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Who was the Ancient Roman man killed on the Ides of March?
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus
Who is the king of the Gods in the Roman Pantheon?
Jupiter
What day is the Ides of March?
March 15th
Either the 13th or the 15th of the month.
According to Cicero, how many times was Julius Caesar offered a diadem by Mark Antony at the festival Lupercalia?
Three times.
This event represents the heart of why Caesar was assassinated: fear that he would abolish the Republic/authority of the Senate, and become a king.
What English playwright wrote the famous play Julius Caesar?
William Shakespeare
Who became the first Roman Emperor after the death of Caesar?
Gaius Octavianus (Augustus)
Who does Vergil write about as the founder of the Roman race?
Aeneas, in The Aeneid
What god is the month of March named after in the Roman calendar?
Mars
At what location was Julius Caesar stabbed on the Ides of March?
He was killed in the Senate.
In the Theater of Pompey during a senate meeting.
What does Caesar exclaim to Brutus when he is stabbed by him?
Et tu, Brute? Even you, Brutus?
Most historical accounts claim that Caesar died in silence. The historian Seutonius claims that Caesar said the Greek phrase "kai su, teknon", you too my child.
Who was the third member of the unofficial political alliance, The First Triumvirate, along with Pompey the Great and Marcus Licinius Crassus?
Julius Caesar
What god is the father of Romulus and Remus, the mythic twin founders of the city of Rome?
Mars
What celestial event determined the Ides of March, before it became a set day on the Roman calendar?
The full moon
Approximately two months before the Ides of March in 44 BC, Julius Caesar had been given a new title. What was it?
Dictator Perpetuo: Dictator for Life
From what document does Mark Antony claim to read when he addresses the plebeians?
Caesar's Will
Who were the members of the Second Triumvirate, who formed and aimed to stabilize Rome post the The Liberators' Civil War?
Mark Antony, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Gaius Octavius (Augustus)
The gates of this (uniquely Roman) god's temple were opened in Rome in time of war and closed to mark the arrival of peace.
Janus
Hint: God of transitions, time, duality, doorways
What god were sacrifices traditionally made to on the Ides of March?
Jupiter
To whom was Caesar married on the Ides of March, 44 BC? She tried to convince him to stay home that day.
Calpurnia
Name one of the omens/oracles predicting Caesar's death in the play.
Calpurnia's Nightmares
Lightning
Lions in the marketplace
Dead men walking
The Soothsayer "Beware the Ides of March!"
Name three members of the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar
Ex: Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Lucius Tillius Cimber, Publius Servilius Casca Longus
Roman Goddess of Crossroads
Trivia (Epithet of Diana)
What goddess's feast day was the Ides of March?
Anna Perenna: Goddess of the Circle, or the New Year
*hint: According to Ovid, the sister of Dido
Ovid Fasti:
"On the Ides is held the jovial feast of Anna Perenna not far from the banks, O Tiber, who comest from afar. The common folk come, and scattered here and there over the green grass they drink, every lad reclining beside his lass. Some camp under the open sky; a few pitch tents; some make a leafy hut of boughs. Others set up reeds in place of rigid pillars, and stretching out their robes place them upon the reeds. But they grow warm with sun and wine, and they pray for as many years as they take cups, and they count the cups they drink."
How many times was Julius Caesar stabbed, according to the Roman historian Eutropius, on the Ides of March?
23 times, by up to 60 conspirators.
When the stabbing began, in the version told by Eutropius, Caesar tried to get away, but was hampered by blood in his eyes. He stumbled and fell; the stabbing continued while he was helpless on the floor. It was recorded that 60 people participated in the assassination, and that Caesar was stabbed 23 times. Suetonius also wrote that a physician examined Caesar's body (the earliest known post-mortem report in history) and recorded that while only one of the blows was fatal - it had pierced his aorta - the cause of death was blood loss
Which character in Julius Caesar delivers this famous line in Act I Scene II?
"The fault, dear [], is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Cassius, speaking to Brutus.