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definition of a hero - Answers :describes protagonist of stories and fighters in war. Known for extraordinary deeds, they die, they die premature or in a mysterious way, worshipped at their gravesite, remembered in song and ritual When Herakles was born, which god or goddess was trying to kill him? - Answers :Hera tried to kill Herakles (Hercules) because he was the illegitimate son of her husband, Zeus. Later, she drove him mad and he killed his own family. Heroes are most commonly worshipped at which type of site? - Answers :Heroes are commonly worshipped at their gravesites. ancient heroes - Answers :worshipped at gravesite unlike gods modern heroes - Answers :someone who does extraordinary deeds for common good heroes vs gods - Answers :gods demand worship and focus on ritual traits of greek heroes - Answers :Death, Extraordinary deeds, weird death, gravesite worship, song/ritual cleomedes the boxer - Answers :Played in the olympic games, but win was ruled unfair so he went on a rampage and destroyed a boys school killed 60 kids, hid in a box in a temple, and when they go to find him, he's gone. Then they worshipped him as a hero horizontal tradition - Answers :Different stories associated with the same hero doing different things vertical tradition - Answers :Different versions of the same myth herakles - Answers :completes 12 nearly impossible feats of cunning and strength, becomes immortal god, kills his wife and two sons in a fit of madness caused by hera birth of herakles - Answers :Zeus turns himself into amphitryon and sleeps with alcmene, she gets pregnant with two babies (iphicles- son of amphitryon, herakles- son of Zeus), Zeus promises that the baby born on herakles due date will be king among men, Hera is pissed so she pushes back herakles birth by one day so Eurystheus becomes king of Tiryns herkales' 12 labors - Answers :the delphic oracles states that herakles must serve king Eurystheus to make up for killing his family. He sends him to complete 12 labors
- the nemeon lion- herkales' 12 labors- - Answers :the lion took women as hostages into a cave, herakles first tried killing it with arrows but its skin is impenetrable, eventually he clubs it and strangles it to death, wears its pelt
- lernaean Hydra- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :belongs to hera, bunch of snake head and only one head is mortal. When a head is cut off two more will grow back, herakles calls his nephew lolaus to help him by mending the wounds after he cuts a head off and they eventually kill it.
- Kerynian hind- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :golden horned stag that is so fast that it could outrun an arrow, after capturing it he make Eurystheus come claim it but it runs away just before he can
- erymanthian boar- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :uses Chirons advice to capture it (drive it into snow and bind it)
- Augean stables- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :must clean the stables that had not been cleaned in 30 years, athena helps him by diverting the local river to easily clean out the stables.
- stymphalian birds- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :man eating birds with beaks of bronze and sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, athena makes a rattle which rouses the birds and herakles shoots them down with arrows
- Cretan bull- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :bull had been destroying cretes crops and orchards and walls, herakles snuck up behind it and made it pass out, then ships it eurystheus
- Mares of Diomedes - herkales' 12 labors - Answers :horses are crazy because they eat human flesh and breathe fire, herakles chases them onto a peninsula, digs a ditch making it an island, then goes and feeds diomedes to the horses to calm them down, he binds their mouths shut and bring to eurystheus
- Amazonian belt- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :stops by paros, gets in a fight with the sons of minos and kills them, hippolyta was actually going to give him the belt but hera sows the seeds of distress, so herakles kills her
- Cattle of Gerson- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :has to go to Erythia which is very far west, has to cross the libyan desert which is so hot so he shoots an arrow at the sun, helio likes this so he sends a golden chariot to him to take him where he needs to go, kills orthrus the two headed dog, then kills Eurtion the herdsman and owner of dog, then slay Geryon (made of 3 heads and 3 bodies) with poison arrows, herds the cattle back to greece and some of them get stolen by Cacus (giant), hera sends gadfly to annoy them but herakles finally gets them back
- apples of the hesperides- herkales' 12 labors - Answers :captures the sea god to get the location of the garden, meets antaeus who is invincible while touching the ground so he picks him up and crushes him with a bear hug, meets atlas and trades places with him so atlas can grab him an apple
