Fill in the Blanks Flashcards
Brutus drew the bloody knife from _______________’s body, and holding it before him
cried: “By this girl’s blood—none more chaste till a tyrant wronged her—and by the
gods, I swear that with sword and fire, and whatever else can lend strength to my arm, I
will pursue Lucius Tarquinius the Proud, his wicked wife, and all his children …”
Lucretia
______________ accepted the hospitality of Latinus, who gave him his daughter in marriage
… They began to build a settlement, … named Lavinium …
Aeneas
______________ had a great reputation at this time for justice and piety. … His first act was
to divide the year into twelve lunar months … Next he turned his attention to the
appointment of priests.
Numa
_______________ obtained the sole power. The newly built city was called by its
founder’s name.
Romulus
___________ stood alone; with defiance in his eyes he confronted the Etruscan
chivalry, challenging one after another to single combat … and held his ground.
Horatius Cocles
His wife and children flung their arms round him; the other women burst into tears of anguish
for themselves and their country, until at last _______________ could bear no more. He
kissed his wife and the two boys, sent them home, and withdrew his army.
Corielanus
There is a tradition that it was the lure of Italian fruits and especially of wine, a pleasure then
new to them, that drew the _______________ to cross the Alps and settle in regions
previously cultivated by the Etruscans.
Gauls
The situation evidently called for a dictator, and … _______________ was named for the
post. … A mission from the city found him at work on his land … he was asked … to put
on his toga and … wiping the grimy sweat from his hands and face he put in on; at once
the envoys from the city saluted him …
Porsena in rage and alarm ordered the prisoner to be burnt alive unless he at once divulged the
plot … _______________, crying: “See how cheap men hold their bodies when they care
only for honour!” thrust his right hand into the fire which had been kindled for a
sacrifice, and let it burn there as if he were unconscious of the pain.
Scaevola
crowds flocked to Rome … all the _______________ were there too, with their wives and
children. … This was the Romans’ opportunity: at a given signal all the able-bodied men
burst through crowd and seized the young women.
Sabines
