Latin Literature Cards Set I Flashcards
What author was born in 4 B.C.?
Seneca the Younger
Who wrote Andria?
Terence
What play is Seneca the Younger’s Agamemnon based on?
Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
How does Propertius’s relationship with Cynthia end?
he breaks off the relationship and expresses his shame at how blinded he was by love
What author was born in 69 B.C.?
Cornelius Gallus
What author was born in 239 B.C.?
Ennius
Whose biographies in De Viris Illustribus are extant?
Horace, Lucan, Terence
How many books long is Historia Naturalis?
37 books
Where did Cicero die?
Formiae
What is Cicero’s full name?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
When was Pliny the Elder born?
23 AD
How did Petronius die?
committed suicide
What author died in 54 B.C.?
Catullus
What kind of writer was Plautus?
a comic playwright
When was Ovid born?
43 BC
What author was born in 234 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
Give the full name of the author Caecilius Statius.
Caecilius Statius
What was the profession of Petronius?
writer and statesmen
When was Pliny the Younger born?
62 AD
Who wrote Phormio?
Terence
Who did Pliny the Younger study under?
Quintilian
Who wrote Rudens?
Plautus
Who wrote the eighth Commentarii de Bello Gallico book?
Hirtius
Where was Propertius born?
Assisium (Assisi)
What is the meter of the Bellum Civile?
dactylic hexameter (like other epics)
Where was Juvenal born?
Aquinam
Who did Vergil introduce Horace to?
Maecenas
On whose behalf is Pro Quinctio?
Publius Quinctius
Where did Statius return to when he left Rome?
Naples
Where was Caesar born?
Rome
Who was Clodia the wife of?
Q. Caecilius Metellus
In what year did Lucretius die, and how old was he?
55 BC, he was 44 years old
From where does Plautus derive his plays?
Greece
What did Maecenas give Horace?
a Sabine farm
What interrupts the cena Trimalchionsis?
two stories
How many books of Odes did Horace publish?
3
What is Ovid’s full name?
Publius Ovidius Naso
What author was born in 86 B.C.?
Sallust
What did Nero call Petronius?
arbiter elegentiae
What did Ovid say caused his exile?
a song and an error
What is De Agri Cultura also called?
De Re Rustica
Where was Caecilius Statius born?
Mediolanum
What does Captivi mean?
The Captives
What is Quintilian’s lost treatise?
De Causis Corruptae Eloquentiae
What author died in either 92 or 93 A.D.?
Valerius Flaccus
What verse are Persius’ poems in?
dactylic hexameter
When was Livius Andronicus born?
c. 284 B.C.
What is Terence’s full name?
Publius Terentius Afer
In what year were Caesar and Cornelius Nepos born?
100 B.C.
What is Tacitus’ full name?
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
When does the history end in Ab Urbe Condita?
with the death of Drusus in 9 BC
How many books are in Commentarii de Bello Civili?
Caesar only finished 3 books
Who is the Bellum Civile complementary of?
Pompey
What was the profession of Hostia?
a courtesan
How much of Augustus’ autobiography is extant?
none, all is lost
When did Suetonius die?
it is unknown
Who took Terence to Rome, educated and eventually freed him?
Terentius Lucanus
What is De Beneficiis?
a treatise
Besides his speeches, political and philosophical writings, what did Cicero write?
letters and poetry
What is the relationship between Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger?
Pliny the Elder is Pliny the Younger’s uncle
What is Pseudolus about?
a title character who helps his master obtain enough money to free a courtesan named Phoenicium from Simo the procurer and a Macedonian officer who almost buys her
Where did Catullus die?
Rome
What style did Caesar follow?
the Attic
Who wrote De Beneficiis?
Seneca the Younger
What popular subject does Martial not use in his epigrams?
mythology
In what year was Ennius born?
239 B.C.
Who wrote Ars Amatoria?
Ovid
In what year was Juvenal born?
60 A.D.
Where was Silius Italicus born?
Patavium (Padua)
What is Cicero’s first political speech?
Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino
What author was born in 116 B.C.?
Varro
What is the Satyricon?
fragmentary novel in prose and verse
Who wrote the fabulae palliatae?
Livius Andronicus
According to Quintilian, what cognitive abilities must an orator have?
he must have read widely, have vast knowledge, and must know how to connect his words and subjects precisely
In what year was Statius born?
40 or 45 A.D.
What did Suetonius write defending himself?
Apologia
What author was born in c. 70 A.D.?
Suetonius
When was Cicero born?
106 BC
How many books were there originally of De Clementia?
3 books
What type of writing is the Bellum Civile?
an epic poem
What is Seneca the Younger’s play Hercules Oetaeus modeled on?
Sophocles’ Trachinian Women
When did Ab Urbe Condita start being written?
29 BC
Pliny the Elder’s lost works included a study of what?
linguistics
What was included in Dialogi?
ten treatises on philosophy
When was In Catilinam II delivered?
November 9th, one day after In Catilinam I
When did Pliny the Younger die?
c. 114 AD
What is Persius’ main work?
Saturae
What form of writing is Epistulae Morales?
letters
According to St. Jerome, how did Lucretius die?
he took a love potion that made him insane and committed suicide
What was Vergil doing for the last 10 years of his life?
working on the Aeneid
Give the full name of the author Cornelius Nepos.
Cornelius Nepos
When did Persius die?
62 AD
What author was born in 220 B.C.?
Pacuvius
What form of Ab Urbe Condita exists for the entire work?
Periochae
What office did Cato the Elder hold?
Censor
Where was Pacuvius born?
Brundisium
In what year was Aulus Gellius born?
c. 130 A.D.
Where was Pliny the Younger born?
Comum
What were sequels to De Re Natura?
De Divinatione and De Fato
What is Menaechmi about?
two separated brothers discover each other and are reunited in Syracuse, the city of their births
Who wrote De Re Publica?
Cicero
In what year was Cornelius Gallus born?
69 B.C.
What is De Vita Caesarum?
a biography on Julius Caesar and the emperors through Domitian
What was the Liber Spectaculorum in honor of?
