Latin phrases
I came, I saw, I conquered
Veni, Vidi, Vici
Who went on a 10 year journey home, and saw Circe
Ulysses
What were the half bird half woman creatures that attacked Aeneas’s men on their island
Harpies
discipuli
students
In what year did the council of the plebs receive the right to pass laws for all Romans?
287 B.C.E.
Time flies
Tempus Fugit
Who was the best inventor (build labyrinth)
Daedalus
Who turns people into stone when you look at it
Medusa
suus
his own, her own, its own, their own
Name the general who recruited the armies in a new way in the second century B.C.E.
Marius
One Favor For Another Favor
Quid Pro Quo
who was the most famous for killing the chimera
Bellerophon
Who ate people alive in his cave
Cyclops
venator
hunter
what two roman groups were most noticeable in the social organization
Patricians and Plebeians
in wine there is truth
in vino veritas
who went on a journey for a fleece
Jason
a hundred-eyed giant
Argus
villus
shaggy hair
What is the name of Rome's first code of laws?
The Twelve Tables
Take care of your own self
Cura te ipsum
Who was queen of the amazons
Hippolyta
buffalo-like creature with shaggy fur, large horns and a heavy head whose toxic breath or ugly looks could kill
catoblepas
plango, -ere, planxi, plactum
beat, strike
Which three new civilizations did the heirs of Rome develop?
European, Islamic, and Byzantine