The Oracle of Solutions

🗝️ Consult the Oracle

Even the brightest minds need a hint now and then…
Check the answers and see if you cracked the challenges like a true historical genius!

Jokes for kids: Ancient Rome Edition

✅ True or Totally False?

What’s historically accurate… and what’s just a joke?

✅ The ancient Romans believed that a sneeze was a sign that Jupiter approved your words.
🟢 True. A sneeze was considered a divine omen, especially if it happened during an important conversation.

✅ There was a goddess in charge of guarding door latches.
🟢 True. Her name was Cardea, one of many minor deities who protected even the most mundane details of daily life.

✅ Priests of Apollo’s temple used chickens to predict the future.
🟢 True. Birds—especially chickens—were observed by augurs to foresee the future through their behavior or appetite.

❌ The gods were offered sacrifices of fruit with honey and urine!
🔴 False. While fruit and honey were common offerings, urine was not part of Roman religious rituals… at least not officially.

✅ If the sacred fire in Vesta’s temple went out, the responsible Vestal could be buried alive.
🟢 True. Vestal Virgins were punished severely. Letting the sacred fire die was a grave offense.

✅ During Saturnalia, slaves symbolically became masters for a day.
🟢 True. This festival included role reversals, where slaves could mock their masters in a temporary celebration of freedom.

❌ Romans prayed to Vulcan to bring rain for their crops.
🔴 False. Vulcan was the god of fire and volcanoes. Rain prayers were directed to gods like Jupiter, or agricultural rituals involving Ceres.

🏛️ Imperial Message – Translation

Did you manage to decode the emperor’s order… or do you need a translator for absurd Latin?

📜 Original message:

Imperium gran ha gallina sacrificad para lluvia obtener panem et circenses reclaman todos ciudadanos excepto Vestales roncan. Columna caerá si no toga lava.

🔍 A sensible translation of imperial nonsense:

«The Empire is in big trouble. A chicken has been sacrificed to bring rain. All citizens are demanding bread and circuses—except the Vestal Virgins, who are snoring. A column will fall if no one washes their toga.»