"Auribus teneo lupum"
What was the island retreat of the emperor Tiberius?
CAPRI
Which Roman emperor bore the full name Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, but was better known by a childhood nickname?
CALIGULA
Who demanded the hand of Honoria, the sister of Valentinian III, with half of the Western Empire as her dowry?
ATTILA THE HUN
Which English word is not a derivative of cupio: concupiscent, concubine, cupidity?
CONCUBINE
Who betrayed her father Nisus because of her passion for the attacking Minos?
SCYLLA
How did Capri get its name?
FROM THE WILD GOATS-CAPRAE-THAT LIVED THERE
What was the name of the horse Caligula wanted to make consul, at least according to Suetonius?
INCITATUS
Who was the Roman general who defeated Attila & the Huns in A.D. 451 at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains?
AETIUS
Differentiate among cupio, cupidus, and cupiditias.
CUPIO - DESIRE
CUPIDUS -- DESIROUS
CUPIDITAS -- DESIRE
What was it which guaranteed Nisus' safety as long as he kept it?
A PURPLE LOCK OF HAIR
When Tiberius retreated to Capri, who did he leave in charge in Rome?
SEJANUS
Name the aqueduct begun by Caligula and finished by Claudius, that was the longest of all of Rome’s aqueducts?
ANIO NOVUS
Aetius was the actual power behind the throne of what emperor in the west?
VALENTINIAN III
What love story of mythology takes ap almost three of the eleven books in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius?
CUPID & PSYCHE
Whose love was Scylla trying to win by betraying her father?
MINOS
How did Sejanus meet his death?
TIBERIUS HAD HIM EXECUTED FOR COSPIRACY
What Roman historian did Caligula call “long-winded and careless”?
LIVY
What two ancient institutions were abolished by the emperor Theodosius I?
THE VESTAL VIRGINS IN 380 AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN 393>
What device is in play when Cupid is called Amor or ivory elephantus?
METONOMY
Who claimed Hecuba as his prize when Troy fell?
ODYSSEUS
What Roman commander avenged the disaster at Teutoburg Forest in A.D. 14-16?
GERMANICUS
Caligula's motto was a quote from the early dramatist Accius: oderint dum metuant. What kind of subordinate clause is dum metuant?
PROVISO
What woman, the daughter of Theodosius I, was first married to a Visigothic chieftain named Athaulf, then later to Constantius?
(GALLA) PLACIDIA
Whom did Cupid impersonate to make Aeneas irresistible to Dido?
ASCANIAS
What rival for Glaucus did Circe transform with a potion?
SCYLLA