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Birthplace of Livius Andronicus
Tarentum
Birthplace of Naevius
Campania
Birthplace of Plautus
Sarsina
Birthplace of Caecilius Statius
Mediolanum/Milan
Birthplace of Ennius
Rudiae
Birthplace of Cato the Elder
Tusculum
Birthplace of Terence
Carthage
Birthplace of Pacuvius
Brundisium
Birthplace of Accius
Pisaurum
Birthplace of Lucilius
Suessa Aurunca
Birthplace of Lucius Pomponius
Bologona
Birthplace of Marcus Furius Bibaculus
Cremona
Birthplace of Cinna
Brescia
Birthplace of Licinius Calvus
Rome
Birthplace of Catullus
Verona
Birthplace of Varro Atacinus
Atax
Birthplace of Varro Reatinus
Reate
Birthplace of Cornelius Nepos
Ostiglia/Pavia
Birthplace of Sallust
Amiternum
Birthplace of Vergil
Mantua
Birthplace of Horace
Venusia
Birthplace of Cornelius Gallus
Forum Iulii
Birthplace of Tibullus
Gabii/Pedum
Birthplace of Propertius
Assissium
Birthplace of Ovid
Sulmo
Birthplace of Livy
Padua/Patavium
Birthplace of Asinius Pollio
Teate
Birthplace of Velleius Paterculus
Aeclanum
Birthplace of Columella
Gades
Birthplace of Pomponius Mela
Tingentera
Birthplace of Verrius Flaccus
Praeneste
Birthplace of Seneca the Elder
Cordoba
Birthplace of Seneca the Younger
Cordoba
Birthplace of Plutarch
Chaeroneia
Birthplace of Persius Flaccus
Volaterrae/Volterra
Birthplace of Papinius Statius
Naples
Birthplace of Pliny the Elder
Comum
Birthplace of Pliny the Younger
Comum
Birthplace of Martial
Bilbilis
Birthplace of Quintilian
Calagurris
Birthplace of Tacitus
Terni
Birthplace of Fronto
Cirta
Birthplace of Apuleius
Madaura
Birthplace of Tertullian
Carthage
Birthplace of Minucius Felix
Cirta
Birthplace of Cyprian
Carthage
Birthplace of Nemesianus
Carthage
Birthplace of Arnobius
Sicca Veneris
Birthplace of Ammianus Marcellinus
Antioch
Birthplace of Ausonius
Bordeaux/Burdigala
Birthplace of Claudian
Alexandria
Birthplace of Claudian
Alexandria
Birthplace of Paulinus
Bordaux/Burdigala
Birthplace of St. Ambrose
Treviri
Birthplace of St. Augustine
Thagaste
Birthplace of St. Jerome
Stridon (in Dalmatia)
Birthplace of Rufinus
Aquileia
Birthplace of Sulpicius Severus
Gallia Aquitania
Birthplace of Martianus Capella
Carthage
Birthplace of Orosius
Tarragona
Birthplace of Boethius
Rome
Birthplace of Cassiodorus
Scylletium
Lover of Lucilius
Collaera
Lover of Propertius
Cynthia, real name Hostia
Lover of Lygdamus
Neaera
Lover of Sulpicia
Cerinthus
Lover of Varro Atacinus
Leucadia
Lover of Tibullus, Book 1
Delia, real name Plania
Lover of Tibullus, Book 2
Nemesis
Lover of Cornelius Gallus
Lycoris, real name Volumnia, stage name Cytheris
Lover of Catullus
Lesbia, real name Clodia, and Iuventius
Lover of Ovid
Corinna
Lover of Apuleius
Pudentilla
Lover of Varro Reatinus
Fundania
Lover of Licinius Calvus
Quintilia
Lover of Papinius Statius
Claudia
Lover of Symmachus
Rusticiana
Lover of Seneca the Younger
Paulina
Lover of Paulinus of Nola
Therasia
284 B.C.-204 B.C.
Livius Adronicus
270 B.C.-201 B.C.
Naevius
254-184 B.C.
Plautus
239 B.C.-169 B.C.
Dates for Ennius
234-149 B.C.
Cato the Elder
220-130 B.C.
Pacuvius
219-166 B.C.
Caecilius Statius
202-120 B.C.
Polybius
195/185-159 B.C.
Terence
180-110 B.C.
Panaetius
180-102 B.C.
Lucilius
170-86 B.C.
