It's Just A Myth
Name 3 Greek Gods/Godesses
Zeus, Hera, Artemis, Athena, Apollo, Hestia, Hephaestus, Ares, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, and/or Aphrodite
canis
English Derivative: canine, canary, canaille, canicular, canid.
Meaning: dog
True or False: Many Roman citizens were freedman or descendants of freed enslaved people.
True. The majority of Ancient Rome was made up of enslaved people, and so it made sense that much of the Roman Citizen population was made up of freedmen and descendants of enslaved people.
Carpe Diem
Seize the Day
What mythological creature had the ability to turn anyone who looked at her into stone?
Medusa
fūmus
English Derivatives: fume, fumitory, fumid, perfume, fumigate, fugacious, fumade.
Meaning: smoke
True or False: 50% of children in Ancient Rome did not make it past age 10.
True. 30% of Children did not make it past their first birthday, and 50% of children did not make it past age 10.
Veni, Vidi, Vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
How Many Seeds did Persephone Eat?
Six Seeds
corpus
meaning: body
True or False: Women were not allowed to have jobs in Ancient Rome
False. Women had the freedom to work in many different occupations, and some could even own farms if they were wealthy enough.
Quid Pro Quo
Something For Something or This For That
What escaped from Pandora's box?
All the evil and misery in the world
dignus
English Derivative: dignity, dignify, deign, indignation, disdain
Meaning: worthy
True or False: All slaves in Ancient Rome were captured from Africa.
False. enslaved people in Ancient Rome were captured from all across Europe and Africa after their land was raided in war. People would also become enslaved due to debts and being born into slavery.
E Pluribus Unum
Out of Many, One
What did Daphne turn into to escape Apollo's affection?
A tree
magister
English derivative: magistrate, maestro, master, magistrature
meaning: master
True or False: Ancient Rome had clean water.
True. Emperor Augustus provided funding to build the Aqueducts, which surrounded Ancient Rome and gave clean water to over 500,000 households
Ad Astra Per Aspera
To the stars through difficulties