History Comeback - Monarchy Flashcards
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Who was the wife of Faustulus?
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Acca Larentia
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What king of Rome was the son of a Vestal Virgin?
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Romulus
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The Valerian clan was allegedly descended from what man that came to Rome with king Titus Tatius when the city was founded in 753 B.C.?
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Volsus Valerius
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The Valerian clan was allegedly descended from Volsus Valerius who came to Rome with what king when the city was founded?
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Titus Tatius
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Romulus killed Remus when the latter overstepped the former’s boundary line which had what name?
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Pomerium
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What was the sacred boundary that surrounded Etruscan cities called?
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Pomerium
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Upon what Roman hill was the Tarpeian Rock located?
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Capitoline
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Romulus invited the Sabines to Rome along with people from where else?
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Antemnae, Crustumium, Caenina
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What grandfather of Tullus Hostilius did Mettius Curtius fight alongside?
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Hostius Hostilius
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Who stopped the Romans and Sabines from fighting after Tarpeia let the Sabines into the city?
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The women/Hersilia
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Who was the wife of Romulus?
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Hersilia
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What Sabine co-ruled with Romulus?
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Titus Tatius
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Titus Tatius was the king of what people?
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Sabines
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What name did the Romans give themselves to honor the Sabine town of Cures?
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Quirites
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Who won the first Spolia Opima?
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Romulus
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How could one earn the honor of Spolia Opima?
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Slaying an enemy leader in single handed combat
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What king of the Caeninenses did Romulus kill which earned him the Spolia Opima?
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Acron
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Of what tribe was Acron the king?
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Caeninenses
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To what temple did Romulus dedicate the spoils of Acron?
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Jupiter Feretrius
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Where is Romulus said to have been reviewing his troops when he disappeared in a whirlwind?
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Swamp of Capra (Palus Caprae)
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What senator claimed that Romulus appeared to him after death and saw him ascend into the heavens?
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Julius Proculus
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What senator attempted to ascend to the throne after claiming that he saw the deification of Romulus?
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Julius Proculus
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What was Romulus’ deified name?
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Quirinus
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What term refers to the time where there is no current king?
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Interregnum
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What were the senators divided into during Interregnum?
10 decuriae
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What town was the first to attack Rome in retaliation of the Rape of the Sabines?
Caenina
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Following Caenina's defeat by Romulus, what town attacked Rome?
Antemnae
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What king of the Sabines attacked Rome during the reign of Romulus?
Titus Tatius
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What daughter of Spurius Tarpeius was bribed by Titus Tatius to open the gates of Rome? (After which, the Sabines threw their shields on her)
Tarpeia
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What Sabine champion was bogged down in a swamp by his horse?
Mettius Curtius
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What name was given to the lake which Mettius Curtius drove his chariot into?
Lacus Curtius
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After the Sabines took the citadel, to what god did Romulus pray as his forces were retreating?
Jupiter Stator
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Romulus divided the people into what three tribes?
Ramnes (Latins), Tities (Sabines), Luceres (Etruscans)
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Which of the three tribes did Romulus name after himself?
Ramnes (Latins)
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Where did Titus Tatius die/ What city killed him?
Lavinium
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What did Romulus do in response to Lavinium's killing of Titus Tatius?
Signed a treaty with them
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With what city did Rome sign a 100-yearlong treaty during the reign of Romulus?
Veii
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For how many years was the treaty that Rome signed with Veii after the latter's defeat during Romulus' reign?
100
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During what king's reign did Rome sign a 100-yearlong treaty with Veii?
Romulus
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How did Titus Tatius die?
Stoned at Lavinium
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Who, while reviewing his troops on the Campus Martius, was enveloped into a storm cloud and was later deified as the god Quirinus?
Romulus
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What was Hersilia's deified name?
Hora
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What name was given to the 1 ruling senator of his decuriae?
Decurio
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How long did each of the 10 decuriones serve as interrex for?
5 days
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What name was given to the meeting by the interrex to elect a new king which was then ratified by the senate?
Comitia Curiata
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What law would give the king his powers?
Lex Curiata de Imperio
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Who was the mother of Romulus and Remus?
Rhea Silvia
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What were the names of the 7 hills of Rome?
Palatine, Aventine, Capitoline, Caelian, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline
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What is Rhea Silvia's Greek name?
Ilia
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Who was the father of Romulus and Remus?
Mars
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Who was Rhea Silvia's father, the grandfather of Romulus and Remus?
Numitor
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Who was Numitor's brother, the great-uncle of Romulus and Remus?
Amulius
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Who stole the throne of Alba Longa from his brother Numitor?
Amulius
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Into what river was Romulus and Remus thrown?
Tiber
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Who recovered Romulus and Remus from the Tiber River?
Lupa (she-wolf)
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What shepherd raised Romulus and Remus
Faustulus
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Who was Romulus' brother?
Remus
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What hill did Romulus settle on?
Palatine
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What hill did Remus settle on?
Aventine
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What was the hut of Romulus called which was built on the Palatine?
Casa Romuli
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On what hill was the Casa Romuli built?
Palatine
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How many vultures did Romulus spot on the Palatine which meant that he had the superior augural sign and had say over where the city should be?
12
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How many vultures did Remus see?
6
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On what hill did Remus spot 6 vultures?
Aventine
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What were the dates of the Monarchy?
753-510 BC
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Who was the Vestal Virgin that gave birth to Romulus and Remus?
Rhea Silvia
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What king of Alba Longa was the father of Numitor and Amulius?
Proca
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Who was the oldest son of Proca?
Numitor
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What uncle of Rhea Silvia forced her to become a Vestal Virgin?
Amulius
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What two brothers were abandoned at birth?
Romulus and Remus
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What were the dates of Romulus' reign as king?
753-716 B.C.
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What lieutenant of Romulus possibly slew Remus?
Celer
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Who killed Remus?
Romulus
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Why did Romulus kill Remus?
Remus jokingly overstepped the boundaries of Rome
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On what exact date was Rome founded?
April 21, 753 B.C.
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Who founded Rome?