Titus’ opening of the Colosseum
Who wrote De Clementia?
Seneca the Younger
Give the full name of the author Lucilius.
C. Lucilius
Give the full name of the author Caesar.
C. Iulius Caesar
What author died in 79 A.D.?
Pliny the Elder
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
Who was Clodia the sister of?
Clodius (maybe)
Who are Philippics written in opposition of?
Mark Antony
What was Suetonius’ treatise on grammar called?
De Grammaticis
When was In Catilinam I delivered?
November 8th
When did Horace publish his first book of satires?
35 BC
How many books are in Tacitus’ Annales?
18 books
What did the Georgics promote?
Octavian’s program of moving people from the cities to farms
What was another name for Tibullus’ lover, besides Delia?
Plania
Give the full name of the author Plautus.
T. Maccius Plautus
What is the longest surviving part of the Satyricon?
cena Trimalchionsis
When was Propertius born?
c 50 BC
What author died in 17 A.D.?
Ovid
What verse is Annales?
dactylic hexameter
What is the full name of Statius?
Publius Papinius Statius
What writings did Ovid publish before 8 AD?
Amores, Heroides, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris, Medicina Faciei, and Medea
Where was Persius born?
Volaterae (in Etruria)
Who wrote Amphitryon?
Plautus
When did Vergil lose his farm?
after Philippi (but he later got it back)
Who wrote Philippics?
Cicero
Give the full name of the author Livius Andronicus.
Livius Andronicus
On what day did Lucan die?
April 30, 65 AD
When did Horace publish the first three books of Odes?
between 33 and 23 BC
What biographies are possibly included in De Viris Illustribus?
Vergil, Tibullus, and Persius
Who wrote Menaechmi?
Plautus
Give the full name of the author Quintillian.
M. Fabius Quintilianus
What author was born in 43 B.C.?
Ovid
What is Lucan’s full name?
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
What author died in 204 B.C.?
Livius Andronicus
What play is Seneca the Younger’s Phaedra loosely based on?
Euripides’ play Hippolytus
Where was Pliny the Younger governor of?
Bithynia
In what year was Pliny the Elder born?
23 A.D.
What happens to the main character in The Golden Ass?
Lucius is transformed into a donkey and then goes on many adventures
What were Propertius’s elegies mostly about?
his love for Cynthia
Who was Lucan a favorite of?
Nero
Who was the Achilleid about?
Achilles
In what year was Suetonius born?
c. 70 A.D.
Give the full name of the author Tertullian.
Tertullian
Who was the author of Punica?
Silius Italicus
Who did Cicero vigorously oppose after Caesar’s death in 44 BC?
Mark Antony
What is Tibullus’ first book of elegies called?
Delia
What does Martial ask the earth in his most moving epigram?
to “lie gently on the child who walked so lightly on the earth”
When did Cicero die?
December 43 BC
What was Historiae?
a fragmentary work covering 78-67 BC
How many books of Martial’s epigrams survive?
14 books
What author died c. 225 A.D.?
Tertullian
What author died in 130 B.C.?
Pacuvius
In what year was Terence born?
195 B.C.
In Seneca the Younger’s Thyestes, how does Atreus take revenge on Thyestes?
Atreus feeds Thyestes’ sons to their father and as a result curses his house
What philosophy was Seneca the Younger part of?
Stoicism
What languages did Ennius speak?
Latin, Oscan, and Greek
How many poems are in the Eclogues?
10
Who wrote De Architectura?
Vitruvius
What is Quintilian’s only extant work?
the Institutio Oratoria
When did Tacitus publish Germania?
98 AD
What is one of Plautus’s most successful comedies?
Menaechmi
When was Gnaeus Naevius born?
c. 270 BC
What author died in 35 B.C.?
Sallust
What are some examples of subjects covered in Saturae?
superiority of country over city life, false virtues, friendship, and character sketches
Who wrote De Agri Cultura?
Cato the Elder
What author died in 169 B.C.?
Ennius
What is the total number of surviving Martial epigrams?
1500 epigrams
What author died in 101 A.D.?
Silius Italicus
In what year was Naevius born?
270 B.C.
Where was Quintilian born?
in Calagurris in Spain
How long is Commentarii de Bello Gallico?
7 books
What is Suetonius’ most famous work?
De Vita Caesarum?
How many books are in the Georgics?
four
Who was Tibullus in love with?
Delia
In what year was Cicero born?
106 B.C.
In what year was Catullus born?
84 B.C.
Where was Apuleius born?
Madaura
What did Martial do after coming to Rome and meeting authors?
he began to write
Where was Vergil born?
Andes (near Mantua)
Where was Plautus born?
Sarsina (in Umbria)
In what year was Martial born?
40 A.D.
What author was born in 219 B.C.?
Caecilius Statius
What author was born in 39 A.D.?
Lucan
Who is the villain of the Bellum Civile?
Caesar
What is Seneca the Younger’s Thyestes about?
Atreus’ revenge on his brother Thyestes for stealing his wife and committing various other injustices
What was Bellum Catilinae?
a monograph discussing Catiline’s conspriacy
When did Horace publish his fourth book of Odes?
15 BC
What are some subjects covered in Book IV of Propertius’s Elegies?
Rome and its past heroes, and fidelity
Which of Plautus’s plays contains the only extant passage of Carthaginian language?
Poenulus
To whom are the letters in Epistulae Morales written?
his friend Lucilius
In what year was Livy born?
59 B.C.
What are some examples of subjects in Historia Naturalis?
math, earth sciences, medicine, animals, and botany
When was Ennius born?
239 BC
When was Statius born?
c. 40 AD
What is Martial most famous for?
epigrams
What author died c. 325 A.D.?
Lactantius
Give the full name of the author Terence.
P. Terentius Afer
Why was Juvenal able to return to Rome after being banished to Egypt?
Domitian died
Which emperor was Juvenal able to help?
