Latin Literature Introduction Toss-Ups Flashcards
1
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What is Livius Andronicus’ full name?
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Lucius Livius Andronicus; p. 1
2
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What author was born in 284 B.C. at Tarentum?
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Livius Andronicus; p. 1
3
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Where was Livius Andronicus born in 284 B.C.?
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Tarentum; p. 1
4
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In what year was Livius Andronicus born at Tarentum?
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284 BC; p. 1
5
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In what year did Livius Andronicus die?
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204 BC; p. 1
6
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What author was called the “Father of Latin Literature”?
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Livius Andronicus; p. 1
7
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What honorific title was given to Livius Andronicus?
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Father of Latin Literature; p. 1
8
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In what year did Livius Andronicus come to Rome as a slave?
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272 BC; p. 1
9
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What author came to Rome as a slave in 272 BC?
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Livius Andronicus; p. 1
10
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Which work of Livius Andronicus is a Latin translation of Homer’s Odyssey?
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Odussia; p. 1
11
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Who wrote the first Latin translation of Homer’s Odyssey?
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Livius Andronicus; p. 1
12
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What was the earliest extant work of Latin literature?
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Odussia; p. 1
13
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What was the purpose of Livius Andronicus’ Odussia?
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textbook; p. 1
14
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For whose children did Livius Andronicus compose the Odussia as a textbook?
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Livius Salinator; p. 1
15
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In what early Italian meter was the Odussia written?
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Saturnian; p. 1
16
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What Latin term did Livius Andronicus use to translate “Muse”?
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Camena; p. 1
17
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Who wrote the first Roman comedy and Roman tragedy for the Ludi Romani of 240 BC?
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Livius Andronicus; p. 1
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For what event in 240 BC did Livius Andronicus compose the first Roman comedy and tragedy?
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Ludi Romani; p. 1
19
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What author was the first to produce plays in Rome?
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Livius Andronicus; p. 1
20
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What author composed a parthenion in honor of Juno in 207 BC?
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Livius Andronicus; p. 1
21
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What type of poem did Livius Andronicus compose in honor of Juno in 207 BC?
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parthenion; p. 1
22
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In what year did Livius Andronicus compose a parthenion in honor of Juno?
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207 BC; p. 1
23
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What author regarded Livius Andronicus’ work as antiquated and not worth reading?
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Cicero; p. 1
24
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What author was born in 270 BC at Capua?
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Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
25
In what year was Gnaeus Naevius born near Capua?
270 BC; p. 1
26
Where did Gnaeus Naevius die in exile in 201 BC?
Utica; p. 1
27
Which author died at Utica in 201 BC?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
28
In what year did Gnaeus Naevius die in exile at Utica?
201 BC; p. 1
29
What dramatist was the first native Italian to write Latin literature?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
30
What author pioneered "fabulae praetextae", tragedies written on Roman historical material?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
31
What are fabulae praetextae?
tragedies written on Roman historical material; p. 1
32
Who was the first to write an epic on an entirely Italian subject?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
33
What was the title of Naevius' epic on the First Punic War?
Bellum Punicum; p. 1
34
Who wrote the Bellum Punicum, the first epic on an Italian subject?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
35
To what African city was Naevius exiled because of his fued with the Metelli family?
Utica; p. 1
36
Which author was exiled to Utica because of his fued with the Metelli family?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
37
With what family did Gnaeus Naevius have a fued which got him exiled to Utica?
Metelli; p. 1
38
Which author remarked "Fato Metelli fiunt Romae consules"?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
39
Translate Naevius' remark "fato Metelli fiunt Romae consules".
It's fate that makes the Metelli consules at Rome; p. 1
40
Which work of Gnaeus Naevius is an epic poem about the First Punic War, written in Saturnian verse?
Bellum Punicum; p. 1
41
Whose Bellum Punicum details the events from Aeneas' arrival in Latium down to the First Punic War?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
42
How many books did Naevius' Bellum Punic contain?
7; p. 1
43
What grammarian arranged Naevius' Bellum Punicum into 7 Books?
Lampadio; p. 1
44
What are the titles of Naevius' two fabulae praetextae?
Clastidium & Romulus; p. 1
45
Who wrote a fabula praetexta entitled Clastidium?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
46
Who wrote a fabula praetexta entitled Romulus?
Gnaeus Naevius; p. 1
47
What was Plautus' full name?
Titus Maccius Plautus; p. 1
48
Where was Plautus born c. 254 BC?
Sarsina; p. 1
49
Which author was born at Sarsina c. 254 BC?
Plautus; p. 1
50
In what year did Plautus die?
184 BC; p. 1
51
What comic playwright was born at Sarsina c. 254 BC?
Plautus; p. 1
52
Which Broadway play is based on a compilation of Plautus' plays?
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; p. 1
53
The Broadway play "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is based on a compilation of which author's plays?
Plautus; p. 1
54
Varro said that if the Muses had spoken Latin they would have spoken the type that appeared in which author's plays?
Plautus; p. 1
55
Which play of Plautus deals with a clever slave who manages to steal away from the boastful soldier Pyrgopolyneices the girl loved by his young master?
Miles Gloriosus; p. 2
56
What is the translation of "Miles Gloriosus"?
The Braggart Soldier; p. 2
57
Which play of Plautus was his longest?
Miles Gloriosus; p. 2
58
In Plautus' Miles Gloriosus, what boastful soldier is swindled out of his girl?
Pyrgopolyneices; p. 2
59
Which play of Plautus deals with the slave Tranio who convinces his master's father that his house is haunted?
Mostellaria; p. 2
60
What is the translation of "Mostellaria"?
The Haunted House; p. 2
61
In Plautus' Mostellaria, what clever slave convinces his master's father that his house is haunted?
Tranio; p. 2
62
Which play of Plautus deals with the misfortunes of a miser named Euclio who tries to hide his fortune?
Aulularia; p. 2
63
What is the translation of "Aulularia"?
The Pot of Gold; p. 2
64
In Plautus' Aulularia, what miser tries to hide his fortune?
Euclio; p. 2
65
Which play of Plautus deals with a clever slave who tricks the pimp Ballio out of a girl his young master loves?
Pseudolus; p. 2
66
In Plautus' Pseudolus, what pimp is swindled out of one of his girls?
Ballio; p. 2
67
Which play of Plautus deals with twins seperated at birth?
Menaechmi; p. 2
68
Which play of Plautus is the primary model for Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors?
Menaechmi; p. 2
69
Which play of Plautus deals with the confusion over Hercules' birth?
Amphitruo; p. 2
70
Which play of Plautus is the only one with a mythological subject?
Amphitruo; p. 2
71
Which play of Plautus deals with the efforts of a well-to-do father to ransom his son who has been taken prisoner of war?
Captivi; p. 2
72
Which play of Plautus mentions the imprisonment of Naevius?
Captivi; p. 2
73
Which play of Plautus has no female characters?
Captivi; p. 2
74
Which play of Plautus deals with a parasit of a young man who is in love with a courtesan?
Curculio; p. 2
75
Which play of Plautus was his shortest?
Curculio; p. 2
76
What author was born in 239 BC at Rudiae in Calabria?
Quintus Ennius; p. 2
77
Where was Quintus Ennius born in 239 BC?
Rudiae (in Calabria); p. 2
78
In what year did Quintus Ennius die?
169 BC; p. 2
79
What author wrote an 18-book epic on Roman history entitled Annales?
Quintus Ennius; p. 2
80
How many books did Ennius' Annales contain?
18; p. 2
81
Which work of Quintus Ennius is an 18-book epic poem on Roman history?
Annales; p. 2
82
What author first adapted dactylic hexameter from Greek poetry into Latin?
Quintus Ennius; p. 2
83
What author made dactylic hexameter the official meter of Latin epic poetry?
Quintus Ennius; p. 2
84
Who brought Quintus Ennius to Rome?
Cato the Elder; p. 2
85
What poet claimed that he had three hearts because he spoke Latin, Greek, and Oscan?
Quintus Ennius; p. 2
86
What three languages made up Ennius' three hearts?
Greek, Oscan, Latin; p. 2
87
Who was the first Latin writer to compose Satire?
Quintus Ennius; p. 2
88
What nephew of Ennius was a famous tragedian?
Pacuvius; p. 2
89
What poet was the famous uncle of Pacuvius?
Quintus Ennius; p. 2
90
What was Pacuvius' full name?
Marcus Pacuvius; p. 2
91
Where was Pacuvius in 220 BC?
Brundisium; p. 2
92
In what year was Pacuvius born in Brundisium?
220 BC; p. 2
93
In what year did Pacuvius die?
130 BC; p. 2
94
What author did Cicero consider the "greatest of Latin tragic poets"?
Pacuvius; p. 2
95
Who considered Pacuvius the greatest of Latin tragic poets?
Cicero; p. 2
96
Which work of Pacuvius depicts Orestes driven mad by the Furies?
Dulorestes; p. 2
97
What is the translation of Dulorestes?
Orestes the Slave; p. 2
98
Who wrote the tragedies Dulorestes and Niptra?
Pacuvius; p. 2
99
Which work of Pacuvius depicts Ulysses' death at the hands of Telegonus?
Niptra; p. 2
100
What is the translation of Niptra?
The Bath; p. 2
101
What is Cato the Elder's full name?
Marcus Porcius Cato; p. 3
102
What author was born in 234 BC at Tusculum?
Cato the Elder; p. 3
103
Where was Cato the Elder born in 234 BC?
Tusculum; p. 3
104
In what year was Cato the Elder born at Tusculum?
234 BC; p. 3
105
In what year did Cato the Elder die?
149 BC; p. 3
106
What author was called the "Father of Latin Prose"?
Cato the Elder; p. 3
107
Who was the first to write history in Latin?
Cato the Elder; p. 3
108
What author brought Quintius Ennius to Rome?