Accius
d. 46 B.C.
Lucius Afranius
105-43 B.C.
Laberius
99-55 B.C.
Lucretius
84-54 B.C.
Catullus
82-37/36 B.C.
Varro Atacinus
69-26 B.C.
Cornelius Gallus
120-67 B.C.
Sisenna
70-19 B.C.
Vergil
65-8 B.C.
Horace
55-19 B.C.
Tibullus
50-16 B.C.
Propertius
43 B.C.-17/18 A.D.
Ovid
d. 66 B.C.
Licinius Macer
100-44 B.C.
Julius Caesar
100-25 B.C.
Cornelius Nepos
86-35 B.C.
Sallust
76 B.C.-4 A.D.
Asinius Pollio
59 B.C.-17 A.D.
Livy
143-87 B.C.
Marcus Antonius
114-50 B.C.
Hortensius Hortalus
106-43 B.C.
Cicero
102-43 B.C.
Quintus Cicero
82-47 B.C.
Licinius Calvus
116-27 B.C.
Varro Reatinus
110-32 B.C.
Titus Pomponius Atticus
64 B.C.-14 A.D
Hyginus
39-65 A.D.
Lucan
55 B.C.-37 A.D.
Seneca the Elder
4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Seneca the Younger
34-62 A.D.
Persius
40-96 A.D.
Papinius Statius
25-101 A.D.
Silius Italicus
40-103/104 A.D.
Martial
55-117 A.D.
Tacitus
35-95 A.D.
Quintilian
61-113 A.D.
Pliny the Younger
23-79 A.D.
Pliny the Elder
d. 65 A.D.
Petronius
40-103 A.D.
Frontinus
60-130 A.D.
Juvenal
70-160 A.D.
Suetonius
110-180 A.D.
gaius
c. 155-240 A.D.
Tertullian
200-258 A.D.
Cyprian
310-395 A.D.
Ausonius
370-405 A.D.
Claudian
330-395 A.D.
Ammianus Marcellinus
340-397 A.D.
St. Ambrose
340-420 A.D.
St. Jerome
354-430 A.D.
St. Augustine
345-405 A.D
Symmachus
Augustus, Res Gestae
Annos undeviginti natus exercitum private consilio et private impensa comparavi
Catullus, Carmina
Cui dono lepidum novum labellum?
Cicero, First Catilinarian
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
Cicero, Second Catilinarian
Tandem aliquando, Quirites, Lucium Catilinam furentem audacia
Cicero, Third Catilinarian
Quirites, videtis rem publicam vitamque vestrum omnium
Cicero, Fourth Catilinarian
Conscripti patres, video ora atque oculos vestrum omnium esse conversos in me
Cicero, Pro Caelio
Si quis iudices forte nunc adsit ignarus legume iudiciorum
Horace, Ars Poetica
Humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam iungere si velit
Horace, Carmen Saeculare
Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana
Horace, Epistulae
Prima dicte mihi summa dicende Camena
Horace, Epodes
Ibis Liburnis inter alta navium
Horace, Odes
Maecenas atavis, edite regibus
Horace, Satires
Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo
Juvenal, Satires
Semper ego auditor tantum
Livy, Ab Urbe Condita
Iam primum omnium satis constat, Troia capta in ceteros saevitum esse Troianos
Lucilius, Satires
Aetheris et terrae genitabile quaerere tempus
Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divumque voluptas
Martial, Epigrams
Barbara pyramidum silent miracula Memphis
Ovid, Amores
Arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam edere
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
Si quis in hoc artem populo non novit amandi
Ovid, Medicamina Faciei
Discite quae faciem commendat cura, puellae
Ovid, Remedia Amoris
Legerat huius Amor titulum nomenque libelli
Petronius, Cena Trimalchionis
Venerat iam tertius dies, id est expectationem libera cenae
Petronius, Satyricon
Num alio genere furiarum declamatores inquietantur
Plautus, Captivi
Hos quos videtis stare hic captivos duos
Propertius, Monobiblos
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis
Sallust, Bellum Catilinae
Omnes homines qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus
Seneca, Apocolocyntosis
Quid actum sit in caelo ante diem III Idus Octobris anno novo.
