Architecture
The columns with "scrolls" or spirals on the capital belong to this order.
What is Ionic?
This god or goddess is the father of the founders of Rome.
Who is Mars?
Cicero
Who was the greatest orator of Rome?
This Latin word means "once upon a time".
What is "olim"?
The date of the legendary founding of Rome.
What are 753 BCE?
This type of building had three separate rooms meant to be visited in a specific order is called this.
What is a Bath House?
He is the Roman King of the gods.
Who is Jupiter?
Augustus Caesar
Who is the first emperor of Rome?
The Latin word "regina" means this.
What is "queen"?
The year of the eruption which covered Pompeii.
What is 79 CE?
The columns that are the oldest and simplest of the orders is called this.
What is Doric?
The Parthenon is a temple dedicated to this god.
Who is Athena/Minerva?
Catullus
Who is a Roman poet who wrote the greatest love poetry of the Roman era and was in love with a married woman whom he called Lesbia?
The Latin word for "name".
What is "nomen"?
The year the Colosseum in Rome was dedicated.
What is 80 CE?
The columns with the most decorative capitals with leaves and flowers belong to this order.
What is Corinthian?
The Pantheon in Rome was dedicated to this god or goddess.
Who are all of them?
Pliny the Elder
Who is a Roman general who died in the eruption which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum?
The Latin word for "man"?
What is "vir, viri"?
The year Octavian received the name Augustus and became the first emperor of Rome.
What is 27 BCE?
Columns designed to resemble women are called this.
What are Caryatids?
The patron goddess of Pompeii.
Who is Venus?
Pliny the Younger
Who is the author of the only first-hand account of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?
The Latin word for "god/goddess"?
The day Julius Caesar was assassinated.
What is a March 15, 44 BCE?