Hadrian
What is De Re Publica about?
political philosophy
What is Apuleius’ full name?
Lucius Apuleius
Give the full name of the author Vergil.
P. Vergilius Maro
Where was Horace born?
Venusia
Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba (Spain)
What author died in 55 B.C.?
Lucretius
Who is the only extant Roman female poet?
Sulpicia
Who wrote the Carmen Saeculare?
Horace
What author was born in 40 or 45 A.D.?
Statius
What did In Catilinam III explain?
how Cicero got evidence against Catiline
When was Caesar born?
102 BC
What work of Tacitus has a disputed authorship?
Dialogus de Oratoribus
What kind of writer was Propertius?
a poet
Who wrote the Liber Spectaculorum?
Martial
Where was Martial born?
Bilbilis (in Spain)
What is Livy’s full name?
Titus Livius
What author died in 149 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
What does Tacitus’ Germania deal with?
the geography, politics, and customs of the German people
Whose death in 45 BC affected Cicero greatly?
his daughter’s, Tullia
What was the only name mentioned in Orgines?
hannibal’s elephant that survived crossing the alps
What did Cato the Younger call Cicero?
father of his country
What work of Seneca the Younger is attributed to him, but probably not actually written by him?
Octavia
Where was Pliny the Younger born?
Comum
What is Suetonius’ collection of passages from his speeches called?
Florida
What author died in 44 B.C.?
Caesar
What kind of writer was Sallust?
a historian
What does the extant part of Historiae end with?
Titus’ conquest of Jerusalem and the Batavian revolt
Who was Persius friends with?
the poet Lucan
Who was the first writer to adapt Greek hexameter verse into Latin?
Ennius
Where was Tacitus probably born?
in northern Italy
What author was born in 40 A.D.?
Martial
What is Pliny the Younger’s second most famous letter?
a haunted house in Athens
What does Noctes Atticae mean?
Attic Nights
What does Aulularia mean?
The Pot of Gold
Where was Cato the Elder born?
Tusculum
How many lines of Ovid’s Medea survive?
2 lines
Who was said to have three hearts?
Ennius
What did Catullus visit near Troy?
his brother’s grave
Where did Terence die?
on a trip to Greece
What was Punica?
a poem about the 2nd Punic War
How did Juvenal help Hadrian?
he helped him obtain a farm in Tibur
How many Philippics are there?
14
Who is Martial’s most moving epigram for?
a slave girl who died before age six
When did Cicero serve as consul?
63 BC
Who wrote the Ars Poetica?
Horace
How many books are in the Thebaid?
12
What is Seneca the Younger’s play Octavia about?
Octavia, after Nero leaves her for Poppaea, organizes a rebellion against him, but is defeated and executed
Give the full name of the author Horace.
Q. Horatius Flaccus
Who wrote Dialogi?
Seneca the Younger
When was In Catilinam IV delivered?
December 5th
What authors were born in 100 B.C.?
Caesar and Cornelius Nepos
How many books long is Punica?
17 books
What is Pliny the Younger most famous for?
letters
How did Terence get to Rome?
He was taken there as a slave
What author was born in 65 B.C.?
Horace
About whose nature does Martial complain?
women’s
What does Adelphi mean?
The Brothers
What was Catullus’s relationship with Lesbia?
at first she returned his love, but then she became unfaithful and rejected him
What does De Rerum Natura mean?
On the Nature of Things
What philosophy did Lucretius follow?
Epicurean
What had Sextus Roscius been accused of when Cicero defended him?
patricide
Where was Lucilius born?
Suessa Aurunca
Who wrote the Georgics?
Vergil
When did Quintilian die?
c 100 AD
Who was considered the founder of latin literature?
Livius Andronicus
What were included in De Viris Illustribus?
biographies of various literary figures
Give the full name of the author Accius.
L. Attius Accius
What kind of writer was Martial?
a poet
When was De Re Publica begun?
54 BC
In what year was Lucan born?
39 A.D.
Give the full name of the author Suetonius.
C. Suetonius Tranquillus
What does Apocolocyntosis mean?
The Pumpkinification
When did Vergil die?
19 BC
Who did Apocolocyntosis make fun of?
Claudius
What did Cato the Elder end all his speeches with and what does it mean?
Carthago delenda est, Carthage must be destroyed
What was Apuleius accused of?
winning his wife by magic
What is De Clementia?
a fragmentary treatise
To whom is De Rerum Natura adressed?
Lucretius’s friend Gaius Memmius
What is the difference between Seneca the Younger’s Medea and the play that it is based off of?
Seneca’s is more sympathetic to Jason than Euripides’ play
What author was born in 60 A.D.?
Juvenal
Who was Catullus in love with?
Clodia
Give the full name of the author Augustine.
Augustine
When did Sallust write his works?
in his retirement
How many books long is Augustus’ autobiography?
14 books
What is the earliest work attributed to Tacitus?
Dialogus de Oratoribus
What type of writer was Tibullus?
a poet
What is the full name of Seneca the Younger?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
When did Horace publish the Carmen Saeculare?
17 BC
Where was Apuleius born?
Madaura, a Roman colony near Numidia
What author died in 430 A.D.?
Augustine
What author died in 17 B.C.?
Livy
What is another name for the Bellum Civile?
Pharsalia
Who did Vergil ask to burn the Aeneid?
Varius and Tucca
What does Saturae mean?
Sermons
What does Heauton Timorumenos mean?
The Self-Tormentor
In what year was Tibullus born?
55 B.C.
How did Livius Andronicus come to Rome?
He was brought to Rome as a slave
What story does the Thebaid tell?
the feud between Polyneices and Eteocles and the Seven Against Thebes legend
What book is an account of the public life of Augustus?
Momentum Ancyranum
Who was Caesar?
a famous military, political leader and a leading lawyer
In what year was Sallust born?
86 B.C.
When was Tacitus born?
c. 55 AD
What does Rudens mean?
Rope
Give the full name of the author Apuleius.
L. Apuleius
When was Terence born?
c. 195 BC
How long is Ab Urbe Condita?
