CLST 103 EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS & DETAILED
ANSWERS (PEREFECTLY VERIFIED) GRADED A+
End of empire in the west - CORRECT ANSWER >>>476 CE
End of empire in the east - CORRECT ANSWER >>>1453 CE
Benefits of Roma location - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Location along the river Tiber
-Good soil
-Access to sea
-Natural barrier (7 hills)
-Lots of water springs
Marshes in Rome - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Concentration of population on the hills
-Forum Boarium: Marshes were drained
-Development of hydraulic engineering by romans
7 Hills of Rome - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine
(Romulus fortified this hill), Quirinal, Viminal
Monte Testaccio - CORRECT ANSWER >>>an artificial mound in rome composed completely of
broken pots
Literary sources - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-1st accounts of Roman History 3-2 BCE
-Oral tradition, religious hymns, folklore
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,-Ceremonies honoring the deceased recounted episodes of their lives, retold again and again to
bring honor to the bloodline
-Romans loved their own history
-MAIORES: they esteemed tradition and value of ancestors
The Aeneid by Vergil - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Poem that tells story of Aeneas in trojan war and
foundation or rome
Titus Livius (Livy) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Historian who documented the foundation of Rome
Aeneas - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Trojan Warrior
-Son of Venus and Anchises
-Fled Troy with Penates
-Married Lavinia
-Founded city Lavinium to honor Lavinia
-Worshiped as heroic founder as Jupiter Indiges (Native Jupiter or Local Jupiter)
Penates - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Household Gods
Creusa - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Wife of Aeneas
Ascanius (Lulus) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Son of Aeneas and Creusa
Evander - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Greek Hero who settled at future rome
Latinus - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Local king, father of Lavinia
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, Lavinia - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Betrothed to Turnus
Turnus - CORRECT ANSWER >>>King of the Rutulians
Lavinium: Heroon - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Hero shrine of Aeneas
Tomb of Aeneas
Castor and Pollux - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Part of Penates (household gods) brought to italy and
rome
Alba Longa - CORRECT ANSWER >>>city founded by Ascanius (lulus)
-Livy placed Alba Longa at the foot of Alban Mount
Numitor - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-12th King of Alba Longa
Amulius - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Brother of Numitor, took the throne following Numitor's death
Rhea Silvia - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Daughter of Numitor
-Mother of Romulus and Remus
Faustulus - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Shepherd who found Romulus and Remus
How Rome developed - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Synoecism: City developed through the coming
together of several villages around the one on the Palatine (AKA Septimontium)
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ANSWERS (PEREFECTLY VERIFIED) GRADED A+
End of empire in the west - CORRECT ANSWER >>>476 CE
End of empire in the east - CORRECT ANSWER >>>1453 CE
Benefits of Roma location - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Location along the river Tiber
-Good soil
-Access to sea
-Natural barrier (7 hills)
-Lots of water springs
Marshes in Rome - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Concentration of population on the hills
-Forum Boarium: Marshes were drained
-Development of hydraulic engineering by romans
7 Hills of Rome - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine
(Romulus fortified this hill), Quirinal, Viminal
Monte Testaccio - CORRECT ANSWER >>>an artificial mound in rome composed completely of
broken pots
Literary sources - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-1st accounts of Roman History 3-2 BCE
-Oral tradition, religious hymns, folklore
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,-Ceremonies honoring the deceased recounted episodes of their lives, retold again and again to
bring honor to the bloodline
-Romans loved their own history
-MAIORES: they esteemed tradition and value of ancestors
The Aeneid by Vergil - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Poem that tells story of Aeneas in trojan war and
foundation or rome
Titus Livius (Livy) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Historian who documented the foundation of Rome
Aeneas - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Trojan Warrior
-Son of Venus and Anchises
-Fled Troy with Penates
-Married Lavinia
-Founded city Lavinium to honor Lavinia
-Worshiped as heroic founder as Jupiter Indiges (Native Jupiter or Local Jupiter)
Penates - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Household Gods
Creusa - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Wife of Aeneas
Ascanius (Lulus) - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Son of Aeneas and Creusa
Evander - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Greek Hero who settled at future rome
Latinus - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Local king, father of Lavinia
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, Lavinia - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Betrothed to Turnus
Turnus - CORRECT ANSWER >>>King of the Rutulians
Lavinium: Heroon - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Hero shrine of Aeneas
Tomb of Aeneas
Castor and Pollux - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Part of Penates (household gods) brought to italy and
rome
Alba Longa - CORRECT ANSWER >>>city founded by Ascanius (lulus)
-Livy placed Alba Longa at the foot of Alban Mount
Numitor - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-12th King of Alba Longa
Amulius - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Brother of Numitor, took the throne following Numitor's death
Rhea Silvia - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Daughter of Numitor
-Mother of Romulus and Remus
Faustulus - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Shepherd who found Romulus and Remus
How Rome developed - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-Synoecism: City developed through the coming
together of several villages around the one on the Palatine (AKA Septimontium)
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