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1
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Catullus 61-68

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Epyllions, known as Carmina docta

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Catullus 69-116

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Epigrams in elegiac couplets

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Dedicatee of Catullus 101

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Cornelius Nepos

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Catullus’ description of Cicero

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disertissime Romuli nepotum

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5
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Catullus 5

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Vivamus, mea Lesbia

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Catullus 8

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Miser Catulle

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7
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Catullus 85

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Odi et amo

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Catullus 76

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Si qua recordanti

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9
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Other trifles in Catullus

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Arrius’ adding of H to words, criticizes Rufus’ body order

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Catullus 63

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Attis and Cybele

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Catullus 64

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Marriage of Peleus and Thetis, includes the ekphrasis (built in disgression) of Theseus’ abandonment of Ariadne on Naxos

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12
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Catullus 61 and 62

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ephitalamia (wedding sons)

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Catullus 61

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wedding song for the major of Manlius Torquatus and Vinia Aurunculeia, invitation to Hymenaeus, god of weddings

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Catullus 62

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hexameter strophes sung by two chorsus of boys and girls on the subject of marriage and virginity

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15
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Catullus 65

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Catullus writes to Hortensius, excusing his only writing a translation rather than an original poem on the basis for his grief for his dead brother

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Catullus 66

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Catullus’ translation of Callimachus’ Lock of Berenice

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17
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Catullus 68

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Story of Protesilaus and Laodamia

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18
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Lucretius’ death supposedly occurred when

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on the day that Virgil put on the Toga virilis, while Pompey and crassus were consuls

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19
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Jerome’s accusation against Lucretius

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Cicero edited Lucretius’ works

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20
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Jerome’s story of Lucretius’ death

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made insane by a love potion and killed himself

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21
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Vergil’s description of Lucretius

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felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas

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22
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Length of De Rerum Natura

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Six books

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23
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Basis for De Rerum Natura

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Epicurus’ Peri Physeos

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24
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Dedicatee of De Rerum Natura

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Memmius

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25
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Transmittance of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura

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On two ninth-century manuscripts, the Oblongus and Quadratus

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26
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Poem aimed to popularize Epicurean doctrine in the form of a didactic poem

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Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura

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27
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Contemporary thought on De Rerum Natura

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the work was not finished

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28
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Summary of Lucretius’ sixth book

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physical phenomena, such as thunderbolts and earthquakes, are natural, not the products of divine will

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29
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Final event in the De Rerum Natura

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plague of Athens

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30
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Cicero’s guides in the forum at the beginning of his career

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Lucius Licinius Crassus and the two Quintus Mucius Scaevolas

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31
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Discoverer of the tomb of Archimedes

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Cicero

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32
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Cicero’s description of Titus Pompinius Atticus

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my light

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33
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Cicero’s military service

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Served in the Social War under Pompeius Strabo

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34
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Cicero’s first case and its year

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Pro Quinctio, 81 BC

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35
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Pro Quinctio

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Cicero defends Quinctius against Sextus Naevius in dispute over a firm

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36
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Pro Roscio Amerino

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Cicero challenges a powerful freedman of Sulla (Chrysogonus), accusing him of Roscius’ murder

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37
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Cicero’s attempt to escape consequences in Pro Roscio Amerino

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he heaps praise upon Sulla

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38
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Cicero’s first wife

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Terentia

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39
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Cicero defends the defendant against Sextus Naevius in dispute over a farm

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Pro Quinctio

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40
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Cicero challenges a powerful freedman of Sulla, accusing him of the murder of Roscius

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Pro Roscio Amerino

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41
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Children of Cicero and Terentia and their birthdates

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Tullia, b. 76 B.C., and Marcus, b. 65 B.C.

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42
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Cicero’s political career

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Quaestor in Sicily in 75 B.C., Aedile in 69 B.C., Consul in 63 B.C., governor in Cilicia in 51 B.C.

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43
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Pro Lege Manilia

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Cicero agues in favor of giving Pompey extraordinary powers to defeat Mithridates of Pontus

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44
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Cicero’s co-consul

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C. Antonius Hybrida

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45
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Cicero’s support in the civil war

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supported Pompey, but received a pardon by Caesar

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46
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Cicero’s second wife

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his young ward Publilia

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47
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Reason for Cicero’s divorce of Publilia

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insensitive to his grief over his daughter Tullia’s death

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48
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Date of Cicero’s daughter Tullia’s death

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45 BC

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49
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Date of Cicero’s Philippics

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44 BC

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50
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Date of Cicero’s death

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December 7, 43 B.C.

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51
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Cicero’s slave and scribe

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Tiro

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52
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Cicero’s son-in-law

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Tiro

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53
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Wrote five books of commentaries on Cicero for his young sons

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Asconius Pedianus

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54
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Prosecutor in Pro Quinctio

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Hortensius Hortalus

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55
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Pro Roscio Comedo

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Cicero defends his friend and actor Roscius. Roscius partnered with Fannius to train the slave Panurgus as an actor. Panurgus is murdered by Flavius, who pays damage to Roscius in the form of a farm, which Fannius claimed half of

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56
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Pro Tullio

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Cicero prosecutes a verteran of Sulla who had destroyed the country house of his plaintiff Tullius.

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57
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In Verrem

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Cicero prosecutes Verres, corrupt governor of Sicily, who was defended by Hortensius Hortalus

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58
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Verres’ response to the In Verrem

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fled the country before Cicero could finish

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59
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Cicero’s work attempting to expose the evils of the existing system of provincial administration

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Actio Secunda in Verrem

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60
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Length of Actio Secunda in Verrem

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5 books

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61
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Divinatio in Quintum Caecilium

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Cicero defends his right to appear as Verres’ prosecutor.

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62
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Pro Fonteio

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Cicero defends Fonteius, former governor of Gaul, against a charge of maladministration.

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63
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Date of Cicero’s first case

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81 B.C.

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64
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Pro Caecina

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Cicero examines whether Caecina has used illegal force to take some land which his late wife had been a tenant of

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65
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Pro Cluentio

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Defense of Cluentius against a charge of poisoning.

