Ordo I
What river does Rome sit on?
The Tiber River.
What is the Latin word for emperor?
imperator
Who said: "carpe diem"
Horace
What in the Roman House was the peristylium?
The (inner) garden
What is the other name for the Colosseum?
The Flavian Amphitheater.
What year was Rome founded?
753 B.C.E.
What does the common proverb "Rome wasn't built in a day" mean?
Something along the lines of 'important work takes time'
What three forms of government did Rome see from its inception to the fall of the Western Roman realms in the 5th c. AD?
Name 2 enemies (people groups) Rome had, from founding years through the emipre.
Need to name at least two of the following: Etruscans, Sabines, Volscians, Carthaginians, and Aequi. Other correct answers will be considered with justification.
What two Roman groups were most noticeable in the social organization?
Patricians and Plebeians.
What cognomen did Scipio receive from his successes during the Punic War?
Africanus.
Who was known as a modern Cincinnatus?
George Washington.
On which days of month can the Ides occur?
The 13th and the 15th
At the age when boys were going into secondary schools, what were girls doing?
Getting married.
What item of clothing was permitted to be worn by freedmen?
Phrygian cap.
What action did the victorious Roman general alleged take after the end of the Third Punic War, to ensure Carthaginian 'defeat'?
Sowed the ground around Carthage with salt to prevent crops from growing.
How (and in what country) did Cleopatra and Antony die?
They committed suicide after fleeing to Egypt.
Using only one Latin word, say "you all may be looked at"
spectemini (accept: any verb for "look at" in the 2nd person, plural, present tense, passive voice, subjunctive mood)
What three basic classes were Roman citizens divided into?
The Senatorial, Equestrian, and the lower classes.
What was the name of the person whom Julius Caesar and Antony fell deeply in love with?
Cleopatra (VII).
What fraction did Rome's population decline during the fall of the Roman empire?
1/3
How would one say (in Latin) "all roads lead to Rome"?
Omnes viae Romam ducunt.