Culture

Question 1

Born

Answer 1

106 BC
Near Arpinum, small town, 60 miles SE of Rome
equestrian father

Question 2

Educated

Answer 2

in Rome

rhetoric, philosophy, and poetry (Archias)

Question 3

Assumed

Answer 3

Toga virilis at 16

Question 4

Narrowed

Answer 4

studies to Oratory and Law

Question 5

Served

Answer 5

in military and law practice until 79

Question 6

Studied Abroad

Answer 6

two years in Athens, rhetoric with Molo

Question 7

Employed

Answer 7

by state, beginning of his distinguished public career

Question 8

Climbed the Cursus Honorem

Answer 8

the path people took to become consul through all the steps
75 as quaestor (public treasurer) in Sicily
69 as aedile (games promoter)
66 as praetor (judge in civil and criminal cases)
63 as consul (one of the two heads of Rome)
squelched the conspiracy of Catiline to
overthrow the government
proclaimed the pater patriae, a national hero
by the grateful romans
suo anno-in his own year, asap
novus homo-new man, no ancestors

Question 9

Self-Employed

Answer 9

as a lawyer, defending Archias, former teacher, among others

Question 10

Exiled

Answer 10

in 58 for putting Catiline to death without trial

Question 11

Recalled

Answer 11

to Rome in 57

Question 12

Appointed

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in 51 proconsul, governor, of Cicilia in Asia Minor

Question 13

Wrote

Answer 13

essays on philosophy, religion, and rhetoric
   De Natura Deorum
   De Oratore
   De Senectute
   De Amicitia

Question 14

Waffled

Answer 14

in choosing sides in the civil war between Caesar and Pompey before settling with Pompey, the loser

Question 15

Delighted

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by the assassination of Julius Caeser in 44, wished Antony had been killed too

Question 16

Put to Death

Answer 16

by Antony’s henchmen in 43 for a series of harangues (lengthy and aggressive speeches)

Question 17

Decapitated

Answer 17

head displayed on the rostrum as a warning to his supporters