Literary Works

Question 1

Bellum Punicum

Answer 1

epic poem on the First Punic War in Saturnian verse

Question 2

Annales (Ennius)

Answer 2

18-book epic poem on Roman history in dactylic hexameter

Question 3

Captivi

Answer 3

play with no female characters

Question 4

Captivi AUTHOR

Answer 4

Plautus

Question 5

Epidicus

Answer 5

Plautus’s favorite play

Question 6

Origines

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7-book lost work on early history of Rome

Question 7

What is the first history written in Latin?

Answer 7

Origines

Question 8

Origines AUTHOR

Answer 8

Cato the Elder

Question 9

De Agri Cultura

Answer 9

handbook on farming that praises cabbage

Question 10

What is the first surviving Latin prose work?

Answer 10

De Agri Cultura

Question 11

De Agri Cultura AUTHOR

Answer 11

Cato the Elder

Question 12

De Rerum Natura

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didactic epic poem addressed to Gaius Memmius

Question 13

De Rerum Natura AUTHOR

Answer 13

Lucretius

Question 14

Pro Quinctio

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oratory in favor of Quinctius in a dispute over Gallic land, argued against Hortensius

Question 15

What is Cicero’s first extant speech?

Answer 15

Pro Quinctio

Question 16

Pro Quinctio AUTHOR

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Cicero

Question 17

Pro Quinctio DATE

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81 BC

Question 18

Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino

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oratory defending Sextus Roscius, who had been accused of patricide

Question 19

What is Cicero’s first political speech?

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Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino

Question 20

Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino AUTHOR

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Cicero

Question 21

Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino DATE

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80 BC

Question 22

In Catilinam I

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forced Catiline to leave Rome, November 8

Question 23

In Catilinam II

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convinced the Senate to declare Catiline a public enemy, November 9

Question 24

In Catilinam III

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described how Cicero obtained the evidence against Catiline, December 3

Question 25

In Catilinam IV

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successfully convinced the Senate to execute Catiline's co-conspirators, December 5

Question 26

Philippicae

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14 speeches opposing Mark Antony

Question 27

Philippicae AUTHOR

Answer 27

Cicero

Question 28

Philippicae DATE

Answer 28

44 BC

Question 29

De Re Publica

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6-book dialogue (featuring Scipio Aemilianus) on political philosophy

Question 30

Somnium Scipionis

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the Dream of Scipio, the sixth book of De Re Publica, the only one known at first

Question 31

De Re Publica AUTHOR

Answer 31

Cicero

Question 32

De Re Publica DATE

Answer 32

54-51 BC

Question 33

De Natura Deorum

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dialogue giving the Epicurean, Stoic, and Academic conceptions of the gods

Question 34

De Natura Deorum AUTHOR

Answer 34

Cicero

Question 35

De Officiis

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3-book treatise on the moral life

Question 36

De Officiis AUTHOR

Answer 36

Cicero

Question 37

De Officiis DATE

Answer 37

44 BC

Question 38

De Senectute AUTHOR

Answer 38

Cicero

Question 39

Bellum Catilinae

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monograph on Catiline's conspiracy, critical of both the Catiline and the aristocracy

Question 40

Bellum Catilinae AUTHOR

Answer 40

Sallust

Question 41

Bellum Jugurthinum

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monograph on the war against Numidia's King Jugurtha, praising Marius

Question 42

Bellum Jugurthinum AUTHOR

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Sallust

Question 43

Historiae (Sallust)

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fragmentary work on 78-67 BC

Question 44

Poems to Lesbia AUTHOR

Answer 44

Catullus

Question 45

Commentarii de Bello Gallico

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7-book history on the Gallic Wars, a book per year 58-52 BC

Question 46

Commentarii de Bello Gallico AUTHOR

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Julius Caesar

Question 47

Commentarii de Bello Civili

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3-book history on the Civil War between Caesar and Pompey

Question 48

Commentarii de Bello Civili AUTHOR

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Julius Caesar

Question 49

Georgics

Answer 49

4-book poem in dactylic hexameter promoting Octavian

Question 50

Georgics AUTHOR

Answer 50

Virgil

Question 51

Aeneid

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12-book epic poem in dactylic hexameter on the foundation of Rome

Question 52

Aeneid AUTHOR

Answer 52

Virgil