Art & Arch.
De Architectura written by this ancient author is the only surviving ancient text about architecture.
Who is Vitruvius?
The most ancient of the biggest ancient athletic events, the four Crown Games, started in this Greek city.
What is Olympia?
Cato the Elder is famously quoted as saying, "_________ delenda est" in reference to Rome's biggest political rival in the Ancient Mediterranean.
What is Carthago/Carthage?
What is a Monarchy, a Republic and an Empire?
Traditionally it is understood that there are this many Olympian gods, but really there are at least fourteen and the specific combinations of who is worshipped depends on location and time period.
What is 12?
This marks the major difference between ancient Greek and ancient Roman statues.
What is nudity?
What is the Circus Maximus?
De Bello Gallico was as much a political document as it was a journal of military successes by this famous Roman.
Who is Julius Caesar?
A major milestone in a young, rich Roman man's life was the ceremony in which he was gifted and could start wearing this garment.
What is a toga?
One possible start to the the Trojan War cycle of stories is the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, parents to this famous hero, when Eris threw a golden apple inscribed "to the fairest" starting an argument among the divine attendees.
Who is Achilles?
Although it says M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT on its front, this building in Rome was actually built by the emperor Trajan and not Agrippa.
What is the Pantheon?
Forensic anthropologists have discovered that gladiators' meals were primarily comprised of these two alliterative ingredients which provided protein and carbohydrates.
The ideal Roman man was the perfect soldier, but also this other profession which helps us understand why veterans fought for their ability to earn land as well as money for their service.
What is farmer?
What is the end of the Republic?
The Roman religious system can be described as particularly this because it was understood that a human would worship gods specifically so that the gods did something in return for that human worshiper.
What is transactional?
Using AI, a synchrotron particle accelerator, and an international competition, archaeologist have been able to read the carbonized scrolls from this ancient city.
Where is Herculaneum?
In a villa on the island of Sicily is an ancient Roman mosaic showing girls dressed in this type of clothing and working out.
What is a bikini?
Because of the bogs surrounding the area, the ancient fort at Vindolanda in this modern country has produced a treasure trove of archeological material about the Roman army and the people who lived there with them.
What is Britain?
Both Seneca the Younger and the emperor Marcus Aurelius are known for being this type philosopher focused on how physics, logic, and ethics come together to create truly flourishing and virtuous person.
What is a Stoic?
The Sybil, also known as this, was believed to be the mouthpiece of Apollo at his most divine (and politically relevant) site.
What is the Oracle of Delphi?
The oldest of the three classical architectural orders which features a plain column capital, no column base, and triglyphs and metopes in the frieze.
What is the Doric Order?
At the Pythian Games, dedicated to the god Apollo, people battled in this kind of competition in addition to the athletic and musical competitions.
What is theater?
In Ab Urbe Condita, Livy tells a story about these animals alerting the Roman soldiers about the Gallic invasion in 365 BCE.
What are geese?
Along with getting medical help from midwives, surgeons, and doctors, ancient Romans might seek out temples to this god for healing.
Who is Asclepius?
What is the Metamorphoses?