Roman
Legends
Legends
The motherly animal that raised the twin founders of Rome.
What is a wolf?
The mountains that run across northern Italy, famously traveled by Hannibal with dragons during the second Punic War.
What are the Alpine Mountains?
The founding brother who crossed the line, or perhaps "lept the wall," as Rome was being built.
Who is Remus?
The year that Julius Caesar was assassinated.
When is 44 B.C.E.?
A participant in the prime-time event in the Colosseum, living life like a WWE star and rarely ever actually dying in the arena.
What is a gladiator?
The hill that Romulus wanted to build Rome on, his brother urged for Aventine.
What is Palatine Hill?
The sea to the south of Italy that connected all of western civilization in the ancient world.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The populist leader of Rome who conquered the Gauls, won the love of the people, and declared himself "dictator for life" before being assassinated by his allies and rivals.
Who is Gaius Julius Caesar?
The year Rome officially became and empire, declared by Augustus.
When is 27 B.C.E.?
The language of the Romans, eventually the root of many modern languages.
What is Latin?
The city Aeneas sailed from before discovering Italy, according to legend.
What is Troy?
The volcano that loomed over Pompeii in western Italy.
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
Caesar's grandnephew and chosen heir, who fought Marcus Antonius to rule Rome and eventually became the first emperor of Rome.
Who is Gaius Octavius Julius Caesar Augustus?
The month that Hannibal began his march to Rome, cutting it close to the dangerous weather of winter.
When is September?
The governing body of Rome, lawmakers and statesmen who typically support Patricians and meet in the Curia.
What is the Senate?
The god from whom Remus and Romulus supposedly descended.
Who is Ares?
Who is Mars?
The mountain range in central Italy.
What are the Apennine Mountains?
Who is Gaius Marius?
The date that Rome was founded, according to legend.
When is April 21st, 753 B.C.E.
The form of government that Rome created by electing representatives to vote on behalf of their citizens.
What is a Republic?
A ritual of counting birds or other symbols in nature to determine luck or fortune.
What is augury?
The strait that, until 1869, was the only entry into the Mediterranean Sea and was captured by Rome from the Carthaginians in the Punic Wars.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
The most famous orator in ancient Rome, a senator several times over and anti-corruption warrior.
Who is Marcus Tullius Cicero?
The ides of every month falls on this day, March's being the unluckiest.
What is the fifteenth (15th)?
The heroic family that famously led Rome into the Punic Wars, the second being given the title "Africanus."
Who are the Scipio's?