Statius, Silvae
Diu multumque dubitavi, Stella
Statius, Thebaid
Fraternas acies alternaque regna profanes decertata odiis
Tacitus, Agricola
Clarorum virorum facta Moresque posteris trader
Tacitus, Annales
Urbem Romam a principio reges habuere
Tacitus, Germania
Germania omnis a Gallis Raetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danuvio fluminibus
Tibullus, Elegies
Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro
Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica
Prima deum magnis canimas freta parvia natis fatidicamque ratem
Vergil, Aeneid
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Vergil, Eclogues
Tityre, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi
Vergil, Georgics
Quid faciat laetas segetes, quo sidere terram vertere, Maecenas.
Caesar, De Bello Gallico
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres
Livius Andronicus, Odusia
Virum mihi, Camena, inseca versutum.
Ovid, Metamorphoses
In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora
Lucan, Pharsalia
Bella per Emathios plus quam civilia campos.
Apuleius, Aureus Asinus
At ego tibi sermon isto Milesio varias fabulas
Foundation of Roman cultural identity
twelve tables
Annual calendar and the lists of magistrates elected year by year
Fasti
Different types of Fasti
fasti consulares, fasti pontificales, fasti triumphales
Record of military triumphs won by magistrates in office
fasti triumphales
White tablet which announced the names of magistrates for the current year and events for public concern: collected year by year and took the name annales
tabula dealbata
Publius Mucius Scaevola’s collection of the annales of the previous 280 years in the time of the Gracchi
Annales Maximi
Author of Annales Maximi
Publius Mucius Scaevola
More personal and not necessarily public writings
Commentarii
Twenty-two books of Sulla’s memoirs
Commentarii Rerum Gestarum
Author of Commentarii Rerum Gestarum
Sulla
Two important ritual carmina
Salian and Arval
Chant of the frates Arvales, sang for the purification of the fields
Carmen Arvale
Supposed creator of the Arvals
Romulus
Forms include the jests traditional at weddings, public defamation and the carmina triumphalia. Originally sung in revelry to avert misfortunes
Fescennine Verses
Meter of the Fescennine Verses
Saturnian
Used for “riddles, children’s ditties, banter, and pasquinades (satire)”
versus quadratus
Comedy in Greek dress
fabula palliata
Tragedy in Greek dress
fabula crepidata
Comedy in Roman dress
fabula togata
Alternate name for fabula togata
fabula tabernaria
Drama in Roman dress, based on historical events
fabula praetexta
Mime
fabula planipedia, fabula riciniata
Adaptation of Greek tragedy
fabula cothurnata
Mythological subject
Fabula Rhinthonica
Pantomime
Salticae Fabulae
Derivation of the name “fabula palliata”
the pallium, the typical clothing of the Greeks
Performed first by improvisation and did not call for a professional subject: dramatic story lines, farcical actions, etc.
Atellan Farce
Stock character: the fool, soldier
Maccus
Stock character: the clown
Dossenus
Stock character: the chewer
Manducus
Stock character: the greybeard, peasant
Pappus
Stock character: the fool
Bucco
Founder of oratory
Appius Claudius Caecus
Appius Claudius Caecus’ political years
Consul: 307 and 206, Censor: 312, Dictator
Permitted plebeians to enter the Senate
Appius Claudius Caecus
Appius Claudius Caecus’ enemies and wars
Etruscans and Sabines, victorious in Third Sabine War
Appius Claudius Caecus’ collection of maxims
Sententiae
Livius Andronicus’ master
Livius Salinator
Year of Livius Andronicus’ arrival to Rome
272 B.C.
Author of the first comedy and tragedy in Rome
Livius Andronicus
Year and place of Livius’ Andronicus first comedy and tragedy in Rome
240 B.C., Ludi Romani
Livius Andronicus’ composition in honor of Juno
partheneion
Year of Livius Andronicus’ partheneion
207 B.C.
Livius Andronicus’ reward for his partheneion
president of the collegium scribarum histrionumque, association was installed in the temple of Minerva on the Aventine.
