Latin Literature Flashcards
In which year did Suetonius die?
130 AD
Give the full name of Tacitus.
Publius/Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
Who wrote Naturales Quaestiones?
Seneca the Younger
Who wrote Miles Gloriosus?
Plautus
In which year did Silius Italicus die?
101 AD
In which year was Caesar born?
100 BC
Who wrote Pharsalia?
Lucan
Who wrote De Senectute?
Cicero
Where was Tibullus born?
Pedum
Who wrote The Golden Ass?
Apuleius
Where was Pliny the Younger born?
Comum
Who wrote Amphitryon?
Plautus
Who wrote Apologia?
Apuleius
In which year did Quintillian die?
100 AD
In which year was Ovid born?
43 BC
In which year was Terence born?
195 BC
Give the full name of Apuleius.
Lucius Apuleius
Who wrote De Viris Illustribus?
Suetonius
Who wrote Thebaid?
Statius
In which year did Caesar die?
44 BC
In which year was Cato the Elder born?
234 BC
Where was Accius born?
Pisaurum (in Umbria)
Who wrote Adelphi?
Terence
In which year was Accius born?
170 BC
In which year did Statius die?
96 AD
In which year did Varro die?
27 BC
Give the full name of Suetonius.
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
In which year was Silius Italicus born?
26 AD
Give the full name of Persius.
Aulus Persius Flaccus
Where was Vergil born?
Mantua/Andes
Who wrote Epidicus?
Plautus
Where was Plautus born?
Sarsina (in Umbria)
Where was Apuleius born?
Madaura
Give the full name of Statius.
Publius Papinius Statius
In which year did Plautus die?
184 BC
In which year did Lucretius die?
55 BC
Who wrote Sermones?
Horace
Give the full name of Lucretius.
Titus Lucretius Carus
Who wrote Mostellaria?
Plautus
In which year did Livius Andronicus die?
204 BC
In which year was Lucan born?
39 AD
In which year was Persius born?
34 AD
Where was Lactantius born?
North Africa
In which year did Propertius die?
16 BC
Give the full name of Caesar.
Gaius Iulius Caesar
Where was Horace born?
Venusia
In which year did Pliny the Younger die?
113 AD
In which year was Naevius born?
270 BC
In which year did Cornelius Gallus die?
26 BC
Give the full name of Sallust.
Gaius Sallustius Crispus
Who wrote Bellum Jugurthinum?
Sallust
In which year was Pliny the Younger born?
61 AD
Who wrote Annales?
Tacitus (Ennius wrote one as well)
In which year was Varro born?
116 BC
Who wrote Georgics?
Vergil
Who wrote Origines?
Cato the Elder
Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba (Spain)
In which year was Aulus Gellius born?
circa 130 AD
Where was Lucan born?
Corduba (Spain)
Where was Juvenal born?
Aquinum
Where was Persius born?
Volaterae (in Etruria)
Give the full name of Cornelius Gallus.
Gaius Cornelius Gallus
Who wrote Phormio?
Terence
Where was Catullus born?
Verona
Who wrote Medea?
Seneca the Younger
In which year was Cornelius Nepos born?
100 BC
In which year was Lactantius born?
circa 245 AD
Who wrote Historiae?
Sallust (Tacitus wrote one as well)
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
In which year was Augustine born?
354 AD
In which year was Tertullian born?
160 AD
Who wrote Comentarii de Bello Civili?
Caesar
Give the full name of Livy.
Titus Livius
Who wrote Octavia?
Seneca the Younger
In which year was Sallust born?
86 BC
In which year did Pacuvius die?
130 BC
In which year did Cato the Elder die?
149 BC
In which year did Tibullus die?
19 BC
Give the full name of Petronius.
Petronius Arbiter
Where was Augustine born?
Thagaste
In which year was Lucilius born?
180 BC
Who wrote Liber Spectaculorum?
Martial
In which year was Propertius born?
50 BC
In which year did Pliny the Elder die?
79 AD
In which year did Vergil die?
19 BC
Where was Ennius born?
Rudiae (in Calabria)
Who wrote Apocolocyntosis?
Seneca the Younger
Give the full name of Tibullus.
Albius Tibullus
In which year did Aulus Gellius die?
180 AD
In which year was Juvenal born?
60 AD
Who wrote Poenulus?
Plautus
Who wrote Institutio Oratoria?
Quintillian
Who wrote Hecyra?
Terence
Who wrote Andria?
Terence
In which year was Caecilius Statius born?
219 BC
Who wrote Germania?
Tacitus
Where was Tertullian born?
Carthage
In which year was Horace born?
65 BC
In which year was Ennius born?
239 BC
Who wrote Heauton Timorumenos?
Terence
Give the full name of Accius.
Lucius Attius Accius
In which year did Martial die?
