Romulus and Remus

Question 1

The twin boys Romulus and Remus were the sons of…

Answer 1

A Latin Princess and
Mars (the Roman War god)

Question 2

The Latin princess broke a promise, so her boys were taken from her and left on the banks of this river to die…

Answer 2

Tiber River

Question 3

A ______ found the boys on the river bank and took care of them.

Answer 3

She-wolf

Question 4

A _________ found the boys and the wolf, killed the wolf, and went on to raise the boys as his own sons.

Answer 4

Shepherd

Question 5

Romulus and Remus wanted to find a new city for themselves. They decided to allow the _____ to choose the ruler.

Answer 5

Gods

Question 6

They climbed a hill and waited for the gods to send a sign as to who would be the ruler of the new city. What happened at the top of the hill?

Answer 6

6 vultures flew over Remus and
12 vultures flew over Romulus,
So Romulus claimed that he would be king

Question 7

After a quarrel, the brothers fought and what happened?

Answer 7

Romulus killed Remus.
Romulus became the first king of the new city - which was named Rome (named after Romulus)