Roman Gods

Question 1

What was the roman name for the Greek Goddess Demeter?

Answer 1

Ceres

Question 2

What was the roman name for the Greek goddess Artemis?

Answer 2

Diana

Question 3

What was the roman name for the Greek goddess Hestia?

Answer 3

Vesta

Question 4

What was the roman name for the Greek god Zeus?

Answer 4

Jupiter

Question 5

What was the roman name for the Greek goddess Athena?

Answer 5

Minerva

Question 6

What was the roman name for the Greek God Hermes?

Answer 6

Mercury

Question 7

What was the roman name for the Greek God Apollo?

Answer 7

Apollo

Question 8

What was the roman name for the Greek God Dionysus?

Answer 8

Bacchus

Question 9

What was the roman name for the Greek Goddess Hera?

Answer 9

Juno

Question 10

What was the roman name for the Greek God Poseidon?

Answer 10

Neptune

Question 11

What was the roman name for the Greek God Hades?

Answer 11

Pluto

Question 12

What was the roman name for the Greek God Hephaistos?

Answer 12

Vulcan

Question 13

What was the roman name for the Greek Goddess Aphrodite?

Answer 13

Venus

Question 14

What was the roman name for the Greek God Ares?

Answer 14

Mars

Question 15

What was a Sarcophagus?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What was the poorer class in Roman society called?

Answer 16

Plebian

Question 17

What was Cerealia?

Answer 17

a major festival of the grain Goddess Ceres.

Question 18

What was Vulcanalia?

Answer 18

a major roman festival for the god Vulcan

Question 19

What was the other name for Vulcanalia?

Answer 19

the fire festival

Question 20

What was the battle of Actium?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

When was the battle of Actium?

Answer 21

in 31BC

Question 22

Who was the battle of Actium between?

Answer 22

between Octavian and Mark Anthony and Cleopatra

Question 23

Who was Octavian?

Answer 23

Augustus

Question 24

what were small ornaments used as offerings to Gods called?

Answer 24

Votive Offering

Question 25

What was a Lararium?

Answer 25

was a shrine to the household Gods

Question 26

What were household God's called?

Answer 26

Lars

Question 27

What was Bacchanalia?

Answer 27

a major roman festival celebrating the God Bacchus

Question 28

Wat does Hellenised mean?

Answer 28

Heavily Greek influenced

Question 29

What animal was often found in on a lararium?

Answer 29

a snake

Question 30

What did a snake represent to the romans?

Answer 30

good luck and prosperity

Question 31

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

Answer 31

the genius

Question 32

What was a 'genius'?

Answer 32

the males head of the family

Question 33

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

Answer 33

pater familias

Question 34

What did the lars do?

Answer 34

they offered protection over the household

Question 35

Where is the Lararium often found?

Answer 35

in the atrium

Question 36

What was an atrium?

Answer 36

front reception room

Question 37

What were the pater familias responsible for?

Answer 37

making sure everyone in the household was worshiping the gods.

Question 38

what does the latin word 'religio' mean?

Answer 38

it means that which binds together

Question 39

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

Answer 39

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

Question 40

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

Answer 40

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

Question 41

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

Answer 41

it gave structure to the cycle of the year/ calendar

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

What was roman religion about?

Answer 43

treating the gods correctly, so they would get good things

Question 44

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

Answer 44

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

Question 45

What happened to wicked people in the afterlife?

Answer 45

they would live in endless torment in the underworld

Question 46

What happened to heroes in the afterlife?

Answer 46

They would stay in a places called the elysian fields.

Question 47

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

Answer 47

there was no concept of conversion.

Question 48

What were the romans very accepting to?

Answer 48

other polytheistic religions

Question 49

What did the romans hate?

Answer 49

monotheistic religions such as Judaism and Christianity.

Question 50

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

Answer 50

honour

Question 51

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

Answer 51

with sacrifices, libations and gifts such as votive offerings

Question 52

what does 'Do ut des' translate to?

Answer 52

'I give in order that you may give'

Question 53

What does 'Do ut des' show about roman religion?

Answer 53

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

Question 54

How did roman religion link to the military and politics?

Answer 54

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

Question 55

What is 'peace of the Gods' in latin?

Answer 55

'Pax deorum'

Question 56

What did the romans always want?

Answer 56

'Pax deorum' (peace of the gods)

Question 57

What is the English translation for 'Ira deorum'

Answer 57

wrath of the gods

Question 58

What did the romans do to avoid Ira deorum?

Answer 58

they worshipped the gods

Question 59

Who are the virgin goddesses?

Answer 59

Minerva, Vesta and Diana