Cato the Elder; p. 3
109
What political office did Cato the Elder hold in 184 BC?
censor; p. 3
110
What author, known for his old-fashioned and puritanical style, was called the "father of Latin prose"?
Cato the Elder; p. 3
111
Which work of Cato the Elder was a 7-book history of Rome?
Origines; p. 3
112
How many books did Cato's Origines contain?
7; p. 3
113
Which work of Cato the Elder begins with a line of hexameter?
Origines; p. 3
114
Which work of Cato the Elder was the first prose historical text in Latin?
Origines; p. 3
115
Which work of Cato the Elder was a treatise on farming?
De Agri Cultura; p. 3
116
What is the alternate title of Cato's De Agri Cultura?
De Re Rustica; p. 3
117
Which work of Cato the Elder was the earliest Latin prose work to come down to us in its entirety?
De Agri Cultura; p. 3
118
What was Terence's full name?
Publius Terentius Afer; p. 3
119
What author was born ca. 195 BC in Carthage?
Terence; p. 3
120
Where was Terence born in 195 or 185 BC?
Carthage; p. 3
121
In what year did Terence die?
159 BC; p. 3
122
What comic playwright was born in Carthage in 195 BC?
Terence; p. 3
123
What style of Greek comedy did Plautus and Terence employ?
New Comedy; p. 3
124
What comic playwright was brought to Rome from Carthage as a slave?
Terence; p. 3
125
In what year did Terence make his theatrical debut?
166 BC; p. 3
126
Who was the literary patron of Terence?
Scipio Aemilianus; p. 3
127
In what city were all of Terence's plays set?
Athens; p. 3
128
Who acted in all of Terence's plays?
Ambivius Turpio; p. 3
129
Which play of Terence was his earliest work?
Andria; p. 3
130
What is the translation of "Andria"?
The Woman of Andros; p. 3
131
In the prologue of which of Terence's plays does he defend his use of contaminatio?
Andria; p. 3
132
What is contaminatio?
combination of elements of multiple Greek plays into on Latin play; p. 3
133
What is the translation of "Adelphi"?
The Brothers; p. 3
134
Which play of Terence is a comedy about twins, one born in the country and one born in the city?
Adelphi; p. 3
135
Which play of Terence was his biggest commercial success?
Eunuchus; p. 3
136
What is the translation of "Hecyra"?
The Mother-in-Law; p. 3
137
Which play of Terence was only produced after two failed attempts?
Hecyra; p. 3
138
Which play of Terence did the audience leave in preference for a show of tightrope walkers during the first and second attempts?
Hecyra; p. 3
139
What is the translation of "Heauton Timorumenos"?
The Self-Tormentor; p. 3
140
Which play of Terence deals with Clinia who is about to be separated from his wife?
Heauton Timorumenos; p. 3
141
In which play of Terence does the title character remark "homo sum, humani nil a me alienum puto"?
Heauton Timorumenos; p. 3
142
What is Lucilius' full name?
Gaius Lucilius; p. 3
143
In what year was Lucilius born?
180 BC; p. 3
144
Where was Lucilius born in 180 BC?
Suessa Aurunca; p. 3
145
What author was born in 180 BC at Suessa Aurunca?
Lucilius; p. 3
146
In what year did Lucilius die?
102 BC; p. 3
147
What author established hexameter as the meter of Roman satire?
Lucilius; p. 3
148
What meter did Lucilius establish as the meter of Roman satire?
Dactylic Hexameter; p. 3
149
Who was the first Latin write to focus exclusively on Satire?
Lucilius; p. 3
150
What genre was Lucilius the first to focus exclusively on?
satire; p. 3
151
What was the title of Lucilius' collection of Satires?
Sermones; p. 3
152
What is the alternate title of Lucilius' Sermones?
Ludus ac Sermones; p. 3
153
Who wrote a 30 book collection of Satires called Sermones?
Lucilius; p. 3
154
How many books of Satires made up Lucilius' Sermones?
30; p. 3
155
What author did Horace call his lantern for his influence in Satire?
Lucilius; p. 3
156
What author called Lucilius his lantern for his influence in Satire?
Horace; p. 3
157
Whose satires on a trip to Brundisium and an ancounter with a bore were models for Horace?
Lucilius; p. 3
158
What author was the great-uncle of Pompey the Great?
Lucilius; p. 3
159
What is Cicero's full name?
Marcus Tullius Cicero; p. 4
160
What author was born on January 3, 106 BC in Arpinum?
Cicero; p. 4
161
Where was Cicero born on January 3rd, 106 BC?
Arpinum; p. 4
162
In what year was Cicero born at Arpinum?
106 BC; p. 4
163
Where did Cicero die on December 7, 43 BC?
Formiae; p. 4
164
What author died at Formiae on December 7, 43 BC?
Cicero; p. 4
165
In what year did Cicero die at Formiae?
43 BC; p. 4
166
What orator was Cicero's chief rival in his early legal career?
Hortensius Hortalus; p. 4
167
What author was the first husband of Terentia?
Cicero; p. 4
168
Who was the wife of Cicero?
Terentia; p. 4
169
Name Cicero's two children.
Marcus & Tullia; p. 4
170
To whom did Cicero address the majority of his letters?
Atticus; p. 4
171
What is Atticus' full name?
Titus Pomponius Atticus; p. 4
172
Who addressed the majority of his letters to Atticus?
Cicero; p. 4
173
Which speech of Cicero was his first in a criminal case?
Pro Roscio Amerino; p. 4
174
Which speech of Cicero attacked Chrysogonus, an influential freedman of Sulla?
Pro Roscio Amerino; p. 4
175
In what year did Cicero deliver his Pro Roscio Amerino speech?
80 BC; p. 4
176
What influential freedman of Sulla did Cicero attack in his Pro Roscio Amerino speech?
Chrysogonus; p. 4
177
Which speech of Cicero defended a Greek poet's claim to Roman citizenship?
Pro Archia Poeta; p. 4
178
In what year did Cicero deliver his Pro Archia Poeta speech?
62 BC; p. 4
179
What Greek poet's claim to Roman citizenship did Cicero defend in his Pro Archia Poeta speech?
Archias; p. 4
180
Which speech of Cicero defended a lover of Clodia accused of poisoning her husband Quintus Metellus Celer?
Pro Caelio; p. 4
181
In what year did Cicero deliver his Pro Caelio speech?
56 BC; p. 4
182
What woman does Cicero paint as a promiscuous harlot in his Pro Caelio speech?
Clodia; p. 4
183
Which speech of Cicero supported Pompey's attemt to gain command against Mithridates?
Pro Lege Manilia; p. 4
184
In what year did Cicero deliver his Pro Lege Manilia speech?
66 BC; p. 4
185
What is the alternate title of Cicero's Pro Lege Manilia speech?
De Imperio Gnaei Pompei; p. 4
186
What series of 14 speeches by Cicero attacked Marc Antony?
Philippics; p. 4
187
Who did Cicero's Philippics attack?
Marc Antony; p. 4
188
On whose speeches against Philip II did Cicero model his Philippics?
Demosthenes; p. 4
189
In what year did Cicero deliver his Philippics?
43 BC; p. 4
190
Which speech of Cicero prosecuted a corrupt governor of Sicily?
In Verrem; p. 4
191
In what year did Cicero deliver his In Verrem speech?
70 BC; p. 4
192
How many speeches did Cicero deliver against Catiline?
4; p. 4
193
What series of 4 speeches by Cicero attacked an aristocrat accused of trying to overthrow the republic?
In Catilinam; p. 4
194
What speech of Cicero begins with the line "quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra"?
In Catilinam; p. 4
195
What philosophical work of Cicero is a dialogue among Cato the Elder, Laelius, and Scipio Aemilianus on old age?
De Senectute; p. 4
196
What three men are featured in the discussion in Cicero's De Senectute?
Cato the Elder, Laelius, and Scipio Aemilianus; p. 4
197
What is the alternate title of Cicero's De Senectute?
Cato Maior; p. 4
198
Which work of Plato is Cicero's De Senectute modeled on?
The Republic; p. 4
199
What is the alternate title of Cicero's De Amicitia?
Laelius; p. 4
200
What later author wrote a commentary on Cicero's De Republica?
Macrobius; p. 4
201
Which work of Cicero contains the Somnium Scipionis?
De Republica; p. 4
202
Which section of Cicero's De Republica deals with a dream of Scipio Aemilianus?
Somnium Scipionis; p. 4
203
Which philosophical work of Cicero is a dialogue among a Stoic, an Academic, and an Epicurean who debate the different schools of philosophy?
De Natura Deorum; p. 4
204
In which work of Cicero do Lucius Balbus the Stoic, Aurelius Cotta the Academic, and Velleius the Epicurean debate the different schools of philosophy?
De Natura Deorum; p. 4
205
Which three schools of philosophy are discussed in Cicero's De Natura Deorum?
Stoicism, Academic, and Epicurean; p. 4
206
What is Varro's full name?
Marcus Terentius Varro; p. 5
207
In what year was Varro born at Reate?
106 BC; p. 5
208
What author was born at Reate in 106 BC?
Varro; p. 5
209
In what year did Varro die?
27 BC; p. 5
210
What author was considered Rome's greatest scholar?
Varro; p. 5
211
What scholar wrote over 500 volumes?
Varro; p. 5
212
What author dated the founding of Rome to 753 BC?
Varro; p. 5
213
To what year did Varro date the founding of Rome?
753 BC; p. 5
214
Which work of Varro is an exhaustive treatise on the Latin language?
De Lingua Latina; p. 5
215
How many books did Varro's De Lingua Latina contain?
25; p. 5
216
Which work of Varro is a treatise on farming?
De Re Rustica; p. 5
217
What is the alternate title of Varro's De Re Rustica?
