Roman emperors
The first emperor of Rome, a man beloved by many and scorned by a few? (Bonus points for one of his other names)
Augustus (Octavian)
I sang of arms and men, wrote one of the most famous poems of all time, and am known around the world for my talent and stories.
Virgil
Poeta, Poetae
Poet
Subject of the verb
Which famous hero took two decades to get home?
Odysseus
I am considered one of the greats: the Roman Empire stretched no further than it did under my leadership
My poem is called the Metamorphoses, but I also wrote love poetry
Ovid
Sum, Esse, Fui
To be
Which of these is NOT a use of the ablative:
direct object, separation, means, or with a preposition
Direct object
Aphrodite
A thoroughly disliked emperor who maybe made his horse into a senator...
Caligula
This famous historian wrote a history about the foundation of Rome, and only a fraction survives, but even that fraction takes students yeaaaars to get through!
Livy
-que
And
Which of these is not a mood Latin uses:
indicative, subjunctive, optative
Optative
Who snatched Helen and began the Trojan war?
Paris
The first Christian Roman emperor. Bonus points for his mom's name!
Constantine I (Helena)
Julius Caesar
Etiam
Even
What case is the following:
Nautam
Accusative
Aristotle's teacher
Plato
Romulus Augustulus
Virgil's best friend, wrote satires and odes?
Horace
aetas, aetatis
age
Which of these is in the genitive:
rupibus, regis, Romulus, or Romam
Regis
Famously answered Plato's description of man as "a featherless biped" with a plucked chicken
Diogenes