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Literary Works Flashcards

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Bellum Punicum

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epic poem on the First Punic War in Saturnian verse

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Annales (Ennius)

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18-book epic poem on Roman history in dactylic hexameter

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Captivi

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play with no female characters

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Captivi AUTHOR

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Plautus

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Epidicus

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Plautus’s favorite play

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Origines

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7-book lost work on early history of Rome

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What is the first history written in Latin?

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Origines

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Origines AUTHOR

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Cato the Elder

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De Agri Cultura

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handbook on farming that praises cabbage

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What is the first surviving Latin prose work?

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De Agri Cultura

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De Agri Cultura AUTHOR

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Cato the Elder

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De Rerum Natura

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didactic epic poem addressed to Gaius Memmius

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De Rerum Natura AUTHOR

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Lucretius

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Pro Quinctio

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

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What is Cicero’s first extant speech?

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Pro Quinctio

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Pro Quinctio AUTHOR

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Cicero

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Pro Quinctio DATE

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81 BC

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Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino

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oratory defending Sextus Roscius, who had been accused of patricide

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What is Cicero’s first political speech?

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Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino

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Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino AUTHOR

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Cicero

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Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino DATE

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80 BC

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In Catilinam I

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forced Catiline to leave Rome, November 8

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In Catilinam II

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

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In Catilinam III

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described how Cicero obtained the evidence against Catiline, December 3

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In Catilinam IV

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

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Philippicae

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14 speeches opposing Mark Antony

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Philippicae AUTHOR

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Cicero

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Philippicae DATE

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44 BC

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De Re Publica

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

30
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Somnium Scipionis

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

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De Re Publica AUTHOR

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Cicero

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De Re Publica DATE

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54-51 BC

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De Natura Deorum

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

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De Natura Deorum AUTHOR

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Cicero

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De Officiis

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3-book treatise on the moral life

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De Officiis AUTHOR

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Cicero

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De Officiis DATE

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44 BC

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De Senectute AUTHOR

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Cicero

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Bellum Catilinae

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

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Bellum Catilinae AUTHOR

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Sallust

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Bellum Jugurthinum

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

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Bellum Jugurthinum AUTHOR

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Sallust

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Historiae (Sallust)

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fragmentary work on 78-67 BC

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Poems to Lesbia AUTHOR

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Catullus

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Commentarii de Bello Gallico

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

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Commentarii de Bello Gallico AUTHOR

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Julius Caesar

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Commentarii de Bello Civili

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

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Commentarii de Bello Civili AUTHOR

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Julius Caesar

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Georgics

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4-book poem in dactylic hexameter promoting Octavian

50
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Georgics AUTHOR

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Virgil

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Aeneid

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

52
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Aeneid AUTHOR

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Virgil

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