A | B |
beauty contest | between Athena, Aphrodite, Hera |
Paris | decided the beauty contest; chose Aphrodite |
Helen | awarded to Paris by Aphrodite |
Eris | goddess of discord; threw golden apple into wedding feast of Peleus and Thetis |
Aeneas | survivor of Trojan War; led other survivors to a new home in Italy |
Iulus | son of Aeneas; founded Alba Longa |
Lavinium | city founded by Aeneas in Italy |
Queen Dido | queen of Carthage; jilted by Aeneas; commits suicide |
Cumaean Sybil | prophetess who leads Aeneas to underworld |
Amulius | usurps throne of Alba Longa from his brother Numitor; makes Rhea Silvia--his neice--a vestal virgin |
Rhea Silvia | impregnated by Mars; mother of Romulus and Remus |
753 BCE | Romulus kills Remus and founds Rome |
geography of Rome | seven hills and Tiber River |
Rape of the Sabines | Sabine women kidnapped by Romans to be their wives |
Romulus | taken up to the sky in a cloud; worshipped as Quirinus |
Numa Pompilius | second king of Rome; gave them law and religion |
Tarquinius Superbus (the Proud) | last king of Rome |
Sextus Tarquinius | raped Lucretia (wife of Tarquinius Collatinus) |
509 BCE | Tarquin ousted; start of Republic |
Monarchy | 753 BCE-509BCE |
L. Junius Brutus and Tarquinius Collatinus | first consuls in Republican period |