Romulus
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What Roman king opened the city to criminals and other outcasts along with making it so they were safe from arrest within Rome?
Romulus
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How many people did Romulus choose to be senators?
100
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What did Romulus call his senators?
Patres
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What were the 100 senators' descendants called?
Patricians
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What was the personal guard of 300 men made by Romulus called?
Celeres
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What does "Celeres" mean?
The swift
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Romulus divided the city into 30 what?
Curiae
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When there was a demand for women, who did Romulus invite to the Consualia festival in Rome?
Sabines
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What man seized the most beautiful girl at the Consualia festival?
Thalasius
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While fetching water from the Spring of Camenae, what Vestal Virgin let the Sabines into Rome?
Tarpeia
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Who was crushed by the Sabine's shields after she let them into the gates of Rome?
Tarpeia
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What name was given to the cliff which Tarpeia was thrown off of?
Tarpeian Rock
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What commander of the Capitoline citadel was the father of Tarpeia?
Spurius Tarpeius
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To what god did Romulus adopt the rite of sacrificing to?
Herculius
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Which hill did Romulus establish as an asylum for criminals?
Capitoline
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How long would it take for a new rotation to begin if no one stepped up to be king?
50 days
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Where is Titus Tatius said to who have ruled?
Cures
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What Etruscan town did Romulus defeat by employing cavalry flanking tactics?
Fidenae
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How did Romulus defeat the Etruscan town of Fidenae?
Cavalry flanking tactics
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Who was the supposed son of Romulus?
Aellius (Abillus)
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What are two possible names for Romulus' supposed son?
Aellius, Abillus
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Who was the supposed stepdaughter of Romulus?
Prima
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What religious cult was Tarpeia a part of?
Vestal Virgins
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From where was Tarpeia fetching water when the Sabines attacked?
Spring of Camenae
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What Vestal Virgin let the Sabines into the city during the reign of Romulus?
Tarpeia
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Who was the most beautiful prostitute in Rome?
Acca Larentia
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To what festival were the Sabines invited during the reign of Romulus?
Consualia
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Where did Proca rule as king?
Alba Longa
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Who held the imperium in Rome if the king was away from the city?
Praefectus Urbi
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What king of Rome established the position of Praefectus Urbi to serve as the chief lieutenant of the king?
Romulus
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What position did Romulus establish to serve as the chief lieutenant of the king?
Praefectus Urbi
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Along with Faustulus, who raised Romulus and Remus?
Acca Larentia
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According to Livy, what was the 1st act of Romulus as king?
Fortifying the Palatine
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According to Livy, whose first act as king was fortifying the Palatine?
Romulus
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According to legend, Aeneas was the founder of what city?
Lavinium
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According to tradition, who founded Lavinium?
Aeneas
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What historian determined the date of 753 B.C. for the founding of Rome?
Marcus Terentius Varro (Reatinus)
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What priest did the historian Festus consider above all others?
Rex Sacrorum
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What was the wife of the Rex Sacrorum called?
Regina Sacrorum
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What were the three classes of priests in the group "flamines maiores"?
Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, Flamen Quirinalis
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How long did it take for a new king to be found after Romulus' death around 716 B.C.?
1 year
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Who did Aeneas marry?
Lavinia
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What son of Aeneas founded Alba Longa?
Ascanius (Iulus)
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Which of Rome's hills was the smallest?
Capitoline
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What hill was originally divided into Cermalus, Palatinus, and Velia?
Palatine
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What hill was originally divided into Oppius, Cispius, and Fagutal?
Esquiline
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The Luperci represented which hill?
Quirinal
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Who was the god of boundaries?
Terminus
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The Tities tribe supposedly represented what people?
Sabines
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The Ramnes tribe supposedly represented what people?
Latins
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The Luceres tribe supposedly represented what people?
Etruscans
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What temple did Romulus consecrate in remembrance of the peace with the Sabines?
Jupiter Stator
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What year was the Rape of the Sabines?
753 B.C.
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During what king's reign did the Rape of the Sabines occur?
Romulus
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Romulus and his followers plotted to abduct Sabine women and force them to wed Roman men during what festival?
Neptune Equester
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What people did Romulus and his followers plan to abduct and force to marry Roman men during the festival of Neptune Equester?
Sabine women
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Whom did the Consualia festival honor?
Consus/Neptunus Equestris
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Of what origin was Hersilia?
Sabine
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The Villanovan culture in ancient Italy roughly corresponds to which dates?
900-700 B.C.
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What culture roughly corresponds to the years 900-700 B.C.?
Villanovan
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What name was originally given to the Tiber River due to the white hue of its water which had been caused by sediment carried down from the mountains?
Albula River
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What was the Albula River renamed to in honor of the 9th king of Alba Longa who reportedly drowned in it?
Tiber River
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The Albula River was renamed in honor of what 9th king of Alba Longa who reportedly drowned in it?
Tiberinus
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According to tradition, what year had the Olympic Games first been held?
776 B.C.
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According to tradition, what ancient institution had first been held in 776 B.C.?
Olympic Games
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What Roman king single-handedly slew 7,000 members of the enemy side on his final campaign?
Romulus
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How many of the enemy is Romulus said to have single-handedly killed on his final campaign?
7000
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What did Romulus supposedly say upon the death of Titus Tatius?
One murder has caused the other
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What can the name "Lupa" also mean?
Prostitute
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What she-wolf's name can also mean "prostitute"?
Lupa
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What year were Romulus and Remus supposedly born?
770 B.C.
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What king of Rome was potentially killed by senators who each removed a bit of this man's body and hid them under the senators' cloaks?
Romulus
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When work was begun on the city of Rome, what object was found which signified great things for the new city?
Severed head that was still bleeding
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During what king's reign was a severed head that was still bleeding found, signifying great things for the city of Rome?
Romulus
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According to Herodotus, the Etruscans were originally from Lydia, but rather than submitting to the Persian empire, they put all their possessions onto ships and fled to the west while under what Lydian king?
Tyrrhenus
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Numa Pompilius
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What Roman king is said to have been born on the day of Rome's founding?
