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