142 books (but much is lost)
What author was born in 84 B.C.?
Catullus
Into what kind of family was Tacitus born?
an aristocratic family
What is De Rerum Natura?
an unfinished didactic epic poem
What author was born in 34 A.D.?
Persius
What was another name for De Senectute?
Cato Major
When did Horace publish the Epodes?
30 BC
What author died in 104 A.D.?
Martial
What years did Historiae take place in?
69-96
According to Quintilian, what must an orator have?
personal integrity and the necessary technique
What did Catullus discover when he returned from Verona to Rome?
Clodia had already taken a new lover
When did Horace publish his second book of epistles?
15 BC
Where was Lucan born?
Corduba (Spain)
How many books were there in Dialogi?
12 books
What does Andria mean?
The Woman of Andros
When did Horace die?
8 BC
Where was Tacitus born?
Narbonese Gaul
What were the fabulae palliatae?
Latin comedies from Greek originals
Who wrote Pseudolus?
Plautus
Where was Pliny the Elder born?
Comum
When did Cicero deliver Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino?
80 BC
How many books long is the Institutio Oratoria?
12 books
What is Cicero’s earliest extant speech?
Pro Quinctio
What is one possible reason Domitian banished Juvenal?
mentioning an actor Paris who had an affair with the emperor’s wife
When did Martial come to Rome?
63 AD
What does Bellum Jugurthinum do?
praise Marius in his war against Numidia’s King Jugurtha
Who did Cicero argue against in the Pro Quinctio?
Hortensius, a famous orator
What did Catiline do because of In Catilinam I?
he was forced to leave Rome for Faesulae
Where was Ovid banished to?
Tomi
How did Pliny the Elder get his information for his Historia Naturalis?
he claims to have consultsd experts for all of the subjects
What kind of writer was Terence?
a comic playwright
Give the full name of the author Lucretius.
T. Lucretius Carus
Who wrote Origines?
Cato the Elder
What author died in 43 B.C.?
Cicero
Who is the author of Satyricon?
Petronius (but there is insufficient information to be sure)
What is Tibullus’ full name?
Albius Tibullus
How many plays did Terence write?
6 (all extant)
What was Persius’ request when he died?
that his poems be destroyed, leaving only his satires
What does Propertius say about Cynthia after ending the relationship?
he will not be moved by her tears
What is Plautus’s full name?
Titus Maccus (Maccius) Plautus
What history were some of the lost works of Pliny the Elder about?
German wars
Who was M. Valerius Messalla?
a patron of several poets
When was Propertius’s first book of elegies published?
28 BC
Who suggested the Georgics?
Maecenas
Which epic does not include the intervention of deities?
Bellum Civile
What kind of words and alliterations did Tibullus like to use in his poems?
hybrid Greek-Latin
Give the full name of the author Cornelius Gallus.
C. Cornelius Gallus
Who wrote Miles Gloriosus?
Plautus
Who wrote Epidicus?
Plautus
What does Hecyra mean?
The Mother-In-Law
Who wrote Heroides?
Ovid
What two books did Seneca the Elder write?
Controversiae and Suasoriae
How many books are in the Bellum Civile?
10 books
Into what verse did Homer translate the Odyssey?
Saturnian verse
Where was Vergil born?
Mantua / Andes
In what year was Tertullian born?
160 A.D.
What does Tacitus’ Agricola talk about?
Agricola’s military exploits in Britain and personal virtue
What is Propertius’s full name?
Sextus Propertius
What author died in 19 B.C.?
Vergil or Tibullus
Who is the greatest Latin orator?
Cicero
In what year was Quintillian born?
35 A.D.
Where are Terence’s plays set?
in Athens
Where did Statius die?
Naples
What was the Institutio Oratoria?
a treatise on a perfect orator
What is Persius’ full name?
Aulus Persius Flaccus
What did Lucan join after Nero stopped him from publishing poetry?
the Pisonian Conspiracy
When was Seneca the Younger born?
4 BC
Who wrote Mostellaria?
Plautus
How are the books of Commentarii de Bello Gallico divided?
one book for each year from 58 to 52 BC
How is Livy’s work regarded?
it glorifies Rome, but it is an accurate historical source
How did Silius Italicus die?
he starved himself to death
Who wrote Naturales Quaestiones?
Seneca the Younger
Who was Cicero? (besides an orator)
a Roman statesmen
Give the full name of the author Varro.
M. Terentius Varro
Who did Martial meet in Rome?
Quintilian, Seneca, and Lucan
What is Lucretius’s full name?
Titus Lucretius Carus
Give the full name of the author Petronius.
Petronius Arbiter
When was In Catilinam III delivered?
December 3rd
When was Apuleius born?
c. 125
How many plays did Plautus write?
130
What is figura etymologica?
the use in one phrase of more than one form of the same word
What did people think of Cicero’s poetry?
it was respected in his own time, but later declined in reputation
Where did Juvenal die?
Tibur
What is Suetonius’ most famous work?
The Golden Ass
What author died in 113 A.D.?
Pliny the Younger
What is Origines about?
the beginnings of Italian civilization and early Roman history
Give the full name of the author Juvenal.
D. Iunius Iuvenalis
What was Annales about?
Rome’s story from the fall of Troy to Ennius’s time
Give the full name of the author Statius.
P. Papinius Statius
Who taught Statius poetry?
his father
Who wrote De Senectute?
Cicero
What does “On the Greek Kalends” mean?
never
When did Petronius die?
65 AD
What was the “song” that caused Ovid’s exile?
Ars Amatoria
When is the Silver Age of latin literature?
the literature following the Golden Age until the Christian period
Who was the first person to receive a paid professorship from Vespasian?
Quintilian
When was a third book of poems published in Tibullus’ name?
after his death
Give the full name of the author Livy.
T. Livius
What is Lucretius’s only surviving work?
De Rerum Natura
What type of writer was Lucan?
an epic poet
What did Caesar write about his conquest of Gaul?
