WorksheetsThe Kings of Rome
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
How many men served as kings of Rome?
II
X
VII
XII
Who were the real parents of Romulus and Remus?
Aeneas and Lavinia
Rhea Silvia and Mars
Faustulus and Acca Laurentia
Anna Perenna and Turnus
Which of these hills was the first to be settled in the foundation laid by Romulus?
Caelian
Palatine
Janiculum
Aventine
In what position did the original Roman senators appointed by Romulus serve?
military leaders
religious leaders
Royal advisors
Philosophers
Lacking women for wives, the Romans forcibly took wives from this people during the kingship of Romulus.
Latins
Albans
Sabines
Etruscans
In early times the Romans referred to themselves by this name, associated with Romulus.
Oscans
Gabians
Quirites
Homines
The Romans despised this woman because she betrayed Rome to the enemy.
Tarpeia
Camilla
Tanaquil
Lavinia
The second king, Numa Pompilius, sought the advice of this nymph in her grotto just outside of the city. He is late said to have married her.
Laurentia
Tarpeia
Egeria
Lucretia
Numa established the practice of opening the temple of this two-faced god in times of war and closing it in peacetime.
Mars
Quirinus
Janus
Jupiter
During the reign of Numa, what did the Romans become known for?
Their devotion to the gods and religious practices
Their disregard of religious practice and attention to war
Their building program
Their greed
The third king of Rome, Tullus Hostilius, and his Alban counterpart, Metius Fufetius, agreed to do which of the following?
Hand over the keys of Alba Longa to the king of Rome
Allow the Horatii brothers to fight the Curiatii brothers
Meet at the spring of Egeria
Throw criminals from the Tarpeian rock.
What happened to Horatia, the sister of the Horatii brothers?
She married Curiatius
She ran away from Rome
Her brother killed her because she wept when she saw the dead Curiatii
Curiatius killed her because she wept when she saw her dead brothers.
Rome's fourth king, Ancus Marcius, established the seaport of Rome at the mouth of the Tiber river. What was the name of this seaport?
Rome
Ostia
Alba Longa
Gabii
The fifth king of Rome and his wife, Tanaquil came from this Italic tribe.
Etruscans
Sabines
Latins
Gabians
What was the name of the slave child whose head was not consumed by fire, and who became the sixth king of Rome?
Tarquinius
Brutus
Collatinus
Servius Tullius
The seventh king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius, was given the uncomplimentary name "Superbus" because of which attribute?
Arrogance
Defiance
Greed
Sloth
In whose presence did Tarquinius Superbus declare himself to be king, and kill his predecessor Tullius?
The citizens of Gabii
The Roman senators
The Roman plebes
The citizens of Alba Longa
Which of these events did not cause the Romans to rise up against Tarquinius Superbus?
His refusal to allow the burial of Servius Tullius
His son's attack upon Lucretia
The building of the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline
His treatment of the town and citizens of Gabii
This man, a nephew of Tarquinius Superbus, led the Roman uprising against his uncle and later served as one of the two first consuls of Rome.
Metius Fufetius
Lucius Junius Brutus
Sextus Tarquinius
Arruns
The husband of Lucretia, this man was another relative of Tarquinius, who also served as one of Rome's first consuls.
Sextus Tarquinius
Tarquinius Collatinus
Tarquinius Priscus
Arruns
This Roman warrior successfully kept the Etruscans from entering Rome by defending, then destroying, the bridge across the Tiber river.
Lars Porsenna
Lucius Junius Brutus
Horatius Cocles
None of the above
What did Mucius Scaevola do to demonstrate his opposition to the Etruscan king and keep him out of Rome?
He sneaked into the Etruscan camp
He killed the secretary of Lars Porsenna
He thrust his right hand into the fire in the presence of Lars Porsenna
All of the above
After Mucius' successful mission against Lars Porsenna was accomplished, the Romans and Etruscans exchanged these as guarantors that neither side would break the peace and declare war.
Horses
Handshakes
Hostages
Kings
This young Roman woman escaped from Lars Porsenna by swimming across the Tiber, leading a group of fellow female hostages.
Lucretia
Tanaquil
Cloelia
Tullia
What was the fate of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus?
He was hanged
He was drowned in the river Tiber
He was exiled
He was sent as a hostage to the Etruscans
