myths
Ascalabus was turned into this creature for rudely laughing at the way Demeter greedily drank barley water
What is a lizard?
This war ended with the consul Gaius Lutatius Catulus destroying a Carthaginian fleet near the Aegates Island in 241 BC.
What is the First Punic War?
What is 116?
This is the Latin term for a slave who was in charge of managing a familia rustica (country estate).
What is a vilicus?
This Latin noun is the root of cavalier.
What is caballus?
Apollo accidentally killed this young man with a discus; the god of light caused a flower to grow from his blood
Who is Hyacinthus?
In 225 BC, the consuls Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus decimated a force of over 70,000 Insubrian Gauls in this place.
What is Cape Telamon?
Catullus describes the marriage of Peleus and Thetis in this poem.
What is Catullus 64?
This is the Latin term for the guardian spirit that entered the world with boys.
What is genius?
This Latin verb meaning "to cut" is the root of the English words "chisel," "concise," and "suicide."
What is caedo?
This woman dared to challenge Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider.
Who is Arachne?
The Romans used this piece of naval technology against the Carthaginians to turn a naval battle into a land battle.
What is a corvus?
This elegiac poet fell out of grace with Augustus as prefect of Egypt, was exiled, and thus committed suicide.
Who is Cornelius Gallus?
This Latin term names the 9th day after birth when an infant is given his/her name.
What is dies lustricus?
This Latin verb meaning "to be warm" is the root for "chowder," "scald," and "cauldron."
What is caleo?
This daughter of Peneius was changed into a laurel tree as she fled from Apollo.
Who is Daphne?
The Tarentines appealed for help from this king of Epirus in 280 BC.
Who is Pyrrhus?
This poet was exiled to Tomi because he offended the emperor Augustus.
Who is Ovid?
You can find an impluvium for collecting rain water in this part of a Roman house.
What is the atrium?
This Latin word for dog is the root of the English word "kennel".
What is canis?
This couple led the Encheleans into various battles; they were finally transformed into snakes.
Who were Cadmus and Harmonia?
In 255 BC, the Carthaginians hired this Spartan mercenary to reform their military.
Who is Xanthippus?
This work in the Appendix Vergilliana details the simple life of a peasant and his preparations of a salad that bears the same name.
What is Moretum?
When Romans boys assumed the toga virilis, the toga of manhood, why put this childhood amulet aside.
What is a bulla?
This Latin noun meaning "tail" is the root word of the English word "coward."
What is cauda?