Vocabulary
(dies) Lunae
What is the Latin word for Monday?
flava
What is the Latin word for yellow?
This is the most basic of Roman clothing that everyone would wear.
What is a tunic?
These athletic games are now a global phenomenon, but the original Greek version was a celebration of different kinds of prowess. Though many of the contests were centered around physical attributes, contestants might also have competed in competitions about more artistic skills, like singing.
What are the Olympics?
She raised Romulus and Remus after they survived being thrown into the Tiber River
Who is Lupa Capitolina, the she-wolf?
os
What is the Latin word for mouth?
What is the Latin word for paper?
Formal attire that only Romans could wear.
This is the facility where Romans would have gone to watch the chariot races.
What is the Circus Maximus?
Romulus wanted to found Rome on the Palatine Hill, and Remus the Aventine. They looked for these to decide who was right.
What are birds?
procerus
What is the Latin word for tall?
The three things young Roman children would learn. (Hint: 3 'R's)
What is reading, writing, and 'rithmetic (arithmetic)?
The royal color, only worn by important Romans, and young Roman-born male citizens.
This is where Romans would have gone to watch gladiator battles and wild animal fights.
What is the Colosseum?
While cattle rustling, Remus happened upon an old cowherd who happened to have this relationship to him.
What is a grandfather?
rana
What is the Latin word for frog?
The age at which Roman children would begin going to school.
What is seven years old?
The most important drink for the Romans, especially because they couldn't trust their water to be uncontaminated.
What is wine?
These are the names (colors) of the four chariot racing teams in ancient Rome.
What are the green, blue, red, and white teams?
The town that Aeneas originally comes from. During the massive war, Aeneas was forced to flee, which set him on his mission to eventually found a civilization that would someday become Rome.
Where is Troy?
crus
What is the Latin word for leg?
The earliest Romans were mostly involved with this occupation.
What is farming?
This is the kind of diet the Romans would have, consisting of various meats, veggies, fruits, grains, and seafood.
What is a Mediterranean diet?
The Colosseum could amazingly fit this many spectators in it, an architectural marvel even by today's standards.
What is 50,000 people?
Romulus did this to ensure he would be the ultimate founder of Rome?
What is fratricide (killed his brother)?