Commentarii de Bello Gallico
Where was Statius born?
Naples
What did Varius and Tucca do instead of burning the Aeneid?
edited it, deleting some extraneous parts but adding nothing
What is Suetonius’ work on Plato’s philosophy called?
De Platone
What type of writer was Quintilian?
a rhetorician
What author died in 130 A.D.?
Suetonius
Who wrote fabulae palliatae?
Gnaeus Naevius
When did Horace publish his first book of epistles?
20 BC
When was Tacitus’ Agricola published?
98 AD
Where was Quintillian born?
Calagurris (in Spain)
Where was Augustine born?
Thagaste
Where was Cato the Elder born?
Tusculum
What kind of writer was Persius?
a satirist
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
What does arbiter elegentiae?
judge of good taste
What is Catullus’s full name?
Gaius Valerius Catullus
What does Cicero’s name mean?
Chickpea
How many books were in Pliny the Elder’s study of linguistics?
8 books
What author died in 16 B.C.?
Propertius
What author was born in 106 B.C.?
Cicero
Until what year did Statius live in Rome?
94 AD
How many books of De Beneficiis are there?
7 books
What do Pliny the Younger’s letter discuss?
law, finance, and the treatment of Christians
Where was Varro born?
Reate / Rieti
What was the first history written in Latin?
Origines
Who wrote the Bellum Punicum?
Gnaeus Naevius
What was possibly the “error” that caused Ovid’s exile?
involvement with Augustus’ granddaughter Julia, a woman of very low morals
How many books long is Historiae?
12 books
When was De Re Publica published?
51 BC, three years after it was begun
What meter is the Eclogues?
dactylic hexameter
When did Juvenal die?
c. 130
Who wrote Hecyra?
Terence
What is the first surviving Latin prose work?
De Agri Cultura
What author died in 201 B.C.?
Naevius
What was Martial given because of his poverty?
ius trium liberorum
What is Quintilian’s full name?
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
Where was Catullus born?
Verona
Where did Vergil die?
Brundisium
Give the full name of the author Valerius Flaccus.
C. Valerius Flaccus
Who invented fabulae praetextae?
Gnaeus Naevius
Who does Saturae show influence from?
Lucilius
Under whose name did Sulpicia publish her poems?
Tibullus’
How long did Vergil spend on the Georgics?
7 years
Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba (Spain)
What profession did Pliny the Younger have when studying under Quintilian?
lawyer
What was Bellum Catilinae critical of?
aristocracy, but more critical of Catiline
What caused Cicero to divorce his new wife?
her lack of compassion
What rhetorical figure did Tibullus often use in his writings?
figura etymologica
Who banished Ovid?
Augustus
When was Sallust born?
86 BC
Where was Terence born?
Carthage
Give the full name of the author Pacuvius.
M. Pacuvius
Where was Lucretius born?
Rome
What is the full name of Martial?
Marcus Valerius Martialis
What style of writing is the Georgics?
poem
What does Poenulus mean?
The Carthaginian
When did Horace publish his second book of satire?
30 BC
What did In Catilinam IV accomplish?
it convinced the senate to execute Catiline’s co-conspirators
When did Suetonius die?
c. 140
What is Suetonius’ full name?
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
What does De Vita Caesarum mostly contain?
a lot of personal information about the Caesars
How many tragedies did Seneca the Younger write?
9 or 10
When is Vergil said to have started his Eclogues?
43 BC
Who ordered Varius and Tucca to edit the Aeneid?
Augustus
Who wrote De Natura Deorum?
Cicero
What is the only complete fabula praetexta?
Octavia
What author was born in 170 B.C.?
Accius
Who was De Architectura dedicated to?
Augustus
How did Apocolocyntosis make fun of Claudius?
saying that instead of becoming a god, he had become a pumpkin
What author died in 102 B.C.?
Lucilius
Where was Horace born?
Venusia
In what year was Pliny the Younger born?
61 A.D.
What kind of writer was Suetonius?
a historian
Give the full name of the author Lactantius.
Lactantius
What did Catullus do when Lesbia rejected him?
return to Verona
What work of Tacitus was a biography of his father-in-law?
Agricola
What author was born in 354 A.D.?
Augustine
Where did Pliny the Younger endow a library?
in his hometown
What does De Senectute mean?
On Old Age
What is De Agri Cultura about?
it’s a handbook on agriculture
In what year was Livius Andronicus born?
284 B.C.
What is Tibullus’ second book of elegies called?
Nemesis
What kind of writer was Lucretius?
a poet
What type of writing is the Eclogues?
a collection of pastoral poems
Where was Sallust born?
Amiternum
What author died in 86 B.C.?
Accius
Where was Lucretius born?
Rome
How many Silvae did Statius write?
32
In what year was Cato the Elder born?
234 B.C.
How many poems are in Persius’ Saturae?
six
To where did Domitian banish Juvenal?
Egypt
Into what kind of family was Suetonius born?
an equestrian
What author was born in c. 245 A.D.?
Lactantius
Where was Martial born?
Bilbilis (Spain)
Who wrote an epic poem about Domitian’s German Wars?
Statius
What kind of writer was Seneca the Younger?
a playwright
Where is Vergil said to have started his Eclogues?
Mantua
What author died in 184 B.C.?
Plautus
According to De Agri Cultura, what is an excellent and versatile crop?
Cabbage
Where was Propertius born?
Assisium
What was the Bellum Punicum?
an epic poem on the First Punic War
What is Ovid’s Medea?
a tragedy
What author was born in 50 B.C.?
Propertius
How did Quintilian grow up?
he received a good education from the leading orators of the time and then practiced law
What author was born in 35 A.D.?
Quintillian
What did Nero make Lucan?
a quaestor
Who did Claudius write a comparison of?
Cicero and Pollio
Which of Plautus’s plays is the model for Shakespeare’s “A Comedy of Errors”?
Menaechmi
Who wrote Captivi?
Plautus
What else is the Eclogues called?
Bucolics
What author was born in 195 B.C.?
