Roman Kings and Early Heroes

A wolf, a shepherd, a river, and a priestess are all featured in a story about

• Castor and Pollux

• Numa Pompilius

• Romulus and Remus

• Servius Tullius

What town, located at the mouth of the Tiber and founded by Ancus Marcius, was the port of Rome?

• Lavinium

• Brundisium

• Ostia

• Alba Longa

What famous Roman hero held off the Etruscan army and Lars Porsenna while his fellow soldiers tore down the only bridge leading to Rome?

• Horatius Cocles

• Mucius Scaevola

• Manlius

• Cincinnatus

Which of the following events happened last?

• the end of the Trojan War

• the reign of Augustus, the first emperor

• the growth of the Senate during the Roman Republic

• the expulsion of the kings from Rome

What child, whose name may derive from the Latin word for slave, seemed destined to be king when a flame danced above his head?

• Romulus

• Numa Pompilius

• Servius Tullius

• Tarquinius Superbus

According to Roman history, Romulus, Numa, Tullus Hostilius, and Tarquinius Priscus were

• consuls

• emperors

• generals

• kings

Which of these events happened last?

• Romulus killed his brother Remus

• Aeneas led his people out of Troy

• Augustus was made emperor

• Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon

Quis erat deus bellī et pater Rōmulī Remīque?

• Mars

• Iuppiter

• Neptūnus

• Vulcānus

Who was the seventh and last king of Rome?

• Coriolanus

• Tarquinius

• Appius

• Romulus

Rome's first government was

• republic

• monarchy

• democracy

• empire