Final Terms

Question 1

panem

Answer 1

• gets its name from panem et circenses, which is Latin for “bread and circuses”
• nation in hunger games, consisting of 12 districts and the capitol

Question 2

tessera

Answer 2

• form of voluntary food rationing, offered by the government of Panem to people in the district in exchange for signing up for the games
• worth one year’s supply of grain and oil for a single person

Question 3

Avox

Answer 3

• latin word meaning “without voice”
• refers to a person who has been punished by having their tongues cut out and made a slave, for being a rebel agains the capitol

Question 4

Katniss

Answer 4

• protagonist in the hunger games
• leads a revolution against the capitol
• Characters from the poor, depleted districts are named after plants or other earthy items; those from the regal capital have a Roman influence

Question 5

Cinna

Answer 5

○ Costume designer for Katniss in the hunger games, who rejects Capitol’s way of living
○ The poet in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
○ Also politician who helped conspired against Caesar
- has Roman name

Question 6

Haymitch

Answer 6

○ Comes from district 12 and is a previous winner of the hunger games
○ Advices and trains Katniss and Peeta

-Similar to Antonius Proximo in Gladiator who was a previous gladiator himself and now trains gladiators

Question 7

Hadrian

Answer 7

○ Roman emperor
○ Marry to Trajan’s niece Sabina
-known as Greekling due to his love for Greece and Greek literature
-ruled from 117 to 138 CE
-known as the third of the Five Good Emperors of Rome

Question 8

Trajan

Answer 8

• Roman emperor
• husband of Plotina
• known as the second of the Five Good Emperors of Rome

Question 9

Plotina

Answer 9

• Roman Empress
• wife of Trajan
• good friend of Hadrian
• believed to have sign the papers of succession, making Hadrian the emperor
• sees Hadrian as a better suited emperor than Trajan

Question 10

Dacia

Answer 10

• Greeks referred to it as the Getae, and the Romans as the Daci
• Where Hadrian is residing while Trajan fights in Parthia

Question 11

Hadrian’s Villa

Answer 11

• located in Tivoli, Italy
• During the later years of his reign, Hadrian governed the empire from the villa.
• eventually Hadrian started using the villa as his official residence

Question 12

Hellenism

Answer 12

• Hadrian often is accused by the Roman politicians of being Hellenistic
• the practice of character and culture of Ancient Greece

Question 13

Caesar

Answer 13

○ Roman politician, military general who led to the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire

○ In the show Rome, he wants to make Rome an empire

-Friend turn enemy of Pompey

Question 14

Antony

Answer 14

○ Roman general and politician
○ Close supporter of Julius Caesar and served as one of his generals during the conquest of Gaul

-Appointed Tribune of the people

Question 15

Octavian

Answer 15

○ Julius Caesar’s nephew turned adopted-son
○ Son of Atia in the show

○ Becomes Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire
Restores the golden age in Rome, which led to an era known as the Pax Romana

Question 16

Cicero

Answer 16

○ Roman statesman, writer and orator, lawyer and philosopher
○ Served as consul in the year 63 BC
○ Helped stop Catiline from overthrowing the government
Wanted Rome to return to the traditional republican government

Question 17

Cato the Younger

Answer 17

○ Statesman and orator in the late Roman republic
○ Opposes Julius Caesar’s rule
-Called for the senate to formally relieve Caesar of his proconsular command and return to Rome

Question 18

Pompey

Answer 18

○ Known as Pompey the Great
○ A military and political leader of the late Roman Republic
-Married to Caesar’s daughter Julia, but after her death he sided with the Senate against Julius Caesar which led to civil war

Question 19

Taurobolium

Answer 19

○ A roman practice involving the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of a person in the blood
In the tv series Rome, Atia sacrifices a bull to pray for the safe return of her son Octavian

Question 20

Atia

Answer 20

○ Niece of Julius Caesar
○ Mother of Octavian and Octavia
○ Sends Octavian to gift Caesar a white horse

-Uses her family connections and sexuality to obtain power and make her a highly influential figure in Roman society

Question 21

spartacus

Answer 21

○ Thracian who is captured becoming a slave
○ Bought by Batiatus who makes him a gladiator
○ Marry to Sura
Escapes and leads a major slave revolt against the Roman Republic

Question 22

Capua

Answer 22

○ A city in and comune in the region of southern Italy
○ A center of gladiator training
Also holds the amphitheater were all the gladiatorial games of the city are hosted

Question 23

thrace

Answer 23

○ Home to Spartacus and Thracians

• located in southeast Europe
• A country filled with multiple villages

Question 24

Glaber

Answer 24

○ A roman army legatus
○ Married to Ilithyia
○ Responsible for the Spartacus’ enslavement as a gladiator

Question 25

red Serpent

Answer 25

○ Spartacus wife, Sura, reveals the gods spoke to her in her dreams, showing Spartacus kneeling before a red serpent that will lead to great and unfortunate things -During the Spartacus' fight scene he sees a red serpent on one of the gladiators shied and is reminded of Sura saying to kill them all

Question 26

Mithridates VI of Pontus

Answer 26

○ King of Pontus ○ One of the Roman Republic's most formidable and successful enermies In the show, they are allies of the Getae, thus helping Gabler convince the Thracians to enlist in helping the Roman's defeat them

Question 27

Ilithyia

Answer 27

○ Daughter of senator Albinus ○ Wife of Glaber Persuades Gabler to break of his deal with the Thracians, thus resulting in them attacking the Romans and eventually Spartacus being enslave