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Find the answers to the following items by looking through the A-Day Roman Culture Power
Point Presentations of your classmates.
1. How old was Lucius Cornelius Sulla when he died? 60
2. What Gallic leader did Gaius Iulius Caesar defeat in 52 BCE? Caesar defeats Vercingetorix
3. What color was the cheapest available dye for Roman clothing? Red.
4. What is Marcus Tullius Cicero famous for? He was the greatest orators and prose stylists.
5. How was Marcus Antonius connected to Cleopatra? They formed an alliance and become lovers.
6. What name did Romulus have after he was deified? Quirinus
7. What was the name of Numa Pompilius’s wife? Didn’t have a wife
8. What building, dedicated in 55 BCE and on the Campus Martius, is attributed to?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus? Pompey’s Great theatre
9. Whom did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeat in the 2nd Punic War to become a hero for
Rome? Hannibal
10. Who was Remus’s uncle? Why did Remus’s uncle want to kill him (and his brother Romulus)?
Amulius he knew they were going to be kings but he wanted to be king.
11. After what famous Roman was the Ohio city of Cincinnati named?
12. When and by whom was the Praetorian Guard finally disbanded?
13. What did Gaius Marius do to “gain the admiration of his soldiers”?
14. How was Marcus Antonius connected to Iulius Caesar?
15. How (when, and why) did Marcus Tullius Cicero die?
16. List three of the achievements of Numa Pompilius.
17. How many wives did Lucius Cornelius Sulla have?
18. Initially, how many men were in the Praetorian Guard (that is, under Tiberius)?
19. What ensued after Gaius Iulius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river?
20. What were the Roman and Egyptian names of the son that Iulius Caesar and Cleopatra
(probably) had?
21. According to Remus’s mother, who was Remus’s father?
22. In a legion of the early Roman Army, what were the names of the three lines of soldiers?
23. By 305 CE, how many people could enjoy at one time the Baths of Diocletian?
24. List three examples of the kind of jewelry a Roman woman might wear.
25. What did Lucius Cornelius Sulla do to make him famous among Romans?
26. What leisure activity was the oldest and most popular among Romans?
27. What are the Latin words for “Roman Games”?
28. Name two of Cleopatra’s siblings.
29. Who (list all four of his names) gave Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus the nickname “Magnus”
(=”the Great”)?
30. List three ways in which a person might become a slave in ancient Rome.
31. What was the name of the Roman holiday (it began on Dec. 17) during which masters and
slaves would switch places for a day?
32. How was Iulius Caesar related to Gaius Marius?
33. What was the purpose of the Praetorian Guard?
34. What was the name of the gladiator who led a slave uprising in 73 BCE, hiding out on
Mount Vesuvius?
35. In addition to bathing, what main function did a visit to the Roman baths play for its patrons?
36. What two cultures had a major influence on the development of Roman theater?
37. Roman theaters were often built near what other type of building, in order to please the gods?
38. Who took care of Romulus and Remus (after their uncle had left them to die), until Faustulus
(the shepherd) and his wife found them?
39. How did Romulus and his men acquire wives after Rome was founded (in 753 BCE)?
40. What animal is associated with the Carthaginian General who was defeated by Publius
Cornelius Scipio Africanus in the 2nd Punic War?
41. Where and when was Spartacus born?
42. Describe the equipment used to train the Roman Army.
43. When and Why was Gaius Iulius Caesar assassinated?