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100
What was Vergil's first main piece of writing?
The "Bucolics"
100
Which two people revised the Aeneid after Vergil's death?
Who are Lucius Varius and Plotius Tucca
100
What town was Vergil from?
Mantua
100
What latin word does affirmant come from?
affirmo, -are, -avi, -atus
100
When did Mount Vesuvius erupt?
79 A.D.
200
This piece of writing was finished in 12 years.
The "Aeneid"
200
Who came to Vergil to ask about his parents?
Augustus
200
Where did Vergil spend "his boyhood"?
Cremona
200
What is a derivative for praegnans, -antis?
Pregnant
200
What two people repopulated the earth by throwing rocks over their shoulder?
Deucalion and Phyrra
300
How many years did it take for Vergil to write the "Georgics?"
7 years
300
Vergil was born during the first consulship of who?
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus
300
Where did Vergil rarely travel?
Rome
300
The English word, humid, comes from what Latin word?
humeo, humere (to be moist)
300
Hades caught sight of Proserpina in the fields of what place?
The fields of Siciliy.
400
Aeneas, the hero from the “Aeneid,” was from what city?
Troy
400
What is name of the woman who dreamt about giving birth to a laurel branch?
Maia
400
Where were Vergil's bones laid?
Naples
400
What is English word comes from the Latin word: cremo, -are?
Cremate
400
The Conquest of Gaul, won by Julius Caesar's army, was also called what?
The Gallic Wars
500
What is another name for the "Bucolics?"
The "Eclogues"
500
What was Vergil's father referred as by other people?
A potter
500
After Lucretius died, Vergil traveled from Cremona to _____?
Milan
500
What is the Latin derivative for Protect?
protego, protegere, protexi
500
What famous architect did emperor Hadrian execute because he insulted Hadrian's choice of domes?
Apollodorus of Damascus