Made and The Marathonian Bull - Labors of Theseus - Answers :Previously Cretan bull. When Theseus arrives to Athens he is sent by Madea to capture the bull and when he returns she tries to poison him (wants her son to be king). King Aegeus recognizes him last minute and prevents the poisoning. King Minos - Answers :King of Crete (first). Son of Zeus and Europa (bull). Every year made King Aegeus pick 7 boys and girls to be sent to the Labyrinth to be eaten by the Minotaur Pasiphae and the Bull - Answers :Pasiphae (King Minos' wife) is made to love bulls as a punishment to King Minos for not sacrificing the best bull to Poseidon one year. Daedalus and the Labyrinth - Answers :Created the labyrinth The Minotaur - Answers :Minos is supposed to sacrifice the best bull to Poseidon. One year this doesn't happen but sacrifices the second best bull and Poseidon is big mad. Poseidon makes Pasiphae (wife) LOVE bulls and has a cow costume made. Wears it and somehow has a minotaur baby. Is trapped in labyrinth. Minoans - Answers :Bronze age civilization on the Island of Crete. Absorbed by Mycenaean civilization Knossos - Answers :Major city of Crete, where the labyrinth is Ariadne - Answers :Cretan Princess. Daughter of Pasiphae. Fell in love with Theseus and with a thread of jewels helps him escape the Labyrinth, they go to Naxos and Theseus leaves her, Dionysus marries her Achilles - Answers :Greek hero of Trojan war. Mother is thetis (sea goddess). Wanted to make him immortal and burned off his mortality in boiling water, fire, and river of Styx. Birth of Achilles - Answers :There was a prophecy that Thetis would produce a son greater than Zeus To prevent this Zeus makes Thetis marry a mortal Peleus and Thetis - Answers :Parents of Achilles Achilles and Patroclus - Answers :Patroclus (best friend and maybe lover) feels bad for the greeks. Takes Achilles' armor and goes into battle. Gets killed by Hector, prince of the Trojans. Achilles throws himself into battle knowing he will die, Achilles kills hector Homer's Illiad - Answers :About the rage of Achilles. Mopes at some point about King Agamemnon stealing Briseis, a Trojan girl, because she was his war prize. Fights for Patroclus by going after Hector and drags his body around Troy by chariot.
Role of women in Greek Society - Answers :women can't choose their husbands, they must bear their children, can't win glory in war, athletics, and exploration Traits of Greek heroines - Answers :extraordinary deeds, weird death, gravesite worship, song and cult difference between heroes and heroines - Answers :Heroines typically act out heroic deeds in the home setting instead of going into battle, endure physical and sexual abuse. Endure terrible things. charilla - Answers :famine in delphi, and everyone goes to the king for help, he gives the citizens food, a little girl charilla goes up and there is no food left for her, so the king hits her with a shoe,(lmao) she goes and hangs herself, famine gets worse and the people are told to worship her to end the famine helen - Answers :some versions she is abducted by paris which starts the trojan war Helen's early life - Answers :theseus and pirithous decide to snatch some women to make their wives, theseus takes her and stores her away with his mom, they end up in the underworld on a bench they cant leave, her brothers set her free (castor and pollux) the oath of the suitors - Answers :king tyndareus is worried people will turn on him when he selects a wife, makes every suitor take an oath to protect her and her husband after he chooses, they become the support in the trojan war Clyemnaestra - Answers :married to Agamemnon, sisters with Helen, ends up killing her husband in the end. She is tricked by Agamemnon to send their daughter, Iphigenia, to him at aulis to marry Achilles but instead gets sacrificed. She hooks up with Agamemnon's cousin Aegisthus while he's in war and they plot his death Agememnon - Answers :ass of a father that gives up his daughter as a sacrifice. Offended Artemis somehow and was told he wouldn't have calm waters or correct winds to fight the Trojans for taking Helen and is told he needs to sacrifice Iphigenia to get what he wants Iphigenia - Answers :daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and gets sent as a sacrifice to Artemis to change the direction of the winds. Aeschylus Oresteis Trilogy - Answers :First: Clytemnaestra kills husband when he returns from war. Second: son Orestes kills Cytemnaestra, Third: Ghost of Clytemnaestra rouses furies to hound Orestes. He's put on trial and acquitted by Athena Hecuba - Answers :Daughter of Phrygian King Dymas and Nymph Euagora. She's queen of Troy married to Priam. 19 sons Defined by her anger and sorrow in the Illad
