The Myth of the Beginning of the Roman Republic

According to the Roman ​ (a)   , Rome became an empire thanks to the birth of ​ (b)   ​ and ​ (c)   ​. They were twin brothers, sons of a human mother and the god of war, Mars. After their birth, an Estrucan King ordered them to be killed. They were placed in a basket and put into the ​ (d)   ​ River by the King's servant. The basket washed up on the river bank where they were found by a female ​ (e)   , which cared for them until they were found by a shepherd.

The shepherd and his wife raised the babies as their own.

• Romulus
• Remus
• Tiber
• wolf
• myth
• Nile
• Lion

The brothers helped overthrow the King that ordered to have them killed. They wanted to build a ​ (a)   together. The brothers disagreed about where it should be and decided to build their own cities separate from each other. (b)   jumped over the (c)   surrounding his brother's city ​to show his brother that his city would be​ (d)   . This led to a ​ (e)   between the two brothers.

• Remus
• weak
• city
• walls
• physical fight
• shooting
• paradise

In the end, ​ (a)   killed ​ (b)   , making the living brother the sole leader of ​ (c)   until he disappeared during a ​ (d)   ​ . The Romans belived that his father, ​ (e)   brought him to their version of heaven to become a god, too.

• Romulus
• Remus
• Rome
• storm
• fire
• Mars
• Venus

In this area of the ​ (a)   hills surrounding ​ (b)   , ​ (c)   was the first language spoken. Other languages such as ​ (d)   ​ and others came from this language.​Today, Rome is the capital city of the country ​ (e)  

• Latin
• English
• seven
• Rome
• three
• Egypt
• Italy

Match the following

• strong desire to be successfull

• Definition of Superiority

• something is better compared to another

• Definition of Myth

• untrue story to help explain experiences

• Definition of Rivalry

• An on-going competition

• Definition of Ambition