By the end of the regal period Rome had developed into a city-state, with a large plebeian, artisan class excluded from the old patrician gentes and from the state priesthoods. The city had commercial and political treaties with its neighbours; according to tradition, Rome's Etruscan connections established a temple to Minerva on the predominantly plebeian Aventine; she became part of a new Capitoline triad of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, installed in a Capitoline temple, built in an Etruscan style and dedicated in a new September festival, Epulum Jovis. These are supposedly the first Roman deities whose images were adorned, as if noble guests, at their own inaugural banquet. COUNT 5
QSN1 At the end of the regal period, what class was kept out of the state political and priesthood arenas? ANS1 plebeian QSN2 With whom did Rome have alliances at the end of the regal period? ANS2 neighbours QSN3 What goddess became a part of the Capitoline triad? ANS3 Minerva QSN4 In what style was the temple to Minerva built? ANS4 Etruscan QSN5 What gods were in the Capitoline triad? ANS5 Jupiter, Juno and Minerva