Grammar
What type of clauses does "si" meaning "if" introduce?
Conditionals
The battles of Cannae and Zama occurred during the
Second Punic War
Pro bono publico
for the public welfare
Who, formerly known as Octavian, became the first Roman emperor and ushered in the Pax Romāna?
Augustus Caesar
Which province produced linen, papyrus, and a large portion of Rome’s grain supply
Egypt
laudātae sunt
have been praised
Where would the Romans go to enjoy lūdī and mūnera
The Colosseum
The American Founding Father John Adams once wrote that he had “crossed the Rubicon.” By this he meant that he
He could no longer go back
The Carthaginian general Hannibal dealt the Romans the most costly defeat in their history up to that point at the Battle of
Cannae
Who was the pilot of Aeneas's ship
"One life shall be given for many"
Palinurus
Quorum
Whose
What are the three moods in Latin?
Indicative, subjunctive, imperative
Where would you find the abbreviation of the Latin words Post Scrīptum
At the end of a letter
Which Julio-Claudian emperor was infamous for building a huge palace for himself called the Domus Aurea after the Great Fire of AD 64
Nero
Whose treachery convinced the Trojans to bring the wooden horse into the city
What type of subjunctive clauses does the word "ut" signify?
Purpose/result
What case expresses location/place where?
Locative
Q.E.D., which used to be required at the end of geometric proofs, is the abbreviation for Quod erat
Demonstrandum
What Roman poet, author of the Metamorphoses, was exiled by Augustus for “carmen et error”?
Ovid
What couple was rewarded for showing hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Sī vōbīs placet, plaudite
Clap/Applaud
What are verbs called that are in active in meaning but only have passive forms?
Deponent from depono, deponere
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
Either I will find a way, or I will make one. - Hannibal when his generals told him he couldn't cross the Alps with his elephants
Where were Antony and Cleopatra defeated?
Actium Greece
The factiōnēs known as prasinī, russātī, venetī, and albātī were associated with
Gladiators