Numa Pompilius
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What town was Numa Pompilius residing at before becoming king?
Cures
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Of what origin was Numa Pompilius?
Sabine
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How was Numa Pompilius related to Titus Tatius?
Son-in-law
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Who did Numa Pompilius marry?
Tatia
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Who was the father of Tatia?
Titus Tatius
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What nymph was Numa Pompilius' lover and advisor?
Egeria
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What royal residence of the kings did Numa Pompilius build?
Regia
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What king of Rome established the office of Pontifex Maximus?
Numa Pompilius
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According to some sources, who is said to have taught Numa Pompilius in philosophy?
Pythagoras of Samos
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Who was the father of Numa Pompilius?
Pomponius
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What temple did Numa Pompilius consecrate on the Aventine hill?
Jupiter Elicius
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On what hill did Numa Pompilius consecrate the Temple of Jupiter Elicius?
Aventine
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Who is said to have been the wisest of the 7 kings of Rome because he was advised by the nymph Egeria?
Numa Pompilius
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To what duty did Numa Pompilius create an annual ceremony in honor of Egeria?
Troth-keeping
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Numa Pompilius created an annual ceremony to troth-keeping in honor of what advisor of his?
Egeria
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What were the dates of Numa Pompilius' reign as king?
715-673 B.C.
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Who did Numa Pompilius appoint as the first Pontifex Maximus?
Numa Marcius
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Numa Marcius was appointed by Numa Pompilius to be the first holder of what position?
Pontifex Maximus
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Who established the ancilia?
Numa Pompilius
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What were the ancilia?
Sacred shields of Mars
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What were carried by the Salii in a yearly procession?
Ancilia
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What priestly college, the dancing priests of Mars, did Numa Pompilius establish?
Salii
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Who established the Salii?
Numa Pompilius
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Who added January and February to the Calendar?
Numa Pompilius
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What tradition of lawful and unlawful days did Numa Pompilius establish?
Fasti, Nefasti
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What temple was founded at the bottom of the Argiletum Road?
Temple of Janus
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At the bottom of what road was the Temple of Janus founded?
Argiletum Road
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During what time would the Temple of Janus be open?
War
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During what time would the Temple of Janus be closed?
Peace
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How did Numa Pompilius die?
Old age
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What king of Rome was advised by a nymph named Egeria?
Numa Pompilius
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What expert blacksmith was commissioned by Numa Pompilius to construct 11 bronze copies of the ancilia in order to protect them from being stolen?
Marmurius Veturius
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Marmurius Veturius was commissioned by Numa Pompilius to construct how many bronze copies of the ancilia in order to protect them from being stolen?
11
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Numa Pompilius commissioned Marmurius Veturius to construct 11 bronze copies of what objects in order to protect them from being stolen?
Ancilia
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Marmurius Veturius was commissioned by what king of Rome to construct 11 bronze copies of the ancilia in order to protect them from being stolen?
Numa Pompilius
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Who were the 4 sons of Numa Pompilius?
Calpus, Mamercus, Pinus, Pompo
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Who was the daughter of Numa Pompilius?
Pompilia
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On what exact date was Numa Pompilius born?
April 21, 753 B.C.
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What did Pythagoras of Samos teach Numa Pompilius?
Philosophy
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Egeria has been associated with what Greek goddess of childbirth?
Eileithyia
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What religious counselor to Numa Pompilius has been associated with the Greek goddess of childbirth, Eileithyia?
Egeria
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What temple did Numa Pompilius establish which was open during war and closed during peace?
Temple of Janus
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What king of Rome constructed the Temple of Janus?
Numa Pompilius
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What two parts were the Salii, the dancing priests of Mars, divided into?
Salii Palatini, Salii Collini
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What left-handed, crook-handled staff did augurs carry?
Lituus
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How many years did it take for Numa's calendar to go a full cycle?
20
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The Salii honored what god?
Mars Gradivus
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Of what material was the breastplate which the Salii would wear?
Bronze
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Who was Numa Marcius (first Pontifex Maximus) the son of?
Marcus
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To what mythological group did Numa declare his meeting place with Egeria to be sacred?
Muses
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What son of Numa Pompilius was nicknamed "Aemilius" meaning "Smoothie" because he was such an easy speaker?
Mamercus
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What nickname meaning "Smoothie" did Numa Pompilius' son Mamercus earn because he was such an easy speaker?
Aemilius
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What was the meaning of Numa Pompilius' son Mamercus' nickname "Aemilius", which he earned for himself because he was such an easy speaker?
Smoothie
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What was the punishment for insulting a Vestal Virgin?
Beaten to death
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From where did Numa Pompilius bring the Vestal Virgins?
Alba Longa
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What king of Rome brought the Vestal Virgins from Alba Longa?
Numa Pompilius
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What religious cult did Numa Pompilius bring from the city of Alba Longa?
Vestal Virgins
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Who said that he preferred a life of contemplation and philosophy over being king, when a delegation went to fetch him from a village in the woods?
Numa Pompilius
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What Roman king once divulged a spell given to him by Jupiter for controlling thunder and lightning, which required an onion, human hair and live pilchards?
Numa Pompilius
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What did the thunder and lightning controlling spell, given to Numa by Jupiter, require in order to conjure?
Onion, Human hair, Live pilchards
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What Roman king established the boundaries of Rome, something Romulus never dared to do in case his neighbors saw exactly how much land he had grabbed?
Numa Pompilius
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What term denotes the communities of peasant farmers on the land of Rome's boundaries whom Numa appointed?
Pagi
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What king of Rome established communities of peasant farmers called Pagi?
Numa Pompilius
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What did Numa name the month of January after?
Janus (god of beginnings)
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From what Latin word with what meaning did Numa name the month of February?
Febrare, To clean and purify
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Upon what hill was Numa's house?
Quirinal
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What king of Rome's house was upon the Quirinal Hill?
Numa Pompilius
221
Tullus Hostilis
222
Of what origin was Tullus Hostilius?
Latin
223
How was Tullus Hostilius related to Hostius Hostilius?
Grandson
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Who fought in the war of the Sabines during the reign of Tullus Hostilius?
