Lesson 9: Drill Questions & Timeline

Question 1

Date of the sack of Rome

Answer 1

390 BC

Question 2

The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic

Answer 2

390 BC

Question 3

These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls

Answer 3

geese

Question 4

He was called the Second Romulus and the Father of his Country

Answer 4

M. Furius Camillus

Question 5

Date of founding of Rome

Answer 5

753 BC

Question 6

Three periods of Roman history

Answer 6

monarchy, republic, empire

Question 7

They were raised by a she-wolf

Answer 7

Romulus and Remus

Question 8

The hill on which Romulus began his city

Answer 8

Palatine

Question 9

The story about the Romans’ first wives

Answer 9

the Sabine women

Question 10

The council of old men who helped to rule Rome

Answer 10

Senate

Question 11

The noble people of Rome

Answer 11

patricians

Question 12

The common people of Rome

Answer 12

plebeians

Question 13

Rome is on this River

Answer 13

Tiber

Question 14

The second king of Rome

Answer 14

Numa Pompilius

Question 15

Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy

Answer 15

farming

Question 16

Two main occupationsof men of early Rome

Answer 16

farming, soldiering

Question 17

The four pillars of Roman Culture

Answer 17

family, faith, farming, fighting

Question 18

The two sets of brothers who fought to decide if Alba or Rome should rule

Answer 18

Horatii, Curiatii

Question 19

Three plains on west coast of Italy

Answer 19

Etruria, Latium, Campania

Question 20

Where public meetings were held

Answer 20

Forum

Question 21

A male seer or prophet

Answer 21

augur

Question 22

A female prophetess

Answer 22

sibyl

Question 23

Symbol of king’s authority

Answer 23

fasces

Question 24

The large racetrack built by Tarquin

Answer 24

Circus Maximus

Question 25

The kings who came from Etruria

Answer 25

Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus

Question 26

The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus

Answer 26

Sibylline Books

Question 27

Rome is the city of seven

Answer 27

hills

Question 28

He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy

Answer 28

Junius Brutus

Question 29

The port city of Rome

Answer 29

Ostia

Question 30

Date of the founding of the republic

Answer 30

510 BC

Question 31

The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome

Answer 31

Lars Porsena

Question 32

The first consul of Rome who watched his two sons executed for treason

Answer 32

Junius Brutus

Question 33

He held off the Etruscans at the bridge

Answer 33

Horatius

Question 34

He burnt his hand to show Roman courage

Answer 34

Caius Mucius

Question 35

The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son

Answer 35

Coriolanus

Question 36

The elected representatives of the plebeians

Answer 36

tribunes

Question 37

Shakespeare’s play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians

Answer 37

Coriolanus

Question 38

The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city

Answer 38

Fabii

Question 39

George Washington was compared to this Roman hero

Answer 39

Cincinnatus

Question 40

He left his plow to save Rome

Answer 40

Cincinnatus