Mythology
Significant Figures
Geography
Cultural Practice
Misc.
100
Even the gods feared the arrows of Cupid, the son of this goddess.
Who is Venus (or Aphrodite)?
100
Romulus, having killed his brother Remus, became the first of these Roman rulers.
What are kings?
100
Etna and Vesuvius are names of this type of geological feature.
What are volcanoes?
100
Romans would typically sleep in this room.
What is the cubiculum?
100
This is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase meaning "for example."
What is e.g.?
200
This is the Rome name for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, revelry and theatrical performances.
What is Bacchus?
200
This legendary king almost starved to death because everything he touched turned to gold.
Who is King Midas?
200
In this year, A.D. LXXIX, Mount Vesuvius erupted.
What is 79 CE/AD?
200
Roman slaves usually wore this undergarment.
What is a tunica?
200
This Roman saying, a favorite of Emperor Augustus, represents the idea that slow and steady is better than fast and reckless.
What is "festina lente"?
300
Aeneas, the ancestor of the Roman race, came to Italy from this location in Asia Minor.
What is Troy?
300
This Roman goddess of wisdom was often depicted with an owl.
Who is Minerva?
300
Ovid advised Roman men to meet girlfriends at the chariot races that occurred at this large venue.
What is the circus or the Circus Maximus?
300
The lararium, the shrine to the household gods, was usually found in this reception room of the Roman house.
What is the atrium?
300
The abbreviation SPQR seen even today in modern Rome is related to this Roman institution.
The government.
400
Osiris was the Egyptian lord of the Underworld; his Roman counterpart was this god.
Who is Pluto?
400
This legendary Roman hero single-handedly defended the bridge over the River Tiber against the attacking Etruscans.
Who is Horatius Cocles?
400
Of these place names (Capitoline, Tiber, Quirinal, and Palatine), this one is not one of the seven hills of Rome.
What is the Tiber?
400
This Latin term describes the blocks of apartment buildings found in Ostia, Rome's seaport along the Tiber River.
What are insulae?
400
The Latin expression ab ovo usque ad mala would be used in association with this regular practice.
What are meals?
500
This goddess of the hunt became identified with the changing aspects of the moon.
Who is Diana?
500
Numa Pompilius, Ancus Marcius, and Tarquinius Superbus each held this central role in Rome's history.
What is a king?
500
Senators usually met in this building in the Roman Forum.
What is the curia?
500
In addition to Latin, many educated Romans of the 1st century A.D. read, wrote and spoke this inflected language.
What is Greek?
500
You should say this to someone who did you a favor.
What is "gratias tibi ago!"