Grammar Terms
An if/then statement.
What is a conditional?
This pantomime actor was called a god by his adoring audience.
Who is Paris?
fugitive, refuge, refugee, fugue
What is fuga?
pugnabit
What is 3rd person, singular, future, active, and indicative?
By the time of Domitian, these forms of entertainment had fallen out of favor.
What are traditional plays, i.e. tragedies and comedies?
The then clause of a conditional is written in this tense.
What is future?
This woman was the wife of the empire and had a very close "friendship" with Paris.
Who is Domitia?
veracious, veracity, aver, verisimilitude, verify
What is verus?
pugnaremus
What is 1st person, plural, imperfect, active, and subjunctive?
These games were the most popular in Rome.
What are ludi circenses/chariot races?
The if clause of a conditional is written in this tense.
What is future perfect?
Paris acted out the illicit love between these two Roman gods in Domitia's quarters.
Who are Mars and Venus?
brief, abbreviate, brevity, abridge
What is brevis?
pugnante
What is a present active participle?
The official name of the Colosseum.
What is the Amphitheatrum Flavium/The Flavian Amphitheater?
Another name for the if clause of a conditional statement.
What is a protasis?
This freedman of Augustus was very powerful and distrusted the emperor's wife.
Who is Epaphroditus?
interlude, delude, delusion, ludicrous
What is ludus?
pugnaveritis
What is 2nd person, plural, future perfect, active, and indicative?
During the empire, only the Emperor could receive this honor, which included a parade.
What is a triumph?
Another name for the then clause of a conditional statement.
What is an apodosis?
Paris acted out the death of this queen in Haterius' garden.
Who is Dido?
contraband, contraceptive, contradict, contrary, contrast, incontrovertible, counter, encounter, controversy
What is contra?
pugnandum
What is a future passive participle/gerundive?
The Circus Maximus could hold this many spectators.
What is 250,000?