Ch. 37 & 38 Culture

Question 1

Marcus Junius Brutus had coins issued stamped with “Liberty”, or in Latin ________

Answer 1

libertas

Question 2

In addition to liberty, the coins Marcus Junius Brutus issued were stamped with the image of a liberty cap, known as _________

Answer 2

pilleus (daggers)

Question 3

EID * MAR (also stamped on coins)

Answer 3

Ides of March (Caesar’s assassination)

Question 4

Who was Marcus Junius Brutus’s ancestor and what did he do?

Answer 4

Lucius Junius Brutus, freed Rome from last king

Question 5

Who was the last king of Rome?

Answer 5

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Question 6

Lucius Junius Brutus was to become one of the first _______ (executive leaders) of the Roman republic

Answer 6

consuls

Question 7

Who, in addition to Brutus, killed Caesar?

Answer 7

Cassius

Question 8

What was Brutus’s book about?

Answer 8

virtus (courage)

Question 9

Which philosophers did Brutus interact with when he fled to Athens?

Answer 9

Cratippus and Theomnestus

Question 10

Who wrote the play Julius Caesar?

Answer 10

Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Question 11

Who beat Cassius and Brutus in the Battle of Philippi?

Answer 11

Antony and Octavian

Question 12

When and where was the Battle of Philippi?

Answer 12

Macedonia in 42 BC

Question 13

Who took his life first in the Battle of Philippi?

Answer 13

Cassius, then Brutus

Question 14

tribune of the soldiers

Answer 14

tribunus militum

Question 15

Quintus dropped his shield ______

Answer 15

non bene

Question 16

Why did Octavian confiscate Roman land?

Answer 16

To provide settlement for 100,000 veterans of the battle of philippi

Question 17

Where did Virgil live?

Answer 17

northern italy

Question 18

What battle did Antony and Octavian clash?

Answer 18

Battle of Actium in 31 BC

Question 19

Who won the Battle of Actium?

Answer 19

Octavian

Question 20

What did the senate name Octavian and when?

Answer 20

Augustus in 27 BC

Question 21

When was Brutus in Athens?

Answer 21

44 BC

Question 22

Who was Antony’s wife and his brother?

Answer 22

Fulvia and Lucius

Question 23

How many legions did Antony raise against Octavian?

Answer 23

8

Question 24

After Fulvia died, who did Antony marry?

Answer 24

Octavia, Octavian’s sister