Terence
What author was born in 55 B.C.?
Tibullus
What is Lucan’s only extant work?
Bellum Civile (unfinished)
What does Quintilian discourage in an orator?
being too grandiose or too uninspiring
What is the difference begween Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Seneca the Younger’s Agamemnon?
it’s the same plot, but with different characterization
Give the full name of the author Aulus Gellius.
Aulus Gellius
Who was regarded as Cicero’s (almost) equal in oration?
Caesar
What is Tacitus’ longer history?
Annales
When was Propertius’s last book of elegies published?
16 BC
Give the full name of the author Cicero.
M. Tullius Cicero
What did the last Philippic suggest?
public celebration of Antony’s defeat at Mutina
What does De Re Natura do?
give Epicurean, Stoic, and Academic conceptions of the gods
In what year was Vergil born?
70 B.C.
What type of writing was in Apocolocyntosis?
prose and verse
What did Martial call Quintilian?
“The supreme guide of wayward youth”
What is Ennius’s full name?
Quintus Ennius
To what friend did Martial write many epigrams over the years?
Julius Martialis
In what year was Pacuvius born?
220 B.C.
What is another name for The Golden Ass?
Metamorphoses
How does Tacitus regard the Germans?
he acknowledges their flaws, but still considers them more virtuous than the Romans of his time
What years are Tacitus’ Annales from?
14-68 AD
Who coined the phrase “On the Greek Kalends”?
Augustus
How much of Tacitus’ Annales lost?
most of it
What author died in 8 B.C.?
Horace
What author was born in 61 A.D.?
Pliny the Younger
What does Commentarii de Bello Gallico mean?
Commentaries on the Gallic Wars
What were Statius’ Silvae?
poems on various subjects
Where did Ovid die?
still in exile in Tomi
What author was born in c. 130 A.D.?
Aulus Gellius
Who translated Homer’s the Odyssey into Latin?
Livius Andronicus
In what year was Silius Italicus born?
26 A.D.
What play is Seneca the Younger’s play Oedipus based on?
Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex
Who wrote Aulularia?
Plautus
In what year was Lactantius born?
c. 245 A.D.
Who became Vergil’s greatest promoter?
Octavian
How is Pliny the Younger related to Pliny the Elder?
Pliny the Younger is the Elder’s heir and nephew
What author was born in 254 B.C.?
Plautus
What meter is the Georgics?
dactylic hexameter
Give the full name of the author Persius.
A. Persius Flaccus
When did Livy die?
19 BC
Out of Livius Andronicus, Naevius, and Ennius, who was revered the most by later writers?
Ennius
Who wrote the Annales?
Ennius (it’s his most important work)
Who was Gaius Memmius?
governor of Bithynia
Who wrote Adelphi?
Terence
How many books of Suasoriae survive?
1 book
Who wrote Eunuchus?
Terence
Give the full name of the author Pliny the Elder.
C. Plinius Secundus
In what year was Accius born?
170 B.C.
When did Juvenal return to Rome?
96 AD
Which of Plautus’s plays has no female characters?
Captivi
Where was Tertullian born?
Carthage
What philosophy does Bellum Civile promote?
Stoicism
What is Seneca the Elder’s full name?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder
Give the full name of the author Ennius.
Q. Ennius
What author was born in 284 B.C.?
Livius Andronicus
Who wrote Saturae?
Horace
What is Amphitryon about?
Jupiter’s love for Alcmena, the wife of Amphitryon
Where was Persius born?
Volaterrae (in Etruria)
Whose conspiracy did Cicero expose in 63 BC?
Catiline’s
What was Suetonius’ work on oratory called?
De Rhetoribus
What is Tacitus’ work shorter work of history?
Historiae
Where was Statius born?
Naples
When was Vergil born?
70 BC
What is the full name of Petronius?
Gaius Petronius Arbiter
Who wrote Bellum Catilinae?
Sallust
Which book of Historiae only survives in part?
Book V
What kind of writer was Catullus?
a lyric poet
What did Martial think of his poems?
that they would last forever
When did Catullus die and how old was he?
54 BC, 30 years okd
Where was Caesar born?
Rome
What are the stories that interrupt the cena Trimachionsis about?
one is about a werewolf, the other about two witches stealing a boy and leaving a figure of straw in his place
What kind of writer was Ennius?
a writer of plays and poems
What were fabulae praetextae?
dramas based on Roman subjects named for the garment
When was Plautus born?
c. 255 BC
What did Propertius call the woman he loved in his poems?
Cynthia
When was Ovid banished?
8 AD
What does Catullus call Clodia in his poems?
Lesbia
What is Vergil’s full name?
Publius Vergilius Maro
Under which emperor did Pliny the Younger serve as consul?
Trajan
What work did Aulus Gellius write?
Noctes Atticae
What author died in 180 A.D.?
Aulus Gellius
Where was Tibullus born?
Pedum
When was Suetonius born?
c. 70 AD
What was Plautus’s favorite play?
Epidicus
About whose life were some the lost works of Pliny the Elder about?
Pomponius Secundus
Who was Catullus’s father a friend of?
Caesar
What author was born in 26 A.D.?
Silius Italicus
Who did Catullus attack in a poem and later apologize to?
Caesar
What does De Vita Caesarum mean?
The Lives of the Caesars
From which of Plautus’s plays does a large fragment remain?
Vidularia
Give the full name of the author Silius Italicus.
Silius Italicus
How did Cicero die?
Antony and Octavian reconciled and executed him
What happened to the charges against Suetonius?
they were dropped and Suetonius lived a happy life
In what year was Lucilius born?
180 B.C.
Who wrote Amores?
Ovid
What author died in either 168 or 166 B.C.?
Caecilius Statius
What are Philippics named after?
Demosthenes’s speeches against Philip of Macedon
What author died in 159 B.C.?
Terence
Who are the main characters of the Satyricon?
Encolpius and Ascyltus, and their servant Giton
When were the Georgics published?
29 BC
What is Suetonius’ work on Socrates’ conception of the gods and daimones?