Livius Andronicus’ translation of the Odyssey
Odusia
Author of the Odusia
Livius Andronicus
Meter of the Odusia
Saturnian
Popular school text for Roman youth but considered antiquated even in its own day
Odusia
Extant Lines of the Odusia
46
Author of a cycle of Trojan war tragedies, including Achilles, Aegisthus, Ajax Mastigophorus, Equos Troianus, and Hermiona
Livius Andronicus
Livius Andronicus’ tragedies
Trojan Cycle: Achilles, Aegisthus, Ajax Mastigophorus, Equos Troianus, Hermiona, and Andromeda, Daneae, and Tereus
Livius Andronicus’ fabula praetexta
Gladiolus
Livius Andronicus consulted on
Sibylline Books
The war Naevius fought in
First Punic War
Naevius was known as
the first Latin writer of Roman nationality
Naevius’ home region
Campania
To what class was Naevius born, extremely rare at the time
Plebeian
Plebeian author by birth, extremely rare at the time
Naevius
Naevius’ invention
fabula praetexta
Naevius’ constant enemies, imprisoned by them
Metelli
How the Metelli became consuls (according to Naevius)
because of luck rather than skill
Response of the Metelli to Naevius
(along the lines of) the Metelli will make Naevius’ life suck
Naevius’ place of exile and death
Utica
Naevius’ magnum opus
Bellum Punicum
Author of Bellum Punicum
Naevius
Work often overshadowed by Ennius’ Annales
Bellum Punicum
Work that gave Rome a nationalistic direction
Bellum Punicum
Divider of the Bellum Punicum into 7 books
Lampadio
Naevius’ two fabulae praetextae
Romulus and Clastidium
Praetexta on Marcellus’ victory against the Insubrian Gauls (and his spolia opima)
Clastidium
Praetexta on Rome’s foundation
Romulus
Naevius’ fabulae cothurnatae
Hector Proficiscens, Iphigenia, Equos Troianus, and Lycurgus
Naevius’ fabulae palliatae
Tarentilla (“Flirt”), Colax (“Wreath), Guminasticus (“Teacher of Gymnastics”), Corollaria (“Comedy of Wreaths”), Dolus (“Trick”)
Naevius’ epitaph
states that Romans will forget how to speak Latin after him
Meaning of the Maccius in Plautus’ name
Flat-footed/big-eared
Plautus’ profession in Rome
carpenter or worker in a mill
When Plautus may have written his plays
in the interval of manual
Number of Plautus’ works deemed authentic by Varro
21
Longest and shortest play of Plautus
Miles Gloriosus, Curculio
Plautus’ play with no plot, debuted at the Plebeian games
Stichus
Plautus’ play without female characters
Captivi
Plautus’ favorite play
Epidicus
Plautus’ play which contains Carthaginian
Poenulus
Zeus comes to Thebes and seduces Amphitryon’s wife Alcmena in the guise of Amphitryon himself, while Mercury accompanies him and impersonates Sosia, Amphitryon’s slave
Amphitruo
Young man wishes to ransom his beloved beauty, a courtesan. He succeeds, thanks to the help of his father—they then compete for her and, of course, the son wins
Asinaria
the old miser Euclio has hidden a pot of gold, which is stolen and used to pay for a young man (Lyconides) to marry the woman he raped (Euclio’s daughter, Phaedria)
Aulularia
Plot doubled (two sisters, two young men in love, and so on). Original of the comedy was the Dis Exapaton (“The Double Deception”) of Menander
Bacchides
Original of the Bacchides
Menander’s Dis Exapaton (“The Double Deception”)
An old man has lost two sons, one stolen, the other (Philepolemus) taken as a prisoner of war. He obtains two Elean slaves as war booty and one of them turns out to be the stolen boy. He also gets Philepolemus back.