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66
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Alternate name for Pro Lege Manilia

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De Imperio Gnaei Pompei

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67
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Alternate name for De Lege Agraria

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Contra Rullum

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68
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De Lege Agraria

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Rullus, an agent of Caesar, has introduced legislation to give land to the surplus population of Rome. Cicero attacks the law as impractical.

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69
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Length of De Lege Agraria/Contra Rullum

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3 speeches

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70
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Pro Rabirio Perduellionis

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Cicero defends the aged knight Rabirius against a church, instigated by Caesar, of murdering a popular leader (Saturninus) 37 years earlier.

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71
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Pro Murena

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Cicero defends Murena, a consul designate accused of electoral corruption by the defeated Servius Sulpicius Rufus and Cato the Younger

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72
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Assistants to Cicero in defending Murena

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Hortensius and Crassus

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73
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Speech Delivered between the first and second Catilinarians

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Pro Murena

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74
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Number of Catilinarians

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4, two to the people, two to the Senate

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75
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Cicero’s rhetorical device imagining the Country itself as rebuking Catiline

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prosopopoeia

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76
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Date and Addressee of First Catilinarian

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November 8th, the Senate

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77
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Date and Addressee of Second Catilinarian

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November 9th, people

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78
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Date and Addressee of Third Catilinarian

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December 3rd, people

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79
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Date and Addressee of Fourth Catilinarian

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December 5th, senate

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80
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Subject of Third Catilinarian

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reports arrest of conspirators and the evidence provided by the Allobroges

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81
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Subject of fourth Catilinarian

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argues for death penalty for the conspirators

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82
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Title given to Cicero by Cato the Younger

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pater patriae

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83
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Pro Sulla

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Cicero defends Sulla against a charge of complicity in the Catilinarian conspiracy

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84
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Pro Archia Poeta

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Cicero defends the citizenship of the Greek poet Archia

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85
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Pro Flacco

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Cicero defends Flaccus against a charge of extortion as governor in Asia

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86
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Cicero’s method of defense in Pro Flacco

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impugns the character of the witnesses, Asiatic Greeks and Jews

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87
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Cicero’s two speeches thanking various people for allowing him to return from exile

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Post Reditum in Senatu, Post Reditum in Quirites

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88
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De Domo Sua

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Cicero argues he deserves compensation for his house, which has been destroyed by Clodius

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89
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De Haruspicum Responso

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rejects the claims of Clodius that the “suspicious noises” heard around Rome were attributed to the reconstruction of Cicero’s house

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90
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Pro Sestio

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Cicero defends Sestius, a tribune accused by Clodius of acts of violence under the lex de vi

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91
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In Vatinium

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Cicero prosecutes Vatinius, a witness who had given testimony against Sestius

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92
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Pro Caelio

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Defends his friend Caelius Rufus against the charge of poisoning his lover Clodia

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93
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Cicero’s method of defense in Pro Caelio

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attacks Caelius’ lover Clodia (and by extension her brother, Clodius), including by implying incest between her and Claudius

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94
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De Provinciis Consularibus

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Cicero speaks in favor of renewing Caesar’s Gallic command

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95
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Pro Balbo

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Cicero defends the citizenship of Balbus, a rich Spaniard

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96
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In Pisonem

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Cicero replies to Piso’s complaints about the De Provinciis Consularibus

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97
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Pro Plancio

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Cicero defends an aedile who had befriended him in exile against the charge of procuring his election by bribery

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98
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Pro Rabirio Postumo

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Cicero defends Rabirius Postumus, a friend of Caesar, against the charge of extorting oney from Ptolemy Auletes

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99
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Pro Aemilio Scauro

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Cicero defends Marcus Aemilius Scarus against charges of extortion

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100
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Pro Milone

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Cicero argues that Milo’s murder of Clodius on the Appian Way was in self-defense

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101
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Issues with Cicero’s delivery of the Pro Milone

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Cicero was so frightened by partisans of Clodius in the courtroom that he was unable to deliver his speech

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102
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Pro Marcello

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Cicero argues for the pardon of a former Pompeian, Marcellus

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103
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Pro Ligario

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Cicero defends Ligarius, tried as an enemy of Caesar, moved Caesar to acquit him

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104
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Pro Rege Deiotaro

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Cicero defends the Galatian king Deiotarus on the charge of attempting to murder Caesar

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105
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Number of Philippics

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14

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106
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Basis for Cicero’s Philippics

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Demosthenes’ orations against King Philip

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107
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Last Phillipic

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Cicero proposes a public thanksgiving for the defeat of Antony at Mutina

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108
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Method of Cicero’s attacks in the Philippics

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Cicero denounces Antony as a brute and a drunken bully

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109
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Cicero’s work in two books, defines the parts of speech and defends eloquence

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De Inventione

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110
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Cicero’s largest treatise, in 3 books, dialogue on the difficulty and usefulness of the orator’s art

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De Oratore

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111
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Interlocutors in De Oratore

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Lucius Licinius Crassus and Marcus Antonius

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112
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Written for the instruction of Cicero’s son, describes the components of oratory

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Partitiones Oratoriae

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113
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Interlocutors in Partitiones Oratoriae

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Marcus Junior and Marcus Senior

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114
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Cicero’s work refuting Atticism

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De Optimo Genere Oratorum

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115
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Critical history of Roman oratory down to Cicero

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Brutus

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116
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Last orator discussed in Brutus

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Hortensius Hortalus

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117
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Greatest orators according to Cicero

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Marcus Antonius, Licinius Crassus, Julius Caesar, Licinius Calvus, and Hortensius Hortalus

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118
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Dedicatee of Orator/De Optimo Genere Dicendi

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M. Brutus

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119
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Cicero’s treatise on the ideal orator and the path of his training

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De Optimo Genere Dicendi

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120
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Another name for Cicero’s De Optimo Genere Dicendi

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Orator

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121
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Cicero comments on a copy of Aristotle’s Topica

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Topica

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122
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Sixth book of Cicero’s De Re Publica

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Somnium Scipionis

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123
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Cicero’s work in six books, describes the degeneration of the state and contains the famous Somnium Scipionis

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De Re Publica

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124
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Sequel to the De Re Publica

