Age of Kings

Question 1

In 506 BCE and potentially aided by Herminius, what man famously defends the Pons Sublicius single-handedly from the incoming Etruscans?

Answer 1

Horatius Cocles

Question 2

The high priest Valerius administered a solemn oath between what two kings, one Roman & one Alban, to settle a conflict without a civil war?

Answer 2

Tullus Hostilius & Mettius Fufettius

Question 3

Who was forced to go into exile along with the other Tarquins even though he was elected as one of the first 2 consuls of Rome?

Answer 3

Collatinus

Question 4

The Tabula Veliterna is all that remains of the language of what early Italian tribe who established a colony at Satricum?

Answer 4

Volscians

Question 5

Despite sharing much of their language and customs with the Romans, the prisci Latini tried to check the growing power of Rome by raiding the borders of the fledgling state during what king’s reign?

Answer 5

Ancus Marcius’

Question 6

During what king’s reign did a shower of stones fall from the sky onto the Aelian (?) hill, denouncing the Albans from abandoning their ancestral ways?

Answer 6

Tullus Hostilius’s

Question 7

What woman in Anceint Rome like Tanaquil had helped to elevate her husband Tarquinius Superbus to the kingship?

Answer 7

Tullia

Question 8

What priesthood was established by Numa to mediate in disputes and declare war?

Answer 8

Fetiales

Question 9

What sort of people would have been lumped into the Capite Censi in the Servius Tulilus’ census?

Answer 9

Those who didn’t own weapons

Question 10

What assembly of the whole army elected their leaders in the budding Roman Republic?

Answer 10

Comitia Centuriata

Question 11

Following a skirmish involving stolen cattle, Remus was brought before what man who soon realized that Remus was his grandson?

Answer 11

Numitor

Question 12

What Etruscan woman married a man from Corinth named Lucumo before being shunned by the families of Tarquinii and moving to Rome?

Answer 12

Tanaquil

Question 13

Herminius, Valerius, & Octavius Mamilius all fell at what battle in 496 BCE at which it is said that the Gemini helped the Romans win?

Answer 13

Lake Regillus

Question 14

In an emulation of one of the Wonders of the Ancient World, what temple was constructed by Servius Tullius?

Answer 14

Temple of Diana

Question 15

When his son sent a messenger asking what to do next, what man swung his stick at the tallest poppies, a message his son Arruns understood?

Answer 15

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 16

Following the Horatain victory over Alba Longa, what city did Mettius Fufettius provoke into war against Rome?

Answer 16

Fidenae

Question 17

On what hill of Ancient Rome did Tullus Hostilius not only integrate the refugee Albans, but also live amongst them?

Answer 17

Caelian

Question 18

What son-in-law of Titus Tatius was chosen by the Romans to become the second king of Rome?

Answer 18

Numa Pompilius

Question 19

Along what road did Tullia & Tarquinius Superbus run over the corpse of Servius Tullius?

Answer 19

Via Scelerata / Street of Crime

Question 20

What priesthood’s restrictions were so burdensome that nobody was willing to take the office for decades until it was reinstated by Augustus?

Answer 20

Flamen Dialis

Question 21

Who feigned stupidity by tripping and ‘kissing his mother’, ensuring he would seize power in Rome over his cousins Titus & Arruns?

Answer 21

Brutus

Question 22

Under what king of Clusium had the Etruscans united when Tarquinius Superbus fled from Rome?

Answer 22

Lars Porsenna

Question 23

What Roman king does Livy describe in these lines: “He always kept himself protected by armed men, for he had taken the throne by force - neither people nor senate had consented to his usurpation. He accepted that there was no hpe of his being accepted into the hearts of his subjects, so he ruled by fear.”?

Answer 23

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 24

What two hills were brought into the city by Ancus Marcius?

Answer 24

Aventine & Janiculum

Question 25

A Vitellian woman bore what man two sons who joined in a conspiracy with the Tarquins against their father, the first consul of Rome?

Answer 25

Brutus

Question 26

What shepherd came across two twin boys and a wolf before raising the boys as his own?

Answer 26

Faustulus

Question 27

The inability to look upon anything dead or bound, special eating and sleeping arrangements, and a pointed hat were among the stipulations to serve as what chief priest of Rome?

Answer 27

Flamen Dialis

Question 28

What temple, whose doors remained closed for the entirity of Numa's reign, was built by the peaceful king?

