The Founding Of Rome

Question 1

Livy-

Answer 1

• Roman historian.
• He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab Urbe Condita, ‘‘From the Founding of the City’’
• talked about how Capitoline Wolf suckles the infant twins Romulus and Remus.

Question 2

Aeneas-

Answer 2

was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite

Question 3

Romulus-

Answer 3

the legendary founder and first king of Rome.

Question 4

Filial piety-

Answer 4

an attitude of respect for parents and ancestors in societies influenced by Confucian thought

Question 5

Geography of Italy-

Answer 5

• boot-shaped Italian Peninsula, the southern side of Alps,
• the large plain of the Po Valley
• Po river

Question 6

Etruscan influences on Roman culture-

Answer 6

• was profound
• cultural and artistic traditions
• gladiatorial combat
• hydraulic engineering
• temple design
• religious ritual

Question 7

Sabines-

Answer 7

an Italic people that lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome.

Question 8

Roman Republic-

Answer 8

officially the Senate and People of Rome, was a state of the classical Roman civilization, run through public representation of the Roman people.