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De Legibus

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125
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Cicero’s work in 5 books, treating the origins of laws

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De Legibus

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126
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Interlocutors in Cicero’s De Legibus

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Cicero, his brother Quintus, and Atticus

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127
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Dedicatee of Paradoxica Stoicorum

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Brutus

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128
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Cicero’s treatise on epistemology

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Academica

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129
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Division of Cicero’s Academica

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two sections, the Priora and the Posteriora

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130
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Cicero’s work describing the philosophy of Stoicism

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Paradoxica Stoicorum

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131
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Cicero examines the chief good which is the final end of life in 5 books

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De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum

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132
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Cicero’s examination in 5 books of the essentials of happiness, set at Cicero’s villa

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Tusculanae Disputationes

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133
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Dedicatee of Cicero’s Tusculanae Disputationes

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Brutus

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134
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Cicero’s work in 3 bookssetting forth the views of the Epicureans, Stoics, and Academics on the gods

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De Natura Deorum

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135
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Interlocutors in Cicero’s De Natura Deorum

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C. Vellius (Epicurean), Q. Lucilius Balbus (Stoic), and C. Aurelius Cotta (Academic)

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136
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Cicero’s treatment on divination, supplement to De Natura Deorum

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De Divinatione

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137
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Cicero’s analysis of fate

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De Fato

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138
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Dedicatee and principal speaker of Cicero’s De Fato

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Aulus Hirtius

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139
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Cicero’s work examining old age

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Cato Maior de Senectute

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140
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Interlocutors in Cicero’s Cato Maior de Senectute

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Cato the Elder, Scipio Africanus Minor, and Laelius

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141
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Cicero’s examination of friendship, companion piece to De Senectute

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Laelius de Amicitia

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142
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Laelius’ determination on friendship

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patriotism must supersede friendship

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143
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Addressee of Laelius de Amicitia

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Atticus

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144
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Cicero’s work, in three books, examining moral duties, addressed to his son studying in Athens

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De Officiis

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145
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Cicero’s two works addressed to his son

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Partitiones Oratoriae and De Officiis

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146
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Cicero’s last work

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De Officiis

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147
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Cicero’s letters from 62-43 B.C., includes the letter written to Cicero by the jurist Sulpicius on Cicero’s daughter Tullia’s death

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Ad Familiares

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148
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Length of Cicero’s Ad Familiares

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16 books

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149
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Editor of Cicero’s Ad Familiares

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Tiro

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150
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Editor of Cicero’s Ad Atticum

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Atticus

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151
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Cicero’s letters from 68-44 B.C. to his close friend

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Ad Atticum

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152
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Length of Cicero’s Ad Atticum

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16 books

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153
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Cicero’s letters to his brother, includes his brother’s questions on campaigning for the consulship

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Ad Quintum Fratrem

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154
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Length of Cicero’s Ad Quintum Fratrem

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27 letters in 3 books

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155
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Cicero’s letters of disputed authenticity

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Ad Marcum Brutum

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156
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Cicero’s translation of Aratus’ astronomical Phaenomena, in his youth

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Aratea

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157
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Cicero’s most successful poetic work

A

Aratea

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158
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Cicero’s epic poem

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Marius

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159
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Cicero’s self-laudatory poem on his consulship

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De Consulatu Suo

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160
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Quotes from Cicero’s De Consulatu Suo

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O Fortunatam me consule Romam and cedant arma togae

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161
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Other Poetic works of Cicero

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Juvenalia, Limon, Uxorius, Nilus, Thalia Maesta

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162
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Cicero’s work, now lost, written after the death of his daughter Tullia

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Consolatio

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163
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Cicero’s work, now lost, an exhortation to the study of philosophy

A

Hortensius

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164
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Cicero’s lost prose works

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Consolatio, Hortensius, Laus Catonis, De Gloria, De Virtutibus, De Auguriis, De Consiliis Suis, Chorographia, Admiranda

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165
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Cicero’s work, now lost, on geography

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Chorographia

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166
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Cicero’s work, now lost, on curiosities

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Admiranda

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167
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Cicero’s translations

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Plato’s Timaeus, Plato’s Protagoras, Xenophon’s Oeconomicus

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168
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Brother of M. Tullius Cicero

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Q. Tullius Cicero

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169
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Quintus Cicero’s political career

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Praetor in 62 B.C, Governor of Asia from 61-58 B.C., served under Pompey in Sardinia, Caesar in Gaul, and his brother in Cilicia

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170
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Death of Quintus Cicero

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Supported Pompey, forgiven by Caesar, but killed under Antony’s proscriptions

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171
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Works of Quintus Cicero

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tragedies, none of which survive

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172
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Meeting place for those interested in antiquarian research

A

Titus Pomponius Atticus’ house on the Quirinal

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173
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Titus Pomponius Atticus’ summary of history down to the year 49 BC

A

Liber Annalis

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174
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Author of Liber Annalis

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Titus Pomponius Atticus

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175
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People whom Titus Pomponius Atticus protected

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Cicero’s Terentia and Antony’s wife Fulvia and lieutenant Volumnius

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176
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Cicero’s publisher

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Titus Pomponius Atticus

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177
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Titus Pomponius Atticus’ other work

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genealogical treatise on certain Roman families and the magistracies they held

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178
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Varro Reatinus’ political career

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Quaestor in 85 B.C., later a tribune and a praetor, legate for Pompey in Spain during the Civil War

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179
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Varro Reatinus’ military career

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fought in the Dalmatian campaign from 78-77, and was in Pompey’s entourage for the fight against Sertorius and later against pirates

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180
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Caesar’s task for Varro Reatinus

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create a large library

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181
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Saver of Varro and Fundania from proscription in 43 BC

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Fufius Calienus

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182
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Coiner of the term “Menippean Satires”

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Varro Reatinus

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183
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Setter of Rome’s foundation at 753 B.C.