quest villains - Answers :Quest villains: Any manner of beast! Humans, giants, dragons, beasts, hybrids (Chimera = goat, lion, snake; Medusa = woman, wings, snake) Located at Mountain tops, oceans, and caves How do they act? - Wild and crazy, outside the norm. Villains = social unacceptability and "un-greek-ness" perseus - Answers :obtains the head of Medusa and rescues Andromeda. Had to kill the Graeae and return to three nymphs with Graeae's tooth and eye for weapons. Decapitated Medusa medusa - Answers :Gorgon. Mortal. Dangerous to men acrisius - Answers :Perseus' grandfather. Wants Perseus gone because of some prophecy saying he will kill him. Can't kill because gods will be angry but locks his mother Danae and Perseus to sea. One day Acrisius and Perseus are at the same athletic games and Perseus hurls a discus so far it hits and kills him dictys and polydectes - Answers :When Danae and Perseus were sent off to sea they landed Seraphs. Dictys hauls them out of the water and he's the brother of King Polydectes, who wants to get it on with Danae and send Perseus to kill Medusa to get him out of the way. Perseus shows him the head and turns him to stone. Makes Dictys king Gorgon - Answers :Mythical creatures with snakes for hair and had the power to turn people to stone with one look depiction of medusa - Answers :Has wings, tunic, boots and a terrifying face graeae (gray ones) - Answers :Three sisters that shared an eye and a tooth. Perseus steals their eye and tooth perseus' journey home - Answers :Drops of Medusa's blood leads to birth of thousands of snakes in Libya. Atlas threatens Perseus and he turns him into a stone mountain range with the head atlas mountains - Answers :Atlas was turned to stone by Perseus andromeda - Answers :Tied to a rock about to be eaten by a sea monster. Her dad tells Perseus he can marry her if he saves her (but plots with the real fiancé to kill Perseus after he saves her). Perseus bust out Medusa's head and turns them to stone chrysaor - Answers :Born when Medusa's head is cut off. He is mortal pegasus - Answers :magical winged horse, offspring of Poseidon and Medusa. Tamed by Bellerophon with golden bridle
bellerophon - Answers :exiled of Corinth for killing someone, goes to Tiryns when he works off his crime to king Proteus by fighting the Chimera (head of a lion, goat head sticking out thru back, poisonous snake as tail). Pagasus is his helper kings proteus and lobates - Answers :when the king finds out the stheneboea has the hots for Bellerophon, he sends him to his father in law king lobates. He then sends him to fight chimera stheneboea - Answers :tries to seduce Bellerophon in the end he pushes her off of pegasus to her death chimera - Answers :female hybrid monster, head of lion, goats head protrudes from the back, snake tail defeat of chimera - Answers :Bellerophon decides to go from the air so he needs pegasus' help. He sleeps in the temple of Athena where she appears to him in his sleep and gives him the golden bridal. This helps tame pegasus. He then puts lead on the end of spear and stabs chimera and she chokes to death jason - Answers :Born to Alcimede and Aeson, he is sent to grow up on the mountain and be raised by Chiron, he goes home and Pelias recognizes him because he is only wearing on sandal pelias - Answers :Evil uncle that took over after Jason's father, he sends Jason to get the golden fleece colchis - Answers :land where the golden fleece is found lemnian women - Answers :Jason and the Argonauts went ashore and made a bunch of babies with the women and then left harpies - Answers :King Phineus is blind and starving, whenever he tries to eat the harpies come and eat all of his food, so Jason and the Argonanauts chase them off symplegades rocks - Answers :rocks that clash killing anyone who sails through them golden fleece - Answers :The fleece of the gold-haired winged ram. Jason and his band of Argonauts must get the fleece in order for Jason to be king. circe - Answers :Goddess of sorcery. Helps Jason and Medea clean themselves of Medea's brother blood. Also helps out Odysseus and his people (after turning them into pigs) because she is commanded by Hermes to do so sirens - Answers :Harpies. Birds with female heads steal King Phineus' food. Jason's crew helps get rid of them
iphigenia and greek history - Answers :dr stephan said that her dead is a metaphor for the Peloponnesian war but not sure how) greek influence on roman myth - Answers :same gods (different names) same stories etruscan influence on roman myth - Answers :Pantheon gods- merges with Greek pantheon gods to form Roman mythology greek colonization - Answers :resulted from overpopulation, an increase in trade, and a widening gap between rich and poor. pithekoussai - Answers :-Widely believed to be the first Greek colony located in Italy
