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21 Cards in this Set
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Name the goddess of love and beauty.
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Venus/Aphrodite
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Complete this analogy: pater:patrem as puer:_______
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puerum
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Who was the Olympian husband of Venus?
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Vulcan/Hephaestus
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puerum: pueris as arborem:________
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Arboribus
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Give the complete founding date of Rome.
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April 21, 753 B.C.
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Give the complete date of Caesar's assassination.
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March 15, 44 B.C.
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What was the good luck charm worn by children called?
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bulla
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A boy gave up his bulla at the age of 16 when he became a man. Name the toga which he would then wear.
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toga virilis
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Name the last king of Rome.
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Tarquinius Superbus
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Name the king of Rome who established religious practices.
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Numa Pompilius
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Who killed Medusa?
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Perseus
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What would happen if one looked at Medusa?
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They would be turned into stone
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What did a Roman call his kitchen?
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culina
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What did a Roman call his study?
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Tablinum
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What two letters are the sign for the imperfect tense in Latin?
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-ba-
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Express in Latin: we were coming
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veniebamus
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Between what two hills was the Roman Forum located?
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Capitoline and Palatine
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Name any two hills in Rome besides the Capitoline and Palatine.
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Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal, Viminal
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Which deity had the owl as a symbol?
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Athena/Minerva
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Who challenged Athena to a spinning (weaving) contest?
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Arachne
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Translate into English the nouns of address in the following sentence: "Tacite, pueri et puellae!"
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boys and girls
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