Hostius Hostilius
225
Which set of triplets fought for Rome?
Horatii
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Which set of triplets fought for Alba Longa?
Curiatii
227
Which set of triplets were victorious in the "duel of the triplets"?
Horatii
228
Which of the Horatii was the only one to survive?
Publius Horatius
229
How did Publius Horatius defeat the Curiatii after he was outnumbered 3 to 1?
Divide and conquer (hit and run)
230
Why did Publius Horatius kill his sister after the duel?
She mourned one of the Curiatii (to whom she was engaged)
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What would have been the name of the man to whom Horatia was engaged?
Curiatius
232
Where did Publius Horatius kill his sister?
Porta Capena (Capena Gate)
233
What Alban king did not obey the terms that the duel would end the war?
Mettius Fufetius
234
What town did Mettius Fufetius incite against Rome after he disobeyed the terms of the triplets' duel?
Fidenae
235
How did Tullus Hostilius punish Mettius Fufetius after the dictator of Alba Longa went against the terms of the triplets' duel?
Drawn and quartered (Torn apart by two horse-drawn chariots going in opposite directions)
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Who preceded Mettius Fufetius as the ruler of Alba Longa?
Gaius Cluilius
237
Where did Rome settle the Albans during the reign of Tullus Hostilius?
Caelian
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What were the dates of Tullus Hostilius' reign as king?
673-641 B.C.
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What king of Rome was like Romulus because he was also raised by shepherds?
Tullus Hostilius
240
Upon what hill did Tullus Hostilius build his palace?
Caelian
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Who was the sister of the Horatii that mourned one of the Curiatii?
Horatia
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Although more famous as a means of humiliation, the practice of "Sub Iugum Mittere" (passing under the yoke) began as an expiative act, with the first documented instance taken by what man for murdering his sibling?
Publius Horatius
243
What expiative act was taken upon Publius Horatius for murdering his sibling? (give the Latin)
Sub Iugum Mittere (passing under the yoke)
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What Alban king is said to have helped the Romans against Fidenae and Veii but treacherously waited to see who would win?
Mettius Fufetius
245
During the reign of Tullus Hostilius, what city did Rome sack and destroy, transferring their population to Rome thereby doubling the Roman population?
Alba Longa
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Under what king's reign was the population of Rome doubled?
Tullus Hostilius
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Who was the king of Alba Longa during the duel of the triplets?
Gaius Cluilius
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What king of Alba Longa constructed the Cluilian trench?
Gaius Cluilius
249
What was the only part of Alba Longa that Tullus Hostilius left standing?
Temples
250
What king built the Curia Hostilia (Senate house)?
Tullus Hostilius
251
What was the senate house called?
Curia
252
At what battle of 650 B.C. did Tullus Hostilius decimate the Sabines?
Silva Malitiosa (Evil Wood)
253
What year was the Battle of Silva Malitiosa?
650 B.C.
254
What people were defeated by Tullus Hostilius at the Battle of Silva Malitiosa in 650 B.C.?
Sabines
255
What king of Rome went to war with the Sabines that did not come to Rome with Titus Tatius?
Tullus Hostilius
256
How did the gods show their displeasure at Tullus Hostilius because of his ignoring of religion?
Shower of stones on Mt. Alba
257
For what reason did the gods send a shower of stones on Mt. Alba?
Tullus Hostilius' ignoring of religion
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After a plague had fallen upon Rome, to what god did Tullus Hostilius incorrectly carry out sacrifices?
Jupiter Elicius
259
What happened when Tullus Hostilius incorrectly carried out sacrifices to Jupiter Elicius?
House struck by lightning (died in subsequent fire)
260
What "fetal" priest plucked the green plant and ordained Spurius Fusius as the Pater Patratus or spokesman?
Marcus Valerius
261
What title of "spokesman" was Spurius Fusius given?
Pater Patratus
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Who was made "Pater Patratus" in order to swear the oath to begin the battle between the triplets?
Spurius Fusius
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Who did Marcus Valerius appoint to the position of Pater Patratus in order to begin the swearing of oaths between the two sets of triplets?
Spurius Fusius
264
What Roman hero fought opposite Mettius Curtius?
Hostius Hostilius
265
The Oscan word "meddix" gives us the name of what Alban general?
Mettius Fufetius
266
Before Mettius Fufetius lost his life at the hands of Tullus Hostilius, Hostilius and what preceding king of Alba Longa sent the Curiatii against the Romans' Horatii?
Gaius Cluilius
267
Who killed Mettius Fufetius?
Tullus Hostilius
268
In what year was Alba Longa destroyed?
665 B.C.
269
What two tribes did Mettius Fufetius pledge to assist Rome in fighting, though he did not follow through on his promise?
Veii and Fidenae
270
In what fortification did Gaius Cluilius die 5 miles outside Rome?
Cluilius' Trench
271
What animal did Spurius Fusius sacrifice with a flint knife?
Pig
272
What special officers did Tullus Hostilius appoint to condemn Publius Horatius of treason?
Duumvirs
273
What was the name of the yoke of submission that Publius Horatius was forced to pass under?
Sororium Tigilium (Sister's Beam)
274
Where were Roman citizens sieged in a crowded market which was Tullus Hostilius' casus belli against the Sabines?
Shrine of Feronia
275
Tullus Hostilius' war with what city began on account of reciprocal cattle raids?
Alba Longa
276
What Roman king professed to believe that it was healthier for the young men to be under arms rather than becoming soft and lazy at home?
Tullus Hostilius
277
What bronze tablet is the only record of the Volsci's language, which seems to confirm their Italic origins?
Tabula Veliterna
278
The Tabula Veliterna is the only record of what people's language?
Volsci
279
While passing under the yoke could be used as a humiliation tactic, it was also used in what other case, an act which a member of the gens Horatii had to atone for during the reign of Tullus Hostilius?
To purify one of blood guilt (slaying one's kin, sororicide)
280
Ancus Marcius
281
Of what origin was Ancus Marcius?
Sabine
282
What king of Rome besieged Velitrae?