De De Socratis
Who did Cicero defend in Pro Sexto Rosico Amerino?
Sextus Roscius
What is Seneca the Younger’s play Medea based on?
Euripides’ play
From whom did Terence get his name?
Terentius Lucanus
What is Juvenal’s full name?
Decius Junius Juvenalis
What famous myth is included in The Golden Ass?
Cupid and Pysche
When was Persius born?
34 AD
What is Pliny the Younger’s most famous letter about?
Vesuvius’ eruption
Where was Juvenal born?
Aquinum
How did Lucan die?
he was forced to commit suicide by Nero
Who did Petronius serve as consul under?
Nero
What author died in 130 A.D.?
Juvenal
How many books of letters did Pliny the Younger write?
10
When was Dialogus de Oratoribus written?
c. 81 AD
What type of writer was Statius?
a poet
What do many of Martial’s epigrams deal with?
his frustration with unreliable patrons
Give the full name of the author Sallust.
C. Sallustius Crispus
Why was it said that Ennius had three hearts?
He spoke three languages
To whose circle did Tibullus belong?
M. Valerius Messalla
What is Seneca the Younger known as?
the Philosopher and the Stoic
Who wrote De Viris Illustribus?
Suetonius
Why did Apuleius supposedly marry his wife?
in order to gain her wealth by her relatives
What does De Viris Illustribus mean?
On Famous Men
How many satires did Juvenal write?
16
What author died in 27 B.C.?
Varro
Who in his family did Quintilian outlive?
his wife and two sons
Why did Petronius die?
the Pisonian conspiracy
When was Livy born?
59 BC
Who was Rome’s first prose writer?
Cato the Elder
What kind of writer was Horace?
a poet
Which emperor wrote a Greek history of the Etruscans?
Claudius
Where was Catullus born?
Verona
What is in dispute in the Pro Quinctio?
Gallic land
Where was Lactantius born?
North Africa
What was Pliny the Younger’s full name?
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Who wrote Metamorphoses?
Ovid
Give the full name of the author Tibullus.
Albius Tibullus
What did Catullus write after visiting his brother’s grave?
poem 101 (an effigy)
Why did Catullus go to Bithynia?
he went as a staff member of the governor Gaius Memmius
What does Commentarii de Bello Civili mean?
Commentaries on the Civil War
How does Tacitus’ Agricola portray Agricola?
it is complementary of him
Give the full name of the author Catullus.
C. Valerius Catullus
Where did Lucan receive his education?
Rome
What author died in 26 B.C.?
Cornelius Gallus
Who introduced Vergil to Octavian?
Maecenas
Who commended Silius Italicus’ work?
Martial
In what year was Horace born?
65 B.C.
Give the full name of the author Propertius.
Sextus Propertius
When was Tibullus born?
c 48 BC
What is Pliny the Elder’s full name?
Gaius Plinius Secundus
How does Propertius’s love progress throughout the Elegies?
he goes from initial happiness in his love, to greater and greater despair from her unfaithfulness
How many books are in Origines?
7 (all are lost)
In what year was Tacitus born?
55 A.D.
What author was born in 270 B.C.?
Naevius
What epic did Statius start but never finish?
Achilleid
When did Claudius’ history of Rome take place?
from the time of Julius Caesar’s death
What Greek treatise did Suetonius translate?
De Mundo
When did Terence die?
159 BC
Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
What is Seneca’s most like play?
Thyestes (but it has no extant model)
What is Horace’s full name?
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Who was considered the worst Latin poet?
Silius Italicus
Who wrote Heauton Timorumenos?
Terence
Who was Vergil’s patron?
Maecenas
When was Metamorphoses complete?
8 AD
With whom did Terence become friends?
Scipio Aemilianus
Which book of the Elegies contains a poem about Cynthia’s death?
Book IV
What does Mostellaria mean?
The Haunted House
How long is De Rerun Natura?
six books long
Where was Terence born?
Carthage
When did Ovid die?
18 AD
In what verse is the Bellum Punicum?
Saturnian
Whose praise did Cicero get by defeating Catiline?
the optimates (the highest class)
When is the Golden Age of Latin Literature?
the first century BC
What kind of writer was Vergil?
a poet
What type of writer was Ovid?
a poet
Where was Ennius born?
Rudiae in Calabria
When were the Eclogues published?
37 BC
When was Lucan born?
39 AD
What is the Bellum Civile about?
Julius Caesar’s struggle against the senatorial party
Where was Cornelius Gallus born?
Forum Iulii
What authors died in 65 A.D.?
Lucan, Seneca the Younger, and Petronius
Where was Livius Andronicus born?
Tarentum
When did Martial die?
104 AD
In what year was Varro born?
116 B.C.
What was probably the real name of the woman Propertius loved?
Hostia
What does Eunuchus mean?
The Eunuch
What books are all that remain of Livy’s original work?
I-X, XXI-XL, and parts of XLI-XLV
Whose daughter did Tacitus marry and in what year?
Cn. Julius Agricola, 78 AD
When was Lucretius born?
99 BC
In what year was Ovid born?
43 B.C.
Who was Lucan’s uncle?
Seneca
Who was the first native Roman writer of note?
Gnaeus Naevius
Where was Livy born?
Patavium (Padua)
Where did Catullus go in 57 BC?
Bithynia
Which book of Ab Urbe Condita is the only book to discuss the monarchy?
the first book
How many letters are in Epistulae Morales?
124
What books of Historiae are lost?
VI-XII
Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
Whose works were included in the the third book of poems published under Tibullus’ name?
Sulpicia, Tibullus, and some other authors
Where was Ennius born?
Rudiae (in Calabria)
When was Juvenal born?
c. 60 AD
Who wrote Bellum Jugurthinum?
Sallust
In which war did Cato the Elder fight?
the Second Punic War
In what year was Caecilius Statius born?
219 B.C.
How long is De Re Publica?
six books
Where was Vergil buried?
Naples
How many extant orations does Cicero have?
58
What author was born in 59 B.C.?