Answer 28

Temple of Janus

Question 29

The construction of what temple on the Capitoline Hill, at which triumphal processions would end, may have been begun by Tarquinius Priscus?

Answer 29

Jupiter Capitolinus/Jupiter Optimus Maximus

Question 30

Who used his role as Tribunus Celerum to raise the Roman aristocracy to revolt following the rape of Lucretia against Tarquinius Superbus?

Answer 30

Lucius Iunius Brutus

Question 31

Seemingly abandoning his previous warlike tendencies, what Roman king discovered a rite of Jupiter in the books of Numa before performing a ritual so horribly that Jupiter himself struck his palace with lightning?

Answer 31

Tullsu Hostilius

Question 32

After usurping the throne from his brother, what man forced his niece to become a Vestal Virgin to ensure no descendents of Numitor be born?

Answer 32

Amulius

Question 33

Whose confession and subsequent suicide spurred Lucius Iunius Brutus and other Romans to exile Tarquinius Superbus?

Answer 33

Lucretia

Question 34

While sleeping as a young boy, whose head lit aflame, because of which Tanaquil married her daughter to him and groomed him as Tarquin's successor?

Answer 34

Servius Tullius

Question 35

Who sent away the two sons of the previous king to hunt before claiming that Roman kingship is not hereditary and proposing himself as the 5th king of Rome

Answer 35

Tarquinius Priscus

Question 36

What king, whose grandfather had died in the war following the abduction of the Sabine women, differed greatly from his predecessor Numa?

Answer 36

Tullus Hostilius

Question 37

What couple in Ancient Rome, who had each married the other's sibling before finding each other, worked together to kill the 6th king of Rome?

Answer 37

Tarquinius Superbus & Tullia

Question 38

What previously major Voscian city claims both Marius and Cicero as natives?

Answer 38

Arpinum

Question 39

What Roman claimed to have been visited by the deified Romulus who instructed the Romans to find a new king?

Answer 39

Julius Proculus

Question 40

Lucius & Arruns were the sons of what Roman king who is said to have constructed Circus Maximus?

Answer 40

Tarquinius Priscus

Question 41

When his father was unable to take Gabii by force, what son of Tarquinius Superbus pretended to be estranged to gain power in Gabii and corrupt it from the inside?

Answer 41

Arruns

Question 42

First 9, then 6, and finally 3, what series of prophetic books did Tarquinius Superbus purchase for the full price despite only receiving a third of them?

Answer 42

Sibylline Oracles

Question 43

What king's "Treaty of Ferentina" ensured that Rome was the head of the Latin League and gave each Latin unit a counterpart Roman unit, both under Roman command?

Answer 43

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 44

With the Etruscan people having become a remote and mysterious people in early Roman history, what Roman emperor is said to have been the last speaker of the Etruscan language?

Answer 44

Claudius

Question 45

What two cousins, one a consul of Rome & the other a son of a Roman king, killed each other at Silva Arsia in 509 BCE?

Answer 45

Brutus & Arruns

Question 46

Which of the 7 hills of Rome did Servius Tullius make fashionable by moving there himself?

Answer 46

Esquiline

Question 47

What aqueduct of 144 BCE was likely named after the achievements of what king who was the first to bring water to Rome by aqueduct according to legend?

Answer 47

Aqua Marcia

Question 48

What Roman king establish lands for peasant farmers called pagi?

Answer 48

Numa Pompilius

Question 49

Although Tarquinius Priscus originally excused the Capite Censi from military duty, what Roman king utilized them for physical labor in constructing the Cloaca Maxima?

Answer 49

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 50

Should a settlement reach too great a size, what would the Latin people do during a 'sacred spring'?

Answer 50

Dedicate and send the first born (human & animal) to found a new city

Question 51

Who claimed that her husband was only wounded rather than assassinated to more easily transition the kingship to her protege Servius Tullius?

Answer 51

Tanaquil

Question 52

During the destruction of Alba Longa, what type of buildings were spared?

Answer 52

Temples

Question 53

To accommodate the over 80,000 Roman citizens following the first census in Rome, what Roman king brought in the Quirinal, Viminal, & Esquiline hills into Rome?

Answer 53

Servius Tullius

Question 54

What Roman king sought to diminish the power of the senate by giving himself the right alone to try capital cases in an attempt to rule with awe and fear as a result of his illegitimate ascension?