Ancus Marcius
283
What Greek sailor "discovered" Tartessus?
Colaeus of Samos
284
The Greek sailor Colaeus of Samos "discovered" what harbor city?
Tartessus
285
The Phocaeans developed trade-relations with what king of Tartessus?
Arganthonius
286
How many years old is the king of Tartessus, Arganthonius said to have been at the time of his death, though some believe he lived to be 150?
120
287
How was Ancus Marcius related to Numa Pompilius?
Grandson
288
Who was the mother of Ancus Marcius?
Pompilia
289
What king ordered the Pontifex Maximus to copy the text concerning the performance of public ceremonies and religion from the commentaries of Numa Pompilius?
Ancus Marcius
290
What king of Rome established the fetiales?
Ancus Marcius
291
What physical deformity did Ancus Marcius have?
Crooked arms
292
What were the dates of Ancus Marcius' reign as king?
640-616 B.C.
293
What infamous dungeon of the Mamertine prison did Ancus Marcius build?
Tullianum
294
What king of Rome created the plebeian class?
Ancus Marcius
295
Of what tribe were the Fetalies?
Aequicolae
296
What king of Rome built the Quirites Trench?
Ancus Marcius
297
The addition of what forest extended Rome's holdings to the Mediterranean Sea during Ancus Marcius' reign?
Maesian Forest
298
Under which king's reign is Rome thought to have extended its territory to the Mediterranean Sea?
Ancus Marcius
299
Before establishing Ostia, what area did Ancus Marcius take from Veii?
Maesian Forest
300
From what city did Ancus Marcius take the Maesian Forest?
Veii
301
What were the duties of the Fetiales?
Declared war
302
What group declared war on the Latins during the reign of Ancus Marcius?
Fetiales
303
What hill the did Romans settle the Latins on?
Aventine Hill
304
Where did the Romans defeat the Latins during the reign of Ancus Marcius?
Politorium
305
What Latin town did Ancus Marcius invade, subsequently incorporating it into Rome?
Politorium
306
Where did Ancus Marcius establish a saltwater port?
Ostia
307
What king of Rome built the first prison?
Ancus Marcius
308
What name was given to the first prison which was constructed during Ancus Marcius' reign?
Mamertine prison
309
What king of Rome built the first wooden bridge named the Pons Sublicius?
Ancus Marcius
310
What was the first wooden bridge built in Rome, which crossed the Tiber, named?
Pons Sublicius
311
Which river did the Pons Sublicius cross?
Tiber
312
According to tradition, what Roman king incorporated the Janiculum hill into the city?
Ancus Marcius
313
Where did the sons of Ancus Marcius go into voluntary exile?
Suessa Pometia
314
What king of Rome captured the towns of Ficana, Tellena, Medullia and Politorium?
Ancus Marcius
315
What were the 4 main towns that Ancus Marcius captured during his reign?
Ficana, Tellena, Medullia, Politorium
316
Which Roman king had crooked arms?
Ancus Marcius
317
What king of Rome may have been handicapped, as his name means "crooked arm"?
Ancus Marcius
318
What did Ancus Marcius' name mean?
Crooked arm
319
According to tradition, who was the founder of Ostia?
Ancus Marcius
320
Which two captured towns joined the Latins on the Aventine Hill?
Ficana, Tellena
321
After the second defeat of Politorium, where were the townsmen settled?
Altar of Murcia
322
What legal procedure for declaring war did Ancus Marcius adopt from the Aequicolae?
Ius Fetiale
323
How many days of discussion were to be held before a fetiale would throw a spear into an enemy's territory, declaring war?
33
324
What two hills did Ancus Marcius add to the city?
Aventine and Janiculum
325
What Roman king incorporated the Aventine and Janiculum hills into the city?
Ancus Marcius
326
How many sons did Ancus Marcius have?
2
327
Tarquinius Priscus
328
According to legend, whose cap was taken from him by an eagle, though the eagle returned it on his head after flying around the city?
Tarquinius Priscus
329
What did it mean when an eagle snatched a cap off of Tarquinius Priscus' head?
Priscus would become king
330
Who was the first Etruscan king of Rome?
Tarquinius Priscus
331
What Greek city did Tarquinius Priscus originally hail from?
Corinth
332
Who was the father of Tarquinius Priscus?
Demaratus
333
From where was Demaratus an immigrant?
Corinth
334
What were the dates of Tarquinius Priscus' reign as king?
616-579 B.C.
335
What king of Rome was killed by an axe blow to the head?
Tarquinius Priscus
336
Who was the child of Arruns Tarquinius?
Egerius
337
Who was the younger son of Demaratus of Corinth?
Arruns Tarquinius
338
How was Tarquinius Superbus related to Tarquinius Priscus?
Son
339
What king of Rome had the original idea for a wall around the city though Servius Tullius actually constructed the first?
Tarquinius Priscus
340
What king of Rome drained the Forum to build the Cloaca Maxima?
Tarquinius Priscus
341
Who were the sons of Tarquinius Priscus?
Arruns and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
342
Who was the Etruscan woman that Tarquinius Priscus chose to make his wife?
Tanaquil
343
Of what origin was Tanaquil?
Etruscan
344
Who was the wife of Tarquinius Priscus?
Tanaquil
345
When Lucumo and Tanaquil settled in Rome, what name did the former take?
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
346
After becoming friends with Ancus Marcius, whose guardian did Lucius Tarquinius Priscus become?
The sons of Ancus Marcius
347
What was the original name of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus?
Lucumo
348
After Ancus Marcius died, what did Tarquinius Priscus tell Ancus' sons to do while Priscus seized the throne?
Go hunting
349
Once successful against the Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines what did Tarquinius Priscus double?
Equites
350
How many senators did Tarquinius Priscus add?
100 (minores gentes)
351
What king of Rome added 100 minores gentes to the Senate?
Tarquinius Priscus
352
When Tarquinius Priscus was going to add mounted troops to the army, what augur counseled against it?
Attus Navius
353
What did Attus Navius cut with a razor?
Whetstone
354
With what did Attus Navius cut a whetstone?