Rerum Rusticarum Libri Tres; p. 5
218
What is Caesar's full name?
Gaius Julius Caesar; p. 5
219
In what year was Caesar born in Rome?
100 BC; p. 5
220
What author was born in 100 BC in Rome?
Caesar; p. 5
221
What author was killed on March 15, 44 BC in Rome?
Caesar; p. 5
222
On what date was Caesar killed?
March 15, 44 BC; p. 5
223
Which work of Caesar details his wars in Gaul?
(Commentarii) De Bello Gallico; p. 5
224
How many total books did De Bello Gallico contain?
8 books; p. 5
225
How many books of De Bello Gallico did Caesar personally write?
7 books; p. 5
226
What leiutenant wrote the last book of Caesar's De Bello Gallico?
Aulus Hirtius; p. 5
227
What is the alternate titlte of Caesar's De Bello Gallico?
Gai Iulii Commentarii Rerum Gestarum; p. 5
228
Which work of Caesar details the events of the civil war?
(Commentarii) De Bello Civili; p. 5
229
Which work of Caesar was writtten to dispel the notion that he was a revolutionary like Catiline?
(Commentarii) De Bello Civili; p. 5
230
Which work of Caesar was a lost work on Latin grammar?
De Analogia; p. 5
231
Who wrote a lost work on Latin grammar entitled De Analogia?
Caesar; p. 5
232
In what year was Cornelius Nepos born?
100 BC; p. 5
233
Which work of Cornelius Nepos contains biographies of famous men?
De Viris Illustribus; p. 5
234
Who wrote the fist surviving Latin biographical work?
Cornelius Nepos; p. 5
235
What is Lucretius' full name?
Titus Lucretius Carus; p. 5
236
According to Jerome what author was driven to madness by a love potion?
Lucretius; p. 5
237
What author allegedly died after he was driven to madness by a love potion?
Lucretius; p. 5
238
About what author did Vergil write "felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas"?
Lucretius; p. 5
239
Translate "felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas".
blessed was he who was able to understand the causes of things; p. 5
240
What work of Lucretius deals with Epicurean philosophy?
De Rerum Natura; p. 5
241
How many books did Lucretius' De Rerum Natura contain?
6 books; p. 5
242
To whom did Lucretius dedicate the De Rerum Natura?
Memmius; p. 5
243
What goddess did Lucretius invoke in the opening lines of De Rerum Natura?
Venus; p. 5
244
What work begins with the line "Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas"?
De Rerum Natura; p. 5
245
Who revised and published the De Rerum Natura?
Cicero; p. 5
246
On whose atomic theories did the De Rerum Natura rely?
Leucippus & Democritus; p. 5
247
What is Sallust's full name?
Gaius Sallustius Crispus; p. 6
248
In what year was Sallust born at Amiternum?
86 BC; p. 6
249
Where was Sallust born in 86 BC?
Amiternum; p. 6
250
What author was born at Amiternum in 86 BC?
Sallust; p. 6
251
What author was expelled from the Senate in 50 BC because of a scandal involving the wife of Annius Milo?
Sallust; p. 6
252
Sallust was removed from the Senate in 50 BC because of a scandal involving whose wife?
Milo; p. 6
253
What author became the first governor of the province Africa Nova?
Sallust; p. 6
254
Of what province was Sallust the first governor?
Africa Nova; p. 6
255
What author was the second husband of Terentia?
Sallust; p. 6
256
Who was the wife of Sallust?
Terentia; p. 6
257
What Greek historian was Sallust's primary model?
Thucydides; p. 6
258
What author did Quintilian consider a Roman equivalent of Thucydides?
Sallust; p. 6
259
Whose historical monographs featured the theme of the struggle of the Populares?
Sallust; p. 6
260
Which work of Sallust was a monograph about the conspiracy of Catiline?
Bellum Catilinae; p. 6
261
Which work of Sallust was a monograph about the Jugurthing war?
Bellum Iugurthinum; p. 6
262
Which work of Sallust is a historical work about the period between 78 and 67 BC?
Historiae; p. 6
263
How many books did Sallust's Historiae contain?
5 books; p. 6
264
What is Catullus' full name?
Gaius Valerius Catullus; p. 6
265
Where was Catullus born circa 84 BC?
Verona; p. 6
266
What author was born at Verona circa 84 BC?
Catullus; p. 6
267
What author called his works "nugae" or "trifles"?
Catullus; p. 6
268
What author referred to his work as a "lepidum novum libellum" or "polished new little book"?
Catullus; p. 6
269
What lyric poet had a tendency to wallow in emotion which caused many Romans to be uncomfortable with his work?
Catullus; p. 6
270
What group of poets rejected traditional forms in search for new styles, and included Catullus?
Neoterics; p. 6
271
To what group of poets did Catullus belong?
Neoterics; p. 6
272
To what women did Catullus address several of his poems?
Lesbia; p. 6
273
What poet addressed several of his poems to Lesbia?
Catullus; p. 6
274
What was the real name of Catullus' Lesbia?
Clodia; p. 6
275
Who was the husband of Catullus' Lesbia?
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer; p. 6
276
Which poem of Catullus mentions a visit to his brother's grave in the Troad?
Poem 101; p. 6
277
Which poem of Catullus begins with the line "Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle"?
Poem 13; p. 6
278
To what pet of Lesbia does Catullus address two poems?
sparrow; p. 6
279
Which poem of Catullus was written in Galliambic meter to express the frenzy of the cult of Cybele?
Poem 63; p. 6
280
What is an epyllion?
miniature epic; p. 6
281
What is the term for a miniature epic?
epyllion; p. 6
282
In what meter was Catullus 63 written to express the frenzy of cult of Cybele?
Galliambic; p. 6
283
Which poem of Catullus was an epyllion on the marriage of Peleus and Thetis?
Poem 64; p. 6
284
Which poem of Catullus was a translation of Callimachus' Lock of Berenice?
Poem 68; p. 6
285
Which emperor wrote an autobiography entitled Res Gestae?
Augustus; p. 7
286
What is the title of Augustus' autobiography?
Res Gestae; p. 7
287
What Latin text was found inscribed on the Monumentum Ancyranum in Turkey?
Res Gestae; p. 7
288
Where was Augustus' Res Gestae found inscribed?
Monumentum Ancyranum; p. 7
289
What is Vergil's full name?
Publius Vergilius Maro; p. 7
290
What author was born on October 15, 70 BC at Andes, near Mantua?
Vergil; p. 7
291
Where was Vergil born on October 15, 70 BC?
Andes, near Mantua; p. 7
292
In what year was Vergil born at Andes, near Mantua?
70 BC; p. 7
293
In what year did Vergil die?
19 BC; p. 7
294
What shy unassuming author wrote the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid?
Vergil; p. 7
295
What is the alternate title of Vergil's Eclogues?
Bucolics; p. 7
296
What is the alternate title of Vergil's Bucolics?
Eclogues; p. 7
297
What was the adult Vergil's first literary work?
Eclogues; p. 7
298
Whose first literary work was the Eclogues?
Vergil; p. 7
299
Which work of Vergil is a 10 poem collection of pastoral poetry?
Eclogues; p. 7
300
Which work of Vergil features shepherds as the main characters?
Eclogues; p. 7
301
How many poems did Vergil's Eclogues contain?
10; p. 7
302
On what Greek poet's Idylls did Vergil model his Eclogues?
Theocritus; p. 7
303
On what work of Theocritus did Vergil model his Eclogues?
Idylls; p. 7
304
In what meter were the Eclogues written?
Dactylic Hexameter; p. 7
305
Which of Vergil's Eclogues predicts a Golden Age that will begin with the birth of a wonder child?
Eclogue 4; p. 7
306
Which of Vergil's Eclogues is called Messianic because it predicts the birth of a wonder child who will issue in a golden age?
Eclogue 4; p. 7
307
Which of Vergil's Eclogues begins with the line "Sicelides Musae, paulo maiora canamus"?
Eclogue 4; p. 7
308
What work of Vergil is a 4-book collection of poems concerning agriculture?
Georgics; p. 7
309
How many books did Vergil's Georgics contain?
4; p. 7
310
In what meter were the Georgics written?
Dactylic Hexameter; p. 7
311
Which book of Vergil's Georgics discussed bee-keeping and containted the myth of Aristaeus and the bees?
Book 4; p. 7
312
What myth is contained in the 4th book of Vergil's Georgics?
Aristaeus and the bees; p. 7
313
What work of Vergil is a 12-book epic about Aeneas's journey to Latium?
Aeneid; p. 7
314
In what meter was the Aeneid written?
Dactylic Hexameter; p. 7
315
Which work of Vergil was written to imitate Homer and praise Augustus?
Aeneid; p. 7
316
On what Greek text were the first 6 books of the Aeneid modeled?
Odyssey; p. 7
317
On what Greek text were the last 6 books of the Aeneid modeled?
Iliad; p. 7
318
What work begins with the words "Arma virumque cano"?
Aeneid; p. 7
319
Translate "arma virumque cano".
I sing of arms and a man; p. 7
320
Which work of Vergil contains an allusion to the death of Marcellus, the nephew of Augustus?
Aeneid; p. 7
321
Who fainted when Vergil read his passage about the death of Marcellus to the Imperial family?
Octavia; p. 7
322
Whose death concludes the Aeneid?
Turnus; p. 7
323
How many books did Vergil's Aeneid contain?
12; p. 7
324
What two men were Vergil's literary executors?
Plotius Tucca & Varius Rufus; p. 7
325
What two men did Vergil ask to burn his unfinished Aeneid if he died?
Plotius Tucca & Varius Rufus; p. 7
326
Who forced Plotius Tucca and Varius Rufus to publish Vergil's Aeneid after his death?
Augustus; p. 7
327
Whose epitaph stated "Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope. Cecini pascua, rura, duces"?