Captivi
An old man and his son both want to marry a foundling in their house. The old man finds a man instead of her in his bed
Casina
A young man wants to marry a girl of illegitimate birth, while his father wants him to marry another girl. In the end the girl of illegitimate birth is revealed to be suitable for marriage
Cistellaria
[Title Character] is a man whose name means “weevil,” which is fitting since [title character] acts as a parasite to a young man in love with a courtesan. A boastful soldier, Terapontigonus, also loves the woman but [title character] swindles the woman’s pimp and tricks Terapontigonus (who turns out to be her sister)
Curculio
The classic “slave’s comedy.” A slave helps his young master, who falls in love with two girls in a row. One turns out to be the young master’s sister
Epidicus
two brothers, separated as infants, cause confusion when one arrives at the other’s city. Basis for a comedy of errors
Menaechmi
the slave Palaestrio helps his master swindle a girl from the braggart soldier Pyrgopolinices
Miles Gloriosus
the slave Tranio tricks his young master’s faster, Theopropides, into believing that his house is haunted by a ghost, to conceal the young master’s liaison
Mostellaria
A slave is in love, another slave acts as his assistant. The slave-assitant impersonates a Persian and tricks the pimp
Persa
Title character, a slave, succeeds in cheating his adversary Ballio, a pimp, depriving him of the girl that his master loves. So successful that Ballio bets money that [title character] will never succeed with his plan, despite the fact that the girl is already lost
Pseudolus
the slave Arcturus foretells the shipwreck of a wicked pimp Labrax, who is holding a girl of free parentage illegically. A chest with a cable, fished out of the sea, is involved in the final development
Rudens
Man wants to force his daughters to divorce, but the arrival of their husbands resolves the matter
Stichus
Spend-thrift is saved by an old friend of his father through a swindle (the spendthrift was near ruined)
Trinummus
a cunning slave Phronesium cheats three of her lovers
Truculentus
Mixing of two Greek plays plots into one Roman adaptation
contaminatio
Plautus’ innovation
numeri innumeri (numberless meters)
Authors who practiced contaminatio
Plautus, Terence, Ennius, and Naevius
Caecilius’ Statius home region
Insubrian Gaul
When did Statius come to Rome
after the battle of Clastidium as a slave
Story of Terence and Caecilius Statius
Terence read his first work, the Andria, to an aged Caecilius Statius
Work Terence read to Caecilius Statius
Andria
Caecilius Statius’ most famous comedy
Plocium (“The Necklace”)
Plocium original
Menander’s Plokion
Caecilius Statius’ fabulae palliatae
Gamos, Ex Hautou Hestos, Epicleros, Synaristosae, Synephebi, Epistula, Pugil, Oblostates/Faenerator
According to Cicero’s Buruts, first Roman whose eloquence is truly attested
Marcus Cornelius Cethegus
Introduced the use of Greek in historical writing
Fabius Pictor
Fabius Pictor’s enemy from 225 to 222
Insubrian Gauls
Polybius’ argument against Fabius Pictor
His entirely pro-Roman stance on the Punic Wars
Oldest Roman historian, treated with respect by later authors
Fabius Pictor
How Fabius Pictor got his sick name
ancestor earned the name Pictor for decorating the Temple of Salus in 304 B.C.
Chronicle in Greek of Rome from Aeneas to the authors’ time
Fabius Pictor’s work, lost
Annalist who fought in the second Punic war, captured by the Carthaginians, and was said to have known Hannibal
Cincius Alimentus
Cincius Alimentus’ history was known for what
fairness to both the Romans and Carthaginians
Story of Cincius Alimentus
Historian of plebeian birth, wrote in Greek, captured by the Carthaginians and may have known Hannibal personally.
Interpreter (and annalist) for the embassy of the three Greek philosophers
Gaius Acilius
Cato ridiculed Aulus Postumius Albinus for what
He chose to write in Greek, and then apologized in his preface for any linguistic imperfections he might display since he was using a language other than his own
Annalist, fought against Perseus under Aemilius Paullus, ridiculed for writing in Greek though it wasn’t his native language
Aulus Postumius Albinus
How Polybius was brought to Rome
As one of the 1000 Achaean hostages after Pydna ended the third Macedonian war
Friend of Polybius, whose missions he accompanied
Scipio Aemilianus
Chronicled Second Punic War and retraced the steps of Hannibal
Polybius
Father of Polybius
Lycortas
Polybius’ position in the Achaean league
Hipparchus (calvary commander)
Polybius’ position at the sack of Corinth
Intermediary
Explanation to the Greeks how the Romans came to dominate the Mediterranean world
Polybius’ Histories
Length of Polybius’ histories
40 books
Polybius’ Work
Histories
Polybius’ description of his practice
pragmatic history
Aemillius Paulus’ spoils from the defeat of Perseus
Perseus’ library
Authors of the Scipionic Circle
Terence, Polybius, Panaetius, Lucilius
Panaetius’ arrival to Rome
brought to Rome by Scipio Aemilianus
Panaetius’ major work
On Duties
Author of On Duties
Panaetius
Primary source of Cicero’s De Officiis
Panaetius’ On Duties
Writer of Roman comedies, desire to found a national comedy
Laelius
Ennius’ home region
Calabria
Ennius’ arrival to Rome
brought by Cato the Elder from Sardinia
Death of Ennius
169 During the Ludi Apollinares
Ennius was the last to
write both comedy and tragedy
Suetonius’ description of Ennius
semi-graecus
Aulus Gellius termed Ennius “of three hearts” for what reason
spoke three languages, Greek, Latin, and Oscan
What philosophy did Ennius popularize
philosophy of Euhumerus
Cicero’s descriptions of Ennius
above all a follower of Euhumerus and noster Ennius
Ennius’ two patrons
Scipio Africanus and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
Ennius’ work, in 18 books of dactylic hexameter
Annales
How long was Ennius’ Annales
18 books
Ennius’ Annales’ meter
dactylic hexameter
Ennius was the first to do what
divide his own work into books
Ennius’ dreams in the introduction
Ennius is the reincarnation of Homer, the muses receive Roman citizenship.