- A primary trading center for the Greeks "monkey island" now Ischia in the bay of naples etruscan divination - Answers :Rituals for understanding the will of the gods- reading sheeps' livers, interpreting thunder and lightning, watching the flight of birds aeneas - Answers :write an epic that rivals Greece : Homer copy cat; fighter in the Trojan war, flees burins Troy romulus and remus - Answers :Founder of Rome in 753 BC rape of the sabines - Answers :a legend telling the story of how Romulus invited the neighboring Sabines to a religious festival and told Rome's men to kidnap the unmarried Sabine women numa pompilius - Answers :The 2nd king of Rome started ruling at around 700 BC. He was a smart and religious man who invented the Roman calendar and other things rape of lucretia - Answers :The son of Rome's last king rapes her after threatening to kill her horatius cocles - Answers :Roman soldier who defended the Sublician Bridge Etruscans march on Rome and Horatius allows the Romans to destroy the bridge to Rome. He attacked jumps into Tiber and either swam away or drowned mucous scaevola - Answers :Roman who launched a failed assassination attempt against Lars Porsenna and burned his left hand in the fire to prove he feared nothing. cincinnatus - Answers :A model dictator for the Romans. He organized an army, led the Romans to victory, attended victory celebrations, and returned to his farmland all within 16 days. mithras and mithraism - Answers :popular with Roman army. Complex system of initations in underground temples. Killing of bull is central to myth
christianity - Answers :is a centered belief in the existence of a single, all-powerful god vergil's aeneid - Answers :Tells the story of Aeneas fleeing Troy,wandering Mediterranean, landing in Italy, and fighting for a rightful place for his people Funeral games of Patroclus - Answers :first "real" sports game- chariot racing, boxing wrestling, footrace, weight throw, combat in arms archery spear throw Ancient Olympics - Answers :Pelops sets up the games for Zeus, Herakles, set up the games for Zeus Temple of Zeus At Olympia - Answers :Olympia is sacred to the god Zeus Pentathion - Answers :Javelon, discus, broad jump, running Equestrian Sports - Answers :Tethrippon, horse race, synoris olive wreath - Answers :prize olympic winners got Jason and the Argonauts Characters - Answers :Jason - Main Character Helpers - Hera, Hercules/Herakles, Argos, Medea Villains - Acastus, Pelias, King Aeetes, Skeleton Dudes, the big steel titan dude (Talos) Heracles takes how many paces - Answers :takes 600 paces and is now how far they run Egyptian Heb-sed festival - Answers :In Egypt we've got small bits of evidence for a wide variety of sport-related activities: Combat sports Running Hunting Dancing Acrobatics Ball and board games BUT As with the Mesopotamians, sporting is closely associated with kingship. This isn't so much competition, as it is a performance of strength and virility and skill. Bull leaping - Answers :jumping over bulls stade - Answers :stadium Combat sports - Answers :boxing, wrestling, pankration differences between ancient and modern olympics - Answers :Not held at Olympia No ball sports
Atlantic Ocean & Atlas Mountains: Mythology and Geography - Answers :"Atlantic" Sea / ocean goes all the way back to the 6th c. BC Originally just referred to the sea right around the Atlas Mountains Perseus had turned the titan Atlas to stone on his way back from killing Medusa 18 Cities named Aurora- Mythology and Geography - Answers :AURORA = Roman name for Greek goddess Eos, personification of the DAWN Flies across the sky every morning announcing the arrival of the sun Falls in love with the mortal Tithonus (prince of Troy) gets Zeus to grant him immortality, but forgets to ask that he remain eternally young. 25 Cities named Troy: Mythology and Geography - Answers :This one is pretty obvious. Named after the major Bronze Age city state located on the west coast of Anatolia. Cincinnati, Ohio, - Mythology and Geography - Answers :Former Roman consul who had returned home to farm Rome's under attack from the neighboring Aequi tribe, call Cincinnatus back to become dictator Defeats the Aequi in a mere 15 days, the relinquishes the dictatorship Nike- Mythology and Marketing - Answers :NIKE - personification of victory (and strength and speed), also one of the versions of Athena Most often depicted with wings Also gives us the name Nick, Nicole, Veronica, etc. Midas Tire Company: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :King of Phyrgia in Anatolia, referenced in both Greek literature and Assyrian history (lived in the 8th c. BC) Finds the drunk satyr Selinus who grants him any wish Whatever he touches turns to gold Finds out that all his food and drink also turns to gold and ends up realizing his mistake Trident Gum: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :TRIDENT - main weapon of Poseidon, god of the sea TRIDENT GUM - first sugar free gum that had 3 enzymes in it that supposedly prevented cavities 3 points used for battle Orion Movie Company: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :Movie group formed in 1978 because they thought the constellation had 5 stars (actually a lot more) One version of the myth has him falling in love with Artemis, but Apollo tricks her into killing him