Vergil; p. 7
328
To what city does Calabri refer in Vergil's epitaph because it was the city of his death?
Brundisium; p. 7
329
To what city does Parthenope refer in Vergil's epitaph because it is the city of his burial?
Naples; p. 7
330
To which work does "pascua" refer in Vergil's epitaph?
Eclogues; p. 7
331
To which work does "rura" refer in Vergil's epitaph?
Georgics; p. 7
332
To which work does "duces" refer in Vergil's epitaph?
Aeneid; p. 7
333
What is Horace's full name?
Quintus Horatius Flaccus; p. 8
334
What author was born at Venusia in 65 BC?
Horace; p. 8
335
Where was Horace born in 65 BC?
Venusia; p. 8
336
In what year was Horace born at Venusia?
65 BC; p. 8
337
In what year did Horace die?
8 BC; p. 8
338
Who was Horace's mean schoolmaster?
Orbilius; p. 8
339
Which author had a mean schoolmaster named Orbilius?
Horace; p. 8
340
What author served as a tribunus militum under Brutus at the Battle of Philippi?
Horace; p. 8
341
What position did Horace hold in the army of Brutus?
Tribunus Militum; p. 8
342
Under whom did Horace hold the position of Tribunus Militum?
Brutus; p. 8
343
After what battle in 42 BC was Horace's estate confiscated?
Philippi; p. 8
344
Which author loved his Sabine farm which was given to him by Augustus through the help of Maecenas?
Horace; p. 8
345
What author did Horace call his "lantern" for his influence in Satire?
Lucilius; p. 8
346
What author called Lucilius his "lantern" for his influence in Satire?
Horace; p. 8
347
What is the alternate title of Horace's Epodes?
Iambi; p. 8
348
Which work of Horace is a 17-book collection of poems in various meters borrowed from the Greek poet Archilochus?
Epodes; p. 8
349
From what Greek poet did Horace borrow many of the meters used in his Epodes?
Archilochus; p. 8
350
What is the alternate title of Horace's Odes?
Carmina; p. 8
351
Which work of Horace is a 4-book collection of lyric poems?
Odes; p. 8
352
In what year did Horace publish the first 3 books of his Odes?
23 BC; p. 8
353
In what yeard did Horace publish the 4th book of his Odes at the request of Augustus?
13 BC; p. 8
354
To what patron did Horace address his Odes?
Maecenas; p. 8
355
Who was Horace's patron?
Maecenas; p. 8
356
Which work of Horace is a collection of Satires?
Sermones; p. 8
357
Which work of Horace was written at the request of Augustus for the celebration of the Ludi Saeculares of 17 BC?
Carmen Saeculare; p. 8
358
For what occasion in 17 BC did Augustus request the composition of Horace's Carmen Saeculare?
Ludi Saeculares; p. 8
359
Which work of Horace featured a chorus of 27 girls and 27 boys for the celebration of the Ludi Saeculares?
Carmen Saeculare; p. 8
360
What is Ovid's full name?
Publius Ovidius Naso; p. 8
361
What author was born at Sulmo in 43 BC?
Ovid; p. 8
362
In what year was Ovid born at Sulmo?
43 BC; p. 8
363
At what city in Abruzzi was Ovid born in 43 BC?
Sulmo; p. 8
364
Where did Ovid die in exile in 17 AD?
Tomi; p. 8
365
What author was banished to Tomi on the Black Sea because of "Carmen et Error"?
Ovid; p. 8
366
To what location on the Black Sea was Ovid exiled because of "Carmen et Error"?
Tomi; p. 8
367
Which work of Ovid is believed to be the "carmen et error" that got him exiled by Augustus?
Ars Amatoria; p. 8
368
Who wrote a poem in the Getic language spoken at Tomi during his exile?
Ovid; p. 8
369
Which work of Ovid consist of 15 books about various mythological transformations?
Metamorphoses; p. 8
370
In what work was Ovid's Metamorphoses written?
Dactylic Hexameter; p. 8
371
Which work of Ovid ends with Julius Caesar's transformation into a comet?
Metamorphoses; p. 8
372
Which work of Ovid contains fictional letters from mythological heroines to their lovers?
Heroides; p. 8
373
In what meter was Ovid's Heroides written?
Elegaic Couplet; p. 8
374
Which work of Ovid informs lovers how to win the girl or guy?
Ars Amatoria; p. 8
375
Which work of Ovid is 6 book calendar of Roman feasts, holidays, and religious rituals?
Fasti; p. 8
376
In what meter was Ovid's Fasti written?
Elegaic Couplet; p. 8
377
Which work of Ovid was intended to be 12-books long before it was cut short by his exile to Tomi?
Fasti; p. 8
378
Which work of Ovid consisted of lamentations which he began writing upon his exile to Tomi?
Tristia; p. 8
379
Which work of Ovid describes his last night in Rome, his voyage to Tomi, and his exile?
Tristia; p. 8
380
Which work of Ovid consists of love elegies?
Amores; p. 8
381
To whom does Ovid address several poems of his Amores?
Corinna; p. 8
382
What is Livy's full name?
Titus Livius; p. 9
383
Where was Livy born in 59 BC?
Patavium; p. 9
384
What is the modern name of Patavium?
Padua; p. 9
385
What author was born at Patavium in 59 BC?
Livy; p. 9
386
What was the title of Livy's massive historical work?
Ab Urbe Condita; p. 9
387
Who wrote the Ab Urbe Condita?
Livy; p. 9
388
How many total books did Livy's Ab Urbe Condita Contain?
142; p. 9
389
Whose death in 9 BC concludes Livy's Ab Urbe Condita?
Drusus; p. 9
390
What monumentual historical work was published in installments by its author Livy?
Ab Urbe Condita; p. 9
391
Who criticized livy for "Patavinitas" referring to his provincial language or slange derived from his hometown of Patavium?
Asinius Pollio; p. 9
392
What author did Asinius Pollio criticize for "Patavinitas" or provincial language in his Ab Urbe Condita?
Livy; p. 9
393
Which emperor was tutored by Livy and encouraged to study history?
Claudius; p. 9
394
Which author tutored the emperor Claudius and encouraged him to write history?
Livy; p. 9
395
How many books of Livy's history are extant?
35; p. 9
396
What is the Latin term for the short summaries of each book of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita?
Periochae; p. 9
397
Which two books of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita are the only two without periochae?
136 & 137; p. 9
398
What is Tibullus' full name?
Albius Tibullus; p. 9
399
What author wrote a collection of elegies which included several poems to Delia?
Tibullus; p. 9
400
According to Apuleius what was Delia's real name?
Plania; p. 9
401
Who wrote love poems to Delia?
Tibullus; p. 9
402
Who wrote love poems to Cerinthus?
Sulpicia; p. 9
403
Whose corpus of poetry included the poems of Sulpicia to Cerinthus?
Tibullus; p. 9
404
Whose corpus of poetry included the poems of Lygdamus to Naeara?
Tibullus; p. 9
405
Who was the patron of Tibullus?
Messala Corvinus; p. 9
406
What neice of Messala Corvinus has poems included in the Corpus Tibullianum?
Sulpicia; p. 9
407
What poet did Quintilian call "tersus atque elegans" because of his simple and refined style?
Tibullus; p. 9
408
What author called Tibullus "tersus atque elegans" because of his simple and refined style?
Quintilian; p. 9
409
What did Quintilian call Tibullus because of his simple and refined style?
tersus atque elegans; p. 9
410
What is Propertius' full name?
Sextus Propertius; p. 9
411
Where was Propertius born in 50 BC?
Assisi; p. 9
412
What author was born at Assisi circa 50 BC?
Propertius; p. 9
413
Who wrote love elegies to Cynthia?
Propertius; p. 9
414
What author called his first book of elegies Cynthia Monobiblos?
Propertius; p. 9
415
What did Propertius call his first book of elegies?
Cynthia Monobiblos; p. 9
416
According to Apuleius what was Cynthia's real name?
Hostia; p. 9
417
Who was Propertius' patron?
Maecenas; p. 9
418
Which Greek poet did Propertius call himself the Roman version of?
Callimachus; p. 9
419
Whap author called himself the Roman version of Callimachus?
Propertius; p. 9
420
Whose elegies included the stories of Vertumnus, the dedication of the Temple of Palatine Apollo, and the legend of Hercules and Cacus?
Propertius; p. 9
421
What is the full name of the poet Gallus?
Gaius Cornelius Gallus; p. 9
422
What elegaic poet wrote a four book collection called Amores?
Gallus; p. 9
423
Who wrote love elegies to Lycoris?
Gallus; p. 9
424
What is the real name of Lycoris?
Volumnia; p. 9
425
What was the stage name of the mime actress known as Lycoris?
Cytheris; p. 9
426
With what politician was Lycoris romantically involved before Gallus?
Marc Antony; p. 9
427
What author served as the first governor of Egypt?
Gallus; p. 9
428
Which author was removed from position as governor of Egypt for setting up statues of himself?
Gallus; p. 9
429
What is Seneca the Younger's full name?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca; p. 10
430
What author was born at Cordoba in 4 BC?
Seneca the Younger; p. 10
431
In what Spanish city was Seneca the Younger born in 4 BC?
Cordoba; p. 10
432
In what year was Seneca the Younger born at Cordoba?
4 BC; p. 10
433
In what year did Seneca the Younger die?
65 AD; p. 10
434
What philosophy did Seneca the Younger follow?
Stoicism; p. 10
435
What emperor did Seneca the Younger tutor?
Nero; p. 10
436
What stoic philosopher tutored the emperor Nero?
Seneca the Younger; p. 10
437
To what island was Seneca the Younger exiled by Caligula for eight years?
Corsica; p. 10
438
Which author was exiled to Corsica for alleged adultery with Caligula's sister Julia Livilla?
