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109 Cards in this Set
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What was the name of her veil, called so because of its color?
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Flammeum
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What was the nodus Herculaneus?
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The knot with which the woolen band around a brides waist was tied that was later untied by her husband.
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From whom did Cicero take the term Phillippics?
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Demosthenes
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What NOMEN was shared by two of Cicero's clients?
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Roscius
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Who of Cicero's contemporaries was his arch rival in oratory?
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Hortensius
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What is unusual about the neuter noun castra?
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It is plural in form but singular in meaning.
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What is odd about vulgus?
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It looks masculine, but is neuter
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What is odd about locus?
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It is usually masculine when singular but neuter when plural.
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Quote in Latin the first line of the Aeneid.
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Arma virumque cano Troiae qui primus ab oris.
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Quote the first seven words of Caesar's De Bello Gallico.
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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
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Quote the first sentence of Cicero's first oration against Catiline.
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Quo usque tanden abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
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What public enemy of Rome was the grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather of Roman emperors?
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Marc Antony.
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What wife of Antony was the mother of the mother of the oldest of Antony's emperor grandchildern?
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Octavia
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What three emperors were descended from Antony's and Octavia's daughter Antonia?
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Claudius, Caligula, and Nero
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What two characters threw golden apples?
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Hippomenes (Milanion) and Eris
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What two heroes of mythology had to fight against warriors sprung from dragon's teeth?
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Jason and Cadmus
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Atlanta and Hippomenes (Milanion)offended Aphrodite; how were they punished?
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They were turned into lions
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What was the name of a Roman bride's wedding gown?
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Tunica Recta
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Give Cicero's full name.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Distinguish between equus and eques.
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Equus is a horse whereas eques is a knight or cavalryman
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What distinguished Roman was born January 3, 106 BC, near the town of Arpinum?
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Cicero
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What is the Latin title of Cicero's essay on old age?
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De Senectute
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Who wrote The Golden Ass?
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Apuleius
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Who wrote The Heroides?
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Ovid
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Who wrote De Rerum Natura?
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Lucretius
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What book title might be translated Fabula De Duabis Urbibus?
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A Tale of Two Cities
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What book is Senex et Mare?
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The Old Man and the Sea
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What book is Uvae Irae?
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The Grapes of Wrath
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Which of Rome's kings disappeared in a storm?
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Romulus
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Livy tells us that some Romans didn't believe that Romulus was carried off in a storm. What did they believe of his fate?
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They believed that he was killed by some senators.
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What is the name of the deified Romulus?
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Quirinus
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What is the meaning of the Latin noun at the root of the English verb "eradicate"?
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root
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What is the meaning of the Latin noun at the root of the English verb "incinerate"?
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cinis, cineris (n): ash
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Who stole Heracles' cattle?
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Cacus
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Who stole the cattle of his own brother Apollo?
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Hermes/Mercury
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What did Hermes give Apollo to appease him?
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The New Lyre
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What was the relationship of Hestia, Hera, and Demeter?
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Sisters
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Out of Hestia, Hera, and Demeter, which remained a virgin?
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Hestia
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What is the term for the combination of the future passive participle and a form of sum?
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Passive periphrastic
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What does the passive paraphrastic construction show?
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Necessity, obligation
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Where did Jason go find the Golden Fleece?
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Colchis (Aea)
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Who brought the Golden Fleece to Colchis?
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Phrixus
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Who was Phrixus' sister?
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Helle
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Who was Zeus' wife: Hestia, Hera, or Demeter?
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Hera
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Distinguis in meaning between lepus and lupus.
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Lepus is a rabbit whereas lupus is a wolf.
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Distinguish between cervus and corvus
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Cervus is a deer or stag whereas corvus is a crow or raven.
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What groups got into a fierce battle at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia?
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The Lapiths and Centaurs
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At whose wedding did Eris hurl her famous apple?
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The wedding of Peleus and Thetis
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Give the Latin and the English for R.I.P.
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Requiescat in Pace - May He Rest in Peace
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Give the Latin and the English for Q.E.D.
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Quod Erat Demonstrandum - That which had to be proved
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Give the Latin and the English for cf.
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Confer - Compare
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Who wrote an epic poem on the Roman civil war?
