Roman Mythology
Who was the chief Roman God?
Jupiter
These public contests, popular in Rome, were influenced by Etruscan funeral games?
Gladiator fights
Romans copied this Greek architectural structure found on buildings like the Parthenon?
Columns
Whe were the people who FIRST lived in the area that would become Rome?
Latins
VI - IV = ?
II or 2
Who were the twin brothers who were said to have been the legendary founders of Rome?
Romulus and Remus
The Romans learned this architectural structure used in bridges, doorways and windows from the Etruscans?
Arch
This triangular, upper part of a Greek temple also appeared in Roman buildings?
Pediment
What would an Etruscan engineer build to transport water to a city?
Cuniculus or Aqueduct
What term describes both Greek and Roman influence?
Greco-Roman
Accord to the myth Romulus and Remus were raised by this animal?
Wolf or She-Wolf
What was the name of the part that keeps the two sides of the arch tightly in place?
Keystone
Greeks used marble, but Romans figured out how to use?
Concrete
Unlike our writing today, Greek and Roamn writing only used ___?
Capital Letters
An Etruscan sport where one could be dragged under wheels or trampled by horses?
Chariot Racing
Romulus killed Remus while fighting over this?
The location of a new city.
Long, underground trenches used to irrigte land and deliver water to cities?
Cuniculus
Romans adapted their alphabet from the Etruscans who got it from these people?
For what purpose were the Gladiator games held?
To Entertain
Pronti...Mirate... ________!
FUOCO !
Romulus and Remus are said to be the sons of this Roman God of War?
Mars
What was the name of the Etruscan land just north of Rome?
Etruria
This Roman "King of the Gods" is the equivalent of the Greek god Zeus?
Jupiter
How did Romans learn about Greek culture?
Greek colonists settled nearby.
XXXVIII + XII = ??
50 or L