Influences

Question 1

The Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan prince that escaped the city of Troy. Who wrote this epic?

Answer 1

Virgil

Question 2

What is the name of the legendary founder of the Latin people? He was Romulus and Remus’s ancestor.

Answer 2

Aeneas

Question 3

These two boys were raised by a wolf before they founded (created) the city of Rome.

Answer 3

Romulus and Remus

Question 4

This architectural advancement from the Etruscans later allowed the Romans to build domed buildings like the Pantheon.

Answer 4

The arch

Question 5

The “fasces” was a bundle of sticks with an axe sticking out of it. What did the axe symbolize?

Answer 5

The axe symbolized a Roman politicians ability to ‘do away’ with disloyal subjects.

Question 6

The cuniculus was an Etruscan invention. It brought water to fields to water their crops. What later Roman invention did it influence?

Answer 6

The aqueducts

Question 7

These fights were originally held as funeral rituals. The Romans later used them for a form of entertainment.

Answer 7

Gladiator fights

Question 8

How are the Roman gods different from the Greek gods?

Answer 8

They are very similar. The Romans renamed the gods. (Zeus becomes Jupiter)

Question 9

In which ways did the ancient Greeks influence Roman culture?

Answer 9

The Greeks gave them columns, science, theater, and greatly influenced their religion.

Question 10

The Etruscans lived to the _______ of Rome and the Greeks lived to the ________ of Rome.

Answer 10

north; south

Question 11

Which of the two legendary brothers that founded Rome became its first king?

Answer 11

Romulus