Razor
355
Tarquinius Priscus first captured what town in his campaign against the Latins?
Apiolae
356
What king of Rome captured Apiolae from the Latins?
Tarquinius Priscus
357
What king of Rome began the construction of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus?
Tarquinius Priscus
358
Between what two hills was the Circus Maximus constructed?
Palatine and Aventine
359
Who killed Tarquinius Priscus?
The sons of Ancus Marcius
360
Who was the daughter of Tarquinius Priscus?
Tarquinia
361
What king of the Bituriges formed Gaul into a prosperous kingdom during the reign of Tarquinius Priscus?
Ambitgatus
362
What Gallic people was Ambitgatus the king of?
Bituriges
363
What Gallic tribe did the Bituriges dominate?
Celts
364
Who were the two nephews of Ambitgatus whom he sent to find new homes for their people in order to relieve the kingdom of the growing population that had become too difficult to control?
Bellovesus and Segovesus
365
How were Bellovesus and Segovesus related to Ambitgatus?
Nephews
366
During the reign of Tarquinius Priscus, where did the Greeks build a sanctuary which served the city as a port, much like Ostia?
Gravisca
367
In an unlikely tradition, Demaratus is said to have been driven from the city of Corinth by what tyrant?
Cypselus
368
In an unlikely tradition, what father of Tarquinius Priscus is said to have been driven from Corinth by the infamous tyrant Cypselus?
Demaratus
369
Who, known as "the needy one", was Tarquinius Priscus' nephew?
Egerius
370
How was Egerius related to Tarquinius Priscus?
Nephew
371
What was Egerius known as?
The needy one
372
Who was the first king of Rome descended from neither Roman nor Sabine ancestry?
Tarquinius Priscus
373
Tarquinius Priscus was the first king of Rome to be of what origin?
Etruscan
374
Who brought the practice of augury to Rome?
Tanaquil
375
What practice did Tanaquil bring to Rome?
Augury
376
What augur convinced Tarquinius Priscus not to increase the number of equestrian Centuries by cutting a whetstone with a razor?
Attus Navius
377
Tarquinius Priscus began construction on what two structures?
Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, Circus Maximus
378
Who began the construction of the Circus Maximus?
Tarquinius Priscus
379
Two men of what profession were sent by the sons of Ancus Marcius to kill Tarquinius Priscus?
Shepherds
380
How many shepherds were sent by the sons of Ancus Marcius to kill Tarquinius Priscus?
2
381
Egerius was the father of what Roman consul?
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
382
Who was the father of Egerius who died before his son was born?
Arruns
383
In what area of Rome was a statue of Attus Navius created along with his whetstone and razor buried underneath?
Comitium
384
Who referred to Tarquinius Priscus' death as "a most shameful deed"?
Tanaquil
385
What did Tanaquil refer to Tarquinius Priscus' death as?
A most shameful deed
386
On what hill were Tarquinius Priscus and Tanaquil when Priscus had his hat taken by an eagle?
Janiculum
387
How many men did Tarquinius Priscus increase the three centuries to?
1800
388
What king of Rome increased the three centuries to 1,800?
Tarquinius Priscus
389
To what god did Tarquinius Priscus make a bonfire in offering after defeating the Sabines?
Vulcan
390
What king of Rome made a bonfire in offering to Vulcan after defeating the Sabines?
Tarquinius Priscus
391
What town was Egerius put in command of after its taking from the Sabines?
Collatia
392
Which Gallic tribe was the last to migrate to Italy?
Senones
393
What nickname does Tarquinius Priscus now have which denotes the difference between him and his son, Superbus?
Tarquin the Elder
394
Tarquinius Priscus drained the forum to build what structure?
Cloaca Maxima
395
In an alternate tradition reported by several Roman chroniclers, Tanaquil changed her name to what, once she arrived at Rome, which is believed to have been invoked at Roman weddings?
Gaia Caecilia
396
What Etruscan woman changed her name to Gaia Caecilia once she arrived at Rome?
Tanaquil
397
According to Livy, the first Tarquins came from Etruria to Rome by what rarely-used, 2-wheeled covered chariot?
Carpentum
398
According to Livy, the first of what family came from Etruria to Rome by a carpentum, a rarely used 2-wheeled covered chariot?
Tarquins
399
According to Livy, the first Tarquins came from what region in Italy to Rome by means of a carpentum?
Etruria
400
Servius Tullius
401
What protege of Tanaquil took the throne when Tarquinius Priscus died?
Servius Tullius
402
According to legend, whose head lit on fire but was was not harmed?
Servius Tullius
403
What did Tanaquil interpret Servius Tullius' head lighting on fire as?
Destiny
404
Who was born a slave but became the king of Rome?
Servius Tullius
405
Who was the mother of Servius Tullius?
Ocrisia
406
Who was the first man to be made king without the consultation of the plebs?
Servius Tullius
407
What hill did Servius Tullius live on?
Esquiline
408
What were the dates of Servius Tullius' reign as king?
578-535 B.C.
409
Where was Ocrisia a slave?
Corniculum
410
According to Claudius, what king's original name was Mastarna?
Servius Tullius
411
What emperor identified Servius Tullius as Mastarna?
Claudius
412
What daughter of Tarquinius Priscus and Tanaquil did Servius Tullius marry?
Tarquinia
413
Who established temples to Diana and Fortuna?
Servius Tullius
414
To what two deities did Servius Tullius dedicate temples?
Diana and Fortuna
415
Who created the census?
Servius Tullius
416
What were the people of Rome divided into after the making of the census?
5 classes
417
Where did the people of Rome assemble by tribe after the making of the census?
Campus Martius
418
What replaced the Comitia Curiata as Rome's primary legislative body?
Comitia Centuriata
419
How many sesterces did you need to possess in order to be a senator?
800000
420
How many sesterces did you need to possess in order to be a part of the equites?
400000
421
What was the punishment for not registering for the census?
Death
422
According to Fabius Pictor, how many Romans were registered in the census during Servius Tullius' reign?