Ennius’ famous alliterating quote
O Tite tute tibi tanta tyranne tulisti
What does Ennius fail to cover and why
First Punic War, in deference to Naevius
Ennius’ praetextae
Sabinae and Ambracia
Ennius’ palliatae
Caupuncula and Pancratiastes
Ennius’ Didactic work on gastronomy
Hedyphaegetica
First Latin poem in hexameters
Hedyphaegetica
Source of Ennius’ Hedyphaegetica
Archestratus of Gela
Ennius’ work honoring Scipio Africanus and his victory at Zama in 202
Scipio
Ennius’ work on the physical universe, anticipating Lucretius
Epicharmus
Ennius’ translation, states that gods originated from stories about heroes of mankind
Euhumerus
Ennius’ “Speech of Exhortation”
Protrepicus
Ennius’ mock epic, a parody work
Sota
Ennius’ satires
Saturae
Books in Ennius’ Saturae
Four (or six)
Ennius’ cothurnatae
Alexander, Andromacha, Aechomalotis, Hecuba, Iphigenia, Eumenides, Agamemnon, Pheoporae, Hectoris Lutra, Ajax, and Thyestes
Ennius’ last work and tragedy
Thyestes
Poetic forms Ennius introduced
elegiac couplet and dactylic hexameter
Cato’s political positions
military tribune under Fabius Maximus, plebeian aedile (199 BC), praetor in charge of Sicily (198 BC), consulship in 195 BC, censor in 184 BC
Cato’s co-consul and co-censor
Valerius Flaccus
Cato’s work as consul
opposes revoking the Lex Oppia, which limits women’s spending on jewelry, expelled many Greek philosophers and rhetoricians from Rome.
Cato’s work as censor
Wants to protect traditional morality, attacked private extravagance while glorifying public extravagance, attacked immorality of Roman nobility
Cato’s speech opposing the war in Rhodes
Oratio pro Rhodensibus
Cato’s famous phrase urging the destruction of Carthage
Carthago delenda est
Cato’s history of Rome from foundation
Origines
Length of Cato’s Origines
7 books
First work in Latin prose
Cato’s Origines
Dedicatee of Cato’s Origines
his sons
Cato’s intentions in his Origines and his method
Glorify the state, not individuals, so he does not name prominent individuals.
Cato’s treatise on agriculture
De Agricultura/De Re Rustica
Events in Cato’s De Re Rustica
Section on cabbage and advises selling slaves when they become too old, states that good citizens and soldiers are formed from farm work
Oldest fully extant Latin prose work
De Re Rustica
Cato’s prose work on morals, customs, etc.