Answer 54

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 55

Whom does Livy assert was a captive prince of Corniculum rather than a lifelong slave so that Romans can claim not to have been subjects of a former slave.

Answer 55

Servius Tullius

Question 56

What 'black stone' is believed to mark the grave of Romulus?

Answer 56

Lapis Niger

Question 57

What man was forced to abandon his wife Hersilia on the mortal plane to become the god Quirinus?

Answer 57

Romulus

Question 58

What mountainous tribe of central Italy was pacified by Rome with a series of colonies, including Alba Fucens, before assimiliating by 250 BCE?

Answer 58

Aequi

Question 59

Who threatened to kill the wife of one of his friends and one of her slaves should she not submit herself to him, a crime bringing about the exile of his father Tarquinius Superbus?

Answer 59

Sextus Tarquinius

Question 60

An onion, human hair, and live pilchards were among the alleged materials needed to control thunder & lightning according to what originally reluctant king of Rome?

Answer 60

Numa Pompilius

Question 61

What son of Demaretus was prophesied to become king of Rome by his wife Tanaquil following a hat incident with an eagle?

Answer 61

Tarquinius Priscus

Question 62

At what battle of 509 BCE did Lucius Iunius Brutus & Arruns both meet their end?

Answer 62

Silva Arsia

Question 63

Perhaps envious of the king and nervous about the possible ascension of Lucius & Arruns, the sons of what previous Roman king hired assassins to kill Tarquinius Priscus?

Answer 63

Ancus Marcius

Question 64

Although recently dated to the 370s BCE, what 25 ft high structure made from Tufa is attributed to the 6th king of Rome?

Answer 64

Servian Wall

Question 65

What salt water port was first incorporated into Roman civilization by Ancus Marcius?

Answer 65

Ostia

Question 66

A statue of what man, posing with his sword unsheathed in his hand, stands on the Capitoline Hill as a remembrance of his role in founding the Roman Republic?

Answer 66

Brutus

Question 67

What woman helped negotiate a peace between the Romans and Sabines?

Answer 67

Hersilia

Question 68

Following the collapse of the Etruscans, Tarquinius Superbus turned to what man, his son-in-law and leader of the Latin League, to help defeat Rome?

Answer 68

Octavius Mamilius

Question 69

Who, apparently being too simple-minded to object to Tarquinius Superbus's seizure of his family estate, before exacting revenge not only for himself, but for the Roman state on the final king of Rome?

Answer 69

Brutus

Question 70

When he had entered Rome for the first time, what man's hat was stolen then returned by an eagle, an omen prophesizing his ascent to the Roman throne?

Answer 70

Tarquinius Priscus

Question 71

Who was sent to Delphi with his cousins Titus & Arruns as comic relief, but alone realized the true meaning of the Oracle's reply that 'whoever is the first to kiss his mother will have supreme authority in Rome'?

Answer 71

Brutus

Question 72

Whom did Ancus Marcius make guardian over his two sons, paving the way for his ascension to the throne following Ancus's death?

Answer 72

Tarquinius Priscus

Question 73

Rather than endure being buried alive, what Vestal Virgin admitted that she was seduced by the god Mars?

Answer 73

Rhea Silvia

Question 74

What man opened a temple within the walls of Rome and promised a safe haven for all criminals inside to build the population of his new city?

Answer 74

Romulus

Question 75

What Roman king was the first not to be elected and was instead put into power by his mentor Tanaquil?

Answer 75

Servius Tullius

Question 76

What English word derived from Greek refers to the protection given to the temple Romulus built as a safe haven from persecution?

Answer 76

asylum

Question 77

Due to the sudden increase in population, what king of Rome constructed the Curia to accomodate the new Albans into the city?

Answer 77

Tullus Hostilius

Question 78

Although the Roman grammarian Festus claims that his name means 'heavy' in Archaic Latin, what Roman's name means 'stupid', a characteristic he seemingly played up in his rivalry with Tarquinius Superbus?

Answer 78

Brutus

Question 79

Although Tarquinius Priscus is said to have started the construction, what later king ultimately finished the construction of the temple to Jupiter Optimus Maximus?

Answer 79

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 80

What king, whom Ennius simply calls bonus, defeated the prisci Latini at the start of his reign and incorporated the Aventine & Janiculum hills into the city?

Answer 80

Ancus Marcius

Question 81

Hoping to win the favor of his predecessor's sons, what king marries Lucius & Arruns to his daughters?

Answer 81

Servius Tullius