Pop Culture Classics
In Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams instructs his students with this latin phrase. This phrase originated from Horace’s Odes
Carpe diem
This province was created after Claudius’s invasion in 43 AD. It covered much of what is now England and Wales
Britannia
In this unfinished poem, Ovid organizes various myths, customs, and festivals in the context of the calendar
The Fasti
verto
turn, turn around; change, alter; overthrow, destroy
This Greek historian is often called the father of history and wrote about the Persian wars
Herodotus
This Latin motto can be found on the Great Seal of the US. It also appears on the state flags of Michigan and New York
E pluribus unum
After the First Punic War, Rome made this island its first province
Sicily
This work by Ovid is a collection of fictional letters written by mythological women to their lovers
The Heroides
custos
guard; sentry/watch; janitor/protector/keeper; doorkeeper/watchman
This man chronicled the reigns of emperors like Tiberius and Nero. He wrote works including the Annals and Histories
Tacitus
The motto draco dormiens nunquam titillandus is the motto of what fictional school?
Hogwarts
Three Roman provinces were named for this European mountain range. Their names included “Gallia,” “Maritimae,” and “Cottiae,”
The Alps
Ovid said he was exiled on account of these two things. Please give the full three-word Latin phrase
carmen et error
vix
Hardly, scarcely, barely
Machiavelli wrote a work titled “Discourses on [this Roman historian].” His only surviving work is one of the main accounts of the Second Punic War and he died in 17 AD
Livy
Stephen Sondheim wrote this musical comedy inspired by Roman New Comedy author Plautus. This musical opened on Broadway in 1962 and had the lead role Pseudolus
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
After the defeat of King Pereus at Pydna, this region became a Roman province. This region was once ruled by Philip II
Macedonia
This was the pseudonym of Ovid’s puella. She is addressed throughout the Amores
Corinna
ostendo
Show, reveal, make clear, point out, display, exhibit
This Athenian historian wrote an account of the Peloponnesian war. In antiquity, Xenophon’s treatises were considered to be attempts to “finish” this man’s work
Thucydides
In Monty Python’s Life of Brian, a Roman officer corrects Brian’s graffiti. The Centurion instructs Brian to use the imperative plural ite as well as what case of the noun domus?
The Locative
This province was bequeathed to Rome after its ruler died. This combined province was governed by Pliny the Younger under Trajan
Bithynia et Pontus
This Abruzzese town was Ovid’s birthplace
Sulmona
cuniculus
Rabbit, underground tunnel/burrow/hole, mine/excavation/channel
This Greek historian detailed Rome’s rise to power and is associated with the idea of anacyclosis
Polybius