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Aeneas, who was notably devoted to his country, the gods, and his family, is thus especially known for his
A) gravitās B) auctōritās C) pietās D) sevēritās
C) pietas
What couple was rewarded for showing hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury? A) Perseus and Andromeda B) Mars and Venus C) Pyramus and Thisbe D) Baucis and Philemon
D) Baucis and Philemon
What leader held the consulship seven times and led the Populārēs against Sulla and the Optimātēs? A) Augustus B) Cicero C) Marius D) Cato the Elder
C) Marius
In order to escape from the island of Crete, what man built wings and was the first human to fly? A) Daedalus B) Narcissus C) Pygmalion D) Midas
A) Daedalus
The Carthaginian general Hannibal dealt the Romans the most costly defeat in their history up to that point at the Battle of A) Actium B) Pharsalus C) Alesia D) Cannae
D) Cannae
The American Founding Father John Adams once wrote that he had “crossed the Rubicon.” By this he meant that he A) was running away B) would die soon C) could no longer go back D) had plowed his fields
C) He could no longer go back
Amāvisse et āmīsisse melius est quam numquam amāvisse. A) to have been lost B) to lose C) to be lost D) to have lost
D) to have lost
Saturn, a Titan who fathered Jupiter and his siblings, became the Italian god of A) love and friendship B) harvest and agriculture C) volcanoes and metalworking D) the military and its ceremonies
B) Harvest and agriculture
. Who in ancient Rome would make predictions based on flights of birds? A) aedīlis B) augur C) paterfamiliās D) tribūnus plēbis
B) Augur
What office did Catiline fail to win multiple times?
Consul
In “…fuit Īlium et ingēns glōria Teucrōrum,” Ilium is another name for A) Pompeii B) Rome C) Sparta D) Troy
D) Troy
What is the poetic 3rd plural perfect ending?
-ere
Whose treachery convinced the Trojans to bring the wooden horse into the city? A) Laocoon B) Priam C) Sinon D) Menelaus
A) Laocoon
Which lovers’ story features a lion mauling a veil, explains why the mulberry is red, and also appears in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream? A) Baucis and Philemon B) Atalanta and Hippomenes C) Pyramus and Thisbe D) Odysseus and Penelope
C) Pyramus and Thisbe
History, astronomy, dance, and comedy were all presided over by what group of mythological figures? A) Muses B) Fates C) Gorgons D) Graces
Who said the descent into hell is easy?
Quidquid id est, timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs.
Whatever it is, I fear even Greeks bearing gifts
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres
Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts
Inveniam viam aut faciam? Translate it and who said it
Either I will find a way or I will make one - Hannibal crossing the Alps with his elephants
According to Ovid, why was he exiled? Latin
Carmen et error
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora
I sing of war and a man, who first from the shores of Troy, driven by fate, arrived in Italy on the Lavinian shores
Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore
I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting
Ex Africa aliquid semper novi
There is always something new in Africa
Who said divida et impera
Julius Caesar
Name golden age writers
Virgil, Catullus, Caesar, Cicero