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1
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Geographical work proceeding counterclockwise from the Straits of Gibraltar and returning there

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Pomponius Mela

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First “pure geographer”

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Pomponius Mela

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3
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Pomponius Mela’s complaint

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geography can’t be elegant

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4
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Apicius’ work (a pseud-epigraph, since he likely did not write it)

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De Re Coquinaria

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5
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Collection of Recipes

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Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria

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Derivation of the name Apicius

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famous gourmet dish

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7
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First plebeian Pontifex Maximus

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Coruncianus

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Freedman and secretary of Appius Claudius Caecus

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Gnaeus Flavius

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Work of Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus, a renowned commentary on the Twleve Tables

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Triperita

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10
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The two Scaevolas

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Scaevola the Augur, teacher of Cicero, and Scaevola the Pontiff, author of a systematic treatment of civil law.

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Author of a consolation letter on the death of Tullia to Cicero and a famous letter on the murder of Marcus Marcellus

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Sulpicius Rufus

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12
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Heads of legal schools in the Augustan Age

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Labeo and Capito

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Political careers of Labeo and Capito

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Capito was consul, while Labeo refused Augustus’ offcer of a consulship

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14
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Works of Claudius

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histories of the Etruscans and Carthagnians, a Roman history focused on Augustus’ principate, a defense of Cicero against Asinius Gallus, and a grammatical work which proposed three new letters to the Roman alphabet

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15
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Quinquennial contest of song, music, poetry, and oratory

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Neronia

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16
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Institutor of the first state-supported chairs of rhetoric

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Vespasian

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17
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Libretto

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Fabula Saltica

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18
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Mime writer who lived under Caligula

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Catullus

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19
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Major works of the mime writer Catullus

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Laureolus (involved vomiting blood and a crucifixion on stage), Phasma

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20
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Seneca the Elder Nickname

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The Rhetorician

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21
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Work of Seneca the Elder

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Oratorum et Rhetorium Sententiae Divisones Colores

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22
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Three sons of Seneca the Elder

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Novatus (took the name of Gallio), Seneca the Younger, Mela (father of Lucan)

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23
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Two parts of Seneca the Elder’s Oratorum et Rhetorium Sententiae Divisiones Colores

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Controversiae, Suasoriae

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24
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Seneca the Elder’s trial of fictitious cases of Greek/Roman Law

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Controversiae

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Seneca the Elder’s “guiding” the action of a famous person facing a difficult decision

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Suasoriae

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26
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Inventor of the recitatio

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Asinius Pollio

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27
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Author reads passages of literature to an invited audience

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recitatio

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28
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Exiled to death by Caligula, but saved by Caligula’s lover

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Seneca the Younger

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29
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Reason for Seneca’s exile

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adultery with Julia Livilla

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30
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Exiler of Seneca

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Claudius

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31
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How Seneca was able to return

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Agrippina the Younger persuaded Claudius to recall Seneca, so he could tutor her son Nero

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32
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Reason and manner of Seneca’s death

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implication in the Pisonian conspiracy, committed suicide

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33
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Wife of Seneca the Younger

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Paulina

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34
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Mother of Seneca the Younger

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Helvia

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35
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Author of funeral oration for Claudius

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Seneca the Younger

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36
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Seneca’s style

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stichomythia (brisk interchange, line for line, of repartee between interlocutors)

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37
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Number of Seneca’s fabulae cothurnatae

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9

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38
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Seneca’s fabulae cothurnatae

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Hercules Furens, Hercules Oetatus, Troades, Phoenissae, Medea, Phaedra, Oedipus, Agamemnon, Thyestes, Phaedon

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39
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Seneca’s only surviving tragedy

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Octavia

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40
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Only completely extant Roman tragedy

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Seneca the Younger’s Octavia

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41
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Seneca’s treatises on ethical and philosophical questions

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Dialogi

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42
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Length of Seneca’s Dialogi

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12 books

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43
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Seneca questions why good men suffer misfortune when providence exists

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Ad Lucilium de Providentia

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44
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Addresee of Seneca’s De Constantia Sapientis

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Anaeus Serenus, an officer of Nero’s nightwatchman

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45
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Seneca argues that anger can be controlled, discussed the cruelty of Caligula

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Ad Novatum de Ira

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46
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On the firmness of the wise

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Ad Serenum de Constantia Sapientis

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47
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Seneca’s consolation to the daughter of Cremutus Cordus on her son’s death

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Ad Marciam de Consolatione

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48
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Seneca poses the question “in what does happiness consist?”

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Ad Novatum de Vita Beata

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49
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Seneca’s defense of leisure and relaxation

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Ad Serenum de Otio

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50
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Seneca’s pursuit of peace of mind amidst the troubles of his life

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Ad Serenum de Tranquilitate Animi

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51
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Seneca argues the value of time and the need to use it wisely

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Ad Paulinum de Brevitate Vitae

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52
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Seneca consoles a powerful freedman of Claudius on the loss of his brother, really Seneca’s attempt to flatter Claudius and get him to recall Seneca from exile

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Ad Polybium de Consolatione

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53
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Main purpose of Seneca’s Ad Polybium de Consolatione

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to flatter Claudius and get him to recall Seneca from exile

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54
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Seneca, to his own mother concerning his exile

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Ad Helviam Matrem de Consolatione

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55
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Seneca’s appeal on the duties of philanthropy, addressed to the upper class

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De Beneficiis

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56
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Addressee of Seneca’s De Beneficiis

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Aebutius Liberalis

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57
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Length of Seneca’s De Beneficiis

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7 books

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58
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Addresee and Dedicatee of Seneca’s De Clementia

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Nero

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59
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Seneca’s work designed to mollify the young emperor Nero

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De Clementia

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60
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Length of Seneca’s De Clementia

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3 books

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61
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Seneca’s letters addressed to his friend Lucilius

