Mythology
This lovely goddess was the mother of the hero Aeneas, and the main supporter of the Trojans in the Trojan war. She later becomes one of the major patron deities of the Roman Empire.
Who is Venus.
The first king of Rome, son of the vestal virgin Rhea Silva and the god Mars.
The first Emperor of Rome. Originally named Octavian.
Who is Emperor Augustus?
This emperor is the victor in the year of Four Kings, and the first non Julio-Claudian king to rule Italy.
Who is Emperor Vespasian?
This island is at the southern tip of Italy, being "kicked by the boot".
What is Sicily?
This trickster god is the patron of merchants, thieves, messengers, and travelers of all kinds. In his role as a psychopomp, he also helps to escort the souls of the most important and virtuous of men to the underworld upon their death.
Who is Mercury?
This super evil guy is the last king of Rome, whose son's actions against Lucretia lead to revolution and the downfall of the Roman Kingdom.
Who is Tarquinius Superbus?
The last Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty, this man ruled during the Fire of Rome, and was famous for constructing a golden palace in the aftermath. He famously employed a personal assassin and poisoner named Locusta.
Who is Emperor Nero?
The first son and second Emperor of the Flavian dynasty, this man was king during the eruption of Vesuvius.
The city of Troy (site of the Trojan War and the birthplace of Aeneas) is in what modern day country?
Turky
This goddess of maternity and womanhood supported the Greeks in the Trojan war, and was the patron goddess of Queen Dido of Carthage in the Aeneid.
Who is Juno?
This powerful Roman family is famous for producing men who are dedicated to defending the Republic; both one of the leaders who overthrow the kingdom and many generations later, the most famous of the conspirators against Julius Caesar.
What is the Brutus family?
The Julio-Claudian Dynasty had this many Emperors.
What is five Emperors?
1 - Augustus
2 - Tiberius
3 - Caligula
4 - Claudius
5 - Nero
Flavian dynasty came from this social class, making them unusual and the first of their kind.
What is the equestrian class?
This eponymous city was the capital of the large Empire that stretched across northern Africa and much of the Mediterranean, until it was defeated by Republican era Rome in a series of three wars.
What is Carthage?
Who is Atlas?
The co-presidents of ancient Rome, men in this governmental role were the heads of the Roman army, and held great power over Senatorial decisions.
Who were the consuls?
The war between these two Roman men is widely considered the first of the civil wars leading to the end of the Republic.
Who are Marius and Sulla?
After Domitian died, the senators hated him so much that they called this on his name.
What is the damnatio memoriae?
This important river runs through Rome to the port of Ostia Antica southwest of the city.
What is the Tiber River?
The mother of Minerva, this goddess of justice and good judgement, transforms into a fly and is swallowed by Jupiter; she lives forever in his head, offering wisdom to the king of the gods, and being the voice of reason in his worst moments.
Roman men were meant to follow this pattern of jobs, rising through the ranks of Roman society.
What is the cursus honorem?
Agrippina, one of the most powerful women in Roman history, was related to these three Emperors.
Who was the Sister of Caligula, the Wife of Claudius, and the Mother of Nero?
This uncle of Domitian takes over as the new Emperor after his assassination, marking the start of a new Dynasty.
Who is Emperor Nerva?
The modern names for these two seas which lie between Italy and Greece.
The Adriatic and Ionian Seas