Aeneas and the Founding of Rome

Who is NOT pictured here?

• Aeneas, the Trojan hero who is destined to found the Latin race

• Ascanius, Aeneas' son

• Creusa, Aeneas' wife

• Anchises, Aeneas' father

Who are the boys in the picture?

• Romulus and Remus

• Numitor and Amulius

• Mars and Faustulus

Who is the woman ending her life in this picture?

• Lavinia

• Amata

• Dido

Whom is Aeneas killing in this picture?

• Hector

• Turnus

• Latinus

What is Mercury doing in this picture?

• He is asking for directions to Carthage.

• He is throwing rocks at Aeneas.

• He is telling Aeneas to leave Carthage.

Who was the father of Romulus and Remus?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Mercury

What was the omen given to Romulus?

• 6 vultures flying overhead

• 12 vultures that dropped out of the sky

• 16 vultures eating a dead animal

Palatine and Aventine are

• brothers.

• hills.

• cities.

Where is the last place that Aeneas sees his father, Anchises? (Base your answer on the YouTube video at 3:27.)

• the underworld

• Carthage

• Troy

Choose the event that did NOT happen.

• Creusa dies.

• Dido travels to Italy with Aeneas.

• Aeneas establishes a city named Lavinium. It's named for his wife.