Carmen de Moribus
Cato’s dictionary of various subjects, addressed to his son
Praecepta ad Filium
Collection of Cato’s sayings
Apophtegmata
Cato’s moral maxims
Dicta Catonis
Terence’s master
Terentius Lucanus
Men suspected to have written Terence’s plays
Scipio Aemilianus and Laelius
Terence’s death circumstances and age
died during a voyage for cultural purposes, purportedly by drowning, at the age of 35
Terence’s actor and producer
Ambivius Turpio
Terence’s main opponent in his prologues
Luscius of Lavinium
Terence’s first play
Andria
First performance of Adelphoe
Funeral games of Aemilius Paullus
Terence’s worst play
Hecyra
Results of the stagings of the Hecyra
spectators walked out to see tightrope walkers and then gladiators
Terence’s play on self-tormenting
Heautontimorumenos
Famous line contained within Heautontimorumenos
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto
Terence’s greatest public and financial success, as well as his longest play
Eunuchus
Considered Terence’s masterpiece
Adelphoi
Terence’s play adapted from Apollodorus’ Epidikazomenos
Phormio
Play which Phormio is based on
Apollodorus’ Epidikazomenos
Reason Terence wasn’t as successful as Plautus
rejects the comic excesses of Plautine comedy
How and where does Terence rebuts criticism of contamination
prologue to his Andria, argues that Ennius, Naevius, and Plautus did it
Caesar’s description of Terence
puri sermonis amator (“lover of pure diction”) and dimidiatus Menander (“half-sized Menander”)
Notable Literary critic, famous for rankings of Comedians
Volcatius Sedigitus
Volcatius Segiditus’ ranking of comedians
- Caecilius Statius 2. Plautus 3. Naevius 6. Terence Last. Ennius
Physical deformity of Volcatius Sedigitus
Had six fingers
Pacuvius’ relation to Ennius
nephew as well as pupil
Cicero’s opinion on Pacuvius
the greatest of all Latin tragedians
Besides tragedian, Pacuvius’ job
painter
Pacuvius’ praetexta celebrating the victory of Aemilius Paullus over perseus at Pydna
Paullus
Number of Pacuvius’ tragedies
12
Odysseus’ nurse Eurycleia washes his feet when he arrives in disguise, but his illegitimate son Telegonus kills him before recognizing him
Pacuvius’ Niptra
Orestes dressed as a slave to kill his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
Pacuvius’ Dulorestes
Pacuvius’ cothurnatae
Niptra, Hermiona, Armorum Iudicium, Iliona, Antiope, Chryses, Teucer, Dulorestes, Atalanta, Medus, Pentheus, Periboea
Pacuvius’ epithet because of the influence Hellenism had on him
doctus
Ridiculed by Lucilius and Perseus for irregularities in diction
Pacuvius
Pacuvius’ place of death
Tarentum
Most prolific writer of Latin tragedy
Accius
Accius’ fabulae praetextae
Brutus and Decius (Aeneadae)
Story of L. Junius Brutus and his fight against the Tarquins
Accius’ Brutus
Story of Decius Mus’ devotion at the Battle of Sentinum in 295 B.C.
Accius’ Decius (Aeneadae)
Accius’ fabulae cothurnatae
Armorum Iudicium, Astayanax, Atreus, Bacchae, Epinausimache, Hecuba, Medea, Melannipus, Myrmidones, Nyctegresia, Philocteta, Phoenissae, Telephus, Tereus, Thebes, Troades
Line contained within Accius’ Atreus
oderint dum metuant
Work containing “oderint dum metuant”
Accius’ Atreus
Accius’ short history of Greek and Latin poetry
Didascalia
Accius’ expectation
a large statue erected to him as president of the collegium poetarum
Accius’ educational trip destination
Pergamum in Asia
Vehement attacker of Accius and Pacuvius
Lucilius
Title shared by Accius and Pacuvius
Armorum Iudicium
Author of an Annales about the Cimbri
Aulus Furius Antias
What two works does Catullus mock
the Annales of Volusius and Furius Alpinus’ Ethiopid
Author of the Ethopid
Furius Alpinus
Varro Atacinus’ epic poem on Caesar’s exploits in Gaul against Ariovistus
Bellum Sequanicum
Author of the Bellum Sequanicum
Varro Atacinus
Works of Varro Atacinus
Bellum Sequanicum, Argonautae, Chorographia, Ephemeris, Chorographica
Varro of Atacinus’ geographical poem
Chorographica
First famous satirist
Lucilius
Length of Lucilius’ Satires
30 books
Model for Horace’s journey to Brundisium
Lucilius’ journey to Sicily
Lucilius’ presentation of the gods as deciding on matters as if the Roman senate
Concilium Deorum
Main character of Lucilius’ Concilium Deorum and his fate
Lentulus Lupus, dies of indigestion
Author of “ex praecordis ecfero versum”
Lucilius
Cicero’s description of Gaius Gracchus
first “classic orator” in Rome
Short Biography of Marcus Antonius
Great orator, consul in 99 B.C., supporter of Sulla, grandfather of Marc Antony
Client of Gallus, opened a rhetorical school with Gracchan tendencies and was thus shut down
Plotius Gallus
Asianism
More austere, formal, and traditional
Atticism
more bombastic, emotional, and colored with word play
Chief Rival of Cicero in the courts
Hortensius Hortalus
First case of Hortensius Hortalus
95 B.C., on behalf of the province of Africa, which was accusing its governor of malversation
Imitated by the Atticists
simple style of Lysias
Biggest figure in Atticist history
Licinius Calvus
Member of the Scipionic Circle, historian who took part in the war of Numantia
Sempronius Asellio
Plebeian and jurist, wrote a monograph on the Second Punic War
Coelius Antipater
Other authors of works with the title Annales
Gaius Fannius, Gnaeus Gellius, Vennonius, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Lucius Casius Hemina, and Valerius Antias
Wrote the Libri Magistratuum
Sempronius Tuditanus
Son-in-law of Laelius
Gaius Fannius
Father of Licinius Calvus, annalist
Licinius Macer
Annalist who began his account from the sack of the city by the Gauls, continuing down to his own day
Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius
Works of Sisenna
Fabulae Milesiae and Historiae
Sisenna’s style
tragic historiographer who emphasized dramatic elements
Cicero’s description of Sisenna
emendator sermonis usitati
Sisenna’s work, which dealt with the events between the Social War and Sulla’s dictatorship
Historiae
Sisenna’s political career
praetor in 76 B.C.