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Varro Reatinus

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184
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Only living author whose bust was displayed in Pollio’s library

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Varro Reatinus

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185
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Basis of the structure of Vergil’s Georgics

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Varro Reatinus’ De Re Rustica

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186
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Varro Reatinus’ claim about the Muses

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if the Muses spoke Latin they would speak like Plautus

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187
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Quintilian’s description of Varro Reatinus

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most learned of the Romans

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188
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Number of Varro Reatinus’ works

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over 600

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189
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Length of Varro Reatinus’ De Lingua Latina, and number of extant books

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25 books, 6 extant

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190
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Varro Reatinus’ work on the origins of language

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De Lingua Latina

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191
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Dedicatee of most of Varro Reatinus’ De Lingua Latina

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Cicero

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192
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Varro Reatinus’ treatise on the rural life

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De Re Rustica

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193
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Dedicatee of most of Varro Reatinus’ De Re Rustica

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his wife, Fundania

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194
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Length of Varro Reatinus’ Menippean Satires

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150 books

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195
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Menippean Satires

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mixed verse and prose

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196
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Dedicatee of Varro Reatinus’ Antiquates rerum divinarum et humanarum

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Caesar

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197
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Augustine’s attack on Varro Reatinus

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Varro’s pagan theology

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198
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Varro Reatinus’ examination of Rome’s origins, foundation, and theology

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Antiquates Rerum divinarum et humanarum

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199
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Length of Varro Reatinus’ Antiquates rerum divinarum et humanarum

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25 books

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200
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Varro Reatinus’ work containing seven hundred biographies, each accompanied by an epigram

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Hebdomades/Imagines

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201
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Varro Reatinus’ dialogues on philosophical and historical subjects, in prose

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Logistorici

202
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Number of Varro Reatinus’ Imagines

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700

203
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Varro Reatinus’ nine-book dictionary on the liberal arts

A

Disciplinae

204
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Length of Varro Reatinus’ Disciplinae

A

9 books

205
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Two autobiographical works of Varro Reatinus

A

De Vita Sua, Legationes

206
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Varro Reatinus’ literary chronology of poets

A

De Poetis

207
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Other major works of Varro

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De Vita Populi Romani, De Gente Populi Romani, Annales, Ephemeris Navalis ad Pompeium, De Ora Maritima, Quaestiones Plautinae, De Comoediis Plautinis, De Scaenicis Originibus, De Actionibus Scaenicis, De Iure Civili

208
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Friend of Cicero who “revived Pythagoreanism”

A

Nigidius Figulus

209
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Constant opponent of Caesar, exiled and died in 45 BC

A

Nigidius Figulus

210
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Major work of Nigidius Figulus

A

Commentarii Grammatici

211
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Length of Nigidius Figulus’ Commentarii Grammatici

A

29 books

212
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Meaning of Nigidius Figulus’ cognomen and origin

A

potter, he declared that the world turns on its own axis at the speed of a potter’s wheel

213
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Philosophical school Nigidius Figulus was associated with

A

Neo-Pythagorean

214
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Opinion on Nigidius Figulus by his contemporaries

A

Thought to have been a magician, due to his lofty subject matter

215
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Lucan’s depiction of Nigidius Figulus

A

Figulus utters prophecies at the start of Lucan’s Pharsalia

216
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Other works of Nigidius Figulus

A

Despaera Graecania, De Vento, De Terris, De Somnis, De Extis, De Diis

217
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First Biographer

A

Cornelius Nepos

218
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Nepos’ work in 3 books, a universal history

A

Chronica

219
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Nepos’ work in 5 books, a collection of curiosities, notices, and geography, used by Pliny the Elder as a source

A

Exempla

220
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Nepos’ biographical work in 16 books

A

De Viris Illustribus

221
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Book of the De Viris Illustribus on foreign military leaders

A

De Excellentibus Ducibus Exterarum Gentium

222
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Biography of Nepos where he intended to show the example of an old-fashioned virtue combined with modern values

A

Atticus

223
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Caesar’s relatives

A

Marius and Cinna

224
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Caesar’s son by Cleopatra

A

Caesarion

225
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Caesar’s relationship with his wife ended how

A

Supposedly fled to Bithynia after refusing to divorce Cornelia

226
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Caesar’s political career

A

Quaestor in Spain (68 B.C.), Aedile (65 B.C.), Pontifex Maximus (63 B.C.), Praetor (62 B.C.), Propraetor in Further Spain (61 B.C.), First Triumvirate (60 B.C.), Consul (59 B.C.), governor of Illyria and Romanized Gaul (58 B.C.), dictator for life (44 B.C.)

227
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Caesar’s magnum opus on the war in Gaul

A

De Bello Gallico

228
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8th book of De Bello Gallico

A

written by Aulus Hirtius

229
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Caesar’s secondary commentary

A

De Bello Civili (unfinished)

230
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Author of a verse epigram on Terence

A

Caesar

231
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Subject matter of the funeral elegy which Caesar wrote

A

funeral elegy for his aunt Julia, in which he asserts the descent of his gens from Iulus, Aeneas, and Venus

232
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Caesar’s work in 2 books on grammar language and style

A

De Analogia

233
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Dedicatee of Caesar’s De Analogia

A

Cicero

234
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Time when Caesar’s De Analogia was written

A

during a journey across the Alps

235
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Poem on Caesar’s expedition to Spain

A

Iter

236
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Caesar’s tragedy, lost

A

Oedipus

237
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Caesar’s pamphlet in 2 books, written as a reply to Cicero’s elegy of Cato the Younger

A

Anticatones

238
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Cicero’s elegy of Cato the Younger

A

Laus Catonis

239
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Caesar’s treatise on astronomy

A

De Astris

240
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Poem written by Caesar on Hercules

A

Laudes Herculis

241
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Minor works of Caesar

A

Dicta Collectanea

242
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Works of the spurious Corpus Caesarianum

A

Bellum Alexandrinum, Bellum Africum, Bellum Hispaniense

243
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Likely author of Bellum Alexandrinum

A

Aulus Hirtius

244
Q

Likely authors of the Corpus Caesarianum

A

various officers of Caesar

245
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De Bello Gallico, Book 1

A

Campaign against the Helvetii and Ariovistus

246
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De Bello Gallico, Book 2

A

revolt of Gallic tribes

247
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De Bello Gallico, Book 3

A

campaign against Atlantic coast peoples

248
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De Bello Gallico, Book 4

A

Operations against German peoples who had crossed the Rhine, rebel Gallic leaders, and the Britons

249
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De Bello Gallico, Book 5

A

Expeditions against the Britons and extermination of Gallia Belgica

250
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De Bello Gallico, Book 6

A

Extermination of Gallia Belgica

251
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De Bello Gallico, Book 7

A

Caesar’s defeat of Vercingetorix

252
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Novus homo, despite being from a noble family

A

Sallust

253
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Tribune of the plebs who led a campaign against Milo and Cicero

A

Sallust

254
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Expelled from the senate for moral degeneracy

A

Sallust

255
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Sallust’s residence

A

Horti Sallustiani between the Quirinal and the Pincian

256
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Sallust’s political career

A

tribune of the plebs (52 B.C.), quaestor (49 B.C.), praetor (46 B.C.)

