Foundation of Rome

Question 0

Name of roman historian

Answer 0

Livy

Question 1

Year Rome was founded

Answer 1

756 bc

Question 2

Brothers of Rome

Answer 2

Romulus and Remus

Question 3

Father of Rome

Answer 3

Aeneas

Question 4

Who came before the Romans?

Answer 4

Etruscans

Question 5

Story of Romulus and Remus pre-Rome

Answer 5

Vestal virgin gave birth to them and named mars as their father. They were exposed and left to drown in the Tiber river. A she-wolf took care of them until a shepherd found them and took them to his wife Larentia, called a Lupa.

Question 6

Story of Romulus and Remus after upbringing

Answer 6

They wanted to start a city, but argued over name/ruler. They decided by means of augury. Remus stood on Aventine hill, and six vultures came first. Romulus stood on Palatine and twelve vultures came second.

Question 7

Story of Remus’s death

Answer 7

Romulus and Remus continued to fight, and Remus was killed. OR Remus jumped over Romulus’s stone walls and was killed by Romulus.

Question 8

Story of Aeneas

Answer 8

After the Greeks took over Troy, Aeneas fled with his father, son, and wife. His wife died on the way. The gods told Aeneas to found a new Troy, which was Rome. His story is written in the Aeniad.

Question 9

Seven hills of Rome

Answer 9

Esquiline, Palatine, Aventine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Caelian

Question 10

Languages from Latin

Answer 10

Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Italian, English

Question 11

Quid agitis, hodiē?

Answer 11

How are you all today?

Question 12

Quid agis, hodiē?

Answer 12

How are you today?

Question 13

Optimē

Answer 13

Excellent

Question 14

Pessimē

Answer 14

Very bad

Question 15

Benē

Answer 15

Good

Question 16

Malē

Answer 16

Bad

Question 17

Fessus/fessa

Answer 17

Tired (male) tired (female)

Question 18

Non malē

Answer 18

Not bad

Question 19

Sum

Answer 19

I am

Question 20

Mihi namen est…

Answer 20

My name is…

Question 21

Quid est tibi namen?

Answer 21

What is your name?

Question 22

Diphthongs

Answer 22

Ae:eye
Au:fOUl
Ei:rEIn
Eu:ee-oo
Oe:oy
Ui:tWIn

Question 23

Letters missing from the Roman alphabet

Answer 23

J, k, w, y

Question 24

B+s sound

Answer 24

P

Question 25

Pronunciation of c

Answer 25

K, like cat

Question 26

Pronunciation of g

Answer 26

Hard g, like get

Question 27

H

Answer 27

Hat

Question 28

I sound

Answer 28

Used as a J/before a vowel:y sound

Question 29

Q+u sound

Answer 29

Qw

Question 30

s sound

Answer 30

Hard s, not z

Question 31

V sound

Answer 31

W

Question 32

Ch

Answer 32

Seperate, kuh huh

Question 33

Ph sound

Answer 33

Seperate, puh huh

Question 34

Th sound

Answer 34

Tuh huh

Question 35

Gu sound

Answer 35

Gw

Question 36

Inflection

Answer 36

Read and translated by the endings. Nouns change depending on subject/direct object