Nouns
case, gender, and number of puellas
accusative feminine plural
translate into Latin:
you (singular) hurry
festinas
What is the correct form of bonus, bona, bonum to match forum?
bonum
Under which emperor did the Great Fire of Rome burn much of the city?
Nero
What god is the namesake of the Roman equivalent of Thursday?
Jupiter (Jove)
case, gender, and number of amicorum
genitive masculine plural
translate into Latin:
I was walking
ambulabam
What is the correct form of fortis, fortis, forte to match navibus?
fortibus
What was later built on the site of the Domus Aurea?
The Colosseum
Wednesday is named for the Norse god Odin, the Wanderer. Name his Roman equivalent, who visits Baucis and Philemon disguised as a traveler.
Mercury
case, gender, and number of militi
dative masculine singular
translate into Latin:
you all will hand over
tradetis
What is the correct form of bonus, bona, bonum to match noctem?
bonam
The term "Mediterranean" was not coined until after the fall of Rome. What did the Romans call this sea?
Possible answers: mare nostrum, mare internum
What was Baucis and Philemon's one request of the gods?
That they grow old and die together.
case, gender, and number of pacis
genitive feminine singular
translate into Latin:
they ran
cucurrerunt
What is the correct form of bonus, bona, bonum to match militum?
bonorum
Name three features of a typical thriving Roman town.
Possible answers: forum, temple, basilica, baths, theater, amphitheater, circus, water supply, walls/gates/fortifications
Name one god(dess) other than Poseidon/Neptune associated with the oceans in classical mythology.
Possible answers: Oceanus, Tethys, Amphitrite, Triton, Nereus, Nereids
case, gender, and number of corpus
nominative/accusative neuter singular
translate into Latin:
we had sold
vendideramus
What is the correct form of fortis, fortis, forte to match caput?
forte
Give one specific example (i.e. a name) of an ancient Greek or Roman artifact/site preserved underwater.
Possible answers: Baiae, Caligula's cruise ships (Lake Nemi), Riace bronzes
What is the metamorphosis in the story of Pyramus and Thisbe?
Their blood colors the mulberry tree's fruit red.