Roman Myths
She was the fierce and beautiful maiden princess who fought the Calydonian boar, eventually was defeated by the golden apples of the Hesperides, and married Hippomenes, with whom she defiled the temple of Jupiter and was turned into a lion.
Who is Atalanta?
This is the meaning of the irregular verb eo, ire, ivi, itus.
What is to go or go?
This tense uses -bo-/-bi-/-bu- for first and second conjugations and -a-/-e- for third, third-io, and fourth conjugations.
What is future?
These legendary twins were the sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars, were abandoned by their mother, suckled by a she-wolf, raised by shepherds, helped restore their grandfather Numitor to the throne of Alba Longa, set out to build a city of their own, disagreed about whether to build the new city on the Palatine or Aventine Hills, and eventually fought to the death, with one brother killing the other and ruling the new city named after himself for many years.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
These trained fighters in ancient Rome risked their lives and their legal and social status by battling in the arena, but were revered as celebrities and celebrated in art for their skill, much like modern pro athletes.
Who are gladiators?
She was the skilled but arrogant weaver who challenged Minerva to a weaving contest, which she won after weaving a depiction of the myth of Europa so lifelike that its viewers thought it to be real, for which she was punished by Minerva and turned into a spider.
Who is Arachne?
This is the meaning of the irregular verb fero, ferre, tuli, latus.
What is to bring, bear, or carry?
This case is used for indirect objects and is usually translated to or for.
What is dative?
This Julio-Claudian was the first and longest-ruling emperor of Rome, considered by some one of the greatest leaders in human history, adopted son and heir of his great-uncle Julius Caesar, who brought about nearly two centuries of continued peace and prosperity in the growing Roman Empire and is said to have found Rome "a city of brick and left it a city of marble."
Who is Augustus or Octavian?
This article of clothing was usually white or cream-colored, only worn by men, was usually ornamented with specific color stripes to show political or social status, and was so large that it required the help of sometimes more than one extra person to put on.
What is a toga?
He was the captain of the Argo and leader of the Argonauts, who sailed to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece and win back the seat of his usurped father's kingdom.
Who is Jason?
What is to conquer or conquer?
This mood is for verbal adjectives and comes from a verb stem but uses adjective endings and modifies a noun, as an adjective would.
What is participle?
He led the assassination attempt that ultimately killed Julius Caesar.
Who is Brutus?
This is the river that flows through Rome.
What is the Tiber?
This possible son of Neptune was sent to the court of his earthly father Aegeus, the great king of Athens, who begrudgingly sent him on a quest to defeat the Minotaur and end Athens' forced tribute of young men and women to be sacrificed in the Labyrinth to the monster.
Who is Theseus?
This is the meaning of the deponent verb loquor, loqui, locutus sum.
What is to speak or speak?
This is the name of the grammatical construction used to give backstory of the main clause of a sentence, featured here in italic text: Flumine transito, Caesar "Alea iacta est" dixit.
What is Ablative Absolute?
He led a famously failed assassination attempt on Julius Caesar and attempt to take violent control of the Roman consulship and was publicly tried for his acts of sedition by the senator Cicero, who called his attempted coup a sign of the moral decline of the Roman Republic.
Who is Catiline?
This city was destroyed in 79 A.D. during the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, giving archaeologists, historians, and tourists a massive amount of information about the daily life of an average Roman.
What is Pompeii?
This Trojan prince escaped the fall of Troy with his father and son after receiving a mission from his divine mother Venus to found a "New Troy," sailed around the Mediterranean for seven years, mistakenly crash-landed in Carthage, but ultimately made the heroic journey to Italy, where his troops settled in the land around the future site of Rome, a.k.a. "New Troy."
Who is Aeneas?
This is the meaning of the verb egredior, egredi, egressus sum.
What is to go out or go out?
This is the name of the grammatical construction used to show necessity, featured here in italic text: Una perpetua nox dormienda est.
What is Passive Periphrastic?
This Julio-Claudian emperor was well-liked by his Praetorian Guard and lower-socioeconomic-class Romans but despised by his wealthy patrician peers, was famously heavily influenced by his mother, whom he eventually had killed, was probably responsible for the Great Fire of Rome, was known for being tyrannical, self-indulgent, and debauched, and ultimately committed suicide after being declared an enemy of the Roman state.
Who is Nero?
This is the name of the high priest of the Roman religion, who was an elected official whose main responsibility was to officiate state sacrifices, prophesies, major religious events, major death rites, and the spending of state money on religious needs such as festivals and buildings.
What is Pontifex Maximus?