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100
How many labors was Hercules made to perform?
12
100
Name the emperor is rumored to have caused the great roman fire.
Nero
100
What famous Greek philosopher was the author of “The Republic”?
Plato
100
Name an English word that comes from the Latin derivative “ager”?
agrarian, agriculture
100
In what position did the Romans eat?
Reclining
200
What greek island did Odysseus come from?
Ithica
200
Name the body of laws that was enacted in 451 BCE.
The Twelve Tables
200
Which Roman writer was also a slave?
Terence
200
What is an English word that comes from the Latin derivative “Littera”?
Alliteration, illiterate, letter, literacy, literary, literature, obliterate
200
What common item were guests expected to bring to a Roman dinner party?
A napkin
300
Apollo was considered to be the opposite of which Roman god?
Bacchus
300
What is the era referred to for the 200-year period of peace in the Roman empire?
Pax Romana
300
What Roman orator thwarted the Catiline Conspiracy?
Cicero
300
What is an English word that comes from the Latin derivative “brevis”?
abbreviate, brief
300
What is the Latin phrase that can be seen all over Rome, abbreviated SPQR?
Senatus Populusque Romanus
400
What was Aesclepius the Roman god of?
Medicine
400
Which Roman general led the conquest of Gaul?
Julius Caesar
400
What Greek doctor and author is considered to be the “Father of Modern Medicine”?
Hippocrates
400
What is an English word that comes from the Latin derivative “hospes”?
hospitable, hospital, hospitality, host, hostel, hosteler, hostelry, hostess, hostler, hotel, hotelier
400
What river is considered the longest and most celebrated in Ancient Greece?
Achelous
500
In the Aeneid, who convinced the Trojans to bring the “Trojan horse” into the city?
Sinon
500
In what year was the Colossus of Rhodes destroyed?
224 BCE
500
Which author was ordered by Nero to kill himself?
Seneca
500
What is an English word that comes from the Latin derivative “Rota”?
rotatable, rotate, rotation, rotor, rotund, rotunda, round
500
What would it mean to see a slave in a Roman market with white chalk on their feet?
The slave was imported
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