Geography
Italy is this type of landform — land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Before Greek contact, the Etruscans were known by this name.
What is the Villanovans?
This king founded Rome in 753 BC and organized noble families into units called Curiae.
Who is Romulus?
Romulus provided wives for his men by tricking and kidnapping these neighboring women.
Who are the Sabine women?
This was the nickname of Tarquinius Superbus, Rome’s final king.
What is "the Arrogant" or "the Proud"?
This mountain range runs like a spine down the entire length of the Italian peninsula.
What are the Appenines?
The Greeks called the Etruscans this insulting name because of their naval power.
What are pirates?
Romulus’s Council of Elders would later be known by this famous name.
What is the senate?
This king was nicknamed “The Aggressive,” destroyed Alba Longa, and was later struck dead by lightning from Jupiter.
Who is Tullius Hostilius?
This Etruscan prophetess interpreted the eagle omen, covered up a king’s murder, and saw flames around a boy’s head.
Who is Tanaquil?
Rome was built on this river, which flows roughly north to south into the Tyrrhenian Sea.
What is the Tiber?
This bloody entertainment, which the Romans made famous, was originally an Etruscan funeral ritual.
What are Gladiatorial contests?
This Sabine king established the college of pontiffs and the position of pontifex maximus.
Who is Numa Pompilius?
After the battle against the Curiatii, the surviving Horatius killed his own sister. The reason why he killed her.
What is "she mourned / wept for her fiancé who was one of the enemy Curiatii".
When Servius Tullius was a sleeping child, THIS appeared around his head — and Tanaquil stopped the servants from putting it out.
What are blue flames?
This large island sits off the toe of Italy’s boot and was a critical stepping stone between Europe and Africa.
What is Sicily?
The Etruscans organized themselves into this many independent city-states.
What are 12?
This king built a bridge across the Tiber and established the port city of Ostia at the river’s mouth.
Who is Ancus Martius?
An eagle snatched this king’s cap and returned it to his head. He was later murdered with an axe to the skull.
Who is Tarquinius Priscus?
After Tarquinius Superbus was overthrown, the Romans vowed never to have a king again. Centuries later, THIS famous Roman was assassinated partly because people feared he wanted to become king.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The Romans called the Mediterranean this Latin phrase, meaning “Our Sea.”
What is the "Mare Nostrum"
THREE things that Rome inherited from the Etruscans.
What are any three of: the arch, gladiatorial combat, the toga, reading animal organs (haruspicy), draining swamps/sewers, the fasces, chariot racing, the alphabet, the purple-bordered toga, religious practices?
This king expanded the military and gave wealthy hoplites more political influence. He was tossed down the steps of the senate.
Who is Servius Tullius?
After Servius Tullius was thrown down the Senate steps and murdered, Tullia did THIS with her chariot. The street was renamed the “Street of Crime.”
Romulus disappeared in a whirlwind, but some Romans whispered a darker explanation. (What was it?)
What is the senators murdered him during the storm and tore his body apart and used the whirlwind as a cover story.