Latin Phrases
A phrase said by Cato that meant "Carthage must be destroyed."
What is Carthago Delenda Est?
Rome's greatest military defeat
What is Cannae?
This Roman defeated Vercingetorix at Alesia
Who is Caesar?
The political advisor to Augustus who commissioned the Aeneid, among other works
Who is Maecenas?
Who is Hannibal?
A phrase said at the death of Caesar that meant "Thus Always to Tyrants"
What is Sic Semper Tyrannis?
Scipio Africanus famously defeated Hannibal in his home territory at this battle
What is Zama?
This Roman won the battle of Actium for his friend Octavian
Who was Marcus Agrippa?
Augustus: "I found Rome a city of brick, I left it a city of ____"
What is marble?
This Egyptian queen supported both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony before her death
Who is Cleopatra?
In Latin, the cause of war
What is Casus Belli?
What is Philippi?
This Roman won the first civil war and retired after believing he had saved the Republic from future dictators
Who was Sulla?
Augustus's exiled daughter who was a major setback to his social reforms
Who is Julia?
This general united the Gauls and fought Caesar at the battle of Alesia
Who is Vercingetorix?
In Latin: North Carolina's motto, written by Sallust in his book Bellum Catilinae.
What is, Esse Quam Videri?
Rome's greatest military defeat since the Punic Wars, which took place in the forests of northern Germany
What is the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest?
This legendary Roman of the early republic saved Rome and then retired to farm
Who was Cincinnatus?
One of the rivers that became the permanent borders of the Roman empire
What is the Rhine or what is the Danube?
This Roman citizen tried to overthrow the Republic but was thwarted by Cicero and later written about by Sallust
Who is Catiline?
A phrase said by Caesar during his conquest of Gaul. Translation: I came, I saw, I conquered.
What is Veni, Vidi, Vici?
This decisive non-decisive naval battle tipped the war from Antony to Octavian
What is Actium?
This Roman sacked Carthage
Who was Scipio Aemilianus?
The man who became emperor after Augustus
Who is Tiberius?
This slave led an uprising that was eventually defeated by Crassus.
Who is Spartacus?