| A | B |
|---|
| Roman holiday similar to Christmas and held in December? | Saturnalia |
| Number of Vestal Virgins? | 6 |
| What were the haruspices? | A group of religious who checked the entrails of sacrificial animals for auspices. |
| Where did the haruspices originate? | Etruria |
| What does A.U.C. stand for? | Ab urbe condita |
| What does A.U.C. mean? | "From the city's founding" |
| How many "pontifices" ("bridge-builders") were there in Roman religion? | 15 (this included the Pontifex Maximus) |
| What were the two main duties of the pontifices? | 1)regulate the calendar 2)supervise all religious matters |
| How many "flamines" did the Pontifex Maximus appoint? | 15 |
| What did the "flamines" do? | They were devoted to the service of one, specific god. |
| How many augures were there? | 15 |
| What did the augurs do? | prophesied the future by taking auspices, e.g. flight of birds. They took the auspices before any important event. |
| How many fetiales were there? | 20 |
| With what were the duties of the fetiales associated? | declaration of war and ratification of peace |
| How many Vestal Virgins were there? | 6 |
| How many years did a Vestal Virgin serve? | 30 |
| What is the term for the soothsayers, originally from Etruria, who prophesied by examining the entrails of sacrificial animals? | haruspices (lit. "gut-checkers") |
| Which group of religious interpreted natural phenomena like earthquakes, lightning and eclipses? | haruspices |
| Which Roman god was the god of beginnings and endings, openings and closings? | Janus |
| Which Roman god was depicted as "two-faced"? | Janus |
