upset about some Troja
Match the term to it's best description:
1. Aeneas
2. Anchises
3. Venus
4. Juno
5. Turnus
6. Vespasian
7. Augustus
8. Cloaca
9. aqueduct
10. Mithras
11. Tiberius
12. Nero
13. Crucifixion
14. Druid
15. Constantine
16. Constantinople
17. The Pantheon
18. Judea
19. Tepidarium
| A. |
A Rutulian (Italian) nobleman whose fiancee was reassigned to that foreign dude Aeneas. He didn't take it well. |
| B. |
A religious leader of the major religion of Northwestern Europe before Roman conquest. Based out of Britannia, they believed in reincarnation. |
| C. |
Queen of the gods and patroness of Carthage, she was really upset about some Trojans escaping. |
| D. |
Patron goddess of the Julian gens and unhelpful helper of Aeneas, whose machinations eventually caused the Punic Wars, according to Vergil. |
| E. |
A covered drainage system used to move water out of a city and into a local basin or waterway. A storm sewer. |
| F. |
The second Roman to (successfully) start a dynasty. |
| G. |
A gravity-driven system for moving water from remote locations to an urban center. |
| H. |
A death by slow, painful suffocation while being nailed to a wooden armature, this punishment was forbidden for use against Roman citizens. |
| I. |
A Roman province under a certain amount of local control until a revolt arose spurred on by religious grievances and unfair taxation, it fell to complete Roman control in 70 CE. |
| J. |
A monotheistic religion characterized by a refusal to sacrifice to the emperor, its teachings were thought to be particularly threatening to the Roman state and its followers were persecuted. |
| K. |
Originally built by Agrippa, Hadrian renovated it to include a poured concrete dome. Dedicated to all the gods of Rome. |
| L. |
A struggling artist who used his imperial powers to win ALL the music contests, he also had a nasty habit of killing his spouses, tutors, and relatives. Also known for the first persecution of Christians following a huge fire in Rome. This persecution was excessive, even by Roman standards. |
| M. |
Founder of the line of Julius Caesar (et al.) who escaped Troy and became the very thing he hated most. |
| N. |
The emperor who legalized Christianity after a victory over a rival emperor. He also had an excessively giant statue of himself built. |
| O. |
Not the first to bear the title of princeps, but the first to turn it into a political position that we now refer to as "The Roman Emperor" in English. |
| P. |
The not-too-hot, not-too-cold room in a Roman bath. |
| Q. |
A pseudo-Persian god worshiped by all-male devotees, he was very popular among Roman legionaries. He killed a bull once. We don't know what that's all about because it was a secret. |
| R. |
The first man to inherit the title of princeps along with the sole ruling powers over the Roman state without having to fight a war to do so. |
| S. |
Father of Aeneas who was carried out of Troy in a show of Pietas and whose shade eventually ended up in the good zip code of the underworld. |
| T. |
The god of the winds who was forced by Juno to drive Aeneas to Carthage. |
| U. |
An Egyptian goddess popular in Rome, she was viewed as humankind's savior and champion. Her spouse was Serapis, god of the underworld. |
| V. |
Istanbul |
| W. |
The southernmost province of the Roman empire known for sand-snakes and blonde dragon-queens with savior complexes. |
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