Royal Blunders
Tarquin warned Porsenna that it would be a mistake to allow this new custom to go unpunished
Expelling kings
The name of the last Roman king is derived from the name of this Etruscan tribe.
The Tarquins
According to Cicero, we should allow young men this much time to transition from childhood in their tunics to adulthood in their togas
One year
In the early portions of Pro Caelio, Cicero reflects on his and Caelius' experiences with this attempt to overthrow the senate.
The Catiline Conspiracy
When Cicero uncovered Catiline's plot to overthrow the Senate, he convinced the senate that the conspirators involved deserved this punishment.
Death (by hanging)
When Porsenna ordered a direct assault on the Sublician Bridge, he failed to account for the bravery of this man.
Horatius Cocles
Cicero's likely reason for joining the Pro Caelio trial was his history with Clodius Pulcher, whose cognomen has this meaning
Beautiful/Handsome
According to Cicero, there are many reasons one might hold a grudge against the younger generation. Name one (give a one-word answer).
Their debts, greed, or loose morals (vel sim.)
In addition to his alleged attempt to poison Clodia, Caelius was accused of involvement in this grave crime.
Political violence, inciting a riot, involvement in an assassination.
When faced with resistance from Gaius Mucius and Cloelia, Porsenna granted this same mercy to both of them.
Set them free
The Etruscan forces fell straight into an ambush when they tried to pursue this, coming out of the crowded Esquiline gate.
A flock of cattle
When he began his political career, Cicero was encouraged to change his cognomen because of its un-serious sounding meaning. What is the meaning of cicero?
Chickpea
According to Cicero, it is only acceptable for a married woman to associate with a man other than her husband if he is one of these three things.
Her relative, her neighbor, or an associate of her husband
Gaius Mucius claimed that this many other youths had also sworn to try to kill Porsenna after him.
Three hundred
In case his own reputation was not enough, Cicero used this rhetorical device twice in his Pro Caelio speech to add credibility to his argument
Prosopopoeia
Porsenna underestimated the determination of Gaius Mucius, demonstrated in the quote, "Hostis hostem occidere volui, nec ad mortem minus animi est, quam fuit ad caedem"
Translate this quote.
"I, an enemy, wished to kill an enemy, and my mind is no less prepared for death than it was for violence."
These two pieces of Roman infrastructure received their name from Clodia Metelli's famous ancestor, whose voice Cicero invokes.
The Via Appia and the Aqua Appia
According to Cicero, it is better to be pricus than urbanus. Explain the meaning of these terms as Cicero uses them.
Priscus - Old-fashioned, traditional, serious
Urbanus - Modern, soft, weak, lazy/greedy
Tarquin's conspiracy to recover the throne after his expulsion from Rome was uncovered by a _____, who reported the plot to the senate
A slave
DAILY DOUBLE:
What was the slave's reward for his service to Rome?
Fearing the people of Rome might rise up against them when faced with a siege, the first senate of Rome took what actions to appease the people? (Name at least two)
Nationalizing the sale of salt (vel sim.)
Ensuring they had enough food
Exempting the poor from all taxes and tariffs
When leaving Rome, Porsenna tried to save face by ordering his son to attack this tribe to the south of Rome
The Aricians
Mucium [...] cui postea Scaevolae a clade dextrae manus cognomen inditum
Translate this explanation for Gaius Mucius' new cognomen"Mucius, to whom afterward was given the cognomen Scaevola, from the loss of his right hand."
According to Cicero, Clodia is not credible because she has engaged in libidines, amores, adulteria, Baias, actas, convivia, comissationes, cantus, symphonias, navigia. Translate six of these reasons.
Six of: lusts/greed, loves, adultery, trips to Baia, actions, dinner parties, gatherings, songs, concerts, boat parties.
Cicero was ultimately killed on the orders of this Roman politician, as part of that man's attempt to become Rome's first emperor
Marcus Antonius/Marc Antony
After Porsenna's son led a failed attack on another Italian city south of Rome, the Romans received the refugees of the battle in this way: Ibi benigne excepti divisique in hospitia. Translate this sentence into English
"There they were accepted kindly and shared in hospitality."