Collegiate Questions—Advanced

Question 1

Which praenōmen of Sabine origin was brought to Rome by a man of the gēns Claudia and is abbreviated App.?

Answer 1

APPIUS

B1: Which praenomen was only used by the gēns Aemilia and is abbreviated Mam.?

MAMERCUS

B2: Which praenomen was only used by the gēns Iūlia, fell out of use after the early Republic, and is sometimes abbreviated Vop.?

VOPISCUS

Question 2

What general cardinal direction would one travel to get from Trapezus to Byzantium, from Utica to Gades, or from Byzantium to Tarentum?

Answer 2

WEST

B1: What general cardinal direction would one travel from what the Romans called Philadelphia to Hierosolyma?

WEST

B2: What general cardinal direction would one travel from Glevum to Augusta Treverorum?

EAST

Question 3

What body of water, which a Roman would have to pass through to get from the Propontis to the Pontus Euxīnus, was a strait located east of Byzantium named after Io’s journey?

Answer 3

BOSPHORUS / BOSPORUS (STRAIT)

B1: What would a Roman call the strait northwest of Troy that they would sail through from the Mare Aegaeum to the Propontis?

HELLESPONT / HELLESPONTUS

B2: What is the modern name for the Hellespont?

DARDANELLES (STRAIT) / (STRAIT OF) GALLIPOLI

Question 4

Place the following provinces in order from west to east: Galatia, Armenia, Dalmatia, and Belgica

Answer 4

BELGICA, DALMATIA, GALATIA, ARMENIA

B1: Place the following provinces in order from east to west: Noricum, Moesia, Cappadocia, and Raetia.

CAPPADOCIA, MOESIA, NORICUM, RAETIA

B2: Place the following provinces in order from north to south: Thracia, Baetica, Cyrenaica, and Germania Inferior.

GERMANIA INFERIOR, THRACIA, BAETICA, CYRENAICA

Question 5

Which cult was an offshoot of Zoroastrianism, as it promoted the worship of a Persian god, exclusively admitted men, namely soldiers, and constructed temples akin to caves?

Answer 5

THE CULT OF MITHRAS / MITHRAISM

B1: Archaeology has yielded around 700 depictions of Mithras killing what sort of animal?

BULL

B2: During the principate, emperor worship was highly controversial. As a result, which goddess became associated with the deified emperors in the west?

ROMA