1️⃣ Week 1 Certamen

Question 1

For his defeat of what king of Caenina did Romulus earn the first ever Spolia Opima?

Answer 1

Acron

Question 2

Name the shepherd and his wife who discovered Romulus and Remus.

Answer 2

Faustulus & Acca Larentia

Question 3

Who was the wife of Romulus?

Answer 3

Hersilia

Question 4

What woman was deified as the goddess Hora after the death of her husband Romulus?

Answer 4

Hersilia

Question 5

The Fetiales, Flamines, Pontices, and Vestal Virgins were among the priestly colleges established by which king of Rome?

Answer 5

Numa Pompilius

Question 6

Which king of Rome was said to receive prophecies from a water nymph named Egeria?

Answer 6

Numa Pompilius

Question 7

Who established a twelve month lunar calendar and established various priestly colleges during his peaceful reign as second king of Rome?

Answer 7

Numa Pompilius

Question 8

The consecration of the temple of Jupiter Elicius, the creation of a twelve month lunar calendar, and the insitution of twelve Salii all occurred during the reign of which Roman king?

Answer 8

Numa Pompilius

Question 9

Name the three original tribes of Rome which were established by Romulus.

Answer 9

Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres

Question 10

Who leapt over the pomerium upon seeing six vultures and was killed instantly by his brother?

Answer 10

Remus

Question 11

Which king of Rome had a co-regent, a Sabine named Titus Tatius?

Answer 11

Romulus

Question 12

Which king of Rome assumed the deified name Quirinus?

Answer 12

Romulus

Question 13

What man, having seen 12 vultures fly overhead, interpreted that he would be the rightful king of Rome and killed his brother?

Answer 13

Romulus

Question 14

Who killed Acron and earned the first ever Spolia Opima?

Answer 14

Romulus

Question 15

Who attempted to populate the city of Rome by holding a festival in honor of the god Consus in order to attract the nearby Sabine women?

Answer 15

Romulus

Question 16

Which king of Rome was raised by a shepherd named Faustulus and his wife Acca Larentia?

Answer 16

Romulus

Question 17

What two bothers were raised by a she-wolf until they were discovered by the shepherd Faustulus and his wife?

Answer 17

Romulus & Remus

Question 18

What two young men killed Amulius and restored their grandfather Numitor to his rightful throne of Alba Longa?

Answer 18

Romulus & Remus

Question 19

Which king of Rome, often identified with the Etruscan hero Mastarna, took the first census, divided the city into four regions, and sourrounded its seven hills with a wall?

Answer 19

Servius Tullius

Question 20

What woman after treacherously allowing the Sabines into Rome was thrown from a rock which now bears her name?

Answer 20

Tarpeia

Question 21

What woman vowed to allow the Sabines into Rome if they gave her the gold on their arm but was instead crushed by their shields?

Answer 21

Tarpeia

Question 22

Which king of Rome was killed when the palace roof was struck by lightning causing a fire?

Answer 22

Tullus Hostilius

Question 23

Which king, a grandson of Numa, built a bridge across the Tiber and annexed the Janiculum hill?

Answer 23

Ancus Marcius

Question 24

The construction of the Mamertinum and the Pons Sublicius both ocurred during the reign of which king of Rome?

Answer 24

Ancus Marcius

Question 25

Which Roman king added to the Senate a hundred members, who were called minores gentes?

Answer 25

Tarquinius Priscus

Question 26

Tarquinius Priscus enlarged the Senate by adding another 100 members, many of whom were probably Etruscan. What were these new members called?

Answer 26

Minores Gentes

Question 27

Which Roman king was the son of Demaratus of Corinth, who fled to Etruria?

Answer 27

Tarquinius Priscus

Question 28

Name the wife of L. Tarquinius Priscus whom tradition credits for his succession to the kingship of Rome.

Answer 28

Tanaquil

Question 29

Under what king was the forum drained to become the center of commercial, social, and political life?

Answer 29

Tarquinnius Priscus

Question 30

What son of Ocrisia, a captive of war, became the sixth king of Rome?

Answer 30

Servius Tullius

Question 31

Which king of Rome oversaw the first Roman coinage, constructed a temple to Diana with help from neighboring Latin cities, and was the victim of a deadly conspiracy involving his daughter?

Answer 31

Servius Tullius

Question 32

According to legend, who was predicted to become king of Rome when flames were observed around his head as he slept in his crib?

Answer 32

Servius Tullius

Question 33

What king of Rome was killed when it became clear that his adopted son Servius Tullius was being groomed as his successor?

Answer 33

Tarquinius Priscus

Question 34

According to Livy, who organized the coup which overthrew Tarquinius Superbus and established the Roman Republic?

Answer 34

Lucius Junius Brutus

Question 35

Who took refuge at Caere in Etruria after he and his sons were banished from Rome in 509 BC?

Answer 35

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 36

Which king of Rome purchased three of the Sibylline books only after allowing the other six to be burned?

Answer 36

Tarquinius Superbus