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1
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Who wrote Life of Cato

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Plutarch

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What did Plutarch write?

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Life of Cato

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3
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What does Livy write?

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Ab Urbe Condita

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4
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Who writes Ab Urbe Condita

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Livy

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5
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What does Horace write?

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Satire 2.6
Epodes 7, 16

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Who writes Satire 2.6?

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Horace

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7
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What does Juvenal write?

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Satires 3, 2, 9

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Who writes Satires 3, 2, 9?

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Juvenal

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9
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What does Cicero write?

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Pro Caelio
De Amicitia
De Senectute

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10
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Who writes Pro Caelio?

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Cicero

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11
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What does Plautus write?

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Pseudolus

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12
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Who writes pseudolus?

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Plautus

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13
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What does Seneca write?

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Natural Questions
Epistulae morales 7

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14
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Who writes Natural Questions?

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Seneca

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15
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What does Apuleius write?

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Apologia

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16
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Who writes Apologia?

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Apuleius

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17
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Who writes Ars Amatoria?

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Ovid

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18
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What does Ovid write?

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Ars Amatoria

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19
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What does Petronius write?

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Cena Trimalchionis

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20
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Who writes cena Trimalchionis?

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Petronius

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21
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What does Suetonius write?

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Life of Augustus

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22
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Who writes life of Augustus?

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Suetonius

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23
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What does Pliny the Younger write?

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Letters

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24
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Who writes Letters?

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Pliny the Younger

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25
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What does Apuleius write?

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The Golden Ass

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26
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Who writes The Golden Ass

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Apuleius

27
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Who writes Epistulae Morales 7

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Seneca

28
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What does Tacitus write?

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The Annals
Germania

29
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Who writes The Annals?

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Tacitus

30
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Who writes Epodes 7, 16?

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Horace

31
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What does Appian write?

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Civil Wars

32
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Who writes Civil Wars?

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Appian

33
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Who writes De Amicitia?

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Cicero

34
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Who writes De Senectute?

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Cicero

35
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What does Lucan write?

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Bellum Civile

36
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Who writes Bellum Civile?

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Lucan

37
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Who wrote Germania?

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Tacitus

38
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Who wrote Life of Antony?

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Athanasius

39
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What did Athanasius write?

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Life of Antony

40
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What is the main theme of Life of Cato?

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Plain living - didn’t spend his money on surplus things
Equality - drank the same wine and ate the same bread as his slaves
TRADITIONAL ROMAN VALUES

41
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What are the key themes in Ab Urbe Condita?

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Romulus and Remus
Sabine Women
Republican struggles
(Romes virtues and vices)

42
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What are the main themes in Satire 2.6?

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Simple life in the countryside compared to the corrupt urban elite’s view of ambition and greed

43
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What are the main ideas in Satire 3?

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Condemns urban life and Rome’s moral decay

44
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What is the key theme of Satire 2?

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Mocks hypocrisy, especially regarding gender and sexuality

45
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What idea does Satire 9 portray?

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Targets the degradation of Patron-Client relationships

46
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What is the premise of Pro Caelio?

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Marcus Caelius Rufus is defended against charges of political and moral misconduct. Cicero uses wit and rhetoric to target Clodia’s character.
Clodia portrayed as a prostitute

47
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What is the premise of Pseudolus?

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It’s a comic play involving clever slaves, gullible masters and schemes.
Themes include wit, social inversion and absurdities of human behaviour

48
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What themes does Natural Questions cover?

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Natural phenomena - earthquakes, rivers, cosmos.
Nature = human existence

49
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What is the premise of Apologia by Apuleius?

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A defence speech against accusations of using magic to marry a wealthy widow.
Sorcery/supernatural occurances and philosophy

50
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What does Ars Amatoria cover?

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A playful yet controversial guide to love and seduction - offers advice to men and women which blends myth, humour and societal values

51
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What does Cena Trimalchionis involve?

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A decadent banquet by a freedman who has come into wealth … does wealth the wrong way.
Trimalchio is vulgar and doesn’t act like an elite

52
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What is included in Life of Augustus?

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Rise to power, political reforms and personal life - shows his impact on Rome

53
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What do we see in Letters by Pliny the Younger?

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Personal letters covering topics such as natural disasters (eruption of Vesuvius), Roman politics, and daily life

54
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What does The Golden Ass portray?

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Lucius is transformed into a donkey and has adventures to gain his human form - metamorphosis, religion, redemption

55
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What is Epistulae Morales 7 showing?

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Advises detachment from crowds and the moral dangers of public life.

56
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What does The Annals show?

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Critical history of Roman empire - corruption, tyranny, moral decline. Emperors such as Tiberius and Nero cause these issues

57
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What does Epode 7 cover?

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Horace laments civil war and Rome’s self destruction

58
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What does Epode 16 show?

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Envisions escape to a utopian land, contrasting Rome’s corruption with an idealised existence

59
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What does Civil Wars by Appian show?

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Julius Caesar and internal conflicts - the struggle between Octavian and Antony and the chaos and bloodshed of civil strife

60
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What is Cicero’s De Amicitia about?

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Dialogue on friendship, mutual respect, virtue and the moral basis of true companionship

61
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What does Cicero’s De Senectute show?

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Aging, celebrating its values, wisdom and the natural progression of life - virtuous old age is fulfilling

62
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What is Bellum Civile about?

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A poem about Roman civil wars - Caesar and Pompey.
Horrors of war and the downfall of the Republic with dramatic intensity

63
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What does Germania study?

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Germanic tribes, “barbaric” simplicity and virtue compared to Roman decadence - germans are a mirror for Roman corruption

64
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What is the Life of Antony about?

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Depicts the life of St. Antony - spiritual battles, asceticism, influence on the early church.

Bread and Circuses in Ancient Rome (2 decks)

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