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The Roman Calendar Pick the box, read the question and answer the question… easy…

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The Roman Calendar. Pick the box, read the question and answer the question… easy…. Gods. Goddesses. Random. History. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. YES!. NO…. Anyone else?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Roman Calendar

Pick the box, read the question and answer the question… easy…

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History Gods Goddesses Random

100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200

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400 400 400 400

500500500500

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YES!

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Anyone else?

NO…

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1. Which day was market day?

1.Day 6

2.Day 4

3.Day 8

4.There was no market day

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5. The Kalends were always on the…

1.First day of the month

2.Last day of the month

3.Once every two months

4.Once every 365 days

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2. The Lemuria was held in May and was a festival for?..

1.The birth of a child

2.The men of the house

3.The dead

4. Apollo

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3. The month of March had once marked the beginning of the?..

1.World

2.Agricultural year

3.Spring season

4.Public festival Parentalia

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3. What is considered the best known Roman festival?

1.Festival of Anna Perenna

2.Fontonalia

3.Consualia

4.Lupercalia

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2. What was the feast of Fontonalia dedicated to?

1.Food and wine

2.The birth of a new child

3.The gods

4.Fountains and springs

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1. The Bona Dea was a feast..

1.On an unfixed date for woman only

2.For the Vestal Virgins

3.On an unfixed date for men only

4.To sacrifice cows

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2. Plebian games were..

1.Games of the Gods

2.Games of the Plebs

3.Games of the People

4.Games of November

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4. The higher the Salii leaped while dancing the…

1.Happier the gods would be

2.Higher the corn would grow

3.Stronger they would become

4.Louder their chants became

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5. The Arval brothers were an old priesthood revived by whom and

secured what for crops?

1. Julius Caeser, immortality

2. Augustus, fresh water

3. Augustus, Numen

4. Remus, Numen

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1. Nefastus was…

1.Romulus and Remus’ birthday

2.Day that public businesses were suspended

3.A type of sacrifice

4.A festival in November

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2. A solemn procession was made to the oldest bridge crossing the Tiber, The Pons Sublicius. What

was thrown into the river?

1. Straw puppets

2. Wheat

3. A dead child

4. A naughty child’s toys

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3. The Parentalia was a public festival designed for?...

1. Successful parents

2. Keeping the spirits of dead ancestors happy

3. Those experiencing pregnancy

4. Supplying new born children with Numen from the gods

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4. Fortuna was the goddess of..

1.Fortune

2.Luck

3.Determination

4.The poor

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5. The shrine of Fortuna was situated…

1. In central Rome

2. Alongside several other shrines outside Rome

3. On the banks of the Tiber

4. There were several shrines of Fortuna situated throughout Rome

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1. Who was most feared in the hottest time of the year, 23rd

August?1.Venus

2.Mercury

3.Vulcan

4.Pontifex Maximus

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2. Which animal was sacrificed on 15th October where its blood was kept by the priestesses of Vesta.

1.Mouse

2.Horse

3.White Ram

4.Black Cow

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3. The festival of Diana provided what and in which month?

1.Day of work for slaves, August

2.A day of feasting, August

3.A day of praying, February

4.A day of adultery, October