Roman Myths

Who killed his brother and took credit for building Rome?

• Remus

• Aeneas

• Romulus

• Latinus

What is the Roman name for the Greek god Zeus?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mars

• Neptune

Who did all Romans believe they were related to?

• Zeus

• Romulus

• Aeneas

• Neptune

Who did Aeneas form an alliance with and take control of Italy?

• Greeks

• Italians

• Romulus and Remus

• Latins

Why did Romulus and Remus's mother place them in a basket on the river?

• She did not want to have children.

• She was afraid of the wrath of Aeneas.

• The other gods were jealous and threatened to kill the children.

• The Latins told her she had to get rid of them.

Who were the parents of Romulus and Remus?

• Jupiter and Rhea

• Neptune and Rhea

• Vulcan and Rhea

• Mars and Rhea

What war was Aeneas a hero of?

• Trojan War

• Persian Wars

• Peloponnesian War

• Punic Wars

Who was the mother of Aeneas?

• Ceres

• Juno

• Venus

• Vesta

In Iliad, Aeneas is the only survivor of the city of ___________.

• Athens

• Troy

• Latium

• Rome

Where did Romulus and Remus want to build a city?

• On the western bank of the Italian peninsula.

• Along the Po River.

• At the spot where the wolf rescued them.

• Where the once great city of Latium stood.