Quiz 1 Flashcards
7 Hills
Quirinal, Viminal, Equiline, Caelian, Aventine, Palatine, Capitoline
Aventine Hill
People’s hill
Home of the plebs
Supposedly the hill settled by Remus
Capitoline Hill
Religious center
Home to many temples
Jupiter Maximus Optimus
Via sacra runs through Forum to this hill
Palatine Hill
Home to the patricians
Supposedly Romulus built his first hut here
14 Gods
Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto, Vesta, Diana, Apollo, Mars, Minerva, Minerva, Mercury, Ceres, Bacchus, Vulcan
Jupiter
Jupiter/Zeus
God sky
Juno
Juno/Hera
Goddess of marriage
Neptune
Neptune/Poseidon
God of sea
Pluto
Pluto/Hades
God of underworld
Minerva
Minerva/Athena
Goddess of wisdom, war, craft
Apollo
Apollo/Apollo
God of light, music, prophecy
Diana
Diana/Artemis
Goddess of the hunt, the moon
Venus
Venus/Aphrodite
Goddess of beauty and love
Vulcan
Vulcan/Hephaestus
God of fire and forge
Mars
Mars/Ares
God of war
Ceres
Ceres/Demeter
Goddess of harvest, fertility
Vesta
Vesta/Hestia
Goddess of home, hearth
Mercury
Mercury/Hermes
God of messengers
Bacchus
Bacchus/Dionysis
God of wine, and festivity
7 Kings of Rome
Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Romulus
1st king
Founder of rome
753-715
Numa Pompilius
2
Established many religious holidays, festivals, cults
715-673
Tullus Hostilius
3rd king
Reawakened military ambitions and led campaigns and expansion
673-642
Ancus Marcius
4th king
Religious tituals, military success, bridged the Tiber river
642-617
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
5th king
Tarquin the elder
Organized the Forum, circus and games, set up capitoline temples
616-579
Servius Tullius
6th king
Credited for building Servian Wall
Organized beginnings of census
578-535
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
7th king
Tarquin the proud
Organized the forum, set up circus and games, set up Capitoline hill temples
534-510
Pomerium
“After the wall”
Post murum
Sacred division between Rome and not rome
