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1
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If Jupiter wanted to send a message, he would usually call upon what god?

A

Mercury

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What group of distinguished citizens met in the Curia and advised the consuls during the Roman Republic?

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Senators

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Name one of these cities which Mt. Vesuvius destroyed?

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Pompei

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Where would a Roman typically watch a chariot race?

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Circus Maximus

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Into what creature did Minerva transform Arachne?

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Spider

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According to legend, what was Cincinnatus doing when he was asked to be dictator?

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Plowing a field

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Who left behind his wife Creusa as he fled from Troy with his father Anchises and son Ascanius?

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Aeneas

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What Greek deity is often depicted with winged sandals and the snake-entwined staff called the Caduceus?

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Hermes

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Which Ancient road was known as the “Queen of the Roads” and ran from Rome to Brundisium?

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Via Appia

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Where would a Roman boy wear his bulla?

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His neck

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Who were the chief executive officials in the government of the Roman Republic?

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Consuls

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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?

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Oculus

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Rather than living in houses, most Romans lived in apartment buildings called what?

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Insula

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Who in Ancient Rome would typically say “Nōs moritūrī tē salūtāmus”?

A

Gladiators

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A wolf, a shepherd, a river, and a priestess are all featured in a story about what two brothers?

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Romulus and Remus

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Which god of music traded his herd of cows and a magic wand in exchange for the lyre?

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Apollo

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What town, located at the mouth of the Tiber and founded by Ancus Marcius, was the port of Rome?

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Ostia

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Which member of the First Triumvirate was the wealthiest Roman of his day?

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Crassus

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What emperor completed the Aqua Claudia?

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Claudius

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Which member of the First Triumvirate conquered Mithridates VI of Pontus in 60 BCE?

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Pompey

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Which wind did Aeolus NOT place in the bag of winds to give to Odysseus?

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West

22
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What is the name of the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his men?

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Polyphemus

23
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What was the name of the man who built the Aqua Appia?

A

Appius Claudius Caecus

24
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Of Via Appia, Via Aurelia, Via Flaminia, Via Salaria, Via Sacra, and Via Aemilia, which one ran through the middle of the Roman Forum?

A

Via Sacra

25
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Of Via Appia, Via Aurelia, Via Flaminia, Via Salaria, Via Sacra, and Via Aemilia, which one was built first?

A

Via Appia

26
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How did Odysseus escape the cave of the Cyclops?

A

Grabbed the bellies of sheep

27
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Odysseus and his men feasted upon the fruit of what tree which made the sailors want to stay on the island?

A

Lotus

28
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Of Via Appia, Via Aurelia, Via Flaminia, Via Salaria, Via Sacra, and Via Aemilia, which is known as the “salt road”?

A

Via Salaria

29
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Where did the First Triumvirate meet in 56 BCE to renew their agreement?

A

Luca

30
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Which two members of the First Triumvirate served as co-consuls in 70 BCE and 55 BCE?

A

Pompey, and Cassus

31
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What Roman hero bravely defended the bridge across the Tiber against Lars Porsenna and the attacking Etruscans?

A

Horatius Cocles

32
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What open area in ancient Rome was used for gathering the army and for voting by citizens?

A

Campus Martius

33
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In which entry room of a house did a Roman citizen typically receive clients and guests?

A

Atrium

34
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What goddess changed Actaeon into a stag that was attacked by his own hunting dogs, because he had seen her bathing in the woods?

A

Artemis

35
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What Roman goddess was the twin of Apollo?

A

Diana

36
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In what type of contest did Arachne and Minerva participate?

A

Weaving

37
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Who is the father of Polyphemus?

A

Posideion

38
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Describe the temperature of the water that was brought in by the Aqua Tepula.

A

Tepid/Lukewarm

39
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Which member of the first Triumvirate was the first to die?

A

Crassus

40
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What name did Odysseus call himself when talking to the Cyclops? (Greek or English)

A

No one

41
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On what island did the Cyclopes live?

A

Sicily

42
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Who is the king of the winds?

A

Aeolus

43
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Which member of the First Triumvirate served as consul as in 59 BCE?

A

Julius Ceasar

44
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Which member of the First Triumvirate served as the Pontifex Maximus and was a rising political star when the alliance was made?

A

Julius Ceasar

45
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What god is associated with the stories of Orpheus, Proserpina, and Cerberus?

A

Pluto

46
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Which city was conquered using a giant wooden horse as a trick?

A

Troy

47
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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?

A

Pedes

48
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Where did Crassus die in battle against the Parthians?

A

Carrhae

49
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Odysseus was king of what Greek island?

A

Ithaca

50
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The death of what woman, the daughter of Caesar and wife of Pompey, led to the breaking up of the alliance?

A

Julia

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