Seneca the Younger; p. 10
439
Which emperor forced Seneca the Younger to commit suicide because of involvement in the Pisonian conspiracy?
Nero; p. 10
440
Why was Seneca the Younger forced to commit suicide in 65 AD?
involvement in Pisonian Conspiracy; p. 10
441
Which work of Seneca the Younger is a fictional depiction of the death of the emperor Claudius?
Apocolocyntosis; p. 10
442
What does Apocolocyntosis mean?
Pumpkinification; p. 10
443
What genre is Seneca's Apocolocyntosis?
Menippean Satire; p. 10
444
What is Menippean Satire?
mixture of prose & poetry; p. 10
445
Who wrote the Apocolocyntosis which provides a fictional account of the death of Claudius?
Seneca the Younger; p. 10
446
Which work of Seneca the Younger consists of 124 letters addressed to his friend Lucilius?
Epistulae Morales; p. 10
447
To whom did Seneca the Younger address his Epistulae Morales?
Lucilius; p. 10
448
How many letters does Seneca's Epistulae Morales contain?
124; p. 10
449
Which work of Seneca the Younger is a tragedy on the reign of Nero?
Octavia; p. 10
450
In Seneca's Octavia, whose ghost fortells Nero's doom?
Agrippina the Younger; p. 10
451
Which work of Seneca the Younger is the only surviving example of a fabula praetexta?
Octavia; p. 10
452
What is Lucan's full name?
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus; p. 10
453
Under whom did Lucan study Stoicism in Rome?
Cornutus; p. 10
454
Who wrote an epic poem entitled Bellum Civile which details the civil war between Pompey and Caesar?
Lucan; p. 10
455
What work of Lucan is an epic about the civil war between Caesar and Pompey?
Lucan; p. 10
456
What is the alternate title of Lucan's Bellum Civile?
Pharsalia; p. 10
457
Which epic poem was considered an Anti-Aeneid?
Bellum Civile; p. 10
458
Which emperor forced Lucan to commit suicide because of involvement in the Pisonian conspiracy?
Nero; p. 10
459
Why was Lucan forced to commit suicide in 65 AD?
involvement in Pisonian Conspiracy; p. 10
460
What is Juvenal's full name?
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis; p. 10
461
What author was born at Aquinum?
Juvenal; p. 10
462
Where was Juvenal born?
Aquinum; p. 10
463
Who wrote a collection of 16 Satires which display rancor towards society and hidden resentment at not belonging to it?
Juvenal; p. 10
464
What author proclaimed that widespread moral corruption compelled him to write his sixteen satires?
Juvenal; p. 10
465
Which author was exiled to Egpyt by Domitian?
Juvenal; p. 10
466
Which emperor exile Juvenal to Egypt?
Domitian; p. 10
467
To where was Juvenal exiled by Domitian?
Egypt; p. 10
468
Who wrote the line "quis custodiet ipsos custodes"?
Juvenal; p. 10
469
Translate "quis custodiet ipsos custodes".
who will watch the guards themselves?; p. 10
470
Which of Juvenal's Satires declares his disgust at the widespread moral corruption which compels him to write satire?
Satire 1; p. 10
471
Which of Juvenal's Satires claims that life in Rome has become dangerous for honest men?
Satire 3; p. 10
472
Which of Juvenal's Satires describes why his old friend Umbricius had to abandon Rome?
Satire 3; p. 10
473
Juvenal's third Satire discusses which friend's flight from Rome?
Umbricius; p. 10
474
Which of Juvenal's Satires contains a famous tirade against the immorality and vices of women?
Satire 6; p. 10
475
Which of Juvenal's Satires cites the empress Messalina as the ultimate example of an immoral woman?
Satire 6; p. 10
476
In Juvenal's sixth Satire how does Juvenal describe a chaste woman?
rara avis; p. 10
477
Which of Juvenal's Satires contains an episode of cannibalism in Egypt provoked by religious fanaticism?
Satire 15; p. 10
478
What is Tacitus' full name?
Publius Cornelius Tacitus; p. 11
479
What author did Trajan appoint as proconsul of Asia?
Tacitus; p. 11
480
Where did Trajan appoint Tacitus proconsul?
Asia; p. 11
481
What author delivered the funeral oration for Verginius Rufus in 97 AD?
Tacitus; p. 11
482
For whom did Tacitus deliver the funeral oration in 97 AD?
Verginius Rufus; p. 11
483
What is the alternate title of Tacitus' Annales?
Ab Excessu Divi Augusti; p. 11
484
Which work of Tacitus is a historical work which covers the period from 14-69 AD?
Annales; p. 11
485
With whose death does Tacitus' Annales begin?
Augustus; p. 11
486
In the Annales whose murder is cited as the opening crime of Tiberius' reign?
Agrippa Postumus; p. 11
487
In the Annales which emperor's reign was said to begin with the murder of Agrippa Postumus?
Tiberius; p. 11
488
Which work of Tacitus covers the period from 69 AD to 96 AD?
Historiae; p. 11
489
Which work of Tacitus covers the reigns of Galba to Domitian?
Historiae; p. 11
490
What is the alternate title of Tacitus' Agricola?
De Vita Iulii Agricolae; p. 11
491
Which two works of Tacitus were published in 98 AD as a combined edition?
Agricola & Germania; p. 11
492
Which work of Tacitus provides a biography of his father-in-law?
Agricola; p. 11
493
In which work of Tacitus does the Caledonian chieftain Calgacus give a rousing speech to his men before the Battle of Mons Graupius?
Agricola; p. 11
494
In the Agricola, what Caledonian chieftain gives a rousing speech to his men before the Battle of Mons Graupius?
Calgacus; p. 11
495
What is the alternate title of Tacitus' Germania?
De Origine et Situ Germanorum; p. 11
496
Which work of Tacitus discusses the geography and customs of the Germans?
Germania; p. 11
497
What work of Pliny the Elder was the main source for Tacitus' Germania?
Bella Germaniae; p. 11
498
Which work of Tacitus provides a discussion on the decline of Latin oratory?
Dialogus de Oratoribus; p. 11
499
What was Tacitus' first work?
Dialogus de Oratoribus; p. 11
500
What is Persius' full name?
Aulus Persius Flaccus; p. 11
501
Where was Persius born?
Volterra; p. 11
502
What author was born at Volterra?
Persius; p. 11
503
What author wrote six stoic satires?
Persius; p. 11
504
How many Satires did Persius write?
6; p. 11
505
What philosophy did Persius follow?
Stoicism; p. 11
506
What author claimed that his muse was his "venter", or "belly"?
Persius; p. 11
507
What did Persius claim was his muse?
venter; p. 11
508
What friend and teacher does Persius eulogize in his fifth saitre?
Cornutus; p. 11
509
What author eulogized Cornutus in his fifth satire?
Persius; p. 11
510
What is Martial's full name?
Marcus Valerius Martialis; p. 11
511
What author was born at Bilbilis in Spain?
Martial; p. 11
512
Where was Martial born?
Bilbilis; p. 11
513
Who was the most famous writer of Latin Epigrams?
Martial; p. 11
514
What is the alternate title of Martial's Liber Spectaculorum?
Liber de Spectaculis; p. 11
515
Which work of Martial celebrated the opening of the Colosseum?
Liber Spectaculorum; p. 11
516
For what occasion did Martial write his Liber Spectaculorum?
opening of the Colosseum; p. 11
517
How many books of Epigrams did Martial write?
12; p. 11
518
What author wrote twelve books of Epigrams?
Martial; p. 11
519
What is the full name of Petronius?
Titus Petronius Arbiter; p. 11
520
What author served as "arbiter elegantiae" of Nero's court?
Petronius; p. 11
521
What position did Petronius hold in the court of Nero?
arbiter elegantiae; p. 11
522
What author wrote the first Latin novel?
Petronius; p. 11
523
Which work of Petronius is a novel which contains the famous Cena Trimalchionis scene?
Satyricon; p. 11
524
What is the Latin title of the most famous scene of the Satyricon?
Cena Trimalchionis; p. 11
525
Which character in the Satyricon hosts an elaborate dinner party?
Trimalchio; p. 11
526
What is Quintilian's full name?
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus; p. 12
527
What author was born at Calagurris in Spain?
Quintilian; p. 12
528
Where was Quintilian born?
Calagurris; p. 12
529
What author was summoned to Rome by Galba in 68 AD to teach rhetoric?
Quintilian; p. 12
530
Which emperor summoned Quintilian to Rome in 68 AD to teach rhetoric?
Galba; p. 12
531
What author received the "ornamenta consularia" for tutoring two of Domitian's nephews?
Quintilian; p. 12
532
What award did Quintilian receive for tutoring two of Domitian's nephews?
ornamenta consularia; p. 12
533
What work of Quintilian discusses the training of an orator?
Institutio Oratoria; p. 12
534
What is Suetonius' full name?
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus; p. 12
535
What genre did Suetonius write?
Biography; p. 12
536
What authorr's father fought on the losing side at the Battle of Bedriacum in 69 AD?
Suetonius; p. 12
537
What author received the "ius trium liberorum" from Trajan in 110 AD?
Suetonius; p. 12
538
What award did Suetonius receive from Trajan in 110 AD?
ius trium liberorum; p. 12
539
Which work of Suetonius contains biographies of 12 Caesars beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with Domition?
De Vita Caesarum; p. 12
540
With which people does Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum begin and end?
Caesar & Domitian; p. 12
541
Which work of Suetonius contains biographies of famous writers subdivided by genre?
De Viris Illustribus; p. 12
542
What is Pliny the Elder's full name?
Gaius Plinius Secundus; p. 12
543
Which work of Pliny the Elder is a 37-book encyclopedia?
Naturalis Historia; p. 12
544
Which work of Pliny the Elder is historical work about wars in Germany?