104 AD
In which year did Cicero die?
43 BC
In which year was Suetonius born?
circa 70 AD
In which year was Tibullus born?
55 BC
In which year did Lucilius die?
102 BC
Give the full name of Ennius.
Quintus Ennius
Who wrote Ab Urbe Condita?
Livy
Where was Statius born?
Naples
Who wrote De Re Publica?
Cicero
In which year was Cornelius Gallus born?
69 BC
Who wrote Menaechmi?
Plautus
In which year did Cornelius Nepos die?
25 BC
In which year did Sallust die?
35 BC
Give the full name of Varro.
Marcus Terentius Varro
In which year did Augustine die?
430 AD
In which year was Livius Andronicus born?
284 BC
In which year was Pacuvius born?
220 BC
Who wrote Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino?
Cicero
Give the full name of Plautus.
Titus Maccius Plautus
In which year was Cicero born?
106 BC
Who wrote De Architectura?
Vitruvius
Where was Livy born?
Patavium (Padua)
Where was Lucretius born?
Rome
Who wrote Achilleid?
Statius
Where was Sallust born?
Amiternum
Give the full name of Martial.
Marcus Valerius Martialis
Who wrote Commentarii de Bello Gallico?
Caesar
Where was Quintillian born?
Calagurris (in Spain)
Where was Caesar born?
Rome
In which year did Tertullian die?
circa 225 AD
In which year was Plautus born?
254 BC
In which year did Lactantius die?
circa 325 AD
Who wrote De Agri Cultura?
Cato the Elder
Where was Propertius born?
Assisium (Assisi)
In which year did Juvenal die?
130 AD
In which year was Seneca the Younger born?
4 BC
Give the full name of Propertius.
Sextus Propertius
In which year did Persius die?
62 AD
Who wrote De Rerum Natura?
Lucretius
Who wrote Agricola?
Tacitus
Who wrote Pseudolus?
Plautus
Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
Where was Caecilius Statius born?
Mediolanum
Where was Cornelius Nepos born?
Cisalpine Gaul
In which year was Livy born?
59 BC
Who wrote Pro Quinctio?
Cicero
In which year was Pliny the Elder born?
23 AD
In which year did Terence die?
159 BC
In which year was Tacitus born?
55 AD
Where was Naevius born?
Campania
Where was Martial born?
Bilbilis (Spain)
Where was Varro born?
Reate/Rieti
In which year was Statius born?
40 or 45 AD
Give the full name of Ovid.
Publius Ovidius Naso
Where was Cornelius Gallus born?
Forum Iulii
Who wrote Philippics?
Cicero
Give the full name of Catullus.
Gaius Valerius Catullus
Who wrote De Vita Caesarum?
Suetonius
In which year did Catullus die?
54 BC
Who wrote Captivi?
Plautus
Who wrote Satyricon?
Petronius
Where was Cato the Elder born?
Tusculum
In which year did Horace die?
8 BC
In which year did Ennius die?
169 BC
Give the full name of Lucan.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
Give the full name of Cato the Elder.
Marcus Porcius Cato (The Elder)
Who wrote Epistulae Morales?
Seneca the Younger
In which year was Martial born?
40 AD
In which year did Ovid die?
17 AD
In which year did Livy die?
17 AD
Give the full name of Horace.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Where was Terence born?
Carthage
Give the full name of Pliny the Elder.
Gaius Plinius Secundus
In which year did Valerius Flaccus die?
92 or 93 AD
Give the full name of Naevius.
Gnaeus Naevius
Who wrote Noctes Atticae?
Aulus Gellius
Who wrote Eunuchus?
Terence
Give the full name of Vergil.
Publius Vergilius Maro
Where was Livius Andronicus born?
Tarentum
Who wrote Naturalis Historia?
Pliny the Elder
Who wrote Bellum Catilinae?
Sallust
In which year was Vergil born?
70 BC
In which year did Petronius die?
65 AD
Give the full name of Terence.
Publius Terentius Afer
In which year was Catullus born?
84 BC
In which year was Lucretius born?
99 BC
Where was Lucilius born?
Suessa Aurunca
Where was Tacitus born?
Narbonese Gaul
Where was Pacuvius born?
Brundisium
In which year did Accius die?
86 BC
In which year did Naevius die?
201 BC
Give the full name of Lucilius.
Gaius Lucilius
Give the full name of Valerius Flaccus.
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
Give the full name of Juvenal.
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Give the full name of Pliny the Younger.
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Give the full name of Seneca the Younger.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger)
In which year was Quintillian born?
35 AD
In which year did Seneca the Younger die?
65 AD
Give the full name of Quintillian.
Marcus Fabius Quintillianus
Give the full name of Pacuvius.
Marcus Pacuvius
Who wrote Bellum Civile?
Lucan
In which year did Lucan die?
