Architecture
Which gladiatorial arena in Rome, originally called the Flavian Amphitheater, is far more famous by another name?
The Colosseum
What is the name of the garment that Roman male citizens would wear?
The toga
What is the name of the first woman, who released pain and suffering when she opened a box meant to remain sealed?
Pandora
Which dictator of Rome was stabbed 23 times on the Ides of March, 44 BCE?
Julius Caesar
Which nymph was transformed into a laurel tree to save her from the god Apollo?
Daphne
In which room of a vīlla Rōmāna would a coquus prepare cēna? Tablīnum, ātrium, cubiculum, or culinā?
Culinā (kitchen)
Where would the Romans go to shop, sell goods, and listen to political speeches?
The forum
Who was the weaver so skilled that she defeated Athena in a weaving competition, only to be turned into a spider by the furious goddess?
Arachne
Which censor of morals famously said Carthago delenda est at the end of every speech he gave?
Cato the Elder
When Actaeon spied the goddess Artemis bathing, what animal did she transform him into?
A stag
Which room of the Roman thermae was designated for hot baths? Caldārium, tepidārium, frīgidārium, or apodytērium?
Caldārium
Just as the father of the family was called the pater familias, the mother of the family was called...?
Mater familias
What princess of Colchis aided Jason and the Argonauts with her magic powers?
Medea
Which emperor was said to have fiddled while Rome burned?
Nero
Which lover of Zeus was transformed into a cow to protect her from Hera's wrath? (It didn't work.)
Io
What was the name of the largest chariot racing track in Rome?
The Circus Maximus
Septimius lived in the same house with his mother Aurelia, his father Lucius, his paternal grandfather Gaius, and his sister Horatia. Which of these people would have typically been the pater familiās of their family?
Gaius (paternal grandfather)
Who is the queen of Troy as wife of King Priam, and mother of Hector, Paris, and Cassandra?
Hecuba
Who was the first Christian emperor?
Constantine
When this beautiful hunter was killed, his lover Aphrodite transformed his blood into anemones (or roses).
Adonis
Which temple in Rome, dedicated to all the gods, still has the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome?
The Pantheon
Young boys
Who was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra sacrificed by her father to secure favorable winds en route to Troy?
Iphigenia
What is the name of the second king of Rome, who is most famous for his religious reform and innovation?
Numa Pompilius
Which Roman author wrote an epic poem called the Metamorphoses, in which he retells myths about people turning into animals, places, and things?
Ovid