Ch. 37 & 38 Culture Flashcards
Marcus Junius Brutus had coins issued stamped with “Liberty”, or in Latin ________
libertas
In addition to liberty, the coins Marcus Junius Brutus issued were stamped with the image of a liberty cap, known as _________
pilleus (daggers)
EID * MAR (also stamped on coins)
Ides of March (Caesar’s assassination)
Who was Marcus Junius Brutus’s ancestor and what did he do?
Lucius Junius Brutus, freed Rome from last king
Who was the last king of Rome?
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Lucius Junius Brutus was to become one of the first _______ (executive leaders) of the Roman republic
consuls
Who, in addition to Brutus, killed Caesar?
Cassius
What was Brutus’s book about?
virtus (courage)
Which philosophers did Brutus interact with when he fled to Athens?
Cratippus and Theomnestus
Who wrote the play Julius Caesar?
Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Who beat Cassius and Brutus in the Battle of Philippi?
Antony and Octavian
When and where was the Battle of Philippi?
Macedonia in 42 BC
Who took his life first in the Battle of Philippi?
Cassius, then Brutus
tribune of the soldiers
tribunus militum
Quintus dropped his shield ______
non bene