Bella Germaniae; p. 12
545
What author was the nephew of Pliny the Elder?
Pliny the Younger; p. 12
546
Under what author did Pliny the Younger study?
Quintilian; p. 12
547
To what author did Trajan give governorship of Bithynia?
Pliny the Younger; p. 12
548
What province did Trajan give Pliny the Younger to govern?
Bithynia; p. 12
549
What author was known for his letters to the emperor Trajan?
Pliny the Younger; p. 12
550
What author details the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in one of his letters?
Pliny the Younger; p. 12
551
Which work of Apuleius is the only Latin novel that has survived in its entirety?
The Golden Ass; p. 12
552
What is the alternate title of Apuleius' Golden Ass?
Metamorphoses; p. 12
553
How many books does Apuleius' Golden Ass contain?
11; p. 12
554
What myth features prominently in books 4-6 of Apuleius' Golden Ass?
Cupid & Psyche; p. 12
555
Which work features the myth of Cupid and Psyche in books 4-6?
The Golden Ass; p. 12
556
What is the alternate title of Apuleius' Apologia?
De Magia; p. 12
557
Which work of Apuleius is a defense in his trial for witchcraft?
Apologia; p. 12
558
What author was accused of bewitching a rich widow named Aemilia Pudentilla into marrying him?
Apuleius; p. 12
559
What rich widow was Apuleius accused of bewitching into marrying him?
Aemilia Pudentilla; p. 12
560
What author wrote a collection of 23 oratorical passages entitled Florida?
Apuleius; p. 12
561
Which work of Apuleius is a collection of 23 oratorical passages?
Florida; p. 12
562
What is Statius' full name?
Publius Papinius Statius; p. 12
563
What author was born at Naples circa 40 AD?
Statius; p. 12
564
Where was Statius born circa 40 AD?
Naples; p. 12
565
What epic poet was considered a protégé of Domitian?
Statius; p. 12
566
Statius was considered a protégé of which emperor?
Domitian; p. 12
567
Which work of Statius is an epic on the royal house of Thebes?
Thebaid; p. 12
568
Which work of Statius deals with the conflict between Eteocles and Polyneices for control of Thebes?
Thebaid; p. 12
569
Which work of Statius is an unfinished epic about Achilles?
Achilleid; p. 12
570
Which work of Statius is a miscellany of smaller poems with verses on various topics?
Silvae; p. 12
571
What author was called the "Christian Cicero"?
Lactantius; p. 13
572
What honorific title was given to Lactantius because of his writing style?
Christian Cicero; p. 13
573
What work of Lactantius justified Christianity to educated Pagans?
Institutiones Divinae ; p. 13
574
What is the Latin title of Lactantius' Divine Institutions?
Institutiones Divinae ; p. 13
575
To which emperor did Lactantius dedicate his Institutiones Divinae?
Constantine; p. 13
576
Which work did Lactantius dedicate to the emperor Constantine?
Institutiones Divinae ; p. 13
577
By what writer of the Late Republic was Lactantius' style greatly influenced?
Cicero; p. 13
578
What Numidian rhetorician was Lactantius' teacher?
Arnobius; p. 13
579
What pupil of Arnobius wrote the Institutiones Divinae?
Lactantius; p. 13
580
Which author tutored Constantine's son Crispus?
Lactantius; p. 13
581
What son of Constantine did Lactantius tutor?
Crispus; p. 13
582
What was Jerome's full name?
Sophronius Eusebius Heironymus; p. 13
583
In what Dalmatian city was Jerome born?
Stridon; p. 13
584
Which author was born at Stridon in Dalmatia?
Jerome; p. 13
585
In what year was Jerome born at Stridon?
347 AD; p. 13
586
In what year did Jerome die at Bethlehem?
420 AD; p. 13
587
Which work of Jerome was a Latin translation of the Bible for common people?
Vulgate; p. 13
588
What is the Latin title of Jerome's Vulgate?
Biblia Vulgata; p. 13
589
Who translated the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament into Latin?
Jerome; p. 13
590
Which author translated the Bible into Latin?
Jerome; p. 13
591
Which work of Jerome covers the lives of 135 Christian authors from St. Peter to himself?
De Viris Illustribus; p. 13
592
Which Christian author wrote a De Viris Illustribus which covers the lives of 135 Christian authors, from St. Peter to Jerome himself?
Jerome; p. 13
593
Which work of Jerome is a historical treatise from Constantine to the death of Valens?
Chronica; p. 13
594
Which Christian author wrote a Chronica which details history from Constantine to the death of Valens?
Jerome; p. 13
595
Which two historians participated in the emperor Julian's Persian expedition?
Eutropius & Ammianus Marcellinus; p. 13
596
In what year did Eutropius and Ammianus Marcellinus participate in Julian's Persian expedition?
363 B.C.; p. 13
597
Which emperor brought the historians Eutropius and Ammianus Marcellinus on his Persian campaign?
Julian; p. 13
598
Which author wrote the Breviarium ab Urbe Condita?
Eutropius; p. 13
599
Which work of Eutropius is a 10-book compendium of Roman history?
Breviarium ab Urbe Condita; p. 13
600
How many books did Eutropius' Breviarium ab Urbe Condita contain?
10; p. 13
601
Which work of Eutropius covers the period from Romulus to Jovian?
Breviarium ab Urbe Condita; p. 13
602
At which emperor's request did Eutropius write the Breviarium ab Urbe Condita?
Valens; p. 13
603
Because he was unable to read the works of Livy and other historians, which emperor requested Eutropius to write the Breviarium ab Urbe Condita?
Valens; p. 13
604
Which Augustan Age author was Eutropius's source for much of his Breviarium ab Urbe Condita?
Livy; p. 13
605
Which Christian author was the bishop of Hippo in Africa?
St. Augustine; p. 13
606
Where did St. Augustine serve as a bishop?
Hippo; p. 13
607
What author converted to Manichaeism before Christianity?
St. Augustine; p. 13
608
To which religion did St. Augustine convert before Christianity?
Manichaeism; p. 13
609
Which work of St. Augustine discusses the errors of Paganism and the existence of an earthly city and a heavenly city?
De Civitate Dei; p. 13
610
What does "De Civitate Dei" mean?
About the City of God; p. 13
611
Which author wrote the "De Civitate Dei" which discusses the errors of Paganism and the existence of an earthly city and a heavenly city?
St. Augustine; p. 13
612
Which work of St. Augustine was written to restore the confidence of his fellow Christians after the sack of Rome in 410 AD?
De Civitate Dei; p. 13
613
Which work of St. Augustine was an autobiography recounting his spiritual struggles?
Confessions; p. 13
614
Which work of St. Augustine reaches new levels of pyschological analysis in professing his distress over sin?
Confessions; p. 13
615
What Christian author wrote an autobiographical work entitle Confessions recounting his spiritual struggle?
St. Augustine; p. 13
616
Where was Ammianus Marcellinus born?
Antioch; p. 13
617
Which historian was born at Antioch?
Ammianus Marcellinus; p. 13
618
What historian continued the work of Tacitus to his own day?
Ammianus Marcellinus; p. 13
619
What historian's work did Ammianus Marcellinus continue down to his own day?
Tacitus; p. 13
620
Who wrote a 31-book Res Geste A Fine Corneli Taciti?
Ammianus Marcellinus; p. 13
621
What was the title of Ammianus Marcellinus' 31-book history?
Res Gestae A Fine Corneli Taciti; p. 13
622
Which work of Ammianus Marcellinus convers the period from Nerva to Valens?
Res Gestae A Fine Corneli Taciti; p. 13
623
What author called himself "miles quondam et Graecus"?
Ammianus Marcellinus; p. 13
624
What title did Ammianus Marcellinus give himself?
miles quondam et Graecus; p. 13
625
What does Ammianus' title "miles quondam et Graecus" mean?
once a soldier and a Greek; p. 13
626
What play of Terence in which brothers separated at birth are reunited is often considered his masterpeice?
Adelphoi, Week 1
627
Which play of Plautus, the only with a mythological subject, concludes with the line "clap your hands, audience, for Jupiter Almighty's sake"?
Amphitruo, Week 1
628
With what play does Terence make his literary debut?
Andria, Week 1
629
Which play of Plautus, in which the prologue is spoken by the Lar Familiaris, centers around the misfortunes of Euclio who has hidden his pot of gold?
Aulularia, Week 1
630
What play of Plautus deals with Hegio’s attempt to recover his two lost sons and contains no female characters?
Captivi, Week 1
631
Who boldy claimed "it's fate that makes the Metelli consul's at Rome" causing his exile to Utica?
Gnaeus Naevius, Week 1
632
Who spent the remainder of his life as an exile in Utica because of insults to the powerful Metelli family in his poetry?
Gnaeus Naevius, Week 1
633
Which play of Terence was overshadowed by a show of tightrope walkers during its first production and later failed to hold the audience at the funeral games of Aemilius Paullus?
Hecyra, Week 1
634
Which play of Terence, in which Sostrata, the mother-in-law of Pamphilus makes her debut, needed three attempts at production and is considered his worst play?
Hecyra, Week 1
635
What author, whose work Cicero regards as antiquated, earned the title "Father of Latin Poetry" because of his translation of Homer's Odyssey?
Livius Andronicus, Week 1
636
What author, a member of the collegium scribarum histrionumque, produced the first Latin translation of Homer's Odyssey?
Livius Andronicus, Week 1
637
What author, regarded as primitive by Horace and Ennius, is said to have paved the way for Latin Literature with his translation of the Odyssey?
Livius Andronicus, Week 1
638
What play of Plautus, in which long lost twins are reunited, is the model for Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors?
Menaechmi, Week 1
639
In which play of Plautus does Tranio hide his master's love affair with a rumor that his father's house is haunted?
Mostellaria, Week 1
640
"Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum" are the words in Saturnian meter that begin what work of Livius Andronicus?