Livy
Who wrote Historiae?
Sallust
Who wrote Commentarii de Bello Civili?
Caesar
Who wrote the Thebaid?
Statius
When was Pro Quinctio delivered?
81 BC
Give the full name of the author Pliny the Younger.
C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Who wrote Epistulae Morales?
Seneca the Younger
What tragedy of Statius was a pantomime?
Agave
Who was Propertius’s primary patron?
Maecenas
In what year was Seneca the Younger born?
4 B.C.
Where was Pliny the Elder born?
Comum
When was the Ars Poetica published?
15 BC
Which book of De Re Publica was the only known one until the others were discovered?
Somnium Scipionis (the sixth book)
How many poems did Sulpicia write?
6 poems
What did the emperor Caligula call Seneca the Younger’s work?
sand without lime
What does Martial say about using mythology? (in latin and english)
“Hominem pagina nostra sapit” (My page contains the flavor of men)
What does Dialogus de Oratoribus discuss?
the decline in oratory at the time
How many of Plautus’s plays are fully extant?
20
Give the full name of the author Cato the Elder.
M. Porcius Cato
What is the full name of Cato the Elder?
Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder
What author was born in 160 A.D.?
Tertullian
How many books of Ab Urbe Condita remain?
21 (or 35?)
Where was Livy born?
Patavium (Padua)
Where was Livius Andronicus born?
Tarentum
Where was Cornelius Nepos born?
Cisalpine Gaul
What are the two most common meters of Catullus?
Hendecasyllabics and elegiac couplet
What did Lucan say about Persius’ works?
“That is real poetry, whereas what I have written is utter tripe, child’s play.”
In what year was Propertius born?
50 B.C.
Where was Lucan born?
Corduba
During whose reign did Juvenal live in Rome?
Domitian’s
In what year was Pliny the Younger governor of Bithynia?
111 AD
When was Martial born?
c. 40 AD
What does Periochae mean?
Abstracts
How many non-extant orations did Cicero write?
48
When did Sallust die?
35 BC
Give the full name of the author Ovid.
P. Ovidius Naso
What was Seneca the Elder called?
Rhetor
Pliny the Elder’s lost works included a treatise about what?
the use of a javelin from horseback
In what year was Persius born?
34 A.D.
What is Poenulus about?
Hanno prevents his daughters from being sold into prostitution
What author died in 100 A.D.?
Quintillian
What emperors did Suetonius work for?
Trajan and Hadrian
When was Cato the Elder born?
234 BC
How many books of Controversiae survive?
5 books
Which speech of Pliny the Younger is extant?
Panegyricus
When was Catullus born?
c. 84 BC
What does Miles Gloriosus mean?
The Braggart Soldier
What does Ab Urbe Condita mean?
From the Founding of the City
What did Nero do when Lucan made him jealous?
forbade Lucan from reading or publishing his poetry
What type of writer was Livy?
a historian
What are the letters in Epistulae Morales about?
philosophy and Seneca’s experiences
What is Pliny the Elder’s only surviving work?
Historia Naturalis
In what year was Augustine born?
354 A.D.
In what year was Plautus born?
254 B.C.
What author died in 96 A.D.?
Statius
How old was Catullus when he went to Rome?
22
When did Statius die?
96 AD
When was Quintilian born?
35 AD
What does Menaechmi mean?
The Twin Menaechmi
Who was the first person to write Roman history in Latin?
Cato the Elder
Give the full name of the author Seneca the Younger.
L. Annaeus Seneca
What is Captivi about?
a man Hegio searching for his lost sons
Who wrote Apocolocyntosis?
Seneca the Younger
Give the full name of the author Martial.
M. Valerius Martialis
What is the Historia Naturalis?
and encyclopedia
How long is Annales?
18 books
How many speeches did Cicero give against Catiline?
four
What poet did Martial criticize?
Ovid
What is another name for Momentum Ancyranum?
Res Gestae
What kind of writer was Juvenal?
a satirist
How did we learn of the lost works of Pliny the Elder?
from a letter about Pliny written by Pliny the Younger to Tacitus
How many books of elegies did Propertius write?
4
What is the Thebaid?
an epic poem
How did Vergil die?
fever
What author died in 25 B.C.?
Cornelius Nepos
What did In Catilinam II accomplish?
it convinced the senate to name Catiline a public enemy
Where was Naevius born?
Campania
What government position did Martial eventually rise to?
tribune
Give the full name of the author Tacitus.
P./C. Cornelius Tacitus
Give the full name of the author Naevius.
Gnaeus Naevius
Give the full name of the author Lucan.
M. Annaeus Lucanus
What is Naturales Quaestiones?
a work on natural science from the Stoic viewpoint
When did Cato the Elder die?
149 BC
What did Suetonius receive when working for the emperors?
ius trium liberorum
What author died in 117 A.D.?
Tacitus
What author was born in 180 B.C.?
Lucilius
When was Horace born?
65 BC
What author died in 62 A.D.?
Persius
Where was Accius born?
Pisarum (in Umbria)
What author was born in 23 A.D.?
Pliny the Elder
Who wrote the Eclogues?
Vergil
Who was the main speaker of De Senectute?
Cato
In what year was Lucretius born?
99 B.C.
What is Caesar’s full name?
Gaius Julius Caesar
What is another name for Suetonius’ Apologia?
De Mage
What is Livy’s greatest work?
Ab Urbe Condita
What did Ovid write on Tomi?
the Fasti, the Tristia, the Epistulae ex Ponto, the Halieutica, and Ibis
How many books were in Pliny the Elder’s lost history?
20 books
What author was born in 55 A.D.?
Tacitus
What author was born in 99 B.C.?
Lucretius
What author was born in 70 B.C.?
Vergil
When did Martial write the Liber Spectaculorum?
80 AD
Who wrote Poenulus?
Plautus
When did Martial return to Spain?
100 AD
How many books of elegies did Tibullus publish?
two
What is Sallust’s full name?
Gaius Sallustius Crispus