80000
423
Who settled the Quirinal and Viminal hills and extended the settlement of the Esquiline, which was where this man lived?
Servius Tullius
424
Who introduced coinage into Rome?
Servius Tullius
425
What was Servius Tullius' original name?
Mastarna
426
On what road was Servius Tullius' body run over by his daughter, Tullia the Younger?
Via Scelerata (Vicus Sceleratus)
427
What is the English translation of "Via Scelerata"?
Street of Crime
428
Who built the first defensive wall around Rome?
Servius Tullius
429
What was the first defensive wall called?
Servian Wall
430
What was the Servian Wall made out of?
Tufa
431
Who was Servius Tullius' daughters?
Tullia the Elder and Tullia the Younger
432
Who assassinated Servius Tullius?
Men sent by Tullia the Younger and Tarquinius Superbus
433
Who was the husband of Tullia the Younger?
Tarquinius Superbus
434
Who famously asked her chariot driver to run over the body of Servius Tullius?
Tullia the Younger
435
Claudius said that Servius Tullius had been an Etruscan mercenary working for what man?
Caelius Vibenna
436
Who was Servius Tullius' supposed father?
Vulcan
437
Into how many regions did Servius Tullius divide the city of Rome during the first Census?
4
438
What goddess was said to be Servius Tullius' advisor?
Fortuna
439
What king was said to have been conceived with a spark sent from Vulcan?
Servius Tullius
440
What mother of Servius Tullius is said to have conceived him with a spark sent from Vulcan?
Ocrisia
441
What 3 hills did Servius Tullius annex during his reign?
Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline
442
What annual festival in honor of the household deities of the crossroads did Servius Tullius establish?
Compitalia
443
What king of Rome established Compitalia, an annual festival in honor of the household deities of the crossroads?
Servius Tullius
444
What king of Rome made it so plebeians could be considered citizens and could legally marry?
Servius Tullius
445
What was the Etruscan area between the Forum Romanum and the Forum Boarium called?
Vicus Tuscus
446
Mars was originally a deity of what?
Agriculture
447
How many tribes did Servius Tullius reorganize the original 3 into?
20
448
What king of Rome reorganized the original 3 tribes of Rome into 20?
Servius Tullius
449
The Etruscan name "Mastarna" seems to be the equivalent of what Latin title meaning "commander"?
Magister
450
What Etruscan name seems to be the equivalent of the Latin title meaning "commander"?
Mastarna
451
In what temple did the horns of a beautiful heifer from a Sabine town hang?
Temple of Diana
452
How many soldiers comprised the new levy after Servius Tullius doubled it?
6000
453
What king doubled the number of soldiers, bringing the new levy to 6,000?
Servius Tullius
454
Although conflicting sources say otherwise, during what king's reign does Livy say Pythagoras came to Rome?
Servius Tullius
455
According to Livy, what Greek philosopher is said to have come to Rome during the reign of Servius Tullius?
Pythagoras of Samos
456
The remainder of the 5 classes who were too poor to own weapons were excused from military duties, lumped into a single century and given what name?
Capite Censi (head count)
457
What king of Rome created the Capite Censi or the "head count", the people who were too poor to own weapons and were thus excused from military duties?
Servius Tullius
458
What Roman king consecrated the Temple of Mater Matuta?
Servius Tullius
459
Tarquinius Superbus
460
Under which king of Rome was the Cloaca Maxima constructed?
Tarquinius Superbus
461
Initially, who did Tarquinius Superbus marry?
Tullia the Elder
462
Because he had no right to the throne, whose reign was based on fear?
Tarquinius Superbus
463
What were the dates of Tarquinius Superbus' reign as king?
535-510 B.C.
464
Who prevented the proper burial of Servius Tullius, claiming that Romulus had done without one?
Tarquinius Superbus
465
Who built or completed the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus with the treasury of Suessa Pometia?
Tarquinius Superbus
466
By whom was the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus dedicated?
Horatius Pulvillus
467
What year was the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus dedicated?
509 B.C.
468
Who built (finished) the Cloaca Maxima?
Tarquinius Superbus
469
What was the Cloaca Maxima?
Great sewer
470
How was Tarquinius Superbus related to Octavius Mamilius of Tusculum?
Father-in-law
471
What was the Capitoline Triad?
Jupiter, Juno, Minerva
472
Who did Tarquinius Superbus frame at a meeting in the Grove of Ferentina that Superbus had called?
Turnus Herdonius
473
Who finished the construction of the Circus Maximus?
Tarquinius Superbus
474
What king of Rome ordered for Turnus Herdonius of Aricia to be killed?
Tarquinius Superbus
475
Where was Turnus Herdonius killed?
Grove of Ferentina
476
What treaty was made during Tarquinius Superbus' reign?
Treaty of Ferentina
477
Where did Tarquinius Superbus call the Latin leaders to a meeting, though he ended up coming late?
Grove of Ferentina
478
What king of Rome was engaged in a war with the city of Gabii?
Tarquinius Superbus
479
Who was the most notable son of Tarquinius Superbus?
Sextus Tarquinius
480
What was Tarquinius Superbus implying to his son Sextus when he struck off the heads of the tallest poppies in his garden with a stick?
Slay the leading men of Gabii
481
What plants did Tarquinius Superbus strike the heads off of in his garden?
Poppies
482
What did Tarquinius Superbus use to strike off the heads of the tallest poppies in his garden?
A stick
483
According to legend, who bought the Sibylline Books?
Tarquinius Superbus
484
Who sold the Sibylline Books to Tarquinius Superbus?
Cumaean Sibyl
485
Who gave Octavius Mamilius of Tusculum his daughter to marry?
Tarquinius Superbus
486
What was Tarquinius Superbus doing during the Rape of Lucretia?
Besieging the Rutulian capital of Ardea
487
Who was Lucretia's husband?
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
488
Who boasted during a wine party that his wife was the most virtuous of all the wives of the men present?
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
489
Who came to Lucretia and threatened that if she did not give in to his sexual advances, he would kill her and a slave, place their bodies together and claim to others that he had caught them having adulterous sex?