Odyssia, Week 1
641
What author, earned a living as a painter, although the success of his Latin tragedies earned him the distinction as the greatest author of the genre?
Pacuvius, Week 1
642
What author, born at Brundisium, was described by Cicero as the greatest of Latin tragedians?
Pacuvius, Week 1
643
In what play by Plautus does the title character trick the pimp Ballio out of a girl for his master?
Pseudolus, Week 1
644
Who accompanied Marcus Fulvius Nobilior on his Aetolian campaigns and commemorated his exploits in a fabula praetexta?
Quintus Ennius, Week 1
645
What poet claimed that Homer appeared to him in a dream and called him his reincarnation in the proem of his Annales?
Quintus Ennius, Week 1
646
What manumitted slave of the senator Terentius Lucanus began scripting plays which earned much scrutiny because of their tendency to make slaves use clear diction?
Terence, Week 1
647
Who wrote the first Latin prose text entitled De Agri Cultura?
Cato the Elder, Week 1
648
What is the Latin title of the first prose historical text in Latin, written by Cato the Elder?
Origines, Week 1
649
In what early Italic meter did Andronicus compose his Odyssia?
Saturnian, Week 1
650
Who wrote fabulae praetextae entitled Romulus and Clastidium?
Gnaeus Naevius, Week 1
651
Considered by Cicero to be the "greatest Roman tragedian", which author wrote various tragedies centered on the Trojan War Saga?
Pacuvius, Week 1
652
What author, born at Suessa Aurunca, wrote 30 books of satires entitled Sermones?
Lucilius, Week 1
653
Which author, whom Horace called his "light", was a prolific writer of Latin Satires?
Lucilius, Week 1
654
How many poems are included in the collection published by Catullus?
116, Week 2
655
Which poem of Catullus is an epyllion involving the young Phyrigian Attis?
Catullus 63, Week 2
656
The marriage of Peleus and Thetis is described in which of Catullus' poems?
Catullus 64, Week 2
657
A description of the plague of Athens concludes the sixth book of what work by Lucretius?
De Rerum Natura, Week 2
658
What work begins with the line "Aeneadum genetrix hominum divomque voluptas" and goes on to expound upon Epicurean philosophy?
De Rerum Natura, Week 2
659
Who was forced to invent new words to describe the shape and movement of atoms in his De Rerum Natura?
Lucretius, Week 2
660
What author claims that his goal is to spread the honey of the muses upon such a bitter doctrine as he discusses principles of Epicurean philosophy?
Lucretius, Week 2
661
What author was said to have sufferedred from "intervalla insaniae" during which he composed the majority of his De Rerum Natura?
Lucretius, Week 2
662
What poet, born at Verona, was fond of writing poems to a woman he called Lesbia?
Catullus, Week 2
663
A lost play about Oedipus and a verse tribute to Terence are two of the lesser known works of what author and statesman?
Julius Caesar, Week 2
664
What author does Catullus praise for daring to explain every period in a three-book universal history entitled Chronica?
Cornelius Nepos, Week 2
665
What now lost work of Latin grammar was written by Julius Caesar?
De Analogia, Week 2
666
What 25-book grammatical work by Varro of Reate was published in 43BC, shortly before Cicero's death
De Lingua Latina, Week 2
667
What author, a tribune of 52BC and native of Amiternum, wrote monographs on subjects such as the Jugurthine War?
Gaius Sallustius Crispus/Sallust , Week 2
668
Who composed over 500 volumes and is commonly called "Rome's greatest scholar," but is also known for dating the founding of Rome to 753BC?
Varro of Reate/Marcus Terentius Varro, Week 2
669
What lieutenant of Caesar wrote the 8th book of his De Bello Gallico?
Aulus Hirtius, Week 2
670
Which series of speeches delivered during Cicero's consulship attacked an aristocrat accused of trying to overthrow the republic?
In Catilinam, Week 2
671
Which speech of Cicero prosecutes a corrupt governor of Sicily charged with extortion?
In Verrem, Week 2
672
Which philosophical work of Cicero discusses old age?
De Senectute, Week 2
673
What author wrote a lost grammatical work entitled De Analogia, as well as commentaries on the Gallic and Civil wars?
Julius Caesar, Week 2
674
According to Tacitus, what author did Augustus jokingly call a Pompeian because of the republican sympathies viewed in his Ab Urbe Condita?
Livy, Week 3
675
What text, which can be found in both Greek and Latin at Ankara details the triumphs and successes of the emperor Augustus?
Res Gestae, Week 3
676
What author, who served as an officer in Augustus' engineering corps, wrote De Architectura, a ten book treatise on architecture?
Vitruvius, Week 3
677
What 142 book work covers the period from the foundation of Rome to the death of Drusus in 8 BC?
Ab Urbe Condita, Week 3
678
What author claims to have been captured by the eyes of his beloved Cynthia in the opening line of his Elegies?
Propertius, Week 3
679
"Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana" are the words that begin what hymn by Horace which was performed at the Ludi Saeculares?
Carmen Saeculare, Week 3
680
What elegiac poet fell out of grace with Augustus as prefect of Egypt, was exiled, and thus committed suicide?
Cornelius Gallus, Week 3
681
What work, based on Theocritus' Idylls focuses on the lives of shepherds?
Eclogues, Week 3
682
What author, who declares himself to be the Roman Callimachus, wrote elegies to his beloved Cynthia?
Propertius, Week 3
683
What poet, whom Quintilian calls "tersus et elegans", composed several elegies for a woman he called Delia?
Tibullus, Week 3
684
What author, born at Assisi, wrote love elegies to a woman called Delia?
Propertius, Week 3
685
What poet was exiled to Tomi on the Black Sea because he offended the emperor Augustus?
Ovid, Week 3
686
Whose completion of his 12 month poetic calendar was interrupted because of his exile to Tomi?
Ovid, Week 3
687
What author wrote a collection of fictious letters from mythological women to their love interests entitled Heroides?
Ovid, Week 3
688
The myth of Aristaeus and his bees can be found in the fourth book of which work of Vergil?
Georgics, Week 3
689
What author wrote the Carmen Saeculare to help Augustus celebrate the Secular Games of 17 B.C.?
Horace, Week 3
690
What author addressed Maecenas in the opening poem of his Odes which were first published in 23 B.C.?
Horace, Week 3
691
What author was criticized for his "Patavinitas" when writing his Historia ab Urbe Condita?
Livy, Week 3
692
What author's work was preserved by the periochae which summarized each book of his ab Urbe Condita?
Livy's, Week 3
693
What author incorporated the poems of Sulpicia into the fourth book of his collection of Elegies?
Tibullus, Week 3
694
what work begins with the line "bella per Emathios plus quam civilia campos" and discusses the civil war between Pompey and Caesar?
Bellum Civile / Pharsalia, Week 4
695
What author wrote a historical epic describing the civil war between Pompey & Caesar?
Lucan, Week 4
696
What milesian tale follows the story of a man named Lucius who becomes a donkey?
Metamorphoses/ Golden Ass, Week 4
697
Who composed a historical work for Aufidius Bassus, although he is better known for his Historia Naturalis?
Pliny the Elder, Week 4
698
In whose letters can we find a detailed account of the erruption of Mt. Vesuvius?
Pliny the Younger, Week 4
699
The famous Cena Trimalchionis is featured in what satirical novel written by Petronius?
Satyricon, Week 4
700
What author wrote to his mother Helvia to console her while he was in exile at Corsica?
Seneca the Younger, Week 4
701
What is the title of the work which Statius left incomplete at the time of his death?
Achilleid, Week 4
702
What woman convinced Claudius to recall Seneca the Younger from Corsica so that he could tutor her young son Nero?
Agrippina the Younger, Week 4
703
What work of Menippean Satire deals with the death of the emperor Claudius?
Apocolocyntosis, Week 4
704
What African orator defends himself against charges of withcraft in his Apologia?
Apuleius, Week 4
705
in what work does Quintilian discuss the training of the perfect orator?
Institutio Oratoria, Week 4
706
What Silver Age author is said to have composed an anti-Aeneid in which Pompey is the main character in the civil war against Caesar?
Lucan, Week 4
707
Who transferred to epic form the struggle between Pompey and Caesar in a work entitled Bellum Civile?
Lucan, Week 4
708
What arbiter elegantiae of Nero's court composed the first ever Latin novel?
Petronius, Week 4
709
Who was the author of a 37 Book Encyclopedia entitled Naturalis Historia?
Pliny the Elder, Week 4
710
Who wrote a 37 Book encyclopedia on the ancient world entitled Historia Naturalis?
Pliny the Elder, Week 4
711
Whose systematic reading, indexing, and notetaking led to the composition of his Naturalis Historia?
Pliny the Elder, Week 4
712
What admiral was stationed at Misenum at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius, which his nephew details in a letter?
Pliny the Elder, Week 4
713
What author from Comum wrote letters to Trajan about the treatment of the Christians?
Pliny the Younger, Week 4
714
What author details the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in a letter to Tacitus?
Pliny the Younger, Week 4
715
What author did Galba summon to Rome in 68 AD to become a professor of rhetoric?
Quintilian, Week 4
716
What author from Calagurris, Spain was summoned to Rome by Galba to become a professor of rhetoric?
Quintilian, Week 4
717
Who was the author of De Causis Corruptae Eloquentiae in which he discusses remedies for the corruption of eloquence?
Quintilian, Week 4
718
What author, born in 4 BC, in Cordoba, Spain served as an adivsor to Nero until he was forced to commit suicide for his involvement in the Pisonian Conspiracy?
Seneca the Younger, Week 4
719
Who was the author of twelve books of Dialogi which treat ethical and philosophical questions from the stoic point of view?
Seneca the Younger, Week 4
720
What author from Neapolis died before the completion of his Achilleid?
