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Roman Gods Flashcards

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What was the roman name for the Greek Goddess Demeter?

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Ceres

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What was the roman name for the Greek goddess Artemis?

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Diana

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What was the roman name for the Greek goddess Hestia?

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Vesta

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What was the roman name for the Greek god Zeus?

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Jupiter

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What was the roman name for the Greek goddess Athena?

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Minerva

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What was the roman name for the Greek God Hermes?

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Mercury

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What was the roman name for the Greek God Apollo?

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Apollo

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What was the roman name for the Greek God Dionysus?

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Bacchus

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What was the roman name for the Greek Goddess Hera?

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Juno

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What was the roman name for the Greek God Poseidon?

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Neptune

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What was the roman name for the Greek God Hades?

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Pluto

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What was the roman name for the Greek God Hephaistos?

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Vulcan

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What was the roman name for the Greek Goddess Aphrodite?

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Venus

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What was the roman name for the Greek God Ares?

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Mars

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What was a Sarcophagus?

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a stone coffin decorated with sculptures, made for the elite in Roman society

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What were free roman citizens, that were not elite or slaves called?

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Plebs

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What was Cerealia?

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a major festival of the grain Goddess Ceres.

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What was Vulcanalia?

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a major roman festival for the god Vulcan

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What was the other name for Vulcanalia?

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the fire festival

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What was the battle of Actium?

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was a naval battle which took place just off the coast of Greece.

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When was the battle of Actium?

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in 31BC

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Who was the battle of Actium between?

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between Octavian and Mark Anthony and Cleopatra

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Who was Octavian?

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Augustus

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24
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what were small ornaments used as offerings to Gods called?

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Votive Offering

25
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What was a Lararium?

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was a shrine to the household Gods

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What were household God’s called?

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Lars

27
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What was Bacchanalia?

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a major roman festival celebrating the God Bacchus

28
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Wat does Hellenised mean?

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Heavily Greek influenced

29
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What animal was often found in on a lararium?

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a snake

30
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What did a snake represent to the romans?

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good luck and prosperity

31
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What figure is usually shown in the middle of a lararium?

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the genius

32
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What was a ‘genius’?

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the males head of the family

33
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What was the name given to the male head of the family in latin?

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pater familias

34
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What did the lars do?

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they offered protection over the household

35
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Where is the Lararium often found?

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in the atrium

36
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What was an atrium?

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front reception room

37
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What were the pater familias responsible for?

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making sure everyone in the household was worshiping the gods.

38
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what does the latin word ‘religio’ mean?

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it means that which binds together

39
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How is roman religion similar to modern day religion in terms of rites of passage?

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religion is strongly linked to birth, marriage and death in both.

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How is roman religion similar to modern day religion in terms of family life?

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there would be worship at the start of the day and at meal time

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How is roman religion similar to modern day religion in terms of festivals ?

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it gave structure to the cycle of the year/ calendar

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How is roman religion different to modern day religion in terms of scripture and morality?

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the romans had not set beliefs and scripture, and they did not use religion for morality.

43
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What was roman religion about?

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treating the gods correctly, so they would get good things

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How is roman religion different to modern day religion in terms of the afterlife?

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The romans saw death as a miserable thing as there was no such thing as a promise to heaven.

45
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What happened to wicked people in the afterlife?

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they would live in endless torment in the underworld

46
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What happened to heroes in the afterlife?

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They would stay in a places called the elysian fields.

47
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How is roman religion different to modern day religion in terms of conversion?

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there was no concept of conversion.

48
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What were the romans very accepting to?

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other polytheistic religions

49
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What did the romans hate?

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monotheistic religions such as Judaism and Christianity.

50
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What was more important to roman Gods; love or honour?

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honour

51
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how did the Roman people honour the Gods (2 examples)?

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with sacrifices, libations and gifts such as votive offerings

52
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what does ‘Do ut des’ translate to?

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‘I give in order that you may give’

53
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What does ‘Do ut des’ show about roman religion?

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That people would sacrifice and honour the gods to get something back.

54
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How did roman religion link to the military and politics?

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the romans felt that their politics and military was as strong as their religion

55
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What is ‘peace of the Gods’ in latin?

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‘Pax deorum’

56
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What did the romans always want?

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‘Pax deorum’ (peace of the gods)

57
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What is the English translation for ‘Ira deorum’

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wrath of the gods

58
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What did the romans do to avoid Ira deorum?

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they worshipped the gods

59
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Who are the virgin goddesses?

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Minerva, Vesta and Diana

OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Myth and Religion (20 decks)

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