Mythology
The Parthenon is dedicated to this deity.
Who is Minerva?
Seven liters of this classic fish sauce cost 7000 sesterces, or around 110 g of gold.
What is Garum?
Like Cincinnatus, Julius Caesar was named this title before being killed.
What is dictator?
Rome is famous for its seven hills, but this one was the hill where Romulus originally built a wall.
What is Palatine Hill?
Romans typically used what disgusting fluid for oral hygiene?
What is urine?
This mythological woman's face was said to have launched 1000 ships.
Who is Helen (of Troy)?
Because it was so important to Roman diets, this emperor fixed the maximum price of cheese during his term from 284-305 CE.
Who is Emperor Diocletian?
Caesar conquered this province in modern day France, making him very popular with the citizens of Rome.
Where/What is Gaul?
This man, who is the ancestor of a famous killer of Julius Caesar, was one of the first two Consuls of the Roman Republic.
Who is Lucius (Junius) Brutus?
This Roman emperor tried to make his horse into a consul.
Who is Caligula?
Often confused for the ferryman of the underworld, this trainer of heroes was featured in the Percy Jackson books.
Who is Chiron?
Ientaculum, cena, and vesperna are examples of this in Roman society.
What are meals?
Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar's last words as "Et tu, Brute?" but, according to historians, his last words were actually in this language.
What is Greek?
In 73 BC, Spartacus led a slave revolt which was stopped by these two members of the first triumverate.
Who are Pompey and Crassus?
This Roman Emperor was killed while peeing in their equivalent of a public toilet.
Who is Caracalla?
This month is named after the Roman god of beginnings and endings.
Who is Janus?
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This mosaic of what looks like flatbread is from this city in rome.
What is Pompeii?
Though Caesar did go on to abuse his power, he was very popular to this class of people in Rome.
Who are the Plebians?
The First Century BCE was a very popular time for civil wars in Rome, Caesar and Pompey, Antony and Brutus, but this pair started it all.
Who are Marius and Sulla?
The Emperor Claudius was so obsessed with this familiar Roman pastime that he wrote a book about it (even if it was illegal in most times of Rome).
What is Gambling?
The fabled brothers Romulus and Remus are said to be descended from these two different gods. (one is their parent, the other is far removed)
Who are Mars/Ares and Venus/Aphrodite?
Romans were big on fruit, they even had thirty-five varieties of this fruit, from a tree of the family Rosaceae.
What are pears?
This author wrote that in Caesar's Gallic triumph, his soldiers sang that, "Caesar may have conquered the Gauls, but Nicomedes conquered Caesar."
Who is Suetonius
This Roman priest was not allowed to touch iron, to do any physical labor, or to be seen in public without their ceremonial garb.
Who is the Flamen Dialis?
This color of clothing was a sign of royalty because it was only able to be made with rare seashells.
What is purple?