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Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium

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62
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Seneca’s new genre of Latin literature and its corresponding work

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philosophical letter, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium

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Length of Seneca’s Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium

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20 books containing 124 letters

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64
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Often used as evidence to support that Seneca was a Christian

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Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium

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65
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Seneca’s only work on science

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Quaestiones Naturales

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66
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Dedicatee of Seneca’s Quaestiones Naturales

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Lucilius

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67
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Seneca’s work treating questions of physics and natural phenomena

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Quaestiones Naturales

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68
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Length of Seneca’s Quaestiones Naturales

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7 books

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69
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Seneca’s work on moral precepts, composed on his deathbed

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Quaestiones Morales

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70
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Composed on Seneca’s deathbed

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Quaestiones Morales

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71
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Length of Seneca’s Quaestiones Morales

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12 dialogues/books

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72
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Seneca’s Menippean Satire on the apotheosis of Claudius

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Apocolocyntosis

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73
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Alternate names for Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis

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Ludus de More Claudii/Divi Claudii Apotheosis per Saturam

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74
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Took his life because Tiberius found critical allusions in his tragedy Atreus. Also an orator

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Mamercus Scaurus

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75
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Author of an Aeneas, his biography was written by Pliny the Younger

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Pomponius Secundus

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76
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Major work of Pomponius Secundus

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Aeneas

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77
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Interloctuor in Tacitus’ Dialogus de Oratoribus, wrote two fabulae praetextae, Cato and Domitius

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Curiatus Maternus

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78
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Works of Curiatius Maternus

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Cato and Domitius

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79
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Author of a famous epigram on the death of Tibullus

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Domitius Marsus

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80
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Famous elegist, consul in 12 BC

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Valgius Rufus

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81
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Author of Cynegetica, a short didactic poem on hunting

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Grattius Faliscus

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Author of Hellenistic didactic poetry, including De Herbis, Theriaca, and Ornithographia

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Aemilius Macer

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83
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Work of Grattius Faliscus

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Cynegetica

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84
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Works of Germanicus

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Aratea and Prognostica

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85
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Germanicus’ translation of Aratus’ Phaenomena

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Aratea

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86
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Dedicatee of Germanicus’ Aratea

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Tiberius

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87
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Author of the five book didactic hexameter poem Astronomica

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Manilius

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88
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Manilius’ major work

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Astronomica

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89
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Author of the Astronomica, on astronomy, the zodiac, horosocpes, etc.

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Manilius

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90
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Friend of Vergil and Horace, member of Maecenas’ circle

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Varius Rufus

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91
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Works of Varius Rufus

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Thyestes, de Morte, and Panegyric of Augustus

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92
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Author of Thyestes, de Morte, and Panegyric of Augustus

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Varius Rufus

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93
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Rival of Ovid and Vergil, wrote a poem on Germanicus’ expedition

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Albinovanus Pedo

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94
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Author of the Bellum Actiacum

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Rabirius

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95
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Author of the Res Romanae

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Cornelius Severus

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96
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Collection of poems traditionally ascribed to Vergil, although it is likely that all of the works are imitations

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Appendix Vergiliana

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97
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Works in the Appenix Vergiliana

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Dirae, Lydia, Catalepton, Culex, Ciris, Copa, Moretum, Priapea, Elegiae in Maecenatem, Aetna

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98
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A poem of invective on the land confiscations (AV)

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Dirae

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99
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A pastoral lament to a woman named Lydia (AV)

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Lydia

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100
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Two joined works of the Appendix Vergiliana

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Dirae and Lydia

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101
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Collection of 15 short poems, a “container” of small texts, panegyric on Messalla (AV)

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Catalepton

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102
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Epyllion on a shepherd who kills a kindly mosquito, the mosquito visits the shepherd in a dream and tells him about his descent to the Undeworld (AV)

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Culex

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103
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Epyllion on the love of Scylla for Minos (AV)

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Ciris

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104
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A lady innkeeper draws tenants to her inn by dancing (AV)

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Copa

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105
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The morning rising of a pesant and the making of his meal, a salad (AV)

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Moretum

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106
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Poems on the god Priapus (AV)

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Priapea

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107
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Elegy for Maecenas (AV)

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Elegiae in Maecenam

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108
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Scientific poem on the phenomena of volcanoes (AV)

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Aetna

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109
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First author in Greece or Rome to create a collection of fables

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Phaedrus

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110
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Freedman from Thrace

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Phaedrus

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111
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Length of Phaedrus’ fables

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5 books

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112
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Major inspiration for Phaedrus’ fables

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Aesop

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113
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Meter of Phaedrus’ fables

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iambic senarii

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114
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Work expressing the attitude of the oppressed under Tiberius and Caligula

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Phaedrus’ fables

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115
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Dedicatee of one book of Phaedrus’ fables

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Eutycus, a celebrated chariot driver of the Greens during Caligula’s reigns

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116
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Persecutor of Phaedrus

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Sejanus

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117
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Author of Eclogues in the style of Vergil

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Calpurnius Siculus

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118
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Long Panegyric on Piso in hexameters, attributed by some to Calpurnius siculus

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Laus Pisonis

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119
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Major work of Nero on the war at Troy, with Paris as its hero

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Troica

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120
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Author of the Troica, on the war at Troy with Paris as its hero

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Nero

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121
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Poetic abridgement of the Iliad

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Ilias Latina

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122
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Wrote to her husband Calenus, praised by Martial and compared to Sappho

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Sulpicia

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123
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Nephew of Seneca the Younger

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Lucan

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124
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Teacher of Lucan

A

Cornutus

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125
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Pupils of Cornutus

A

Lucan and Persius

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126
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Earliest friend of Lucan

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Persius

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127
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Intimate friend of Lucan, at least for a while

A

Nero

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128
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Lucan’s work, recited at the Neronia in 60 AD

A

Laudes Neronis

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129
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Reason for Lucan’s break with Nero

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Nero was jealous of Lucan’s literary talent

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130
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Reason for Lucan’s death

A

when Nero discovered Lucan’s involvement in the Pisonian conspiracy, he forced him to commit suicide

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131
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Lucan’s magnum opus

A

Pharsalia

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132
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Alternate name for Lucan’s Pharsalia

A

Bellum Civile

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133
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Subject of Lucan’s Pharsalia

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Civil war between Caesar and Pompey

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134
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Termed the “Anti-Vergil”

A

Lucan

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135
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The “Anti-Aeneid”

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Pharsalia

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136
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Unfinished in book 10 due to the author’s death

A

Lucan’s Pharsalia

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137
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Reason for the unfinished nature of Lucan’s Pharsalia

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Lucan died

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138
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Lost works of Lucan

A

Iliacon, Catachthonion, De Incendio Urbis, Medea, Saturnalia, Silvae, Laudes Neronis

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139
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Lucan’s work on the Trojan War

A

Iliacon

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140
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Lucan’s work on descent to the underworld

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Catachthonion

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141
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Authors of libretti for pantomimes

A

Juvenal and Lucan

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142
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More historical than epic, because there is no divine intervention

A

Pharsalia

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143
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Petronius’ political career

A

consul in 62 AD, governor of Bithynia

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144
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Reason for Petronius’ suicide

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committed suicide by Nero’s command

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145
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Falsely accused by Tigellinus to Nero for involvement in the Pisonian conspiracy

A

Petronius

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146
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Arbiter elegantiae in Nero’s court

A

Petronius

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147
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Petronius’ position in Nero’s court

A

arbiter elegantiae

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148
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How Petronius died

A

opened his veins and spent his last hours at a banquet

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149
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Petronius’ final acts before his death

A

openly denounced the emperor’s crimes in his letter, destroyed his signet ring.

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150
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Contains the famous Cena Trimalchionis

A

Petronius’ Satyricon

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151
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Protagonist of Petronius’ Satyricon

A

Encolpius

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152
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Satirical novel on the adventures of Encolpius, Giton, Ascyltus, and Eumolpus

A

Petronius’ Satyricon

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153
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Only characters which appear in all episodes of the Satyricon

A

Encolpius and Giton

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154
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Teacher of Encolpus in the Satyricon

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Agamemnon

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155
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Woman who involves Encolpius, Giton, and Ascyltus in a rite of Priapus

A

Quartilla

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156
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Encolpius meets whom, loses his sexual ability

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Circe

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157
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How to gain Eumolpus’ estate

A

eat his corpse

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158
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How Encolpius gains his virility back

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Humiliating magical practices with Priapus

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159
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80 poems with thematic links to the Satyricon, 68th is a reimagining of the Odyssey

A

Priapea (different from AV)

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160
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Father died when he was six years old

A

Persius

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161
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Full name of Persius

A

Aules Persius Flaccus

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162
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Author of a biography of Cato Uticensis that would become a model for Plutarch, committed suicide when ordered by Nero

A

Thrasea Paetus

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163
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Persius Flaccus’ age at death

A

27

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164
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First commentator on Persius

A

Valerius Probus

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165
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Reviser and publisher of Persius’ works

A

Cornutus and Caesius Bassus

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166
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Persius’ work

A

Satires

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167
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Length of Persius’ Satires

A

6 poems

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168
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Lucan’s reaction to a recitation of Persius

A

Lucan got so excited that he exclaimed that Persius’ works were real poetry, and his only trivialities.

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169
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Depended on patronage although he was from a wealthy family

A

Juvenal

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170
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Length of Juvenal’s Satires

A

16 satires, 5 books

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171
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Juvenal’s name for the Satires

A

Farragones

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172
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Teacher of Juvenal

A

Quintilian

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173
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Juvenal’s banisher

A

either Domitian or Trajan

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174
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Juvenal’s hated enemy in his Satires

A

Domitian

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175
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Oldest friend of Juvenal

A

Martial

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176
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Martial’s description of Juvenal

A

facundus

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177
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Patron of Juvenal, allowed him to achieve financial security

A

Hadrian

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178
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Sent to Egypt at eighty years old, likely because his verses gave offense to the emperor

A

Juvenal

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179
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Satire 1

A

Juvenal’s prefatory satire, in which he rails against fashionable declamations

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180
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Satire 2

A

Juvenal rants against homosexuals

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181
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Satire 3

A

Juvenal’s friend Umbricius is leaving Rome, because the city has become dangerous for honest man

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182
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Satire 4

A

Domitian calls a council to deliberate how to cook a gigantic turbot given to him as a gift

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183
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Satire 5

A

the rich Virro gives a dinner and his guests are humiliated

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184
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Satire 6

A

Juvenal’s longest satire, rails against the immorality and vices of women (contains qui custodiet ipsos custos)

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185
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Satire 7

A

Juvneal remembers fondly the patronage of Augustan age literature, lamenting the decline of study

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186
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Satire 8

A

Juvenal attacks the false nobility of birth

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187
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Satire 9

A

A dialogue where the homosexual Naevolus protests for being “ill-rewarded for his difficult services”

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188
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Satire 10

A

The folly of human desires (includes panem et circenses)

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189
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Satire 11

A

Juvenal’s friend gives him a modest dinner, which he compares with the ostentatious banquets of rich men

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190
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Satire 12

A

Juvenal attacks legacy hunter

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191
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Satire 13

A

Juvenal attacks cheats and swindlers

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192
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Satire 14

A

Juvenal discussed the upbringing of children

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193
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Satire 15

A

Juvenal recounts an episode of cannibalism in Egypt

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194
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Satire 16

A

Juvenal lists the advantages of military life

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195
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Believes that man is irredeemably susceptible to corruption

A

Juvenal

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196
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Breaks satire’s “traditional link with comedy” and brings satire “near to tragedy”

A

Juvenal

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197
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Statius’ father’s profession

A

schoolmaster

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198
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Statius’ wife

A

Claudia

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199
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Children of Statius

A

none of his own, but had a stepdaughter and a slave boy

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200
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Author of the Silvae

A

Statius

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201
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Statius’ work in 5 books of 32 short poems

A

Silvae

202
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Length of Statius’ Silvae

A

5 books of 32 short poems

203
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Emperor fawned over in Statius’ Silvae

A

Domitian

204
Q

Contains a famous poem about him not getting any sleep

A

Statius’ Silvae

205
Q

Only surviving epic which was completed and published by the author

A

Statius’ Thebaid

206
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How long Statius spent on his Thebaid

A

12 years

207
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Relationship between the Thebaid and the Aeneid

A

Statius wants the Thebaid to follow the Aeneid’s model “at a distance”

208
Q

Two halves of the Thebaid

A

one half (six books) on the journey, one half (6 books) on the war (recalls the Aeneid)

209
Q

Work of Gordian I based on the Thebaid

A

Antoninias

210
Q

Author of the Antoninias based on the Thebaid

A

Gordian I

211
Q

Unfinished epic poem by Statius

A

The Achilleid

212
Q

Statius’ historical poem on the deeds of Domitian

A

De Bello Germanico

213
Q

Statius’ successful pantomime libretto

A

Agave

214
Q

Full name of Valerius Flaccus

A

Gaius Valerius Flaccus Balbus Setinus

215
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Dedicatee of Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica

A

Vespasian

216
Q

Length of Valerius Flaccus’ Argonatuica

A

8 books

217
Q

Unfinished epic poem of Valerius Flaccus

A

Argonautica

218
Q

Silius Italicus’ political career

A

novus homo, consul in 68 A.D., governor in Asia

219
Q

Bought a villa of Cicero’s

A

Silius Italicus

220
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Silius Italicus’ opinion on Martial

A

Vergil’s heir

221
Q

Silius Italicus’ profession

A

lawyer and informer for Nero

222
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How Silius Italicus died

A

got an incurable disease and starved himself to death

223
Q

Bough the tomb of Vergil and collected relics of him

A

Silius Italicus

224
Q

Silius Italicus’ epic on the Second Punic War

A

Punica

225
Q

Longest epic in Latin

A

Punica

226
Q

Worst epic in Latin

A

Punica

227
Q

Subject matter of Silius Italicus’ Punica

A

Second Punic War

228
Q

Pliny the Elder’s military and political career

A

military service in Germany between 46 and 58, procurator under Vespasian in Gaul, Africa, and Spain

229
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Emperor, was a close friend of Pliny the Elder

A

Vespasian

230
Q

Summation of the entirety of the existing state of practical and scientic knowledge

A

Naturalis Historia

231
Q

Where Pliny was commander of the naval fleet

A

Misenum

232
Q

How Pliny the Elder died

A

rescuing people from the eruption of Vesuvius

233
Q

Pliny the Elder’s work on the technique of fighting from horseback

A

De Iaculatione Equestri

234
Q

Pliny the Elder’s biography of his friend Pomponius Secundus

A

De Vita Pomponii Secundi

235
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Pliny the Elder’s work on the German wars

A

Bella Germaniae

236
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Pliny the Elder’s handbook for students of rhetoric, includes how an orator should arrange his hair

A

Studiosus

237
Q

Pliny the Elder’s handbook concerned with problems and variations of linguistic usage

A

Dubius Sermo

238
Q

Pliny the Elder’s historical work, attaching itself to an earlier author, covering from the end of Claudius’ reign to the accession of Vespasian

A

A Fine Aufidi Bassi

239
Q

Length of Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia

A

37 books

240
Q

Pliny the Elder’s massive encyclopedia

A

Naturalis Historia

241
Q

Dedicatee of the Naturalis Historia

A

Titus

242
Q

Most famous author of mirabilia, chief military leader and politican in the early days of Vespasian’s reign, and a decisive supporter of him

A

Licinius Mucianus

243
Q

Work of Julius Solinus, ¾ of which was taken from Pliny the Elder

A

Collectanea rerum memorabilium

244
Q

Frontinus’ jobs and political career

A

curator aquarum (director of aqueducts) under Nerva, consul in 73/74, 98, and 100, and governor of Britain, where he preceded Agricola

245
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Two works of Frontinus

A

De Aquis Urbis Romae, Strategemata

246
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Length of Frontinus’ De Aquis Urbis Romae

A

4 books

247
Q

Length of Frontinus’ Strategemata

A

4 books

248
Q

Frontinus’ collection of military anecdotes

A

Strategemata

249
Q

Alternate name for Frotinus’ De Aquis Urbis Romae

A

De Aquae Ductu Urbis Romae

250
Q

Frontinus’ treatment of the problems of Rome’s water supply

A

De Aquis Urbis Romae

251
Q

Introduced by the family of Seneca to high society

A

Martial

252
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Said to have lived in poor lodgings up three flights of stairs

A

Martial

253
Q

Owned a farm at Nomentum

A

Martial

254
Q

Literary friends of Martial

A

Quintilian, Lucan, Seneca the Younger, Juvenal, Pliny the Younger, Silius Italicus

255
Q

Work which won Martial the appreciation and money of Titus

A

Liber Spectacolorum

256
Q

Martial’s work performed at the opening of the Colosseum

A

Liber Spectacolorum

257
Q

Length of Martial’s Epigrams

A

12 books

258
Q

Martial’s opinion on the epigram

A

humblest of all genres

259
Q

Martial’s major work

A

Epigrams

260
Q

Martial’s depiction of humans

A

reduces people to recurrying types with grotesque figures (e.g. parasites, plagiarists, etc.)

261
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Social satire aims not to be harsh

A

Martial

262
Q

Uses the technique of closing quip

A

Martial

263
Q

Flattered by Martial’s epigrams

A

Domitian

264
Q

Became book XIII of the Epigrams

A

Xenia

265
Q

Became Book XIV of the Epigrams

A

Apophoreta

266
Q

Job of Quintilian’s father

A

teacher of rhetoric

267
Q

Teachers of Quintilian

A

Remmius Palaemon and Domitius Afer

268
Q

Quintilian’s profession

A

lawyer

269
Q

Summoned Quintilian to Rome

A

Galba

270
Q

Students of Quintilian

A

Pliny the Younger, Tacitus

271
Q

First salaried state professor

A

Quintilian

272
Q

Appointed Quintilian the first salaried state professor

A

Vespasian

273
Q

In charge of educating Domitian’s nephews

A

Quintilian

274
Q

Quintilian educated his nephews

A

Domitian

275
Q

Quintilian discusses remedies for the corruption of eloquence

A

De Causis Corruptae Eloquentiae

276
Q

Set of notes published by Quintilian’s students against his will

A

Artis Rhetoricae

277
Q

Length of the Artis Rhetoricae

A

2 books

278
Q

Quintilian’s principal work

A

Institutio Oratoria

279
Q

Dedicatee of Quintilian’s Instutio Oratoria

A

Victorius Marcellus

280
Q

Publisher and circulator of the Institutio Oratoria

A

Tryphon

281
Q

Sketches a comprehensive program of cultural and moral training for the orator

A

Quintilian’s Instutio Oratoria

282
Q

Quintilian’s goal

A

to take up and adapt Cicero’s legacy for his own time

283
Q

Contained the biggest library in Rome

A

Trajan’s Basilica Ulpia

284
Q

Rhetoricians in the Second Sophistic School

A

Aelius Aristides, Herodes and Atticus, and Fronto (not the aqueduct dude)

285
Q

Dedicatee of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations

A

Marcus Aurelius

286
Q

Wrote a poem to his dying soul (animula vagula blanda)

A

Hadrian

287
Q

Established a rhetorical and intellectual academy called the Athenaeum

A

Hadrian

288
Q

First Christian work in Latin, produced by the communities

A

Acta Martyorum

289
Q

Narrative works, developed out of larger or smaller autobiographical cores, which tell the story of martyrs throughout history

A

Passiones

290
Q

Masterpiece of the genre of Passiones

A

Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis

291
Q

Relationship of Pliny the Younger to Pliny the Elder

A

Nephew

292
Q

Teachers of Pliny the Younger

A

Quintilian, Nicetes, and Musonius

293
Q

Number of wives of Pliny the Younger

A

3

294
Q

Third wife of Pliny the Younger

A

Calpurnia

295
Q

Pliny the Younger’s political career

A

quaestor, tribune of the plebs, praetor, praefectus aerarii Saturni in 98 AD, curator alvei Tiberis (curator of the Tiber and its banks), consul suffectus in 100 AD, governor of Bithynia

296
Q

Pliny the Younger’s friend

A

Tacitus

297
Q

Proconsul of Africa, accused by Pliny and Tacitus of corruption

A

Marius Priscus

298
Q

Pliny the Younger lists the virtues of Trajan, attacks Domitian

A

Panegyricus

299
Q

Pliny’s speech of the thanks delivered to Trajan in the Senate

A

Panegyricus

300
Q

Pliny the Younger’s letters, tenth book contains private and official letters from Pliny to Trajan

A

Epistulae

301
Q

Length of Pliny the Younger’s Epistulae

A

10 books

302
Q

Tenth book of Pliny’s Epistulae

A

private letters to Trajan

303
Q

Addresee of the prefatory letter of Pliny’s Epistulae

A

Septicius CLarus

304
Q

Mistaken for Tacitus in the Circus Maximus

A

Pliny the Younger

305
Q

Urges Suetonius to publish the De Viris Illustribus

A

Pliny the Younger

306
Q

Married the daughter of Agricola, later governor of Britain

A

Tacitus

307
Q

Started his political career under Vespasian, continued it under Titus and Domitian

A

Tacitus

308
Q

Tacitus’ political career

A

Quaestor (under Titus), Praetor (under Domitian), consul suffectus in 97 AD (under Nerva), governor of Asia

309
Q

Consul of 97 AD, subject of a famous funeral elegy by Tacitus (who was the consul suffectus)

A

Virginius Rufus

310
Q

Accused Marius Priscus, proconsul of Africa, of corruption

A

Pliny the Younger and Tacitus

311
Q

Tacitus’ biography of his father-in-law

A

Agricola

312
Q

Tacitu’s short ethnographic treatise

A

Germania

313
Q

Tacitus’ two works published together

A

Germania and Agricola

314
Q

Alternate title for Tacitus’ Germania

A

De Origine et Situ Germanorum

315
Q

Used by Hitler for propagandistic purposes (due to the way it extols the virtues of the Germans)

A

Germania

316
Q

In some ways extols the virtues of the barbarians and reveals the vice and corruption that underscores Roman rule

A

Tacitus’ Germania

317
Q

Dedicatee of Tacitus’ Dialogus de Oratoribus

A

Fabius Justus

318
Q

May not have been written by Tacitus

A

Dialogus de Oratoribus

319
Q

Tacitus reports an imaginary discussion at the house of Curius Maternus between Maternus, Marius Aper, Vipstanus Messalla, and Julius Secundus

A

Dialogus de Oratororibus

320
Q

Interlocutors of Tacitus’ De Oratoribus

A

Curius Maternus, Marius Aper, Vipstanus Messalla, and Julius Secundus

321
Q

Discussion of the decline of oratory, eloquence, and poetry, author may have been present at the discussion in his youth

A

Tacitus’ Dialogus de Oratoribus

322
Q

Period covered by Tacitus’ Historiae

A

year of the four emperors (69 AD) to the death of Domitian (96 AD)

323
Q

Length of Tacitus’ Historiae

A

12/14 books

324
Q

Tacitus’ work, covering from 69 AD to 96 AD

A

Historiae

325
Q

Length of Tacitus’ Annales

A

16/18 books

326
Q

Tacitus’ work possibly left incomplete by his death

A

Annales

327
Q

Period covered by Tacitus’ Annales

A

death of Augustus to death of Nero

328
Q

Convinced that the principate is the only solution to ensure peace, the loyalty of the armies, but does not like despotic emperors

A

Tacitus

329
Q

Literary genre of pamphlets originating with the senatorial opposition recounting the sacrifice of martyrs of freedom

A

Exitus illustrium virorum

330
Q

Pliny the Younger’s opinion on Tacitus’ Historiae

A

it would win eternal fame

331
Q

Father of Suetonius and his career

A

Suetonius Laetus, tribune in the 13th legion

332
Q

Patrons of Suetonius, allowed him to enter the court

A

Pliny the Younger and Septicius Clarus

333
Q

Suetonius’ job under Trajan

A

in charge of public libraries

334
Q

Granted to Suetonius for his work under Trajan

A

ius trium liberorum

335
Q

Suetonius’ job under Hadrian

A

personal secretary of the emperor

336
Q

Job of Suetonius’ patron Septicius Clarus

A

praetorian prefect

337
Q

Suetonius’ encyclopedic work or else a title for his entire corpus

A

Pratu.Prata

338
Q

Suetonius’ collection of biographies of writers subdivided by genre

A

De Viris Illustribus

339
Q

Extant section of Suetonius’ De Viris Illustribus

A

De Grammaticis et Rhetoribus

340
Q

Other section of Suetonius’ De Viris Illustribus

A

De Poetis

341
Q

Suetonius’ collection of biographies of the emperors

A

De Vita Caesarum

342
Q

Dedicatee of Suetonius’ De Vita Caesarum

A

Septicius Clarus

343
Q

Author of a concise Epitoma of Roman military history in 2 or 4 books

A

Lucius Annaeus Florus

344
Q

Lived in the time of Hadrian, wrote an encyclopedic work Cenae Suae

A

Granius Licinianus

345
Q

Author of the Liber Memorabilis, which covers geography and mythology

A

Lucius Ampelius

346
Q

Author of an epitome of Pompetius Trogus’ 44 book Phillippicae Historiae

A

Justin

347
Q

Where Apuleius studied

A

Carthage, Athens, and Rome

348
Q

Where Apuleius stopped on a journey to Alexandria and married Pudentilla

A

Oea

349
Q

Son of the wealthy widow, Pudentilla, whom Apuleius married; friend of Apuleius

A

Pontianus

350
Q

Wealthy widow, married by Apuleius

A

Pudentilla

351
Q

Self-defense of Apuleius on charges of witchcraft brought against him by Pudentilla’s parents

A

Apologia

352
Q

Length of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses/Asinus Aureus

A

11 books

353
Q

Famous digression in Book 4 of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses

A

Cupid and Psyche

354
Q

Apuleius’ novel on the metamorphoses of Lucius

A

Asinus Aureus

355
Q

Main character of Apuleius’ Asinus Aureus

A

Lucius

356
Q

Pamphilia’s slave who accidentally turns Lucius into an ass

A

Fotius

357
Q

How Lucius regains his human form in the Asinus Aureus

A

eats roses

358
Q

Cult to which Lucius converts in the Asinus Aureus

A

Isis

359
Q

Conclusion of the Asinus Aureus

A

Lucius, at Osiris’ behest, becomes a lawyer in the Roman Forum

360
Q

Characters of the Apuleius’ Asinus Aureus

A

Lucius, Aristomenes, Pythias, Milo, and Pamphilia

361
Q

Apuleius defends himself against charges of witchcraft and in the process reveals the names of poets’ mistresses

A

Apologia

362
Q

Inherited a considerable fortune but wasted it

A

Apuleius

363
Q

23 of Apuleius’ oratorical passages

A

Florida

364
Q

Alternate name of Apuleius’ Florida

A

Anthera

365
Q

Length of Apuleius’ Florida

A

23 passages

366
Q

Apuleius’ synthesis of Plato’s physics and ethics

A

De Platone et Eius Dogmate

367
Q

Apuleius’ systematic treatment of the doctrine of demons

A

De Deo Socratis

368
Q

Apuleius’ reworking of the pseudo-Aristotelian Peri Kosmou

A

De Mundo

369
Q

Basis for Apuleius’ De Mundo

A

Peri Kosmou

370
Q

Dubious works of Apuleius

A

Peri Hermeneias, Asclepius, Hemagoras, translations of Plato, etc.

371
Q

Major work of the jurist Gaius, an introduction to Roman jurisprudence

A

Institutiones

372
Q

Author of the Institutiones, an introduction to Roman jurisprudence, and a famous jurist of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius

A

Gaius

373
Q

Lost works of Gaius

A

Edictum Provinciale and Libri rerum cotidianarum

374
Q

Famous jurist under Marcus Aurelius and Septimius Severus, accompanied Severus to Britain

A

Papinian

375
Q

Put to death by Caracalla for refusing to defend him against the charge of murdering his brother Geta

A

Papinian

376
Q

Works of Papinian

A

37 books of Quaestiones, 19 books of Responsa

377
Q

Famous Roman jurist under Carcalla, student of Papinian, guardian and Praetorian prefect of Alexander Severus

A

Ulpian

378
Q

Author of Differentiarum Libri IX, on the subtle differences between cases that seem similar

A

Modestinus

379
Q

Author of Collectanea rerum memorabilium, notes of all the unusual things he came across while reading various authors, primarily Pliny the Elder. Opens with a full Roman history from the kings to Augustus

A

Julius Solinus

380
Q

Greatest grammarian and philologist of the 2nd century BC, taught Cicero and Varro

A

Aelius Stilo

381
Q

Pupils of Aelius Stilo

A

Varro and Cicero

382
Q

First librarian, wrote fiven books of commentaries on Vergil

A

Hyginus

383
Q

Most eminent Grammaticus of the early empire, supposedly learned to read while accompanying his master’s son to school

A

Remmius Palaemon

384
Q

Remmius Palaemon’s major work

A

Ars Grammatica

385
Q

Contemporary of Remmius Palaemon, wrote commentaries on five speeches of Cicero

A

Asconius Pedianus

386
Q

Revised the works of Lucretius, Vergil, and Horace

A

Valerius Probus

387
Q

Tutor of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

A

Fronto

388
Q

Fronto’s political career

A

Consul in 143 A.D. with Herodes Atticus

389
Q

Rhetorician from Africa, native of Cirta, educated the adoptive sons of Antoninus Pius

A

Fronto

390
Q

Anti-Christian speech of Fronto

A

Arion

391
Q

Work of Aulus Gellius

A

Atticae Noctes

392
Q

Author of the Atticae Noctes

A

Aulus Gellius

393
Q

COlelction of notes taken on evenings during his winter spent near Athens

A

Aulus Gellius’ Atticae Noctes

394
Q

Teachers of Aulus Gellius

A

Fronto, Herodes Atticus, and Sulpicius Apollinaris

395
Q

Profession of Aulus Gellius

A

lawyer

396
Q

Written around 395, contains biographies of the emperors from Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius and those of two non-emperors

A

Historia Augusta

397
Q

Non-emperors covered in the Historia Augusta

A

Avidius Cassius and Lucius Verus

398
Q

Authors to whom the Historia Augusta is attributed

A

Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Volcatius Gallatinus, Aelius Lampridius, Trebellius Pollio, and Flavius Vopiscus

399
Q

Author of twelve lives from Nerva to Elegabalus, continuing Suetonius

A

Marius Maximus

400
Q

How Nemesianus justifies his subject matter in the prologue to his Cynegetica

A

Says that all the mythological topics have been exhausted

401
Q

Works of Nemesianus

A

Halieutica, Cynegetica, Nautica

402
Q

Nemesianus’ didactic poem on fishing

A

Halieutica

403
Q

Nemesianus’ didactic poem on hunting

A

Cynegetica

404
Q

Nemesianus’ didactic poem perhaps on fowling

A

Nautica

405
Q

Wrote four Eclogues based on Vergil

A

Nemesianus

406
Q

Dedicatees of Nemesianus’ main works

A

Carinus and Numerian

407
Q

Called vir clarissimus et illustris

A

Macrobius

408
Q

Neoplatonist who belonged to the cult of the Sun

A

Macrobius

409
Q

Macrobius’ Major work

A

Saturnalia

410
Q

A dinner conversation, containing a medley of writers from all ages, during a festival

A

Macrobius’ Saturnalia

411
Q

Dedicatee of Macrobius’ Saturnalia

A

his son Eustathius

412
Q

Length of Macrobius’ Saturnalia

A

7 books

413
Q

Dedicatee of Macrobius’ commentary on the Somnium Scipionis

A

his son Eustathius

414
Q

Author of a commentary on the Somnium Scipionis which applies the new doctrines of Neoplatonism

A

Macrobius

415
Q

Dedicatee of Macrobius’ De Differentiis et Societatibus Graeci Latinique Verbi

A

Symmachus

416
Q

Macrobius’ treatise on Latin and Greek words

A

De Differentiis et Societatibus Graeci Latini Verbi

417
Q

Author of the De Dei Natali

A

Censorinus

418
Q

Dedicatee of Censorinus’ De Dei Natali

A

Cerellius

419
Q

Censorinus’ work

A

De Dei Natali

420
Q

4th century historian who continued the histories of Tacitus

A

Ammianus Marcellinus

421
Q

The last great Roman historian

A

Ammianus Marcellinus

422
Q

Major work of Ammianus Marcellinus

A

Res Gestae a fine Corneli Taciti

423
Q

Admirer of Julian, served under him against the Persians

A

Ammianus Marcellinus

424
Q

Topics covered by Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae a fine Corneli Taicti

A

Nerva to the death of Valens I

425
Q

Length of Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae a fine Corneli Taciti

A

31 books

426
Q

Work of Ammianus Marcellinus, picks up from where Tacitus left off

A

Res Gestae a Fine Corneli Taciti

427
Q

Works of Aurelius Victor

A

Epitome de Caesaribus, Historia Tripertita

428
Q

Author of the Epitome de Caesaribus and the Historia Tripertita

A

Aurelius Victor

429
Q

Topics covered in Aurelius Victor’s Historia Tripertita

A

Aeneas, and from Augustus to Constantius

430
Q

4th century grammarian, had a statue placed in the forum in his honor

A

Victorinus

431
Q

Author of Ars Grammatica, commentaries on Cicero, De Definitonibus, and after converting at a very late age, Ad Candidum Arianum

A

Victorinus

432
Q

Works of Victorinus

A

Ars Grammatica, commentaries on Cicero’s De Inventione, De Definitionibus, Ad Candidum Arianum

433
Q

Converted from Neo-platonism to Christianity late in his life before writing the Ad Candidum Arianum

A

Victorinus

434
Q

Exiled in 356 because of his explicitly anti-Arian position. Wrote De Trinitatis, De Synodis, and the Hymns

A

Hilary of Poitiers

435
Q

Works of Hilary of Poitiers

A

De Trinitatis, De Synodis, and the Hymns

436
Q

Author of the 10 book Breviarum ab urbe condita at the request of Valens, covered Romulus to Jovian

A

Eutropius

437
Q

Eutropius’ position under Valens

A

magister memoriae

438
Q

Topics covered by Eutropius’ Breviarum Ab Urbe Condita

A

Romulus to Jovian

439
Q

Work of Eutropius

A

Breviarum ab urbe condita

440
Q

Author of the Mathesis and De Errore Profanarum Religionum

A

Firmicus Maternus

441
Q

Firmicus Maternus’ work on astrology

A

Mathesis

442
Q

Converted to Christianity after writing the Mathesis, later wrote the De Errore Profanarum Religionum

A

Firmicus Maternus

443
Q

Dedicatees of Firmicus Maternus’ De Errore Profanarum Religionum

A

Constantius and Constantine

444
Q

Zealously anti-pagan work of Firmicus Maternus

A

De Errore Profanarum Religionum

445
Q

Called the greatest living orator by Prudentius

A

Symmachus

446
Q

Pagan, mounted a virogorous defense of the traditional religion against Christianity

A

Symmachus

447
Q

Petitioned Valentinian II to restore the Altar of Victory in 384

A

Symmachus

448
Q

What Symmachus petitioned Valentinian II to restore

A

Altar of Victory

449
Q

Nickname of Symmachus

A

Eusebius

450
Q

Wife of Symmachus

A

Rusticiana

451
Q

Tenth book of Symmachus’ letters, contains corresponse to various emperors

A

Relationes

452
Q

Stopped Symmachus from restoring the Altar of Victory

A

St. Ambrose

453
Q

Length of Symmachus’ Relationes

A

fifty letters

454
Q

Teacher of Jerome, wrote commentaries on Terence and Vergil

A

Aelius Donatus

455
Q

Aelius Donatus’ commentaries on Vergil

A

Vita Vergilii

456
Q

Grammatical treatises of Aelius Donatus

A

Arsm minor and ars maior, under the distinction of the Ars Grammatica

457
Q

Wrote fables, cited Phaedrus as a source

A

Avianus

458
Q

Wrote Orbis Terrae, Ora maritime, and a translation of Aratus

A

Festus Avienus

459
Q

Wrote a Historia de excidio Troiae

A

Dares Phrygius

460
Q

Tutor to both Crispus and Gratian

A

Ausonius

461
Q

Students of Ausonius

A

Gratian and Crispus

462
Q

First Chrstian poet to write on themes other than Christianity

A

Ausonius

463
Q

Teacher of Ausonius

A

his uncle Aemilius Magnus Arborius

464
Q

Author of three Praefatiunculae in elegiac couplet

A

Ausonius

465
Q

Ausonius’ umbrella work for many works

A

Opuscula

466
Q

Most famous of Ausonius’ works

A

Parentalia, Bissula, Mosella, and Ephemeris

467
Q

Ausonius’ catalogue of his relatives and ancestors

A

Parentalia

468
Q

Ausonius’ poem to a cultured German slave girl

A

Bissula

469
Q

Ausonius’ epyllion to the namesake river

A

Mosella

470
Q

Ausonius’ description of a normal day in his life

A

Ephemeris

471
Q

Ausonius’ thanksgiving to Gratian

A

Gratiarum actio

472
Q

Author of a prayer in 42 rhopalic hexameters (each word has one more syllable than the last)

A

Ausonius

473
Q

Last poet of classical Rome

A

Claudian

474
Q

Court poet under Honorius and Stilicho

A

Claudian

475
Q

Claudian’s position in the court

A

court poet under Honorius and Stilicho

476
Q

Patron of Claudian, Claudian wrote a panegyricus for him

A

Stilicho

477
Q

Major poetic works of Claudian

A

De Raptu Proserpinae and the Gigantomachy

478
Q

Author of the De Raptu Proserpinae

A

Claudian

479
Q

Author of the Gigantomachy

A

Claudian

480
Q

Attacked the enemies of Honorius, Rufinus and Eutropius, in the In Rufinum and in Eutropium

A

Claudian

481
Q

Claudian’s historical works

A

De Bello Gothico and De Bello Gildonico

482
Q

Poet from Spain, court poet unde Aetius, had a statue erected to him in the Forum of Trajan

A

Merobaudes

483
Q

Major work of Merobaudes

A

Laus Christi

484
Q

Court poet under Aetius

A

Merobaudes

485
Q

Treated his return from Rome to Gaul by sea after the sack of Rome in his De Reditu Suo

A

Rutilius Namatianus

486
Q

Chief literary figure of the fifth century, bishop of Auvergne, panegyrics for Avitus, Majorian, and Anthemias

A

Sidonius Apollinaris

487
Q

Wrote an account of the Visigoths, who held him captive at one time

A

Sidonius Apollinaris

488
Q

Descendant of Symmachus, esteemed by Theodoric until he was charged with high treason

A

Boethius

489
Q

Wrote his De Consolatione Philosophiae while in prison for charges of treason

A

Boethius

490
Q

Style of Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae

A

Menippean Satire

491
Q

Length of Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae

A

39 poems

492
Q

Deals with the problem of a good and evil God, written while the author was in prison

A

Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae

493
Q

First major Christian Latin writer

A

Tertullian

494
Q

Position of Tertullian

A

Bishop of Carthage

495
Q

The “Christian Juvenal”

A

Tertullian

496
Q

A “Barbarizing Tacitus”

A

Tertullian

497
Q

The “Father of Latin Theology”

A

Tertullian

498
Q

Born a pagan at Carthage and was educated in the same school of rhetoric as Apuleius

A

Tertullian

499
Q

Profession of Tertullian’s father

A

centurion

500
Q

Heresy Tertullian adopted at the end of his life

A

Montanism

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