The Founding of Rome
This type of animal supposedly found twin brothers and kept them alive until they were rescued by a shepherd.
What is a wolf?
The type of government established after the rule of Tarquin the Proud in 509 BC.
What is a republic?
The number of branches in both the US and the Roman Republic.
What is three?
The title of judges in the Roman Republic.
What are praetors?
The first battle was fought over this island.
What is Sicily?
In this legend about the founding of Rome, Aeneas was a survivor of this war between Sparta and Troy.
What is the Trojan War?
The wealthy landowners who ruled Rome.
What are patricians?
Leaders who ruled together in the early republic.
What are consuls?
The legislative branch of the Roman Republic.
What is the Senate?
The name of the region that Rome fought against in the Punic Wars.
What is Carthage?
This brother was killed by his twin brother before the city of Rome was developed.
Who is Remus?
The shopkeepers, artisans, and farmers of early Rome.
Who are plebians?
The amount of time a person could serve as a consul.
What is one year?
The name of the lower class council that was given the right to pass laws for Romans in 287 BC.
What is the Council of Plebs?
The general of Carthage who led his troops against Rome in the Second Punic Wars. He crossed the Alps with elephants and invade from the north.
Who was Hannibal?
This brother killed his twin before founding Rome.
Who is Romulus?
This class of people could not serve in the government, but they did have the right to vote.
Who are plebians?
The name of the branch of the government that has two consuls.
What is the executive branch?
The name of the Roman Republic's specific set of laws.
What are the Twelve Tables?
The region that Hannibal had conquered that was rich in silver, copper, gold, and iron. He went through this area to get to Italy in the Second Punic War.
What is Spain?
What occupation did the man have who raised the twin boys after nurtured by a wolf.
What is a shepherd?
This group of people could vote and hold office in the early Roman republic.
Who are the patricians?
The title of the person who serves as the head of the executive branch in the United States.
Who is the president?
This former consul was appointed as dictator in 458 BC during a crisis. He resigned his post after sixteen days.
Who was Cincinnatus?
The winner of the Punic Wars who now became the supreme power in the western Mediterranean.
What is Rome?