Aegis Insurance Company: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :Shield carried by Athena and Zeus, often bears the head of a gorgon Makes sense for an insurance company that protects its clients from major disasters Ajax Cleaner: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :AJAX is one of the strongest Greek fighters in the Trojan war, second only to Achilles Ajax the company produces a cleaning product that's "Stronger than dirt" After the war, Ajax competes for Achilles' armor, loses to Odysseus, tries attacking the Greeks, then kills himself Probably not the reference the cleaning product is going for Mercury Car Company: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :Used to be a branch of the Ford motor company Mercury is the Roman version of Hermes, the messenger god and the god of travelers Helps travelers get where they need to go safely (logo based on his winged sandals and helmet) Saturn Car Company: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :Saturn is the Roman version of Cronus, King of the Titans Saturn also went out of business, just like Cronus went out of business when overthrown by Zeus Olympus Camera: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :Named after the legendary home of the Greek gods Original name for the company came from the Japanese mountain that was home of the gods (Mt. Takachiho) Kept the idea, just "westernized" it Atlas Van Lines: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :Atlas was the Titan that held the world upon his shoulders Reference seems to be that they van line is as strong as Atlas and they can carry all your crap wherever you're headed Pandora Radio: Mythology and Marketing - Answers :Pandora is the first woman, literally means "all the gifts" Also associated with curiosity Link is that the Pandora online radio station can give you all the different types of music you want, hopefully without letting plague into the world Mythology in Medicine and Science: Morpheus and Morphine: - Answers :Morpheus - the god of sleep Morphine - drug that takes away pain and puts you to sleep
First anti-aircraft missile was known as the Nike Ajax (like the Nike Hercules missile) Mythology and the Literature: Game of Thrones: The seven - Answers :The Father (JUPITER) represents divine justice, and judges the souls of the dead The Mother (JUNO) represents mercy, peace, fertility, and childbirth. She is sometimes referred to as "the strength of women". The Maiden (DIANA) represents purity, love, and beauty. The Crone: (CERES) represents wisdom and foresight. She is represented carrying a lantern. The Warrior: (MARS) represents strength and courage in battle. The Smith: (VULCAN) represents creation and craftsmanship. The Stranger: (PLUTO)represents death and the unknown. It is rarely prayed to. The Drowned God: (NEPTUNE) represent maritime skills and seafaring ability. The Old Gods of the Forest: (TITANS) represent a personal and less structured deity/religion than other religions, though some basic social violations are proscribed by it, such as kinslaying, incest, and bastardy. It also upholds the laws of hospitality. R'hllor: The Lord of Light: (CHRISTIANITY) is a centered belief in the existence of a single, all-powerful god. R'hllor or The Lord of Light (Judeo-Christian God) is the god of fire, which provides light, heat, and life, and struggles against darkness, cold, and death, representd by an opposing deity, the Great Other (Devil, Satan, Evil). He is often referred to as the "one true god." Mythology and the Literature: Game of Thrones - Answers :War of the 5 Kings - similar to Alexander's successors fighting over his empire War of the 5 Kings - similar to the 4 claimants to the Roman imperial throne in 69 CE The Wall as Hadrian's Wall Wedding of Pirithous with the battle of Centaurs and Lapiths = Red Wedding (also inspired by the Scottish black dinner) Jason's wedding to Glauce with Medea's poison = Purple Wedding Lyanna Stark = Helen of Troy When Rhaegar abducts Lyanna, Robert Baratheon (her betrothed) and Ned go to win her back Basically kicks off the entire set of events the series is based on Mythology and the Literature: Harry Potter - Answers :Harry Potter = Achilles Both invincible by their mother's blessing Achilles dipped in Styx Harry by his mom's sacrifice Both are considered brave in the face of danger Minerva McGonagall = reference to Athena, giver of wisdom