Statius, Week 4
721
Who was the author of the Achilleid and the Thebaid?
Statius, Week 4
722
For what emperor did Pliny the Younger compose his Panegyricus?
Trajan, Week 4
723
What work of Suetonius is a collection of biographies of leaders and emperors from Caesar to Domitian?
De Vita Caesarum, Week 4
724
What work of Tacitus features an imaginary discussion about the causes of the decline of oratory?
Diologus de Oratoribus, Week 4
725
What author remarked "quidquid agunt homines" about the subject matter of his sixteen satires?
Juvenal, Week 4
726
What author, whom Martial calls "facundus", wrote a collection of 16 satires?
Juvenal, Week 4
727
What father-in-law and governor of Britain does Tacitus immortalize in his biographical work?
Agricola, Week 4
728
What stoic writer from Voletarra eulogized his patron Cornutus in his fifth satire?
Persius, Week 4
729
Which work of Tacitus offers a history of oratory?
Dialogus De Oratoribus, Week 4
730
Which of Tacitus' works covers the reigns of Galba to Domitian?
Historiae, Week 4
731
What historical work by Tacitus covers the reign of Galba to the reign of Domtian?
Historiae, Week 4
732
What author, born at Aquinum, wrote 16 satires?
Juvenal, Week 4
733
Whose 15th satire deals with an episode of cannibalism in Egypt?
Juvenal, Week 4
734
What author from Bilbilis, Spain composed the Liber de Spectaulis for the opening of the Colosseum in 80 AD?
Martial, Week 4
735
What author came to Rome in 64 AD from his hometown of Bilbilis and began a career as a writer of epigrams?
Martial, Week 4
736
What author, born at Volaterra, composed 6 books of stoic satires which he dedicated to his patron Cornutus?
Persius, Week 4
737
What silver age stoic philosopher used his six satires as a means to attack immorality and vice?
Persius, Week 4
738
What author from Tagaste wrote Confessiones, a lyrical treatise on the author's search for God in his early days?
Augustine, Week 5
739
What magister memoriae of Valens composed the Breviarium ab Urbe Condita?
Eutropius, Week 5
740
What student of Donatus translated the Bible into Latin?
Jerome, Week 5
741
De Ira Dei, De Mortibus Persecutorum, and Institutiones Divinae are all works of what author known as the "Christian Cicero"?
Lactantius, Week 5
742
Whose excellence as a professor of Rhetoric at Nicomedia compelled Constantine to appoint him as a tutor to his young son Crispus?
Lactantius, Week 5
743
What historian from Antioch wrote a 31 book continuation of the work of Tacitus?
Ammianus Marcellinus, Week 5
744
What fourth century historian wrote a 31 book continuation of Tacitus' work?
Ammianus Marcellinus, Week 5
745
Whose historical work covers the years from the principate of Nerva to the death of Valens?
Ammianus Marcellinus , Week 5
746
What was the title of Eutropius' 10 book abbreviated account of Roman History?
Breviarium ab Urbe Condita, Week 5
747
Who was the author of a ten book compendium on Roman History which he wrote at the request of the emperor Valens?
Eutropius, Week 5
748
Who undertook the task of summarizing and appending to Livy's work in his Breviarium ab Urbe Condita?
Eutropius, Week 5
749
Who wrote a ten book compendium of Roman history from the reigns of Romulus to Jovian?
Eutropius, Week 5
750
What magister memoriae of Valens was charged with the task of creating a compedium of Roman history which he entitled Breviarum ab Urbe Condita?
Eutropius, Week 5
751
What tutor to Constantine's son Crispus was referred to as the Chirstian Cicero?
Lactantius, Week 5
752
What author was appointed as a tutor to Constantine's son Crispus because his learned style reflected that of Cicero?
Lactantius, Week 5
753
What author, a student of Arnobius, composed 7 books of Divine Institutions which he dedicated to the emperor Constantine?
Lactantius, Week 5
754
Who was the author of a De Civitate Dei and Confessiones?
St. Augustine, Week 5
755
What bishop of Hippo was the author of De Civitate Dei and Confessiones?
St. Augustine, Week 5
756
What student of Donatus translated the bible into Latin?
Jerome, Week 5
757
What native of Dalmatia produced the first Latin translation of the bible?
Jerome, Week 5
758
What author produced a school text for the children of Livius Salinator by translating the Odyssey into Latin?
Livius Andronicus, Week 6
759
What author died as an exile in Utica after arrogantly remarking that "it's fate that makes the Metelli consuls at Rome"?
Gnaeus Naevius, Week 6
760
What play of Plautus centers on the boastful soldier Pyrgopoolyneices, and was his longest work?
Miles Gloriosus, Week 6
761
What author, who boasted of his trilingual nature, wrote an 18-book epic on Roman history entitled Annales?
Ennius, Week 6
762
What native of Brundisium did Cicero consider the greatest of Latin tragic poets?
Pacuvius, Week 6
763
What author wrote the earliest Latin prose text entitled De Re Rustica?
Cato the Elder, Week 6
764
The women of Andros, a mother-in-law, and a eunuch are some of the title characters of what author's comedies?
Terence, Week 6
765
What author did Horace consider his lantern because of the influence of his 30 books of Satires?
Lucilius, Week 6
766
Support for the Lex Manilia and condemnation of Catiline's actions are topics of what author's speeches?
Cicero, Week 6
767
Which philosophical work of Cicero presents an debate among a Stoic, an Academic, and an Epicurean about the existence and nature of the gods?
De Natura Deorum, Week 6
768
What author fixed Rome's founding date to 753 B.C., and wrote a 25-book treatise on the Latin language entitled De Lingua Latina?
Varro, Week 6
769
What author commisioned his lieutenant Aulus Hirtius to write the eighth book of his Comentarii de Bello Gallico?
Julius Caesar, Week 6
770
What author wrote the first latin biographical work entitled De Viris Illustribus?
Cornelius Nepos, Week 6
771
What author incorporated Democritus' atomic theory into his six book didactic work on Epicurean philosophy entitled De Rerum Natura?
Lucretius, Week 6
772
What author was expelled from the Senate and removed from his post as governor of Africa Nova before composing two historical monographs on the conflicts with Catiline and Jugurtha?
Sallust, Week 6
773
What author wrote poems to Lesbia and dedicated his lepidum novum libellum to Cornelius Nepos?
Catullus, Week 6
774
What emperor's Res Gestae were best preserved on the Monumentum Ancyranum in Turkey?
Augustus, Week 6
775
What author predicted the birth of a wonder child who would bring about a new Golden Age in his fourth Eclogue?
Vergil, Week 6
776
What author was reconciled to Augustus after fighting on the losing side at Philippi, and wrote several poems including the Epodes and Odes?
Horace, Week 6
777
What author's Ars Amatoria was like the "carmen" partially responsible for his exile to Tomi?
Ovid, Week 6
778
What massive 142-book work by a Paduan author provided an account of the history of Rome from the founding of the city down to the death of Drusus?
ab Urbe Condita, Week 6
779
What author addressed several poems to Delia with his four-book collection of Elegies?
Tibullus, Week 6
780
Cynthia Monobiblos was the title of the first book of what author's Elegies?
Propertius, Week 6
781
What author was removed from his postition as governor of Egypt, and wrote four books of Amores which included several poems addressed to his beloved Lycoris?
Cornelius Gallus, Week 6
782
What author wrote a Menippean Satire entitled Apocolocyntosis about the death of the emperor Claudius?
Seneca the Younger, Week 6
783
What author wrote a historical epic entitled Bellum Civile, which discussed the civil war between Caesar and Pompey?
Lucan, Week 6
784
A long tirade against women can be found in what author's sixth Satire?
Juvenal, Week 6
785
What author exploded onto the scene after delivering a funeral eulogy for Verginius Rufus, and wrote several historical works including a biography for his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola?
Tacitus, Week 6
786
What author included a eulogy for his teacher Cornutus in his six-book collection of Satires?
Persius, Week 6
787
What collection of 30 epigrams did Martial write to celebrate the opening of the Colosseum?
Liber Spectaculorum / Liber de Spectaculis, Week 6
788
The Cena Trimalchionis is the only surviving portion of what Latin novel by Petronius?
Satyricon, Week 6
789
What author received the ornamenta consularia for educating Domitian's nephew, and wrote the Institutio Oratoria which discussed the training of an orator?
Quintilian, Week 6
790
What author received the ius trium liberorum from Trajan, and wrote a pair of biographical works entitled De Vita Caesarum and De Viris Illustribus?
Suetonius, Week 6
791
What author wrote a 37-book encyclopedia on the natural world entitled Historia Naturalis?
Pliny the Elder, Week 6
792
What author detailed the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a letter to the historian Tacitus?
Pliny the Younger, Week 6
793
What author was accused of bewitching the wealthy widow Aemilia Pudentilla, and wrote a defense speech entitled Apologia?
Apuleius, Week 6
794
What author, born at Naples, wrote a twelve-book epic on the fued between Polyneices and Eteocles entitled Thebeid?
Statius, Week 6
795
What student of Arnobius tutored Constantine's son Crispus, and wrote the Institutiones Divinae?
Lactantius, Week 6
796
What author provided a Latin account of Eusebius' Chronicon, and wrote a Latin translation of the bible?
Jerome, Week 6
797
What author helped the emperor Valens overcome his inability to read complex republican literature by composing a 10-book abridgement of Livy's ab Urbe Condita?
Eutropius, Week 6
798
What author served as Bishop of Hippo afte converting from Manichaeism, and wrote a work entitled Confessiones which recounted his spiritual journey?
St. Augustine, Week 6
799
Following the model of sine ira et studio, what author picked up where Tacitus left off and wrote a 31-book history entitled Res Gestae a Fine Corneli Taciti?
Ammianus Marcellinus, Week 6
