ROMAN LIFE
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE DISGUSTING ROTTEN FISH SAUCE CONDIMENT THAT ROMANS LOVED-
WHAT IS GARUM
THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE SECOND TRIUMVERITE WITH OCTAVIAN AND LEPIDUS
WHO IS MARK ANTONY
THIS PIECE OF ROMAN MILITARY PROTECTIVE GEAR IS CAUSED A SCUTUM, THE GREEKS CALLED IT A HOPLON, IT IS:
WHAT IS A SHIELD
THE ROMAN GENERAL DEFEATED BY JULIUS CAESAR AT THE BATTLE OF PHARSALLUS
WHO IS POMPEY
IN 79AD THIS VOLCANO DESTROYED POMPEII
WHAT IS VESUVIUS
THIS PARTICULAR CLASSIC ROMAN GARMENT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THE ROMANS GOT FROM THE ETRUSCANS
WHAT IS THE TOGA
THE GLADIATOR LEADER OF THE 3RD SERVILLE WAR
WHO IS SPARTACUS
THE BASIC UNIT OF THE ROMAN ARMIES CONSISTING OF APROX 4,000 TO 5,000 ROMAN SOLDIERS
WHAT IS A LEGION
A CITY IN OHIO IS NAMED FOR THIS ROMAN GENERAL WHO WAS PLOWING HIS FIELD WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT HE HAD BEEN APPOINTED DICTATOR.
HE USED HIS AUTHORITY TO REMOVE A THREAT TO ROME, GAVE UP HIS POWER AND RETURNED TO HIS PLOWING
WHO IS CINNCINATUS
A TOWN IN S.E. MISSOURI IS NAMED FOR THIS SMALL RESORT TOWN BURIED BY THE SAME ERUPTION THAT BURIED POMPEII
WHAT IS HERCULANEUM
AN INSULAE IN WHICH MOST ROMANS LIVED WAS A STRUCTURE MOST CITY DWELLERS TODAY WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS MORE MODERN NAME
WHAT IS AN APARTMENT BUILDING
THIS WAS THE FORMAL LEGISLATURE OF ROMAN COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE PATRICIAN CLASS
WHAT IS THE SENATE
THIS CARTHINGINIAN GENERAL WAS THE MOST DEADLY ENEMY ROME EVER FACED
WHO WAS HANNIBAL
THE LAST PHAROAH OF EGYPT, CONSORT OF BOTH JULIUS CAESAR AND MARC ANTONY
WHO WAS CLEOPATRA
THIS ROMAN GOD'S CHARIOT WAS DRAWN BY FIRE BREATHING HORSES NAMED PHOBOS AND DEMIOS, FEAR AND TERROR
WHO WAS MARS
A TRICLINIUM IN A ROMAN HOUSE IS A ROOM KNOWN BY WHAT NAME IN MODERN HOUSES
WHAT IS A DINING ROOM
THIS "MAD" EMPEROR WHO TERRORIZED ROME FOR 4 YEARS BEFORE BEING ASSASINATED, SENT HIS SOLDIERS TO COLLECT SEA SHELLS AND APPOINTED HIS RACE HORSE AS A SENATE IS BETTER KNOWN BY HIS NICKNAME "LITTLE BOOTS".
WHO IS CALIGULA
THE SUFFIX "ICUS" ATTACHED TO A GENERAL'S NAME, LIKE GERMANICUS OR PARHICUS, INDICATED HE WAS:
WHAT IS THE CONQUEROR OF A PLACE OR KINGDOM
AFTER THE PUNIC WARS MANY PLEBIAN FARMERS WHO HAD THEIR LANDS RUINED FELL INTO POVERTY AND WENT TO ROME. THERE THEY FORMED A NEW "3RD" SOCIAL CLASS. THIS POOR AND VERY VOLATILE CLASS WERE KNOWN AS:
WHAT IS PROLETARIAT
THESE ANIMALS WERE ALWAYS KEPT ON CAPITOLINE HILL AFTER A GROUP OF THEM HAD ALERTED THE ROMANS TO A SNEAK ATTACK BY THE CELTS
WHAT ARE GEESE
ANALYSIS OF ROMAN SKELETONS HAS REVEALED LARGE AMOUNTS OF STRONTIUM IN THEIR BONES INDICATING CONSUMPTION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF WHAT TYPE OF FOOD IN THE ROMAN DIET
WHAT IS SEAFOOD
IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS' FOURTH WIFE MURDERED HIM SO HER SON NERO COULD COME TO THE THRONE. HOW DID SHE KILL HIM-
WHAT IS SHE FED HIM POISON MUSHROOMS
ROMAN ARMIES TRADITIONALLY HAD A WEAKNESS IN FIELDING ONE TYPE OF UNIT, SO THEY RELIED ON THEIR ALLIES TO SUPPLY THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF TROOPS
WHAT IS CAVALRY
WHEN ONE CONSUL OPPOSED THE ACTIONS OF THE OTHER CONSUL HE COULD VETO THAT ACTION. THE TERM VETO, AS USED EVEN TODAY, IS TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH AS
WHAT IS "I FORBID"
THE INVENTION OF THIS ROMAN BUILDING MATERIAL MADE POSSIBLE SOME OF ROME'S MOST SPECTACULAR CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS
WHAT IS CONCRETE