WHERE IN THE WORLD...?
(Geography)
(Geography)
On which of Rome’s seven hills did Remus plan to settle?
AVENTINE
What early Roman figure never saw the city flourish because he leapt over the walls built by his brother Romulus on the Palatine Hill?
REMUS
What shepherd was said to have raised both Romulus and Remus?
FAUSTULUS
Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: Cūr ad forum ambulās?
WHY ARE YOU WALKING TO THE FORUM? / WHY DO YOU WALK TO THE FORUM?
From what Latin word with what meaning do we derive the words “squadron,” “quadratic,” and “quartet”?
QUATTUOR - FOUR
While traveling to Rome from the West, a traveler would most likely sail to what Italian port city located 16 miles from Rome at the mouth of the Tiber?
OSTIA
At what momentous battle did Octavian’s navy defeat the combined forces of Antony and Cleopatra?
ACTIUM
What creature’s hide did Hercules wear after he completed his first labor?
NEMEAN LION(’S)
Using the Latin verb amō, amāre, give the third person singular imperfect active indicative, a form translated as “she used to love”.
AMĀBAT
What Latin word, which can be abbreviated to its first four letters, tells someone to do something at once?
STATIM
This map depicts several port cities of ancient Italy. Which letter represents Brundisium, a high-traffic port connecting the Via Appia with sea travel from Greece?
F
What early Roman emperor came to the throne when he was 50 years old, was the uncle of his predecessor, and ruled from 41 to 54 AD?
(TI.) CLAUDIUS (CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS)
Which other of Hercules’ labors ultimately did not count because he received outside assistance?
(LERNEAN) HYDRA / 2ND (LABOR)
Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: Quis fēlēs nōn amat?
WHO DOES NOT LOVE (THE) CATS?
Differentiate in meaning between the Latin nouns nāvis and nauta.
NĀVIS - SHIP / BOAT ; NAUTA - SAILOR
Which letter represents Rhegium, a major city in Calabria overseeing the movement of goods and people to nearby Messana?
D
Name Claudius’ predecessor, who famously tried to make his horse Incitatus a senator.
CALIGULA / GAIUS (CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS)
Why was Demeter so distracted that she ate Pelops’ shoulder?
SHE WAS GRIEVING THE ABDUCTION OF HER DAUGHTER PERSEPHONE
Respondē aut Latīnē aut Anglicē: Ubī pugnābant glādiātōrēs?
(IN) AMPHITHEĀTRŌ / COLOSSEŌ / CIRCŌ / FORŌ // (IN THE) AMPHITHEATER / COLOSSEUM / CIRCUS / RACE-COURSE/FORUM
What is a Latin ANTONYM of silentium?
CLĀMOR / SONUS / FRAGOR
Containing the Sporades and Cyclades islands, what arm of the Mediterranean Sea lies to the north of Crete, separating Asia Minor from Greece, and was named for the father of Theseus?
AEGEAN SEA/MARE AEGAEUM
By what method was Claudius killed, the blame of which fell on his wife Agrippina the Younger?
POISONED (POISON MUSHROOMS, POISONED AT DINNER, ETC.)
Which wife of Aeneas was lost in the chaos at Troy and then appeared to him as a ghost to tell him he would one day marry someone else?
CREÜSA
ōlim canis cibum in ōre tenēbat. dum prope flūmen ambulābat, subitō piscem in aquā vīdit. canis piscem cupīvit et ōs aperuit, sed cibus statim in aquam cecidit. quam īnfēlix! Why did the dog open its mouth?
BECAUSE IT WANTED (TO EAT) THE FISH (THAT IT SAW IN THE WATER)
Give a Latin word that is a synonym of putō, putāre, meaning to think?
CŌGITŌ / ARBITROR / OPINOR / REOR / SENTIŌ / CRĒDŌ