257
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Sallust’s governorship

A

crappy administrator of Africa Nova, and is accused of embezzlement when he returns

258
Q

Sallust’s last and unfinished work

A

Historiae

259
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Sallust’s historical monograph on Catiline

A

Bellum Catilinae

260
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Only two great men of the time according to Sallust

A

Caesar and Cato

261
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Sallust’s quote on the war with Jugurtha

A

first occasion when “men dared to oppose the insolence of the nobility”

262
Q

Jugurtha’s description of Rome

A

urbs venalis (“city for sale”)

263
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Sallust’s description of the war against Jugurtha

A

Bellum Iugurthinum

264
Q

Sallust’s greatest historical work, covering the period between 78 and 67 B.C.

A

Historiae

265
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What events does Sallust’s Histories cover

A

Death of Sulla to the end of Pompey against the pirates

266
Q

A spurious work of Sallust directed against Cicero

A

Invectiva in Ciceronem

267
Q

Spurious work of Sallust’s letters

A

Epistulae ad Caesarem Senem de Republica

268
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Sallust’s most constant theme

A

corrupted institutions and the greed that has brought the decline of the republic

269
Q

Inconncinitas and its developer

A

rejection of symmetry, Sallust

270
Q

Augustus’ propagandistic biography

A

Res Gestae Divi Augusti

271
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Place where a great part of Augustus’ Res Gestae is found

A

Monumentum Ankyranum

272
Q

Dedicatees of Augustus’ Res Gestae

A

Agrippa and Maecenas

273
Q

Augustus’ attempted poem

A

Ajax

274
Q

Introducer of Horace to Maecenas

A

Varius Rufus (and sometimes Vergil)

275
Q

Publishers of Vergil’s Aeneid after his death

A

Plottius Tucca and Varius Rufus

276
Q

Varius Rufus’ poem on Epicureanism

A

De Morte

277
Q

Varius Rufus’ works

A

Thyestes (tragedy), De Morte, Panegyric on Augustus

278
Q

Maecenas’ literary circle

A

Vergil, Horace, and Propertius

279
Q

Proposer of the Georgics

A

Maecenas

280
Q

Maecenas’ prose Menippean Satire

A

Prometheus

281
Q

Asinius Pollio political career

A

Consul in 40 B.C., won a triumph for victory over an Illyrian tribe

282
Q

Founder of the first public library in Rome

A

Asinius Pollio

283
Q

First to recite his own works to an audience

A

Asinius Pollio

284
Q

Asinius Pollo’s criticisms

A

Cicero for a lack of Latinitas, Livy for having Patavinitas, and Caesar for lacking diligentia in his historical writing

285
Q

Asinius Pollio’s major work

A

Historiae, a lost history of the Civil Wars

286
Q

Period Covered by Asinius Pollio’s Historiae

A

consulship of Metellus in 60 B.C. to Phillippi

287
Q

Military career of Valerius Messalla

A

fought with Brutus, Cassius, and then Antony but switched to Octavian at the right moment

288
Q

Circle of Valerius Messalla

A

Tibullus, Ovid, Lygdamus, Sulpicia the Elder

289
Q

Vergil’s earliest schoolteachers

A

Siro and Epidius

290
Q

Mother of Vergil

A

Magia Pollia

291
Q

Introducer of Vergil to Callimachean poetry

A

Parthenius

292
Q

Story of Vergil and Augustus

A

following his victory over Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian stopped at Vergil’s house and had Vergil read him from the Georgics

293
Q

Circumstances of Vergil’s death

A

At Brundisium, returning from a voyage to Greece.

294
Q

Vergil’s work on the lives of shepherds

A

Eclogues

295
Q

Number of Books in the Eclogues

A

10

296
Q

Basis for Vergil’s Eclogues

A

Theocritus’ Idylls

297
Q

What does Vergil refuse to speak of in his Eclogues

A

reges et proelia

298
Q

Dedicatees of Vergil’s Eclogues

A

Books 4 and 8, Asinius Pollio, Books 6 and 10, Cornelius Gallus, overall work, Octavian

299
Q

Eclogue 1

A

Dialogue between Tityrus and Meliboeus on land confiscations

300
Q

Eclogue 2

A

The shepherd Corydon complains of his love for Alexis

301
Q

Eclogue 4

A

The Messianic Eclogue on the birth of a child who will witness a new and happy cosmic age

302
Q

Eclogue 5

A

Menalcas and Mopsus lament the death of Daphnis, a deified pastoral hero

303
Q

Eclogue 6

A

The aged Silenus is captured by two young men and sings on a number of topics

304
Q

Eclogue 7

A

Meliboeus recounts a duel between the Arcadian shepherds Thyrsis and Corydon

305
Q

Eclogue 8

A

A singing contest dedicated to Asinius Pollio, with two stories of unhappy love: the lament of Damon, who will choose death, and the magical practices of a woman in love

306
Q

Eclogue 9

A

Dialogue between two shepherd-poets on the reality of the Mantuan countryside and the expropriations that followed the Civil Wars

307
Q

Eclogue 10

A

The poet Vergil consoles Cornelius Gallus for his love pains

308
Q

Basis for Vergil’s Georgics

A

Hesiod’s Works and Days

309
Q

Dedicatee of Vergil’s Georgics

A

Maecenas

310
Q

Reason Vergil had to forfeit his farm (later got it back)

