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Latin 8
Culture Review I
Answer the following questions or fill in the blanks.
1. What year was Rome founded? _____________
2. Who was the first king of Rome? ______________
3. Who was the first king’s twin brother? _______________ Their father was the god
__________. Into what river were they abandoned? ______________
4. Rome was built on ________ hills.
5. The ______________ hill is where many emperors built their palaces.
6. The Temple of Jupiter Maximus was built on the ____________ hill.
7. The ____________ river runs through Rome.
8. The Romans traced their lineage back to _______________, a Trojan warrior. His
mother was the goddess ________________. The Roman epic The Aeneid about the
founding of the Roman race was written by the Roman poet ___________________.
9. The first form of government was the __________________.
10. The republic began in _____________B.C.
11. The first Emperor of Rome was __________________. He was the adopted son of the
most famous Roman general, _____________________. This general conquered
France, then known as, _______________. This general was killed on this date:
__________________________, known as the ________ _____ _____________.
12. Mt. __________________ erupted in _______ A.D. and buried the cities
___________________ and ____________________.
13. ________________ the elder wrote letters about the eruption of this Mt.
14. The Punic wars were fought between Rome and this city: __________________. The
most famous general of this city was ________________, who once led elephants over
the Alps to invade Italy.
15. This was the gladiator-slave that led a slave revolt ending in 71BC.
16. The stilus, tabella, abacus, and ludus are all associated with Roman
_____________.
17. The paedagogus was a (usually Greek) __________________ that accompanied a boy
to school and was responsible for looking after his education.
18. This structure was used for chariot racing in Rome ________________________.
19. This building was used to house gladiator fights and mock naval battles
_________________________.
20. This temple, dedicated to all the gods, was noted for its huge dome
___________________.
21. This was the structure from which the politicians made their speeches in Rome.
___________________
22. The center for business, political, and economic life in ancient Rome was the
_____________________.
23. The __________________ were the public baths in ancient Rome.
24. These structures brought water into Rome __________________.
25. Roman male citizens had _______ (number) names. They were called (in order):
__________________________________________
26. The daughter of a Roman citizen named with the feminized form of her father’s
_____________________.
27. Men, women, and children all wore a simple garment called a _________________.
28. Boys and high ranking government officials wore this special toga with a purple
stripe: ___________________________
29. Upon coming of age, boys gave up the necklace called a ____________ that had been
given to them at their naming ceremony, and took on the toga of manhood called the
______________________.
30. Roman matrons (married women) wore this strapped dress over their tunics:
_______________.
31. ___________________ was the common word for shoes.
32. The Roman city or townhouse was called a ________________. The Roman country
house was called a __________________. The apartment buildings that took up
entire Roman blocks were called ______________________.
33. The kitchen was the __________________. The dining room was the
_________________. The main room in the front of the house was the
_________________. The pool for rainwater in this main room was the
_________________. The skylight was the ___________________. The bedroom was
the _______________. The master’s study was the ___________________. The
entrance passage way was the __________________. Shops in the front of houses or
in the forum were called __________________. The back courtyard with gardens was
the ___________________.
34. Paterfamilias was the male __________________. Patria potestas is the phrase used
to describe the ______________ the paterfamilias had over the members of his
family.
35. The Roman god of lightning and thunder, also the king of the gods, was
_____________ (Gk: Zeus)
36. The Roman goddess of marriage and women, also the queen of the gods, was
_______________ (Gk: Hera)
37. The Roman god of the sea was ________________ (Gk: Poseidon)
38. The Roman god of the underworld was ________________ (Gk: Hades)
39. The Roman goddess of grain and the harvest was __________________ (Gk:
Demeter)
40. The Roman goddess of war, wisdom, and weaving was __________________ (Gk:
Athena)
41. The Roman god of war was _______________ (Gk: Ares)
42. The Roman goddess of love and beauty was ______________ (Gk: Aphrodite)
43. The Roman goddess of hearth and home was ______________ (Gk: Hestia)
44. The Roman god of sun, light, music, medicine, etc was ______________ (Gk: Apollo)
45. The Roman god of wine, merriment, and theater was ______________ (Gk:
Dionysus)
46. The Roman god of love was __________________ (Gk: Eros)
47. The queen of the Underworld, wife of Hades, daughter of Demeter:
___________________ (Gk: Persephone)
48. The messenger of the gods, and the god of travelers and thieves:
___________________ (Gk: Hermes)
49. The blacksmith of the gods: ________________ (Gk: Hephaestus)
50. The Roman goddess of the moon and hunt: __________________ (Gk: Artemis)
51. Father of Iuppiter and king of the Titans, god of the harvest: ___________________
(Gk: Chronos)
52. The Roman god of doorways, shown with two faces, is ________________.
53. Iuno’s bird is ______________________.
54. Jupiter turned Io into a _______________ in a failed attempt to hide her from Juno.
55. The demigod ____________________ whose parents were _______________ and the
mortal Alcmene, performed 12 labors.
56. The story of the kidnapping of Proserpina explained the ______________.
57. The three-headed dog of the underworld: _____________________.
58. ___________________ ferried the dead across the river Styx.
59. The household gods were known as the ________________ and were worshiped in
the household shrine called a _____________________.
60. ___________________ sprang fully grown from her father’s head.
61. Apollo loved ___________________, but she did not love him back and became a
__________________.
62. The festival held in December in honor of the god Saturn: __________________
63. The gods and goddesses lived on ______________________.
64. The queen of Carthage in The Aeneid was _____________.
65. A Roman bride wore the flammeum, which was an flame (orange) colored
__________________.
66. Ubi tu Gaius, Ego Gaia were words spoken by Roman ___________________.
67. This most famous of Roman roads, was known as the Regina Viarum or queen of
roads: ______________________
68. Mare nostrum is the Latin for which body of water: ________________________
69. The main road through the Roman Forum was the _____________________.
70. Label the pictures below: