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Ancient Roman Religion and Mythology
Ancient Roman Religion and Mythology
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What was the name of the god of war?
Mercury
Bacchus
None of them
Mars
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How did the augures interpretate omen?
position of the sun
coin toss
rain and thunder
animal entrails and flight of birds
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Who is in The Capitoline Triad?
Ceres, Jupiter and Minerva
Jupiter, Minerva and Juno
Jupiter, Minerva and Apollo
Bacchus, Minerva and Apollo
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What was the name of Aphrodite in Roman mythology?
Hercules
Cupid
Pax
Venus
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Who could see into the past and the future?
Vesta
Janus
Neptune
Pluto
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How do we know about the gods and myths of ancient Rome?
Much of it is thanks to the poet Sophocles
Much of it is thanks to the Roman poets Virgil and Ovid
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Who are these?
Vulcan and a bull
Apollo and a bull
Jupiter and a bull
Mithras and a bull
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What does it mean that the early Roman religion was animistic?
Believing that spirits inhabit everything around them
nature is viewed as purely material, without spiritual significance
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Who was equivalent to (Roman’s) Jupiter, Minerva and Juno?
Zeus, Hera and Bacchus
Zeus, Hera and Angerona
Zeus, Hera and Athena
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Apollo is a god of what?
Loyalty, fortune and strength
Growth, fame and rumor
Music, the sun, healing and poetry
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What happened to the male followers of the cult of Cybele?
They were flogged
They were castrated
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What was the name of the god of peace?
Jupiter
Pluto
Pax
Apollo
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What are Nemesis, Cupid and Pax gods of?
Wine, love and peace
Revenge, love and peace
Sky, love and peace
Revenge, love and mercy
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Who are these people?
Jupiter and Juno
Mars and Venus
Janus and Bellona
Neptune and Minerva
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What was the difference in veneration between Greece and Rome?
Rome- each city-state had its own patron, Greece-gods were state-controlled
Greece- each city-state had its own patron, Rome-gods were state-controlled
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Who gave his name to the first day of the weekend?
Sol
Saturn
Sancus
Suadela
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Which planets were named after the Roman mythological gods?
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
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What cult was feared by the Roman society?
Bacchus
Carmentes
Apollo
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Who thought he was the reincarnation of Hercules?
Domitian
Saturn
Nemesis
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From where did the Romans adapt facets of religion?
India
Balkans, Asia Minor, Greece, Egypt
China