65 AD
Who wrote Aulularia?
Plautus
Who wrote Punica?
Sillius Italicus
When did Apuleius flourish?
flourished 155 AD
Where was Silius Italicus born?
Patavium (Padua)
Where was Pliny the Elder born?
Comum
In which year did Tacitus die?
117 AD
In which year did Caecilius Statius die?
168 or 166 BC
Give the full name of Cicero.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Who wrote De Natura Deorum?
Cicero
How many books are in Vergil’s Aeneid?
Twelve
What work of Horace has the line Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus?
Odes (1.37)
Who wrote the lines, “Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.”
Vergil
What poet was banished to Tomi on the Black Sea?
Ovid
Which figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? He left in a huff and a yellow cab?
Zeugma
In Roman comedies, which wily character usually served as the problem-solver who overcame the central obstacle in the plot? the clever
Slave
Which of the following authors did NOT write history: Tacitus, Livy, Sallust, Statius?
Statius
In what book of the Aeneid is the following passage: “emissamque hiemem sensit Neptunus et imis stagna refusa vadis, graviter commotus, et alto prospiciens summa placidum caput extulit unda.”
Book One
What work by what author begins by recounting a letter from Penelope to Odysseus and ends with a letter from Sappho to Phaon?
Ovid’s Heroides
Which of these men did Cicero make a speech against rather than a speech of defense – Gaius Rabirius, Publius Vatinius, Marcus Caelius, Sextus Roscius?
Publius Vatinius
What early Latin author who considered himself the reincarnation of Homer was known for his Annales as well as for his statement that he had three hearts – a statement that referred to the three languages which he spoke?
Ennius
The Roman author Lucan had a grandfather who was also a noted author. Name this man, who started writing at a relatively late age and who supplemented his Controversiae with an oratorical exercise – Suasoriae.
Seneca the Elder
Which Roman author wrote a poem of 644 lines in which he references mythological tortures and punishments as ideas for what he wishes would happen to his enemy? The author wrote this poem while in exile in Tomi.
Ovid
What Roman naturalist, author, and naval commander died while attempting to rescue victims of the explosion of Vesuvius at Pompeii?
Pliny the Elder
What is the total if you add the number of books of Vergil’s three best known works – the Aeneid, the Georgics, and the Eclogues?
Twenty-Six
Haleutica, Tristia, Ars Amatoria, and Amores were all written by what author?
Ovid
What work of Latin Literature begins with the line: “Quō usque tandem abutēre, Catilina, patientiā nostrā”?
Cicero’s First Catilinarian
What Silver Age author wrote 124 philosophical letters addressed to his friend Lucilius?
Seneca the Younger
Which of Vergil’s three major works did he publish first?
Eclogues
What work of literature was the first work of prose in Latin?
De Agri Culture/De Re Rustica
What Roman historian served as consul with Nerva in 97 A.D.?
Tacitus
Which Plautine comedy is the author’s only play about a mythological subject?
Amphitruo / Amphitryon
What poet, patroned by Maecenas, wrote 4 books of elegy addressed to a woman named Cynthia?
Propertius
What work of Tacitus, published in 98 AD was a biographical monograph recounting the life of his father in law?
Agricola
What massive work of stoic philosophy, dedicated to the emperor Titus, aims to summarize the state of things in its 37 books?
Naturalis Historiae
What author, whose genius was first recognized by Pollio, wrote a work containing 10 brief poems on pastoral themes that included the stories of Cordyon, Alexis, Tityrus, and the real poet Cornelius Gallus, which is collectively called the Eclogues?
Vergil
What speech of Cicero, delivered in 70 BC at the request of the Sicilians, prosecuted an administrator on charges of extortion?
In Verrem
What late Christian author, born in Stridon, wrote a series of biographies modeled off of Suetonious about the lives of famous Christians?
Saint Jerome
Who was the author of the following works of Latin Literature? Medea, Remedia Amoris, Medicamnia Faciei Femineae, Fasti, Metamorphoses.
Ovid
In what work does Vergil refuse to sing of ‘reges et proelia,’ chosing instead to model his 10 hexameter poems after Theocritus’ Idylls?
Eclogues / Bucolics
What work of Tacitus’ may have bean heavily based on documentation of Pliny the Elder and was an ethnographical study published in 98 AD?
Germania
What neoteric poet traveled to Bithynia with Gaius Memmius and wrote to girl whom he called Lesbia?
Catullus
Which Augustan age poet wrote the Ars Poetica, a work in which he gives advice on the proper way to write various styles of poetry?
Horace
Who says “O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem” in the Aeneid?
Aeneas
What better place to start than with the famous maxim of Apollo from Delphi: Gnothi Seauton, or Know thyself. What author of the Tusculan Disputationss put this maxim into Latin?
