchange for the lyre?
Apollo
What town, located at the mouth of the Tiber and founded by Ancus Marcius, was the port of Rome?
Ostia
Which member of the First Triumvirate was the wealthiest Roman of his day?
Crassus
What emperor completed the Aqua Claudia?
Claudius
Which member of the First Triumvirate conquered Mithridates VI of Pontus in 60 BCE?
Pompey
Which wind did Aeolus NOT place in the bag of winds to give to Odysseus?
West
What is the name of the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his men?
Polyphemus
What was the name of the man who built the Aqua Appia?
Appius Claudius Caecus
Of Via Appia, Via Aurelia, Via Flaminia, Via Salaria, Via Sacra, and Via Aemilia, which one ran through the middle of the Roman Forum?
Via Sacra
Of Via Appia, Via Aurelia, Via Flaminia, Via Salaria, Via Sacra, and Via Aemilia, which one was built first?
Via Appia
How did Odysseus escape the cave of the Cyclops?
Grabbed the bellies of sheep
Odysseus and his men feasted upon the fruit of what tree which made the sailors want to stay on the island?
Lotus
Of Via Appia, Via Aurelia, Via Flaminia, Via Salaria, Via Sacra, and Via Aemilia, which is known as the “salt road”?
Via Salaria
Where did the First Triumvirate meet in 56 BCE to renew their agreement?
Luca
Which two members of the First Triumvirate served as co-consuls in 70 BCE and 55 BCE?
Pompey, and Cassus
What Roman hero bravely defended the bridge across the Tiber against Lars Porsenna and the attacking Etruscans?
Horatius Cocles
What open area in ancient Rome was used for gathering the army and for voting by citizens?
Campus Martius
In which entry room of a house did a Roman citizen typically receive clients and guests?
Atrium
What goddess changed Actaeon into a stag that was attacked by his own hunting dogs, because he had seen her bathing in the woods?
Artemis
What Roman goddess was the twin of Apollo?
Diana
In what type of contest did Arachne and Minerva participate?
Weaving
Who is the father of Polyphemus?
Posideion
Describe the temperature of the water that was brought in by the Aqua Tepula.
Tepid/Lukewarm
Which member of the first Triumvirate was the first to die?
Crassus
What name did Odysseus call himself when talking to the Cyclops? (Greek or English)
No one
On what island did the Cyclopes live?
Sicily
Who is the king of the winds?
Aeolus
Which member of the First Triumvirate served as consul as in 59 BCE?
Julius Ceasar
Which member of the First Triumvirate served as the Pontifex Maximus and was a rising political star when the alliance was made?
Julius Ceasar
What god is associated with the stories of Orpheus, Proserpina, and Cerberus?
Pluto
Which city was conquered using a giant wooden horse as a trick?
Troy
What is the Latin word for the part of your body you use to carry out the action of the verbs currere, ambulāre, and stāre?
Pedes
Where did Crassus die in battle against the Parthians?
Carrhae
Odysseus was king of what Greek island?
Ithaca
The death of what woman, the daughter of Caesar and wife of Pompey, led to the breaking up of the alliance?
Julia
