The Founding of Rome
These twin brothers are said to have founded Rome.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
The name "Rome" comes from this ruler.
Who is Romulus?
Romulus killed this person after a dispute about the city walls.
Who is Remus?
Early Romans built the city on this hill.
What is the Palatine Hill?
Rome’s first king.
Who is Romulus?
The twins' mother, who was a Vestal Virgin.
Who is Rhea Silvia?
This event showed that Romulus had superior augury.
What is watching for birds?
The Sabine king who ruled alongside Romulus until his death.
Who is Titus Tatius?
The name of the river in which Romulus and Remus were abandoned in as babies.
What is the Tiber River?
Which king built the Pons Sublicius?
Who is Ancus Marcius?
The war god said to be the father of Romulus and Remus.
Who is Mars?
The Romans believed this event helped them get wives from a neighbouring tribe.
What is the Abduction of the Sabine Women?
The shepherd who later found the twins after they had been recovered by the she-wolf.
Who is Faustulus?
The neighbours of the early Roman people.
Who were the Sabines?
This king is credited with building the Temple of Janus and establishing religious reforms.
Who is Numa Pompilius?
Romulus and Remus were said to have been raised by this animal.
What is a she-wolf?
This bird helped decide which brother would choose where the city of Rome should be.
What is a vulture?
Romulus offered asylum to these people to help populate Rome.
Who are fugitives and exiles?
Rome was built among these many hills.
What is seven?
Servius Tullius created this act, which divided citizens into five classes based on their wealth.
What is the Servian Constitution?
The date given for the founding of Rome.
April 21st, 753 BCE.
After his death, Romans believed Romulus changed into a god and was worshipped as what deity?
Who is Quirinus?
The Trojan hero who was speculated to be an ancestor of the Romans.
Who is Aeneas?
Early Romans interacted most with these two neighbouring people.
Who were the Etruscans and the Greeks?
Rome was ruled by this number of kings before becoming a republic.
What is seven?