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WorksheetsStage 14 Culture; Monarchy; Heroes
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
The first Roman to lead troops to Britain was
Julius Caesar
Claudius
Agricola
Sulis-Minerva
Rome started as which type of government?
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
Republic
How many kings ruled from 753 B.C. until 509 B.C.?
5
10
6
7
Legend says that who was the first king of Rome, who purloined women from the neighboring Sabine tribe?
Tarquin the Proud
Remus
Romulus
Brutus
Who was king of Rome when the Senate overthrew the Monarchy?
Tarquinius Superbus
Ancus Martius
Romulus
Servius Tullius
What type of government replaced the Monarchy in 509 B.C.?
Republic
Oligarchy
Democracy
Tyranny
The city of Rome was built by the (a)
Which king defeated the Albans, when the battle of the Curatii & Horatii took place?
Numa Pompelius
Tullus Hostilius
Ancus Marcius
Servius Tullius
What did Horatius do after the bridge fell in the river?
jumped into the river in his armor
surrendered
wounded many enemies
found another bridge
Why was Mucius' name "Scaevola" after he became a hero?
Scaevola means "the brave"
Scaevola means "the left"
Scaevola means "the terrible"
Scaevola means "the savage"
(a) built the Cloaca Maxima and the Circus Maximus.
Who created a 10 month lunar calendar and established legal and religious institutions?
Numa Pompilius
Tullus Hostilius
Ancus Marcius
Romulus
Which king built many buildings and extended Rome's territory to Ostia?
Romulus
Ancus Marcius
Tullus Hostilius
Lucius Tarquinius
Who led a group of girls who escaped their guards and swam into the safety of Rome through a shower of arrows?
Cloelia
Horatius
Cincinnatus
Scaevola
Who was the governor of Britain during the time in our stories, when Quintus is visiting Salvius and Rufilla?
Claudius
Agricola
Salvius
Tacitus
Match the following:
The Monarchy
753 -509 BCE
The Republic
509 - 33 BCE
The year that Claudius first established a presence in Britain
43 AD
Eruption of Vesuvius
79 AD
Year that Julius Caesar first visited Britain
55 BCE
The Latin word that describes the importance of firm loyalty and devotion to one’s country, gods, and family
pietas
caldarium
tripodes
elegantius
Which is NOT a characteristic of a British roundhouse? (a)
After the arrival of the Romans, some Romanized Britons began to replace their roundhouses with simple villae.
verum
falsum
nescio
quid?
Cincinnatus was appointed to the emergency position of (a) in 458 BC.
Cincinnatus (a) after his victory in 458 BC.
