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DE ROMANIS 1 Ch 1-3 Culture

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  • Vulcan's mother was...
    Diana
    Minerva
    Venus
    Juno
  • The doors to the temple to Janus were used to symbolise…
    whether it was raining or not
    whether Rome was at peace or at war
    whether the Romans were happy or sad
    whether it was a public holiday or not
  • Fortuna was the Roman god of…
    Courage
    Chance
    Bravery
    Justice
  • The large public space known as the Campus Martius named after
    Mars
    Jupiter
    Neptune
    Vulcan
  • Which Roman hero brought his Penates to Rome?
    Horatius Cocles
    Hercules
    Aeneas
    Romulus
  • What did Romulus do to his brother Remus?
    he named Rome after him
    he saved his life
    he worshipped him as a god
    he killed him
  • Which Etruscan king did Cloelia escape from?
    Servius Tullius
    Numa
    Lars Porsena
    Latinus
  • The name given to Romulus after the Romans believed him to have become a god?
    Julius Caesar
    Remus
    Quirinus
    Aeneas
  • Mars was the god of…
    archery
    war
    thunder
    the mountains
  • Where in Britain is the famous temple dedicated to Sulis Minerva?
    Newcastle
    Bath
    London
    Colchester
  • Venus was married to…
    Apollo
    Mercury
    Vulcan
    Mars
  • The Greek hero Hercules was famous for his amazing…
    palace
    strength
    wife
    singing
  • Minerva was born from…
    a sea-shell
    a lightning bolt
    Juno’s womb
    Jupiter’s head
  • Jupiter’s wife was called…
    Juno
    Minerva
    Vesta
    Venus
  • How did Mucius Scaevola show his amazing bravery?
    he walked from Rome to Troy
    he survived for one month without food
    he put his hand into a fire
    he fought against the Etruscans single-handed
  • The king of the gods was called…
    Vulcan
    Saturn
    Jupiter
    Neptune
  • Venus was in love with…
    Jupiter
    Neptune
    Mars
    Vulcan
  • What was a lararium?
    a shrine to the spirits of a family’s ancestors
    an underground cellar
    an area for cooking
    a large wine jar
  • Vulcan made the weapons for the gods, helped by the.....
    god of war
    Titans
    king of the gods
    Cyclopes
  • Which Roman noble was deified when a comet was seen in the sky after his death?
    Mucius Scaevola
    Fabius
    Romulus
    Julius Caesar
  • How did Horatius Cocles save Rome?
    he plotted to kill the enemy king
    he offered money to the Romans
    he defended the bridge across the river Tiber
    he looked after the sacred geese
  • Venus was the god of…
    wisdom
    the sea
    war
    love
  • Mount Olympus is a mountain in...
    Greece
    Troy
    Italy
    Africa
  • Where was the most important temple to Jupiter in Rome?
    on the banks of the Tiber
    outside the city gates
    the Capitoline hill
    the forum
  • How did the Romans acknowledge Cloelia’s bravery?
    they set up a statue of a woman on horseback
    they named a street after her
    they worshipped her as a goddess
    they wrote an epic poem about her
  • Aeneas's mother was the goddess...
    Vesta
    Venus
    Minerva
    Juno
  • Which monster did Hercules kill in Italy?
    Cacus
    the Hydra
    Medusa
    Geryon
  • Vesta was the goddess of the….
    sky
    sea
    seasons
    hearth
  • Where was Aeneas born?
    Carthage
    Troy
    Italy
    Greece
  • Why did the Romans believe Aeneas to be a hero?
    he wrote famous poetry
    he was the father of the Roman race
    he had 100 children
    he killed monsters
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