GRAMMAR
What case is Puella in this sentence?
Puella rosam amat.
Nominative
What does currere mean?
To run
What were gladiators primarily known for?
Fighting in arenas
Who was the king of the Roman gods?
Jupiter
Which Roman poet wrote Metamorphoses?
Ovid
What is the tense, person, and number of ridebat?
Imperfect 3rd person singular
What does sapientia mean?
Wisdom
What was the name of the large public gathering place in the center of a Roman city?
Forum
Who were the twin brothers raised by a she-wolf who were connected to the founding of Rome?
Remus and Romulus
What is an epic?
Long narrative poem about heroic deeds and important events
What is the correct translation of amamus?
We love
What does superbus mean?
Proud, arrogant
What was the purpose of Roman household gods, known as Lares and Penates?
To protect household and family
Who was the Roman goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and crafts?
Minerva
Who did Catullus often write about in his poems?
Lesbia (Clodia)
Choose the correct form of the adjective magnus, magna, magnum to complete the sentence.
Puella ______ rosam videt.
Magna
Milites patriam defendere volunt.
What does defendere mean?
To defend, protect
Why were Roman aqueducts important?
They supplied cities with fresh water
In Roman mythology, who was the ruler of the underworld and husband of Proserpina?
Who was known as the greatest orator and prose stylist of the Roman Republic?
Cicero
Translate the following sentence into English:
Servus dominum in villa videt.
The slave sees the master in the house.
In Book 1 of the Aeneid, Vergil writes:
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris...
What does cano mean in this sentence?
I sing
What was the cursus honorum in ancient Rome?
Traditional sequence of political offices that Roman men pursued
Who was Aeneas's mother?
Venus
What is in medias res, a technique used in the opening of the Aeneid?
Beginning with a story in the middle of action