Diocletian
What peasant from Dalmatia initiated a system where the Roman Empire was ruled by four men, the Tetrarchy?
DIOCLETIAN
At what battle in 312 AD did Constantine defeat his rival Maxentius after reportedly seeing a vision in the sky?
Which nephew of Daedalus was thrown off the citadel of Minerva in Athens out of professional jealousy?
PERDIX
In book 1 of the Iliad, which deity plagues the Greek's camp because Agamemnon refused to return Chryseis?
APOLLO
Who wrote a poem beginning “vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus”?
CATULLUS
Under the system, Diocletian was the chief ruler, or “Augustus,” in the East. Who was Augustus in the West?
MAXIMIAN
What symbol did Constantine have his soldiers paint on their shields before this battle?
CHI-RHO or LABARUM
Into what kind of bird was Perdix transformed?
PARTRIDGE
What goddess is sent from Olympus to stop Achilles from attacking Agamemnon?
ATHENA
In what meter is it written?
HENDECASYLLABICS
What city did Diolcletian make his capital?
NICOMEDIA
What happened to Maxentius during the retreat from this battle?
DROWNED IN THE TIBER
What two tools is he credited with inventing?
SAW AND COMPASS
Which Greek captain is wounds both Aphrodite and Ares after Athena lifts the mist from his eyes?
DIOMEDES
After the death of Domitian, what Roman author from Aquinum began writing five books of sixteen satires, in which he coined the famous phrase “pānem et circēnsēs”?
JUVENAL
Diocletian was also famous for his persecution of members of what religion?
CHRISTIANITY
What edict, issued jointly by Constantine and Licinius in 313 AD, established religious toleration for Christianity?
EDICT OF MILAN
Who was the servant of Alcmena who tricked the goddess Lucina into allowing the birth of Hercules?
GALANTHIS
In the episode known as the Doloneia, which Greek hero is chosen by Diomedes to accompany him on a nocturnal scouting mission?
ODYSSEUS
In what meter were Juvenal’s satires written?
DACTYLLIC HEXAMETER
What emperor attempted to reform the coinage system in 301 AD by getting rid of the old denominations, replacing them with new coins such as the follis, and introducing price maximums in attempt to reign in price increases?
DIOCLETIAN
In 330 AD, Constantine dedicated a "New Rome" on the site of which ancient Greek city?
CONSTANTINOPLE
Into what animal was Galanthis transformed as punishment?
WEASEL
In Book 16, which Trojan ally—a son of Zeus—was carried off the battlefield by Hypnos and Thanatos while the sky rained blood?
SARPEDON
In what meter did Livius Andronicus compose his Odusia?
SATURNIAN