Roman History

Question 1

How does Virgil conjoin Roman legend with the myth of Aeneas?

Answer 1

By assuming that Aeneas is the ancestor of Romulus

Question 2

Magna Graecia - what and when?

Answer 2

Great Greece - between the 8th and 6th century, the Greeks colonize Southern Italy and part of coastal Italy

Question 3

According to legend, when was Rome founded?

Answer 3

753 BC

Question 4

3 periods of Roman history

Answer 4

Monarchy, republic, empire

Question 5

When and where did the Romans conquer Greece

Answer 5

Battle of Corinth, 146 BC

Question 6

Punic Wars

Answer 6

Fought between Carthage (in modern Tunisia, North Africa) and Rome between 264 and 146 BC

Question 7

When was Julius Caesar assassinated

Answer 7

44 BC, by a group of conjurors afraid he would conquer sole power

Question 8

3 consuls names

Answer 8

Cassius, Octavio, Mark Anthony

Question 9

When/where were Cleopatra and Mark Anthony defeated

Answer 9

31 BC in the Battle of Actium

Question 10

Why did Augustus want the Aeneid?

Answer 10

Have a poem to act as a national epic for the Roman people - Empire needed stability and a common narrative of national belonging