Romulus & Remus
What happened to Romulus and Remus as infants?
They were placed in the Tiber River to be drowned.
What is the number 28 in Roman numerals?
XXVIII
What did the Plebs do to force the Patricians to give up some power?
Strike!
Who did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?
Carthage
Name one of Julius Caesar's two allies.
Pompey and Crassus
What animal raised the twins?
A wolf
How did Romans wipe their butts?
With communal sponges on sticks
Who were the original Patricians?
Anyone descended from the first Senators picked by Romulus.
Who was the famous general that crossed the Alps with elephants?
Hannibal
Which country did Julius Caesar conquer?
Gaul
What kind of people did Romulus invite into his city?
Outcasts, weirdos, loners, and losers.
Which animal pulled chariots in races?
Horses
What could the Tribune of the Plebs do?
Veto the Senate's decisions.
How did Rome get a navy in the first Punic War?
They reverse engineered a Carthaginian shipwreck?
Originally, Octavian was Julius Caesar's ...
Grand Nephew
Who was the father of Romulus and Remus?
Mars
Which building material invented by the Romans is still used today?
Concrete
The Plebs fought for the laws to be published on the ...
12 Tables
What was the name of the spikey bridge that the Romans used to turn sea battles into land battles?
Corvus
What was the first thing that Antony did to anger Octavian?
Antony refused to give Octavian his inheritance
Who was the grandfather of Romulus & Remus?
King Numitor
Which structures carried clean water into the city of Rome?
Aqueducts
Which reforms did the Gracchi brothers fight for?
- give land to the poor
- give free food to the poor
The First Punic War was fought over ...
Sicily
What was Cleopatra's brother/husband's name?
Ptolemy XIII