2.11.2011

Scavenger Hunt

{Scavenger Hunt}
     :(1) find each place below, (2) take a photo with you in it (to prove that you actually were there), (3) load it on to a Powerpoint presentation, and (4) label each slide with the correct answer—include 20 photos only and make sure the answers correspond to the 20 questions listed below...


1. Find and name the place in Rome where slaves, criminals, and prisoners of war were condemned to fight other slaves, and a small minority of free men gave up their freedom to participate in these fights. 
Colisseum
2. Find and name the place in ancient Rome where commerce and the administration of justice took place. 
Roman Forum
3. Find and name the monument located within the place above (#2) dedicated to the worship of the Roman mythological goddess of hearth, home, and family
Temple of Vesta
4. Find and name the monument located within the place above (#2) that commemorates the victories of the Emperor Septimius Severus.
Arch of Septimius Severus

5. Find and name the Ionic style temple located within the place above (#2) dedicated to Caesar by Augustus.

Temple of Caesar
6.Find and name the monument located within the place above (#2) named for the twins of Gemini, the sons of Zeus and Leda.
Temple of Castor and Pollux
7. Find and name the hill where according to Roman mythology Romulus and Remus were found as babies by the she-wolf and where later the city of Rome was founded by Romulus.
Palatine Hill
8. Find and name the location of a statue of the alleged founders of Rome.
Capitoline Wolf
9. Find and name the largest of the three arches that survive in Rome today. This arch is made up of parts from older monuments, is located between the Coliseum and the Palatine Hill, and is dedicated to Constantine I after his victory over Maxentius in the Battle of Milvian Bridge.
Arch of Constantine

10. Find and name the highest of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Capitol Hill
11. Find and name the location of the original bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius.
Original of Marcus Aurelius
12. Find and name the location of the replica statue of Marcus Aurelius.
Replica of Marcus Aurelius
13.Find and name the location of a Flavian amphitheater and photograph the inside of it.
Coloseum
Flavian Amphitheater (Coloseum)
14.Find and name the location of an ancient Roman structure which, according to the inscription, was erected by Marcus Aurelius and dedicated to Antoninus Pius (also known as Colonna Antonina).
Piazza Colonna
15.Find and name the ancient road that stretches from the summit of the Capitoline Hill to the Coliseum
Via Sacra
16. Find and name a place on the Capitoline Hill designed by Michelangelo. 
Piazza del Campidoglio
17. Find and name the place that was known in Ancient Rome as the temple to all the gods.
Pantheon
Pantheon
18. Find and name the location of a SPQR sign in Rome. What does it mean? Roman people and senate.
S.P.Q.R. sign: Senatus Populus Que Romanorum
19. Find and name a place in Rome where ancient Roman coins are located.
Anciet Coins (after trying to find them for a good 20mins)

20. Find and name the body of water in which Romulus and Remus were supposedly thrown as infants. Provide name in both English and Italian. Tiber River Tevere

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