A

too close to wretched Cremona

311
Q

Georgics Book 1

A

working of the fields, digression: the civil wars

312
Q

Georgics Book 2

A

arboriculture, digression: the praise of the rural life

313
Q

Georgics Book 3

A

Raising of livestock, digression: plague among animals of Noricum

314
Q

Georgics Book 4

A

beekeeping, digression: story of Aristaeus and his bees, further digression: Orpheus and Eurydice

315
Q

Original ending of Georgics Book 4 and reason for change

A

laudes Galli (praise of Gallus), removed when Gallus committed suicide after falling into disgrace with Augustus

316
Q

Part of the purpose of the Aeneid

A

Praise Augustus’ ancestors

317
Q

Order of Vergil’s will

A

Aeneid should be burned

318
Q

Act of drawing prophecy from the Aeneid

A

Sortes Vergilianae

319
Q

Aeneid Book 1

A

Juno provokes Aeolus to send the winds against Aeneas’ fleet, they are forced to put ashore near Carthage, Dido welcomes them and asks to recount the fall of Troy

320
Q

Aeneid Book 2

A

Aeneas recounts the end of Troy, in which he loses Creusa

321
Q

Aeneid Book 3

A

Aeneas’ account of his travels

322
Q

Aeneid Book 4

A

Story of Dido’s love for Aeneas and after his desertion, her suicide

323
Q

Aeneid Book 5

A

Trojans stop in Sicily and celebrate the funeral games of Anchises

324
Q

Aeneid Book 6

A

Aeneas consults with the Cumaean Sibiyl and sees Deiphobus, Dido, Palinurus, Anchises, and a parade of future Roman heroes

325
Q

Aeneid Book 7

A

Aeneas disembarks at the mouth of the Tiber, makes a pact with Latinus, which is destroyed when Juno launches Allecto to stir up Turnus and Amata

326
Q

Aeneid Book 8

A

Aeneas allies with Evander against Mezentius and receives a set of armor made by Vlucan

327
Q

Aeneid Book 9

A

The Trojan youths Nisus and Euryalus are killed during a nighttime expedition

328
Q

Aeneid Book 10

A

Aeneas comes back to the battle, but Turnus kills Evander’s son Pallas and strips him of his belt, Aeneas kills Mezentius

329
Q

Aeneid Book 11

A

Aeneas mourns Pallas, Camilla the Latin warrior dies

330
Q

Aeneid Book 12

A

duel between Aeneas and Turnus, Aeneas slays Turnus, not sparing him after seeing the belt of Pallas

331
Q

Author of the twelve book Interpretationes, with each book dissecting the Aeneid’s respective book

A

Tiberius Claudius Donatus

332
Q

Meter for all of Vergil’s works

A

hexameter

333
Q

Horace’s father

A

freedman, cofactor exactionum (collector of payments at auctions), and Horace’s paedagogus.

334
Q

Horace’s schoolteacher

A

Orbilius

335
Q

Horace’s nickname for Orbilius and the reason

A

plagosus because of his penchant for blow

336
Q

Orbilius’ teaching in school

A

Orbilius stressed the archaic poets

337
Q

Claimed to know the Odusia by heart

A

Horace

338
Q

Horace’s military career

A

joined Brutus’ army and served as military tribune at Philippi

339
Q

Horace’s job following the confiscation of his farm

A

scriba quaestorius

340
Q

Horace refused what job

A

Augustus’ offer to make Horace his personal secretary

341
Q

Horace’s companion to Brundisium

A

Vergil

342
Q

Patron and author who died two months apart

A

Horace and Maecenas

343
Q

Horace’s 17 short poems written between 41 and 30 BC

A

Epodes

344
Q

Accompanied the second book of Horace’s Satires

A

Epodes

345
Q

Horace’s name for the Epodes and his reason

A

Iambi, because of the predominating Iambic rhythm

346
Q

Message of the Epode’s’ prefatory poem

A

Horace claims he will accompany Maecenas to face any danger

347
Q

Events in Horace’s epodes

A

invective against the witch Canidia, playful invective against garlic (and Maecenas, who prepared it for him).

348
Q

Horace’s claim in his Epodes

A

he is the first to bring Archilochus’ iambs to Latium

349
Q

Epode 10

A

reverse propempticon (wishing someone a good voyage) to Maevius, wishing Maevius a shipwreck

350
Q

Source for Horace’s Epodes

A

Archilochus and Hipponax

351
Q

Length of Horace’s Epodes

A

17 poems

352
Q

Length of Horace’s Satires

A

Two books, total of 18 satires

353
Q

Horace’s famous Satire on a journey

A

Journey to Brundisium

354
Q

Events in Horace’s satires

A

Ofellus, the Stoic Damasippus, Stertinius, Catius’ gastronomic theory; Tiresias and Ulysses on building estate; Horace and his slave Davus; the rich man Nasidienus expounds on gastronoimic theory

355
Q

Credited by Horace with inventing satire

A

Lucilius

356
Q

Length of Horace’s Odes

A

4 books

357
Q

Horace’s work, composed at Augustus’ behest for the Ludi Saeculares

A

Carmen Saeculare

358
Q

Meter of the Carmen Saeculare

A

Sapphic

359
Q

Theme of Carmen Saeculare

A

hymn to the gods, especially Apollo and Diana, asking for prosperity for Rome and Augustus’ government.

360
Q

Performers of Carmen Saeculare

A

27 boys and 27 girls

361
Q

Events of Horace’s Odes

A

Ode to Thaliarcus on winter, ode on Sappho and Alcaeus bewitching the Underworld with their song

362
Q

Famous quote of Horace’s Odes

A

Carpe diem

363
Q

Length of Horace’s Epistles

A

2 books

364
Q

Dedicatee of the prefatory epistle of Horace

A

Maecenas

365
Q

New Literary Genre of Horace, and its work

A

Verse epistle, Epistles

366
Q

Events of Horace’s Epistles

A

Horace instructs Tibullus on Epicurean precepts; Horace advises Lollius on reading Homer; Homer talks to Fuscus on city and country life

367
Q

Two epistles of Horace’s second book

A

Augustus, criticizing admiration for the archaic poets and examines the development of Roman literature. The second, to Julis Florus, is a sort of retirement from poetry and describes the Roman writer’s daily life and the pursuit of philosophical wisdom.

