Quiz 4

Question 1

Agrippina the Elder

Answer 1

wife of germanicus mother of caligula

Question 2

agrippina the younger

Answer 2

wife of Claudius mother of nero

Question 3

ancrya

Answer 3

greek site of the res gestae

Question 4

antonia

Answer 4

wife of drusus mother of Claudius.

Question 5

Ara pacis Augustae

Answer 5

altar celebrating Augustus’s return from Spain and Gaul.

Question 6

burrus

Answer 6

Praetorian prefect under nero

Question 7

aphrodisias

Answer 7

city in Asia Minor with large monument to the imperial cult.

Question 8

circus maximus

Answer 8

race track south of palantine

Question 9

damnatio memoriae

Answer 9

erasure of emperors public record after death

Question 10

decumanus

Answer 10

east west divide line on centurion grid

Question 11

dio Cassius

Answer 11

Roman historian, early 3rd century

Question 12

domus augustana

Answer 12

Palace of Dominican on palantine.

Question 13

domus aurea

Answer 13

post fire palace of nero

Question 14

domus tramsitoria

Answer 14

pre fire palace of nero

Question 15

drusus

Answer 15

father of Claudius. brother of tiberius

Question 16

fasti capitolini

Answer 16

inscription on the parthian recording consul

Question 17

genius Augusti

Answer 17

spirit of the emperor.

Question 18

herodes atticus

Answer 18

wealthy greek senator under Hadrian

Question 19

Italica

Answer 19

city in baetica, Hispana birth place of Trajan and Hadrian.

Question 20

jodapata

Answer 20

site of siege where Josephus was captured by Vespasian

Question 21

kardo

Answer 21

north south lines

Question 22

lares

Answer 22

spirit of household or place

Question 23

liva

Answer 23

wife of augustus mother of tiberius.

Question 24

ostia

Answer 24

port town near Rome.

Question 25

pallas

Answer 25

Freedman who became treasurer under Claudius.

Question 26

pantheon

Answer 26

temple founded by agrippina rebuilt by Trajan and Hadrian.

Question 27

Pliny the younger.

Answer 27

public intellectual under trajan

Question 28

res gestae

Answer 28

augustus biography detailing his achievements.

Question 29

sejanus

Answer 29

scheming prefect under tiberius.

Question 30

seneca

Answer 30

Roman philosopher that served as an advisor to nero

Question 31

serapeum/Canopus

Answer 31

fanciful Pavillion in Hadrian villa evoking famous site at Nile delta.

Question 32

seviri augustales

Answer 32

priest of the imperial cult.

Question 33

stadium of Domitian

Answer 33

built for greek styled foot races

Question 34

tacitus

Answer 34

Roman historian from 2nd century

Question 35

templum pacis

Answer 35

third of the imperial fora built by Vespasian

Question 36

tigellinus

Answer 36

prefect later under nero

Question 37

trivoli

Answer 37

site of Hadrian famous villa.