Certamen

Question 1

New York City has a lot of schools. What university in New York has the Latin motto
“perstare et praestare”?

Answer 1

New York University

Question 2

What university in New York has as its motto “respice adspice prospice”?

Answer 2

City college of New York

Question 3

What university in New York has as its motto “in lumine Tuo videbimus lumen”?

Answer 3

Columbia

Question 4

What event occurred for the first time in Rome in 264 BC at the funeral of Brutus Pera, although
the event had occurred previously at Etruscan funerals?

Answer 4

Gladiator fights

Question 5

What did the sign of premere pollicem signify?

Answer 5

The Gladiator would live

Question 6

What two word Latin term was a sign that the defeated gladiator should die?

Answer 6

Vertere Policem

Question 7

What English city would the Romans have called Camulodunum?

Answer 7

Colchester

Question 8

What English city would the Romans have called Deva?

Answer 8

Chester

Question 9

What English city would the Romans have called Manucium?

Answer 9

Manchester

Question 10

What category would the following items belong to: pugio, hasta, pilum, gladius?

Answer 10

Weapons

Question 11

What term was given to the group of men who shared a tent?

Answer 11

Contubernium

Question 12

What term was given to the second in command of a century?

Answer 12

Optio