The Romans
The Etruscans
Founding of Rome
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
100
A public square of a city where a palace, government buildings, and law courts were located
What is the Forum?
100
Underground tombs carved in rock
What are catacombs?
100
He was a Trojan hero and legendary founder of the Roman people
Who was Aeneas?
100
The meeting point for the worlds of the living and the dead marked by a stone where two streets met
What is mundus?
100
A city on the West coast of Italy
What is Rome?
200
Lucius Tarquinius is important in Roman history as the first Etruscan __________ of Rome
What is ruler?
200
The following is the best description of an Etruscan city: houses on a hilltop surrounded by a ________
What is a wall?
200
He was the founder and first king of the city of Rome.
Who was Romulus?
200
A bundle of rods bound around an ax symbolizing authority
What are fasces?
200
The rolling hill country that is north of the Latin village on the Palatine
What is Etruria?
300
The Roman custom of fights between gladiators came from an _____________ funeral custom.
What is Etruscan?
300
Many historians believe the Etruscans came originally from __________ in Asia Minor.
What is Lydia?
300
They were the first settlers of land near Rome
Who were the Latins?
300
Events interpreted as signs of the future
What are omens?
300
Relating to a city
What is municipal?
400
The site of the first temple in Rome and modern Rome's municipal government was ____________ hill.
What is Capitoline?
400
The following is a characteristic of Etruscan society: relative __________ and freedom for women.
What is equality?
400
The first settlement at Rome was built on the ___________ hill.
What is Palatine?
400
Procession honoring a hero
What is a triumph?
400
A river on the west coast of Italy
What is the Tiber River?
500
The following aspect of Roman culture did NOT come from the Etruscans: dome-shaped __________ made from dirt.
What are houses?
500
In Etruscan society, soothsayers were people who did this
What is predicted the future?
500
According to legend, Rome was founded by the Trojans and the ____________
Who are the Latins?
500
A cemetery area containing many tombs
What is necropolis?
500
He and his brother fought over who would control the city they built on the Tiber River
Who was Remus?
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