Sulla’s purpose in his autobiography
Sulla glorified himself, claiming he was invested with a divine mission and favor of the gods
Antiquarianism
science that traces the remote origins of usages, customs, and juridical and social institutions
Beginner of philological study, taught both Cicero and Varro, commented on Plautus, Twelve Tables, and Carmen Saliare
Aelius Stilo
Pupils of Aelius Stilo
Cicero and Varro
Preparer of an edition of Lucilius
Vettius Philocomus
Increasingly considered as an old-fashioned genre
fabula palliate
Famous writers of fabulae togatae
Titinius and Lucius Afranius
Famous writers of Atellan Farce
Lucius Pomponius and Novius
Number of titles for Lucius Pomponius and Novius
70 and 40
Original performances of Mimi
at the Ludi Florales
Reason mimes were called planipedes
they did not wear raised shoes
Two important writers of mime
Decimus Laberius and Publilius Syrus
Laberius’ punishment for attacking Caesar
forced to act in one his own mimes (a humiliating thing for a Roman knight)
Mime writer, opponent of Caesar
Laberius
Mime writer, not of free birth and thus acted in his own mimes
Publilius Syrus
Winner and judge of contest between Laberius and Publius Syrus
Publilius Syrus, judged by Caesar
Cicero’s descriptions of the Neoteric poets
poetae novi, cantores Euphrionis
Birthplace for the majority of neoteric poets
Gallia Cisalpina
Marius’ consular colleague in 102 BC
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
Orator, helped Marius win over the Cimbri at Vercellae, introduced Greek-style epigrams
Quintius Lutatius Catulus
Work of Lutatius Catulus
De Consulatu et de rebus gestis suis
Poets in Lutatius Catulus’ circle
Valerius Aedituus, Porcius Licinius, Volcacius Sedigitus, Coelius Antipater, Archias (of Cicero fame)
Wrote the Erotopaegnia (“Love Jests”)
Laevius
Work of Laevius
Erotopaegnia (“Love jests”)
Author of a Latin hexameter translation of the Iliad
Matius
Matius’ introduced poetic form
choliambic
Works of Sueius
Moretum and Pulli
Essentially the founder of Neoteric poetry, famous teacher, grammarian, and critic
Valerius Cato
Works of Valerius Cato
Dictynna and Lydia
Works of Furius Bibaculus
Pragmatica Belli Gallici, Ethiopid, and Lucubrationes
Friend of Valerius Cato, wrote epigrams against Augustus as well as works including the Pragmatica Belli Gallici, etc.
Furius Bibaculus
Varro Atacinus’ erotic poetry on his beloved
Leucadia
Varro Atacinus’ geographic work
Chorographia
Varro Atacinus’ poem on weather
Ephemeris
Cinna’s major work
Zmyrna
Cinna’s work on Myth of Myrrha and her father Cinyras’ incestuous relationship
Cinna
Cinna’s other work
Propempticon to Asinius Pollio
How Cinna died
Killed when mistaken for a conspirator of Caesar
Major work of Licinius Calvus
epyllion called Io
Calvus’ other works
prosecution of Vatinius, grief-filled epicedion on the untimely death of his wife Quintilia
Why Licinius Calvus was praised by Quntilian
sanctitas
Age of Catullus at death
30
Caesar was a guest for
Catullus’ father
Year when Catullus went to Bithynia
57 BC
Leader of Catullus’ party to Bithynia
Memmius
Catullus 1-60
Polymetra, nugae