Sextus Tarquinius
490
What woman did Sextus Tarquinius come to and threaten that if she did not give in to his sexual advances, he would kill her and a slave, place their bodies together and claim to others that he had caught them having adulterous sex?
Lucretia
491
When Sextus Tarquinius made sexual advances towards Lucretia he threatened that if she did not give in, he would kill her and who else, place their bodies together, and claim to others that he had caught them having adulterous sex?
A slave
492
What did the rape of Lucretia contribute to?
The fall of the monarchy
493
How many of the books did Tarquinius Superbus ultimately buy from the Cumaean Sibyl?
3
494
How many Sibylline Books were there originally?
9
495
What daughter of Tarquinius Superbus did he give to Octavius Mamilius of Tusculum to marry?
Tarquinia
496
What king of Rome sacked Gabii?
Tarquinius Superbus
497
How was Lucius Iunius Brutus related to Tarquinius Priscus?
Nephew
498
Where did Tarquinius Superbus die while in exile in 495 B.C.?
Cumae
499
What king of Rome began a 200 yearlong war against the Volscians?
Tarquinius Superbus
500
What town did Tarquinius Superbus first take from the Volscians along with 40 talents of silver?
Suessa Pometia
501
From what people did Tarquinius Superbus take the town of Suessa Pometia?
Volsci
502
What king of Rome captured Suessa Pometia?
Tarquinius Superbus
503
To which two towns did Tarquinius Superbus send surplus settlers?
Signia and Circeii
504
What king of Rome sent surplus letters to Signia and Circeii?
Tarquinius Superbus
505
Where was Turnus Herdonius king?
Aricia
506
An Etruscan soothsayer revealed to the Romans that they would not capture Veii until they drained the overflow of what lake?
Alban Lake
507
What city was prophesied not to be captured until the overflow of the Alban Lake?
Veii
508
Who raped Lucretia?
Sextus Tarquinius
509
Who declared that he was 1 of 300 men who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the welfare of Rome?
Mucius Scaevola
510
Who was threatened to be killed and placed next to a slave as to make it look like they were having adulterous sex?
Lucretia
511
How many centuries were represented in the Comitia Centuriata?
193
512
Where did Tarquinius Superbus and his oldest sons Titus and Arruns go into exile?
Caere
513
What man single-handedly held off the soldiers of Clusium from the Pons Sublicius in 506 B.C.?
Horatius Cocles
514
Horatius Cocles single-handedly held off soldiers from what city?
Clusium
515
What bridge did Horatius Cocles famously defend from the forces of Lars Porsenna?
Pons Sublicius
516
Against whose forces did Horatius Cocles famously defend the Pons Sublicius?
Lars Porsenna
517
What three men famously defended the Pons Sublicius?
Horatius Cocles, Titus Herminius, Spurius Lartius
518
Who led the hostages to freedom across the Tiber but later returned out of Roman honor?
Cloelia
519
Who were all 3 of Tarquinius Superbus' sons?
Sextus Tarquinius, Arruns Tarquinius, Titus Tarquinius
520
What poor town was tricked by Sextus Tarquinius, believing his lie that he had been exiled, only to be overwhelmed when he later opened the gates to a waiting Roman army?
Gabii
521
Which city's treaty with Tarquinius Superbus was preserved in oxhide on a shield in the Temple of Semo Sanctus on the Quirinal until the reign of Augustus?
Gabii
522
Gabii's treaty with Tarquinius Superbus was preserved in what in the Temple of Semo Sanctus on the Quirinal?
Oxhide on a shield
523
Gabii's treaty with Tarquinius Superbus was preserved in oxhide on a shield in what temple on the Quirinal?
Semo Sanctus
524
Gabii's treaty with what king was preserved in oxhide on a shield in the Temple of Semo Sanctus on the Quirinal?
Tarquinius Superbus
525
What chief of Aricia and leader of the Latin League spoke out against Tarquinius Superbus in a meeting and was subsequently killed?
Turnus Herdonius
526
Where did Tarquinius Superbus place the Sibylline books?
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
527
What did Tarquinius place in the inn that Turnus Herdonius was sleeping at in order to frame him?
Swords
528
The augurs said that only what god's shrines were not to be moved?
Terminus
529
The money of what captured town did Tarquinius Superbus intend to use for the building of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?
Suessa Pometia
530
The money of Suessa Pometia was intended by Tarquinius Superbus to be used for the building of what temple?
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
531
Who assumed the name "Dullard" in order to not be noticed by Tarquinius Superbus?
Lucius Iunius Brutus
532
What name did Lucius Iunius Brutus assume in order to not be noticed by Tarquinius Superbus?
Dullard
533
What gift did Brutus bring with him to Delphi as his gift to Apollo?
Rod of gold inserted into a hollow stick of cornel-wood
534
In what town was Lucretia staying when she was raped by Sextus Tarquinius?
Collatia
535
How many years did the monarchy last?
244
536
What nickname was Tarquinius Superbus given in order to denote him from his father, Tarquinius Priscus?
Tarquin the Proud
537
According to Livy, where in the Forum Romanum was a statue placed in Horatius Cocles' honor for his defense of the Pons Sublicius?
Comitium
538
Where did a combined fleet of Carthaginians and Etruscans win a naval victory over the Phocaean Greeks in 540 B.C.?
Alalia (Corsica)
539
What people did the Carthaginians and Etruscans defeat at Alalia (Corsica) in a naval battle in 540 B.C.?
Phocaean Greeks
540
What year did the Carthaginians and Etruscans defeat the Phocaean Greeks at Alalia (Corsica)?
540 B.C.
541
What year did Horatius Cocles famously defend the Pons Sublicius?
506 B.C.
542
According to Livy, who claimed he had been busy resolving a dispute between a father and a son at Rome as an excuse for being late to a meeting of Latin leaders in the Grove of Ferentina, though this was not enough to satisfy his critic Turnus Herdonius?
Tarquinius Superbus
543
According to Livy, what was Tarquinius Superbus' excuse for being late to the meeting of Latin leaders in the Grove of Ferentina?
He was settling a dispute between a father and a son at Rome
