Lesson 8&9/Tarquin Revenge

Question 1

Overthrow of Tarquin

Answer 1

-Tarquinius Superbus is ousted in 509 BC
-Lucius Junius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus establish the Republic with themselves as consuls.
-Republican government is established
-Tarquin and his sons fled to Etruria

Question 2

Tarquin Embassy

Answer 2

-Tarquin sends an embassy into Rome claiming he wants to reclaim his stuff
-Brutus opposes
-Embassy convert many young nobles to Tarquin’s side

Question 3

Embassy Conspiracy

Answer 3

-Conspirators kill a man, drink his blood, and plot to kill the consuls for Tarquin
-they are caught
- Brutus kills his sons for their crimes, but Collatinus and his nephews are banished

Question 4

Battle of Silvia Arsia

Answer 4

-509 BC
-Arruns leads the Etruscans army against the Roman army led by Brutus
-Brutus and Arruns kill each other
- Rome wins and Etruria retreats to Clusium
-The king, Lars Porsena agrees to aid Tarquin

Question 5

Cocles

Answer 5

-name means one eye
-single-handedly fights the Etruscans on the Pons Sublicius (bridge across Tiber)
-Spear-butt, leaps into river after the bridge is destroyed
-Becomes national hero

Question 6

Gaius Mucius

Answer 6

-sneaks into Etruscan camp to attempt to kill Lars
-fails, accidentally kills treasurer, is captured
-bluffs about more assasins coming
-sticks his own hand into a fire, which intimidates Lars and Lars lets him go
-bluffs about assasins hidden in the camp, Lars surrenders because of this
-gains the name Scaevola (left-handed)

Question 7

Cloelia

Answer 7

-Lars demands hostages in trade for peace
-Cloelia is among the hostages
-escapes and swims back to Rome
-Lars threatens to break the peace
-Cloelia willingly returns, impressing Lars
-Lars let her release half of the hostages back into Rome, she chooses the men so they can continue military service.

Question 8

Tarquin Final Defeat

Answer 8

-498 BC Tarquin tries to reclaim Rome one last time
-Titus leads an army against Rome (Battle of Lake Regillus)
-Romans are loosing but win after the Dioscuri (the Gemini) aid them
-Tarquin retreats to Magna Graecia, dies of old age four years later

Question 9

Imperfect Tense of Sum

Answer 9

S P
1st eram – I was erāmus – we were
2nd erās – you were erātis – y’all were
3rd erat – he/there was erant – they/there were

-always followed by a predicate nominative
-personal endings remain intact

Question 10

Future Tense of Sum

Answer 10

S P
1st erō – I will be erimus – we will be
2nd eris – you will be eritis – y’all will be
3rd erit – he/there will be erunt – they/there will be

-always followed by a predicate nominative
-personal endings remain intact

Question 11

Nīl sine nūmine

Answer 11

-“Nothing Without Divine Guidance”
-state motto of Colorado

Question 12

Labor omnia vincit

Answer 12

-“Work Conquers All”
-state motto of Oklahoma

Question 13

Virtūte et armīs

Answer 13

-“By Valor and Arms”
-state motto of Mississippi

Question 14

Dum spīrō, spērō

Answer 14

-“While I breathe, I hope”
-state motto of South Carolina

Question 15

caedere, caesus, (-cide)

Answer 15

cut, kill

Question 16

ducere, ductus

Answer 16

lead, bring

Question 17

facere, factus, (-fect), (-fy)

Answer 17

make, do, produce

Question 18

ferre, latus

Answer 18

bring, carry

Question 19

genus, generis

Answer 19

birth, class, kind

Question 20

Adverbs

Answer 20

-1st and 2nd declension adverbs are formed by adding –ē to the adjective stem
-stem = drop the –a from the feminine form

Question 21

Perfect Tense

Answer 21

-Forming the perfect tense, however, uses the perfect stem.
-3rd principal part, drop the ‘-i’
-E.g. amāvī

Question 22

Perfect Tense Endings

Answer 22

S P
1st -ī -imus
2nd -istī -istis
3rd -it -ērunt

Question 23

Perfect Tense of Sum

Answer 23

S P
1st fui fuimus
2nd fuistī fuistis
3rd fuit fuērunt