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What official in Rome oversaw games and maintained temples and roads?

• quaestor

• aedile

• consul

• praetor

During the Roman Republic, what government position was created to protect plebeians with its veto power?

• aedile

• tribune

• praetor

• consul

. What place has five rivers, a field for the blessed, and a large abyss?

• Troy

• Mt Olympus

• the Underworld

• Carthage

Leptis Magna, a major Roman trading port that was once part of the Carthaginian Empire, was located on which modern continent?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• Australia

. What Roman senator was accused by Cicero of attempting a coup during his consulship in 63 BC?

• Marcus Antonius

• Gnaeus Pompeius

• Lucius Sergius Catilina

• Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who spun, measured, and cut the thread of life, were known as the

• Harpies

• Furies

• Fates

• Titans

. What date did the Romans use to mark the approximate midpoint for each month?

• Fasti

• Ides

• Nones

• Kalends

What Roman priests were primarily in charge of interpreting the entrails of animals?

• vestālēs

• haruspicēs

• pontificēs

• cēnsōrēs

What mythological creature, eventually killed by Bellerophon, was a combination of a lion, goat, and snake?

• a centaur

• the Sphinx

• a satyr

• the Chimera

Usus, coemptio, and confarreatio all were types of Roman

• funerals

• triumphs

• priesthoods

• weddings