368
Q

Horace’s work which may have been in the second book the Epistles

A

Ars Poetica

369
Q

Alternate name for the Ars Poetica

A

Epistula ad Pisones

370
Q

Horace’s source for the Ars Poetica

A

Neoptolemus of Parium

371
Q

Horace’s treatise in 476 lines on theories of poetry

A

Ars Poetica

372
Q

Length of Horace’s Ars Poetica

A

476 Lines

373
Q

Quintilian’s order of elegiac authors

A

Cornelius Gallus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid

374
Q

Friend and fellow student of Vergil at Rome

A

Cornelius Gallus

375
Q

How Cornelius Gallus helped Vergil

A

helped preserve his land during the land confiscations following Philippi

376
Q

First prefect of Egypt

A

Cornelius Gallus

377
Q

Cornelius Gallus’ downfall and reason

A

fell into disgrace through his haughtiness as praefectus Aegypti, perhaps erecting figures to himself instead of Augustus. Gallus later committed suicide.

378
Q

Cornelius Gallus’ major work

A

Amores

379
Q

Length of Cornelius Gallus’ Amores

A

4 books

380
Q

Other lover of Volumnia

A

Cornelius Gallus

381
Q

Poet of whom Gallus was an admirer

A

Euphorion

382
Q

Dedicatee of Parthenius’ Erotika Pathemata

A

Cornelius Gallus

383
Q

Parthenius’ collection of prose myths about love

A

Erotika Pathemata

384
Q

Greatest elegist according to Ovid

A

Cornelius Gallus

385
Q

Quintilian’s opinion of Tibullus

A

terse but elegant (“tarsus atque elegans”)

386
Q

Tibullus’ work

A

Corpus Tibullianum

387
Q

Length of the Corpus Tibullianum

A

4 books

388
Q

Loves of Tibullus

A

Delia (Plania), Nemesis, Marathus

389
Q

Primary writer of Book 3 of the Corpus Tibullianum and his love

A

Lygdamus, Neaera

390
Q

Other figure in the Corpus Tibullianum and her love

A

Sulpicia, Cerinthus

391
Q

First Book of Propertius’ Elegies

A

Monobiblos

392
Q

Length of Propertius’ Elegies

A

Four books

393
Q

Addressee of Propertius’ first book of elegies

A

Cynthia

394
Q

Subject of Propertius’ third book

A

epicedion for the death of Marcellus, Augustus’ son-in-law and adopted son, and how Cynthia visits him as a ghost in a dream.

395
Q

Other consolation in Propertius’ elegies

A

on the death of Cornelia, Scribona’s daughter

396
Q

Propertius’ opinion on the Aeneid

A

the Aeneid was a work greater than the Iliad

397
Q

Propertius’ declares himself

A

the “Roman Callimachus”

398
Q

The Roman Alcaeus

A

Horace

399
Q

Claimant to be the first to treat Italian subjects in Greek strains

A

Propertius

400
Q

Teachers of Ovid

A

Arellius Fuscus and Porcius Latro

401
Q

Ovid’s original career path

A

law and politics, as his father wanted

402
Q

Ovid’s daughter

A

Perilla

403
Q

Married three times

A

Ovid

404
Q

Why Ovid was exiled to Tomi

A

Carmen et Error

405
Q

Ovid’s place of exile

A

Tomi on the Black Sea

406
Q

What was Ovid’s Carmen et Error

A

Involved in the adultery of Julia Minor, Augustus’ granddaughter, with Decimus Junius Silanus, or the raunchiness of his Ars Amatoria/Metamorphoses

407
Q

Ovid’s First Work

A

Amores

408
Q

Length of Ovid’s Amores

A

5 books

409
Q

Ovid’s new literary genre and its work

A

mythological elegy, Heroides

410
Q

Length of Ovid’s Heroides

A

21 total letters, 15 one-way, 3 double letters (letter and response)

411
Q

Letters by aggrieved heroines to their erstwhile lovers

A

Ovid’s Heroides

412
Q

Double Heroides

A

Paris and Helen, Hero and Leander, Acontius and Cyddipe

413
Q

Ovid’s lost tragedy, highly popular in antiquity

A

Medea

414
Q

Length of Ovid’s Ars Amatoria

A

3 books, first two on seducing women, third on seducing men

415
Q

Ovid’s didactic poem on seduction

A

Ars Amatoria

416
Q

The opposite of the Ars Amatoria, treating how to fall out of love

A

Remedia Amoris

417
Q

Ovid’s didactic poem on the cosmetics of women

A

Medicamina Faciei Femineae

418
Q

Length of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

A

15 books

419
Q

Ovid’s magnum opus, a collection over 250 myths, chronicling the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Caesar

A

Metamorphoses

420
Q

Ovid’s poetic calendar on Roman and Italian traditions and myths

A

Fasti

421
Q

Dedicatee of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

A

Germanicus

422
Q

Length of Ovid’s Fasti, its intended length, and the reason for the intended length

A

6 books, 12 books, one book for each month

423
Q

Ovid’s first work in exile, first book written during the voyage to Tomi

A

Tristia

424
Q

Contents of the second book of Ovid’s Tristia

A

a plea and defense addressed to Augustus

425
Q

Length of Ovid’s Tristia

A

5 books

426
Q

Ovid’s work, entirely in letters, describing the rigors of his exile and pleading for leniency. Includes a catalogue of Augustan age poets

A

Epistulae ex Ponto

427
Q

Invective poem against Ovid’s enemy in Rome

A

Ibis

428
Q

Basis for Ovid’s Ibis

A

Callimachus’ similar work

429
Q

Ovid’s didactic poem on fishing

A

Halieutica

430
Q

Spurious poem of Ovid about a nut tree

A

Nux

431
Q

Unnamed work of Ovid

A

poem in the Getic language spoken at Tomi

432
Q

Livy’s original interest

A

philosophy

433
Q

Encouraged Claudius to write history

A

Livy

434
Q

Livy’s massive historical work, a history of Rome from its foundation to the contemporary period

A

Ab Urbe Condita

435
Q

Length of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita

A

142 books

436
Q

Number of Extant Books in Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita

A

35

437
Q

Form of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita

A

annalistic

438
Q

Beginning and End of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita

A

Aeneas’ flight from Troy, death of Drusus I

439
Q

Livy’s sources

A

Valerius Antias, Licinius Macer, Claudius Quadrigarius, Fabius Pictor

440
Q

Criticism of Livy

A

He was an exornator rerum, caring more about an exciting narrative than a critical evaluation of sources.

