Translation Time
Derivatives & Cognates
Roman Figures
Eras of Roman History
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100

Latin for "Remember your death"

Memento Mori

100

English is directly derived from this language

Anglo-Saxon

100

Consul who consolidated powers of the various institutions of the Roman Republic; his assassination marked the end of the Republic

Julius Caesar

100

Rome's first imperial age in which the first Emperor sought to quell civil war, end corruption, and achieve peace

Augustan Period

100

The lower class, or the poor, of Rome

Plebeians

200

English for est

Is
200

The relationship of Italian to Slavic

Cognate

200

Epicurean poet who wrote De Rerum Natura

Lucretius

200

The earliest and most primitive stage of Roman history in which the Latin Language was still developing

Archaic Period

200

Believed that happiness is achieved through the endurance of pain

Stoicism (Stoics)

300

Latin for "Seize the day"

Carpe diem

300

Latin is directly derived from this language

Indo-European

300

"Right hand man" of Julius Caesar who exterminated Caesar's enemies and defenders of the Republic

Marc Antony

300

Julius Caesar-- and the Roman Republic-- perished at the end of this age

Ciceronian Period (Late Republic)

300

This institution of the Roman Republic represented the thirty-five tribes of Rome

Tribal Assembly

400

In Latin, this letter is pronounced like the English phonogram /w/

The letter V

400

The relationship of the English word "morgue" to the Latin word "mori"

Derivative

400

Wrote controversial love poetry in the service of Caesar Augustus, including the Metamorphoses

Ovid

400

Rome's "Silver Age," in which the use of the Latin Language became more casual and less formal

Post-Augustan Age

400

The art of speechmaking, also called oratory

Rhetoric

500

Latin for "Knowledge is freedom"

Scientia est libertas

500

The cognate language that most shapes English

French

500

Roman senator who desired to become consul during the late stage of the Republic; was the subject of many fiery speeches delivered by his rival, Marcus Tullius Cicero

Catiline

500

Christ lived and died during this period of Roman history

Augustan Period

500

Roman poet who devised light and serious satires in the service of Caesar Augustus

Horace

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