UNIT 8: Stages 15-16 Myths and Culture

Question 1

religious and legal authorities in Celtic society

Answer 1

druids

Question 2

king of the Regnenses, he was friendly toward the Romans

Answer 2

Cogidubnus

Question 3

queen of the Iceni, she led a bloody revolt against the Romans

Answer 3

Boudica

Question 4

queen of Meroë in Nubia, she successfully kept the Romans out of her kingdom

Answer 4

Amanirenas

Question 5

oval-shaped track where chariot races were held

Answer 5

circus

Question 6

Trojan prince who fled to Italy and was an ancestor of the Roman people

Answer 6

Aeneas

Question 7

founder and first king of Rome

Answer 7

Romulus

Question 8

traditional date for the founding of Rome

Answer 8

April 21, 753 BC

Question 9

Roman girl crushed by shields after betraying the Capitoline to the Sabines

Answer 9

Tarpeia

Question 11

religious and legal authorities in Celtic society

Answer 11

druids

Question 12

king of the Regnenses, he was friendly toward the Romans

Answer 12

Cogidubnus

Question 13

queen of the Iceni, she led a bloody revolt against the Romans

Answer 13

Boudica

Question 14

queen of Meroë in Nubia, she successfully kept the Romans out of her kingdom

Answer 14

Amanirenas

Question 15

oval-shaped track where chariot races were held

Answer 15

circus

Question 16

Trojan prince who fled to Italy and was an ancestor of the Roman people

Answer 16

Aeneas

Question 17

founder and first king of Rome

Answer 17

Romulus

Question 18

traditional date for the founding of Rome

Answer 18

April 21, 753 BC

Question 19

Roman girl crushed by shields after betraying the Capitoline to the Sabines

Answer 19

Tarpeia

Question 20

peace-loving king who established many elements of Roman religion

Answer 20

Numa Pompilius

Question 21

two sets of triplets who faced off to settle a war between Rome and Alba Longa

Answer 21

Horatii and Curiatii

Question 22

last king of Rome, whose overthrow in 509 BCE marked the beginning of the Roman Republic

Answer 22

Tarquinius Superbus

Question 23

single-handedly defended the Pons Sublicius before swimming across the Tiber in full armor

Answer 23

Horatius Cocles

Question 24

intentionally burned his right hand after being captured by Lars Porsena

Answer 24

Mucius Scaevola

Question 25

Roman girl who swam across the Tiber in a daring escape from the Etruscans

Answer 25

Cloelia

Question 26

left his plow to become dictator, then resigned after just 15 days

Answer 26

Cincinnatus

Question 27

defended the Capitoline from invading Gauls after being awoken by Juno's sacred geese

Answer 27

Manlius Capitolinus