Cicero
O socii - neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum- is a line from which poet’s work?
Vergil
Which Roman author is chiefly known for the 14 books of witty epigrams he produced in the 1st century AD?
Martial
It may well be that the English saying virtue is its own reward can trace its origins to this 1st century poet when he said Ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi in his poems Ex Ponto.
Ovid
Name the author and his history which covers the years 14 -68 AD in 18 books?
Tacitus’ Annales
Nunc est bibendum- is a line from which poet’s work?
Horace
Although he briefly led the life of a Roman legionary, his flight from the battle of Philippi in 42 was in keeping with Archilochus and other Greek models for his poetry. Can you name this man, a far more successful poet than soldier?
Horace
“Multas per gentes et multas per aequora vectus advenio has miseras, fater, ad inferias” are the first two lines of an elegiac poem by this poet.
Catullus
Some lines in Latin poetry are simply gnomic. Case in point: quis fallere possit amantem ? What does this mean?
Who could deceive a lover?
Caligula was fond of quoting the phrase Oderint, dum metuant. Whom is he quoting?
Accius
What author opens one of his works with these lines: Qui modo Nasonis fueramus quinque libelli, tres sumus; hoc illi praetulit auctor opus.
Ovid
Which of the following authors was the earliest to use elegiac? Catullus, Propertius, Gallus, Ovid, Lucilius, Tibullus
Lucilius
In what work of Horace is the famous Ars Poetica found?
Epistles
Against whom did Cicero write 14 Philipics in the style of Demosthenes?
Marc Antony
In what meter did Gnaeus Naevius write his work on the Punic war?
Saturnian Meter
Identify the speaker of the following lines of book 6 of the Aeneid, which I will read as prose: “Anchisa generate, deum certissima proles, / Cocyti stagna alta vides Stygiamque paludem, / di cuius iurare timent et fallere numen.”
Cumean Sibyl
Who wrote love poems to a woman he called Lesbia, identified as Clodia Metelli?
Catullus
What Greek slave is considered to be the founder of Latin Literature?
Livius Andronicus
For which family did Livius Andronicus become a tutor?
Marcus Livius Salinator
What job position did Livius Andronicus hold in Rome?
grammaticus
What Greek work does Livius Andronicus translate into Latin?
Homer’s Odyssey (called the Odusia)
According to Varro, what did Livius Andronicus produce at the Ludi Romani in 240 BC, and what was it for?
the first Latin comedy and tragedy to celebrate the end of the First Punic War
Name the 8 titles of Livius Andronicus’ tragedies that survive today.
- Equos Troianus
- Achilles
- Aegisthus
- Ajax Mastigophorus
- Andromeda
- Danae
- Tereus
- Hermiona
What did Livius Andronicus compose in 207 BC?
a maid song for Juno (called a partheneion)
How does Cicero later regard Livius Andronicus?
“antiquated” and of little interest
On what famous books did Livius Andronicus consult?
Sibylline Books
What Fabula Palliata was written by Livius Andronicus?
Gladiolus
Give the years of Livius Andronicus’ life.
284 BC - 204 BC
What Roman author was a younger contemporary to Andronicus?
Gnaeus Naevius
Into what social class was Naevius born?
Plebian by birth, no evidence of a aristocratic patron
In what war did Naevius participate?
First Punic War
Which Roman genre did Naevius invent?
fabulae praetextae
What were fabulae praetextae?
tragedies adopted from Roman subjects
Name Naevius’ two main fabulae praetextae.
Romulus and Clastidium
How many titles of fabulae palliatae do we have of Naevius?
34 (130 lines are extant)
Name Naevius’ four main fabulae palliatae.
Colax, Guminasticus, Dolus, and Corollaria/Tarentilla
What ranking does Sedigitus give to Naevius?
third best comic writer
What is Naevius’ magnum opus?
Bellum Punicum
Against what family does Naevius notoriously fight?
Metelli
What did Naevius say to the Metelli?
“Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules” (“The Metelli are made consuls of Rome by Fate)
How do the Metelli respond to Naevius’ scornful comment?
“Dabunt malum Metelli Naevio poetae.” (“The Metelli will give trouble to the poet Naevius.”)
After the conflict between Naevius and the Metelli, to where was Naevius exiled?
Utica, where he dies
Who is said to have written Naevius’ epitaph?
himself
Who quotes Naevius’ epitaph?
Aulus Gellius
Which of Naevius’ plays was played at the opening of the Theater of Pompey?
Equos Troianus
What famous Roman, along with other nobles, criticized Naevius?
Scipio Africanus
What were fabulae cothurnatae?
Greek tragedies in Latin
Name three of Naevius’ fabulae cothurnatae.
Lycurgus, Hector Proficiscens, and Iphigenia
Give the years of Gnaeus Naevius’ life.
270 BC - 201/199 BC
