Vocabulary
vir
what is "man"?
axem
what is "wheel"?
The real name of the first emperor of the realm, Augustus, was...
What is Octavian?
The literary device of the phrase "super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium" is...
What is polysyndeton?
(the conjunction "et" is being repeated)
The first king of Rome was...
Who was Romulus?
caeli
what is "of heaven"?
regnata
what is "the kingdom"?
Mark Antony had an affair with...
Cleopatra
The literary device for the phrase "hic vir, hic est," is...
What is anaphora?
(the word "hic" is being repeated)
In order for a roman to enter the underworld after they died, they needed a...
What is a proper burial?
aptum
what is "fitted"?
hujus
what is "of this"?
Augustus married ___ times
what is three?
The literary device for the phrase "tantum telluris" is…
What is alliteration?
Julius Caesar travelled to Britain ___ times.
What is two times?
ostium
What is "entrance"?
ventura
what is "about to come"?
In 8 B.C. Augustus had the Roman month of Sextilius renamed after himself—as his great-uncle and predecessor Julius Caesar had done with July. August was the month of several of the emperor's greatest victories, including...
What is the defeat and suicide of Antony and Cleopatra?
The literary device for the phrase "caelifer Atlas axem umero" is...
What is word picture?
("heaven-supporting Atlas" "wheel" "on his shoulder")
Romulus was said to have been abandoned with his twin brother. His brother and him were then found in an area that is now Rome by a she-wolf and raised by her. Eventually he grew up to kill his brother whose name was...
Who was Remus?
trepida
what is "agitated"?
umero
What is "on the shoulder"?
The power-sharing agreement that divided up Rome’s territories among them, with Antony given the East, Lepidus Africa and Octavian the West was called...
what is Second Triumvirate?
The literary device for the phrase "magnum caeli ventura sub axem" is...
What is metonymy?
(the words for the big wheel of heaven are replacing the word for sky)
The most popular form of entertainment for Romans was...
What is the Circus Maximus?