Marvelous Mottos
Daring Derivatives
Roman Daily Life
Lovely Latin
Military History
100
This Latin motto means “let the buyer beware.”
What is caveat emptor?
100
This Latin word is the reason for the abbreviation AU on the periodic table.
What is aurum?
100
Roman city dwellers typically lived in these structures.
What are insulae?
100
Complete the following analogy – laudo is to laudavi as ambulatis is to _____.
What is ambulavistis?
100
This Carthaginian general was known for bringing elephants across the Alps.
Who is Hannibal?
200
The United States Marine Corps has adopted this latin phrase as its motto.
What is semper fidelis?
200
This Latin word gives us the English words domicile, domestic, and Donna.
What is domus?
200
This system of underfloor heating kept Roman bathhouses warm.
What is a hypocaust?
200
In Latin, this phrase means “we used to love your friends.”
What is amicos vestros/tuos amabamus?
200
The First Punic War was fought primarily over control of this island.
What is Sicily?
300
Julius Caesar supposedly said this as he crossed the Rubicon river with his troops.
What is alea iacta est?
300
This is the perfect active infinitive of the verb from which we derive the English noun "spectator."
What is spectavisse?
300
This item, known as a strigil, was used for this purpose.
Cleaning the body.
300
This phrase is how you say “we are going to Rome” in Latin.
What is Romam imus?
300
This Macedonian king created one of the largest empires in the ancient world.
Who is Alexander the Great?
400
This Latin motto was shouted after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
What is sic semper tyrannis?
400
If you have a rocky start when studying calculus, remember that the term means this in Latin.
What is a pebble?
400
No Roman meal was complete without this savory fermented fish sauce.
What is garum?
400
The apple that led to the Trojan War was labeled “for the fairest.” But it sounds better in this Latin translation.
What is PULCHERRIMAE?
400
This naval battle was Octavian’s decisive victory against Marc Antony and Cleopatra.
What is the battle of Actium?
500
Only a grumpy dragon would argue with the Latin of this, the motto of the Hogwarts School.
What is draco dormiens nunquam titillandus?
500
This English word, meaning “to imprison” is derived from the Latin word for a prison… or the starting gates at the Circus Maximus.
What is incarcerate?
500
The Blues, Greens, Reds and Whites were teams for this sport.
What is chariot racing?
500
On the back of the dollar bill is the phrase NOVUS ORDO SAECLORUM. In English, this means
What is "the new order of the ages"?
500
This shell-like wall of shields was used by Roman legions.
What is the testudo formation?