Monuments and Monumentality
Politics and Literature
Good Emperors
Bad Emperors
In Vino Veritas
Roman Culture
200
You would find scenes of this event on Trajan's Column.
What are the Dacian Wars.
200
This ancient text has been called the most dangerous book ever written.
What is Tacitus' Germania
200
This Ptolemaic queen was pivotal in Octavian's smear campaign of Marc Antony.
Who is Cleopatra.
200
The Law Concerning the Power of Vespasian institutionalized this position in the Roman state.
What is the emperor.
200
The cloud of Vesuvius took this shape according to Pliny.
What is the shape of a pine tree
200
The Numidian cavalry belonged to this sect of the Roman military, known for granting citizenship upon discharge.
What is the auxilia.
400
The Romans considered this monument most beautiful building ever made.
What is the Forum of Peace
400
The exile of this Augustine poet was brought about by his poem the Ars Amatoria. Carmen et error!
Who is Ovid?
400
In a famous speech, now memorialized in the Lyon Tablet, Claudius granted entrance into the Senate to this group of people.
Who are the Gauls.
400
The Roman Civil war known as "The Year of the Four Emperors" actually occurred in this year.
What is 68 CE.
400
This volcanic event, a stage of Vesuvius eruption, destroyed and preserved Pompeii.
What is Pyroclastic Flow
400
The Roman fort Vindolanda, known for its remarkable archeology, is located in this country.
What is England.
600
A colossal statue depicting this man stood next to the Flavian Amphitheater now known as the Colosseum.
Who is Emperor Nero
600
This Mantuan (and Guide of Dante) writes the story of the legendary founding of Rome.
Who is Virgil?
600
Name one of the heirs Augustus outlived.
Who are Marcellus, Agrippa, Gaius/Lucius Caesar.
600
This conspiracy under the emperor Nero led to the death of many well known Roman authors including Lucan and Petronius.
What is the Pisonian Conspiracy
600
Dr. Johnston, despite his current career in intramural basketball, played this sport in college.
What is baseball.
600
Eumachia was an inhabitant of this Oscan town south of Rome.
What is Pompeii.
800
The Flavians commemorated this victory in this war on the Triumphal Arch.
What is the Jewish War?
800
This Stoic Philosopher and uncle to Lucan met a sticky end at the hands of his pupil Emperor Nero.
Who is Seneca?
800
This legendary Roman figure served as a model for Augustus's eventual deification.
Who is Romulus.
800
This Roman emperor demanded that he be called "Dominus et Deus" or "Lord and God."
Who is Domitian.
800
This oft quoted Shakespearean character has two infamous lines of iambic pentameter in the play Julius Caesar. The first "Beware the Ides of march," the second "Aye Caesar but not gone."
Who is the soothsayer.
800
This is modern name for the Roman practice of erasing someone's name from history.
What is damnatio memoriae.
1000
What is the Horologium Solarium.
1000
This speech given in 100 CE by a famous Roman author known for his ghost stories.
What is Pliny's Panegyric.
1000
Nerva took office in this year, following the assassination of Domitian.
What is 96 CE.
1000
Tiberius was forced to marry this notorious daughter of Augustus.
Who is Julia.
1000
The name of this category appears in this famous Western movie, spoken by none other than Doc Holiday.
What is Tombstone.
1000
This school was responsible for training most of the sophists in the first and second centuries CE.
What is the Smyrna School.