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Lucan
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Although it is usually called the Pharsalia, what is the more proper title for Lucan's poem?
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Bellum Civile
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How many books are in the Bellum Civile?
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Ten
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Translate: ne pugnemus
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Let's not fight
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What is the syntax of O tempora O mores?
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Accusative of Exclamation
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What king's name has become an English adjective for a victory too costly to be worthwile?
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Pyrrhus
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Where was Pyrrhus king?
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Epirus
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Where is Epirus?
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NW Greece, West of Macedonia
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Say "one thousand animals"
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mille animalia
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Say in Latin: "the same animals."
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eadem animalia
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What family relationship caused the Myrmidons to fight under Achilles in the Trojan War?
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Aeacus, their king, was Achilles' grandfather
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What son of Aeacus was Achilles' father?
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Peleus
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Who killed Achilles?
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Paris (with Apollo's help)
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How was the next emperor selected after the assassination of Domitian?
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By the senate
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Whom did the Senate select to be the new king after the death of Domitian?
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Nerva
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What are Nerva and his four successors collectively called?
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The Five Good Emperors
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What is the present passive infinitive of facio?
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fieri
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What is the Latin for "It has been done"?
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factum est
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What groups got into a fierce battle at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia?
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The Lapiths and Centaurs
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At the wedding feast of Perseus and Andromeda, Andromeda's uncle, her former betrothed, attacked. What was his name?
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Phineus
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What was the birthpalce of Apollo and Artemis?
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Delos
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Who was the mother of Apollo and Artemis?
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Leto
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Where was Apollo's most important oracle?
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Delphi
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Who is a noverca?
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stepmother
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What is the superlative degree of bonus?
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optimus
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Who is a proavus?
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Great-grandfather
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Through which parent are you related to your agnati?
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Father
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Who was the daughter of Helen and Menelaus?
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Hermione
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What captive Trojan woman did Pyrrhus cast off because he fell in love with Hermione?
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Andromache
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Who also planned to marry Hermione and did kill Pyrrhus?
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Orestes
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What early first-century BC conflict pitted Rome against some of her Italian allies?
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Social War (or Marsic or Italic)
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What tribe was cheif among the rebellious allies?
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Marsi
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Who in the Aeneid says: "Nascetur pulchra Troianus origine Caesar imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astrist"?
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Jupiter
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Who says: "O fortunati, quorum iam moenia surgunt!"?
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Aeneas
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Who is the first Trojan to address Dido?
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Ilioneus
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What Roman writer, speaking in awe of his contemporary Vergil, wrote: "Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade"?
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Propertius
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What was Propertius' name for his beloved?
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Cynthia
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Where was Propertius born?
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Assisi
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What character in mythology was turned into a hoopoe?
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Tereus
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Who was turned into a woodpecker?
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Picus
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Who became kingfishers?
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Ceyx and (H)Alycyone
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Where could a Roman go to see a bestiarius?
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Arena/Amphitheater/Colosseum
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In what sort of combat would a bestiarius engage?
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Combat with beasts
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What elected officials were obliged to put on public games?
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Aediles
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Whom did Demeter punish with insatiable hunger?
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Erysichthon
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What god had Sisyphus offended?
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Zeus
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Who was the father of the centaurs?
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Centaurus/Ixion
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Where did Tarquinius Superbus' sons go to learn why a snake had appeared from the foundations of the temple of Jupiter?
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The oracle at delphi
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Being ambitious men, what else did the sons of Tarquinius Superbus ask the oracle of Delphi after the snake inquery?
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Who would be the next Ruler of Rome?
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What was the oracle's answer to Tarquinius Superbus' sons question of "Who would rule Rome next?"?
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Whoever kissed his mother first
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What is the superlative degree of malus?
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Pessimus
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What is the comparative of bonus?
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melior
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What was a Roman family's carpentum?
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wagon
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What Roman vehicle included bunks for its passengers?
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Carruca
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What was a lectica?
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A slave-carried litter
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In what speech, made a year after his return from exile, did Cicero make scathing comments on Clodius Pulcher and his sister?
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Pro Caelio
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This defendant, Caelius Rufus, had what in common with Catullus?
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He was an ex-lover of Clodia
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Clodia's husband was consul of Rome in what year, the same yaer in which the First Triumvirate was formed?
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60 BC
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