important people and places

Question 1

Juno

Answer 1

Hera

Question 2

Jupiter

Answer 2

Zeus

Question 3

Minerva

Answer 3

Athena

Question 4

Mercury

Answer 4

Hermes

Question 5

Venus

Answer 5

Aphrodite

Question 6

Discordia

Answer 6

Eris

Question 7

who is Aeneas?

Answer 7

a trojan general who escaped the Greek

Question 8

who is Anchises?

Answer 8

aeneas’ father, the one who held the palladium

Question 9

who is ascanius/iulus?

Answer 9

the son of Aeneas, founder of alba longa

Question 10

who is creusa?

Answer 10

aeneas’ lost wife

Question 11

who is king latinus?

Answer 11

the king that aeneas pledged his allegiance to after escaping troy, king of Latium

Question 12

who is Lavinia?

Answer 12

the daughter of king latinus, whose hand in marriage was given to aeneas

Question 13

what is Latium?

Answer 13

the region that King Latinus reigned over

Question 14

what is Lavinium?

Answer 14

the city that Aeneas founded for his new wife, Lavinia

Question 15

what is Alba Longa?

Answer 15

the city that Ascanius / Iulus founded

Question 16

who is Numitor?

Answer 16

the 14th king of Alba Longa, descendent of Ascanius and twin brother of Amulius
Numitor is the good one

Question 17

who is Amulius?

Answer 17

the 13th king of Alba Longa, descendent of Ascanius and twin brother of Numitor
Amulius is the evil one

Question 18

who are Peleus and Thetis?

Answer 18

parents of Achilles

Question 19

who is Paris?

Answer 19

son of the king of Troy- the decider in this whole golden apple business

Question 20

who is Helen?

Answer 20

Daughter of the king of Sparta, betrothed to Paris (problematic as she’s married to Menelaus), the face that launched a thousand ships

Question 21

What is Sparta?

Answer 21

the kingdom that Helen was kidnapped from

Question 22

who is Menelaus?

Answer 22

king of Sparta, original husband of Helen

Question 23

who is Agamemnon?

Answer 23

king of Mycenae

Question 24

who is Rhea Silvia?

Answer 24

daughter of Numitor, was forced to become a Vestal Virgin by her uncle Amulius

Question 25

who is Romulus?

Answer 25

one of Rhea Silvia's sons (the other being Remus), founder of Rome

Question 26

who is Remus?

Answer 26

one of Rhea Silvia's sons (the other being Romulus), killed by Romulus

Question 27

What is the Tiber?

Answer 27

the river that Romulus and Remus were supposed to be drowned in as babies

Question 28

who is Faustulus?

Answer 28

the adopted father of Romulus and Remus

Question 29

what are the names of the hills Romulus and Remus fought about?

Answer 29

Palatine & Aventine

Question 30

what are the names of the seven famous hills?

Answer 30

1. Palatine 2. Aventine 3. Capitoline 4. Quirinal 5. Viminal 6. Esquiline 7. Caelian

Question 31

what is cursus honorum?

Answer 31

the sequence of political offices in Rome

Question 32

what is a vigintiviri?

Answer 32

the lowest level of roman office - held by twenty men (viginti - which later became vigintisexviri, or 26 men)

Question 33

how long were vigintiviri in office for and on what date did their position start?

Answer 33

they were elected for one year, their office started on January 1st

Question 34

what is a quaestor?

Answer 34

the financial officials of Rome - took care of the public money (taxes etc)

Question 35

how long were quaestors in office for and on what date did their position start?

Answer 35

elected for one year, took office on the 1st of January

Question 36

what is an aedile?

Answer 36

a magistrate responsible for looking after the city, the grain supply and the games

Question 37

how long were aediles in office for and on what date did their position start?

Answer 37

elected for one year, took office on January 1st

Question 38

what is a praetor?

Answer 38

the judges of rome- ran the court system

Question 39

how long were praetors in office for and on what date did their position start?

Answer 39

elected for one year, took office on January 1st

Question 40

what is the name for a provincial level praetor?

Answer 40

propraetor

Question 41

what is a consul?

Answer 41

the leaders of the military and legislative decisions in Rome

Question 42

how long were consuls in office for and on what date did their position start?

Answer 42

elected for one year, took office on January 1st

Question 43

what is a censor?

Answer 43

a completely administrative role - but the most prestigious. responsible for census-taking, setting taxes, state contracts and public building contracts. also the moral overseers of the senatorial order

Question 44

how long were censors in office for and on what date did their position start?

Answer 44

elected for 18 months every fifth year

Question 45

how many vigintiviri were there?

Answer 45

20 (later became vigintisexviri, meaning 26)

Question 46

how many quaestors were there?

Answer 46

20

Question 47

how many aediles were there?

Answer 47

4

Question 48

how many praetors were there?

Answer 48

8

Question 49

how many consuls were there?

Answer 49

2

Question 50

how many censors were there?

Answer 50

2

Question 51

How many tribes are there?

Answer 51

35

Question 52

what is a dictator?

Answer 52

a roman magistrate who is hired to complete a specific task (i.e deal with a grain shipment)

Question 53

how long were dictators in office for?

Answer 53

SIX MONTHS MAXIMUM - but could be as little as one day. Once they had completed the task they were hired for they were immediately dismissed

Question 54

what is the only roman office where the colleague does not have veto power?

Answer 54

dictator

Question 55

how many members did the senate have in the end?

Answer 55

600

Question 56

when did the tribunes of the plebs take office?

Answer 56

10th of December