441
Q

Augustus’ joking description of Livy

A

a “Pompeian,” because of his Republican symapthies

442
Q

Short summaries of Livy’s books

A

Periochae

443
Q

Missing Periochae

A

136 and 137

444
Q

Major work of Asinius Pollio

A

Histories

445
Q

History from the first triumvirate onwards, including the Civil War

A

Asinius Pollio’s Histories

446
Q

Builder of the first public library

A

Asinius Pollio

447
Q

Works of Augustus

A

Commentarii de Vita sua and the Res Gestae (funeral inscription)

448
Q

Agrippa’s work

A

Commentarii

449
Q

Work of Pompeius Trogus

A

Historicae Philippicae

450
Q

Length of Pompeius Trogus’ Historica Philippicae

A

44 books

451
Q

Military career of Pompeius Trogus’ father

A

lieutenant of Caesar

452
Q

Universal history, but focused on the history of Macedon

A

Pompeius Trogus’ Historicae Phillipicae

453
Q

Pompeius Trogus’ primary source

A

the anti-Roman Timagenes

454
Q

Abbreviator of Pompeius Trogus’ Historicae Phillipicae

A

Justin

455
Q

Work of Velleius Paterculus

A

Historiae

456
Q

Length of Velleius Paterculus’ Historiae

A

2 books

457
Q

Dedicatee of Velleius Paterculus’ Historiae

A

M. Vincius

458
Q

Velleius Paterculus’ military career

A

calvary commander under Tiberius and praetor for AD 15

459
Q

Major theme of Velleius Paterculus’ Historiae

A

profuse praise of Tiberius

460
Q

Historical work paying particular attention to novi homines and containing a laudatory portrait of Sejanus

A

Velleius Paterculus’ Historiae

461
Q

Major Work of Valerius Maximus

A

Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium

462
Q

Length of Valerius Maximus’ Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium

A

9 books

463
Q

Source for pliny, Aulus Gellius, Lactantius, Priscian, Plutarch

A

Valerius Maximus’ Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium

464
Q

Other work of Valerius Maximus

A

Exempla

465
Q

Theme of Valerius Maximus’ Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium

A

Heavy praise of Tiberius

466
Q

Senatorial historians opposed to Tiberius

A

Cremutius Cordus and Titus Labienus

467
Q

Historical work, destroyed by Tiberius, glorying Brutus and terming Cassius the last of the Romans

A

Cremutius Cordus’ Annales

468
Q

Historian, work was burned by Tiberius (we know nothing of it)

A

Titus Labienus

469
Q

Major work of Curtius Rufus

A

Historiae Alexandri Magni

470
Q

Length of Curtius Rufus’ Historiae Alexandri Magni

A

10 books

471
Q

Author of Historicae Philippicae

A

Pompeius Trogus

472
Q

Author of Historiae Alexandri Magni

A

Curtius Rufus

473
Q

Greatest grammarian of the Augustan age

A

Verrius Flaccus

474
Q

Verrius Flaccus’ position appointed by Augustus

A

tutor of Augustus’ grandsons Gaius and Lucius

475
Q

Commentaries on the Roman calendar, used by Ovid

A

Verrius Flaccus’ Fasti

476
Q

Verrius Flaccus’ dictionary of difficult or obsolete terms

A

De Verborum Significatu

477
Q

Abridgements of Verrius Flaccus’ De Verborum Significatu

A

Pompeius Festus and Paulus Diaconus

478
Q

Other work of Verrius Flaccus

A

Rerum Etruscarum Libri

479
Q

Freedman of Augustus, in charge of the Palatine library

A

Hyginus

480
Q

Author’s works include a commentary on Vergil, a treatise on agriculture, and on the origin of bees

A

Hyginus

481
Q

Dubious works of Hyginus, likely written by a different Hyginus

A

Fabulae (myth collection), De Astronomia

482
Q

Lost work of Hyginus

A

Urbes Italiae

483
Q

Vitruvius’ work

A

De Architectura

484
Q

Length of De Architectura

A

10 books

485
Q

Vitruvius’ military and civilian career

A

officer in Caesar’s engineering corps and entrusted with building war machines. As a civilian, he developed the basilica of Fano

486
Q

Dedicatee of De Architectura

A

Augustus

487
Q

3rd book of De Architectura

A

Vitruvian Man

488
Q

Author of an encyclopedic work under Tiberius’ reign encompassing agriculture, medicine, military art, oratory, philosophy, etc.

A

Aulus Cornelius Celsus

489
Q

Extant section of Celsus’ encyclopedic work

A

De Medicina

490
Q

Author of Compositiones, a book of prescriptions intended only for practical use

A

Scribonius Largus

491
Q

Augustus’ and Horace’s doctor

A

Antonius Musa

492
Q

Dubious work of Antonius Musa

A

De Herva Vettonica

493
Q

Major work of Columella

A

De Re Rustica

494
Q

Columella’s treatise on agriculture, tenth book is an homage to Vergil

A

De Re Rustica

495
Q

Tenth book of Columella’s De Re Rustica

A

De Cultu Hortorum

496
Q

Subject of the De Cultu Hortorum

A

gardens, which was left untreated by Vergil (he asked future writers to address the topic)

497
Q

Columella whines about

A

how there are no schools for farmers

498
Q

Work published in two editions, De Arboribus alone remains from the first, the entire second edition remains intact

A

Columella’s De Re Rustica

499
Q

Author of a massive map and commentaries of it, set up at the Campus Martius after his death

A

Agrippa

500
Q

Pomponius Mela’s work

A

De Chorographia

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