Geography
History
Mythology
Daily Life
Comparatives + Superlatives
100
Which territory does Hannibal pass through on march from Hispania to Italia?
Gallia
100
Name the three phases of Rome's history.
Monarchy (7 kings), Republic, Empire
100
Name one of the people with whom Apollo falls in love.
Daphne, Hyacinthus, Cassandra
100
Where could you go to watch gladiator fights?
Colosseum/amphitheatre
100
saevissima
most fierce (a lady)
200
Give locations from North to South of the islands Sicilia, Sardinia and Corsica.
Corsica, Sardinia, Sicilia
200
Who was the last king of Rome and why was he overthrown?
Tarquinius Superbus because of his son's rape of Lucretia, a well-born Roman woman engaged to someone else.
200
Who receives the golden touch from Dionysos? Why?
Midas, because he helped Silenus - Dionysos' tutor and friend - while Silenus was wandering around drunk.
200
What do you do in a triclinium?
eat
200
ingentior
bigger, more huge
300
Name another province which is on the same continent as the one-time city of Carthage.
Aegyptus
300
What started the Punic Wars?
awkward miscommunication (thanks, Mamertines), and a desire on both Rome and Carthage's part to control Sicilia.
300
What is Hephaestus' Roman name?
Vulcan
300
Where does the senate meet?
the curia
300
optimum
the best (a thing)
400
Between which two territories is the Adriatic Sea?
Italia et Graecia
400
Name the two generals with whom Cleopatra had affairs.
Caesar, Marcus Antonius
400
Who is Daedalus?
smart Athenian dude, trapped on Crete, builds labyrinth in which minotaur is hidden, flies away from Crete with son Icarus
400
Which garment can only be worn by Roman citizens?
toga
400
maior
greater (comp. of magnus)
500
Name both provinces north of Gallia.
Germania, Brittania
500
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Octavian/Augustus
500
What is a chimera?
lion/goat/serpent, Bellerophon slays it
500
Name the oldest hill of Rome, where Romulus and Remus were raised by the she-wolf.
Palatine
500
minimus
smallest (superlative of parvus)
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