People Test#1 Flashcards
Peletus &Thetis
Parents of Achilles
Discordia/Eris
Only one not involved with Troy
Juno
Hera
Offered Paris something
Minerva
Athena
Offered Paris something
Venus
Aphrodite
Offered Paris Helen
Won the apple
Jupiter
Zeus
Asked Paris to pick one of the gods to get the apple
Paris
Is promised Helen by Venus
Helen
Wife of Menelaus, from Sparta
Menelaus
Greek King, angered by the theft of Helen
Aeneas
Alban King #2 a Trojan Hero, the legendary founder of what would become Ancient Rome
Escaped from Troy, founds the city of Lavinium
Ascanius
Son of Aeneas
Founds Alba Longa
Numitor
Good Twin
Father of Rhea Silvia
Aemulius
Bad Twin
Kills all his brothers sons and makes Rhea become a Vestal Virgin
Rhea Silvia
The mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus
Raped by Mars to have two twin illegitimate children
Faustulus
The farmer that found Romulus and Remus and raise them with his wife
Romulus
Founder King of Rome
Remus
Killed by twins to found Rome alone
Sabine Women
The Romans negotiated unsuccessfully with Sabines, who populated the area
Fearing the emergence of a rival society, the Sabines refused to allow their women to marry the Romans
The Romans planned to abduct Sabine women
Titus Tatius
King along with Romulus from Latium
Numa Pompilius
Sabine
Known as a religious reformer
Tullus Hostilius
Military leader
Responsible for Romans early victories
Ancus Marcius
Sabine King
Tarquinius Priscus
The legendary 5th King of Rome
Etruscan
Servius Tullius
The legendary 6th King of Rome
Etruscan
Tarquinius Superbus
The legendary 7th King of Rome
Ordered the killing of Servius
Son of Priscus
Got banished along with son for the rape of Lucretia
Sextus Tarquinius
Raped Lucretia
Got expelled from Rome with his father
Lucretia
Raped by Sextus
Wife of Tarquin Collatinus
Lars Porsenna
An Etruscan King known for his war against the city of Rome
Horatio Coccles
Occupied the other side of the bridge that Porsenna needed to capture in order to reach the city Rome
He held it till it was destroyed by the Romans from behind and had to swim back to the other side
Mucius Scaevola
Tried to kill Porcenna but killed his scribe, he burnt off his right hand to prove his determination
Showing Porsenna how brave they are showing him he should turn around and give up
Titus Tatius
King along with Romulus from Latium
Tullus Hostilius
Military leader
Responsible for Romans early victories
Ancus Marcius
Sabine King
Appius Claudius
Head of the Decemviri
Becomes a dictator
Orders Virginia around acting as a slave
Then is thrown in jail and commits suicide
Virginia
treated like a slave by Claudius
Virginius
Father of Virginia
sees how his daughter is being treated
Thinks Claudius is going to rape goes after him with a knife
Denounces Claudius then stabs his daughter saying he would rather her dead then be his sex slave
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Called in by the Greeks to help them out against the Romans
Death by roof tile
Ptolemy II
King of Egypt
Asks for a treaty with Rome
P. Claudius Pulcher
Roman General
Pulcher means “handsome”
In command during the First Punic War
Marcus Crassus
Rich Roman politician
Took part in the Spartacan Revolt