Fluffy = Cerberus (also put to sleep by them playing music - Cerberus put to sleep by Orpheus) Mythology and the Literature: Percy Jackson: - Answers :Obvious connection to Greek mythology Written by Rick Riordan for his son who has ADHD The protagonist (Percy) also has ADHD, but it's explained by his Olympian blood Basically doing the same thing Greek myths do - that is, explain something that's presently incomprehensible How does Vergil's Aeneid compare to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey? - Answers :Both are epics about heroes. Virgil's Aeneid is seen as a mix of both the odyssey and the Illiad. It has aspects of both epics. Which of the following authors primarily wrote tragic plays in Classical Greece? - Answers :Euripides. Why do Mithraism and Christianity both appeal to disadvantaged groups in Rome? - Answers :Christianity followed the idea that everyone was equal regardless of social status which was something not present in greek religion as can be seen by all the kings and men that get the favor of the gods rather than regular people. Tethrippon - Answers :4 horse chariot 12 laps horse race - Answers :6 lengths no saddle synoris - Answers :2 horse chariot Etruscans - Answers :Beginning in the 700s BCE,first rulers of Roman Republic and Empire; Laid the foundation for Rome and Roman civilization Magna Graecia - Answers :"Great Greece"; The areas in southern Italy and Sicily where many Greek colonies were established The Etruscan culture - Answers :Faces (rods and axes symbols of power) independent has league of 12 different city like states with different religions which is why they never unified big traders so developed coinage around 500 BCE women more power in social stuff than in Greece hunting, fishing, chariot racing, running, boxing, and wrestling gods associated w nature w/ rituals to understand will of gods
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus - Answers :5th King of Rome "the elder" Builds sewer system (great drain) -- allows for more civilization even when river floods builds circus Maximus -- place for chariot racing Services Tullius - Answers :starts coinage, census, builds Servian wall around Rome temple of Jupiter Lucius Tarquinius Superbus - Answers :"the proud" ruled like tyrant through violent means Servian Wall - Answers :defensive wall that protects Rome for 800 years goes into train station now by mcdonalds Rape of Lucretia - Answers :lucius tarquinnius superbus's son rapes wives of senators and rebellion is sparked after she commits suicide after being raped Lucius Junius Brutus - Answers :founder of roman republic (509 BCE) After the rape of Lucretia he called for the overthrow of the Tarquins. He lead the revolt and succeeded. This began the development of the Consuls. Republican political system - Answers :no absolute power --> corrpution power must be shared consuls most powerful important people voted on Consuls - Answers :Two officials from the patrician class were appointed each year of the Roman Republic to supervise the government and command the armies could veto each other one became dictator and other is a censor (conduct census) Senate - Answers :300 elected members from Rome's upper society served for life provides advice to the consuls proposed laws but only consuls could pass laws Patricians vs. Plebeians - Answers :Plebeians were commoners and Patricians were rich elite land owners owning aristocracy plebs secede during foreign war to show their importance
plebs ended up winning tribunes which have veto power to help prevent patricians passing things only for them also got 12 tables which are first codified law in Rome 12 tables - Answers :12 laws; the earliest Roman code of laws Conflict of the Orders - Answers :was a political struggle between the Plebeians (commoners) and Patricians (aristocrats) of the ancient Roman Republic, in which the Plebeians sought political equality with the Patricians. Secession of the Plebs - Answers :494. BC The monumentous event when the Plebians were finally allowed to run for office in Rome and division was less. Haratius Cocles - Answers :An officer in the army of the Roman Republic in the 6th to 7th century BC defends the sublician bridge as the romans destroy the bridge behind him against the Etruscans dove into tiber. not sure if he survived or not Sublician Bridge - Answers :First bridge over river Tiber to Rome seperated the Etruscans west and the romans east Mucius Scaevola - Answers :Roman who launched a failed assassination attempt against Lars Porsenna and burned his left hand in the fire to prove he feared nothing. he assassinated the wrong person and then in order for them not to think of Rome as stupid he swore he was one of 300 people that were here to kill them all and burns his hand in the fire to prove he feared nothing. V effective Cincinnatus - Answers :A model dictator for the Romans. He organized an army, led the Romans to victory, attended victory celebrations, and returned to his farmland all within 16 days. He got complete control of army and state for 6 months defeated Aequi in 2 weeks and then resigns Marcus Manlius - Answers :heard sacred geese honking in the night, alerting him that the Gauls were invading; was able to stop the invasion as a result they cant take the capitoline hill and the Gauls build a human pyramid instead Gauls sack Rome - Answers :390 BC
