Geography

Question 1

Construction on this building began in 121 AD under Hadrian. Set on a massive 145m by 100m base, this decastyle Corinthian temple with double cellae was built over the ruins of Nero’s Domus Aurea. What was this largest temple in Rome, dedicated to both the city’s patron goddess and the city itself?

Answer 1

TEMPLE OF VENUS AND ROMA / ROME

Question 2

This is a map of the Roman and Imperial Fora - the Temple of Venus and Roma is number 20. What Latin term describes the type of building numbered 13, 14, and 19? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QRoGeEHarqd8h8B0O-32ebIJsU8Ed7yi0JCz-wUnGq4/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 2

BASILICAE

Question 3

Many Roman leaders were eager to leave their mark on the city and did so by adding fora adjacent to the Roman Forum. Who was responsible for adding the forum marked number 2, whose most remarkable monument still stands today in its northwest center? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QRoGeEHarqd8h8B0O-32ebIJsU8Ed7yi0JCz-wUnGq4/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 3

TRAJAN

Question 4

The cities of Caesarea and Tingis gave their names to two Roman provinces, which had previously been part of what African kingdom usurped by Claudius in 44 AD?

Answer 4

MAURETANIA

Question 5

Give the modern name of one of the two Latin cities, Caesarea or Tingis

Answer 5

CHERCHELL / TANGIER(S)

Question 6

Respondē Latinē: Quod mare invenītur inter Mare Aegaeum et Pontum Euxīnum?

Answer 6

(MARE / PONTUS) PROPONTIS // (MARE) PROPONTICUM // (PONTUS) PROPONTICUS

Question 7

Respondē Latinē: Quod fretum transītur nāvibus nāvigantibus ē Propontide in septentriōnēs?

Answer 7

BOSP(H)ORUS

Question 8

Respondē Latinē: Quī lacus magnus iacet iuxtā Pontum Euxīnum ubi Scythae habitāre dicuntur?

Answer 8

(LACUS / PĀLUS) MAEŌTIS

Question 9

What imperial complex lay just southeast of the Circus Maximus, featured two palaestrae, and was completed in 217 AD, the same year as the murder of its namesake, a son of Septimius Severus?

Answer 9

BATHS OF CARACALLA

Question 10

What baths lay near the Aurelian Wall near the Porta Nomentana and almost directly north of the Baths of Caracalla?

Answer 10

(BATHS OF) DIOCLETIAN

Question 11

What bath complex was built on the Quirinal Hill and was the last of the imperial thermae?

Answer 11

(BATHS OF) CONSTANTINE

Question 12

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Name site “D”, a fortified hill where Julius Caesar’s army employed circumvallation and contravallation to decisively defeat the forces of Vercingetorix in 52 BC.

Answer 12

ALESIA

Question 13

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1oixHI3V8YVI7319x6KnzhmOsmg4s66xWQOFtpyW203s/edit
Which letter corresponds to Atuatuca, the site where Ambiorix massacred the forces of Titurius Sabinus and Aurunculeius Cotta after tricking them into leaving their camp?

Answer 13

F

Question 14

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1oixHI3V8YVI7319x6KnzhmOsmg4s66xWQOFtpyW203s/edit
Identify the site by name and letter where Caesar attempted to block the migration of the Helvetians by destroying its bridge over the Rhône river.

Answer 14

“C”, (LAKE) GENEVA / GENĀVA / GENNA / GENĒVA / LACUS LEMMANUS

Question 15

Which of the following regions was not located in Asia Minor: Pamphylia, Paphlagonia, Pannonia, Phrygia?

Answer 15

PANNONIA

Question 16

Which of the remaining regions ⁠— Pamphylia, Paphlagonia, and Phrygia ⁠— did not border the coast and stood on Asia Minor’s central plateau during the Late Republic and Early Empire?

Answer 16

PHRYGIA

Question 17

Which of the following islands was located farthest from the coast of Asia Minor: Lesbos, Cythera, Rhodes, Samos, Cos?

Answer 17

CYTHERA

Question 18

Which hill hosted Domitian’s large funeral monument to the Flavian dynasty, had the Forum of Trajan carved into it, and was the mythical home of Titus Tatius and the Sabine people?

Answer 18

QUIRINAL

Question 19

Which hill contained the site of the Temple of Divus Claudius, which was temporarily commandeered for a grand fountain by Nero, and may have originally been named after its oak groves?

Answer 19

CAELIAN

Question 20

What site on the edge of the Caelian hill did Constantine choose for his first Christian cathedral? It later served as the residence for many popes and still stands today after many renovations and extensions.

Answer 20

(ST. JOHN) LATERAN / DOMUS LATERĀNĪ

Question 21

Give the Latin legal phrase often figuratively translated, “malice aforethought,” although a stricter translation might be, “with evil mind”

Answer 21

MALŌ ANIMŌ

Question 22

Your editorial team hopes that they have caught and fixed all the questions that had to be corrected. What one-word Latin motto is used to indicate “things which must be corrected”?

Answer 22

CORRIGENDA

Question 23

We think that we have changed everything that needed changing. What two-word Latin motto expresses that idea?

Answer 23

MUTATĪS MUTANDĪS

Question 24

What river divided Cisalpine Gaul into northern and southern regions and is today Italy’s longest?

Answer 24

PADUS / PO

Question 25

What river, located in Southern Gaul, started in the Alps and flowed into the Mediterranean near Arles?

Answer 25

RHODANUS / RHONE

Question 26

What river ran through the provinces of Raetia, Noricum, Pannonia, and Moesia?

Answer 26

DĀNUVIUS / DANUBE

Question 27

Near what modern city did Aurelian defeat Tetricus in 273 AD, the same location as the site of Attila’s defeat in 451 AD?

Answer 27

CHÂLONS(-SUR-MARNE/-EN-CHAMPAGNE)

Question 28

What modern city served as the tetrarch Constantius Chlorus’s capital?

Answer 28

TRIER

Question 29

One of the rulers of the imperium Galliārum, Tetricus, moved his capital from Trier to what modern city?

Answer 29

BORDEAUX

Question 30

What emperor built an ōdēon and stadion in the Campus Mārtius, the latter of which would become the modern Piazza Navona?

Answer 30

DOMITIAN

Question 31

What structure on the edge of the forum did Domitian build to memorialize his brother’s sack of Jerusalem?

Answer 31

ARCH OF TITUS

Question 32

By what name do we know the forum on which Domitian began construction before his death?

Answer 32

FORUM TRĀNSITORIUM / FORUM OF NERVA

Question 33

Which forum designed by Apollodorus of Damascus included a Greek and Latin library, the Basilica Ulpia, and a massive column commemorating the Dacian Wars in sculptural relief?

Answer 33

TRAJAN'S FORUM

Question 34

Into what hill was Trajan’s forum carved?

Answer 34

QUIRINAL

Question 35

What large building complex in Rome, located at the junction of the Quirinal and Viminal hills, gave the main train station of Rome its name “Termini”?

Answer 35

BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN

Question 36

What Roman province was located mostly in the modern countries of Morocco and Algeria?

Answer 36

MAURETANIA

Question 37

Into what two sub-provinces did Claudius divide Mauretania upon annexing the province?

Answer 37

CAESARIENSIS AND TINGITANA

Question 38

The capital city of the Tingitana region was Tingis, which remains a major city in Morocco, albeit by a different name. What is that name?

Answer 38

TANGIERS

Question 39

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ECGmt5WlF80ZgVGDfw3VeHVYm2HUcT8F Identify by number the home province of the emperor Diocletian, Dalmatia

Answer 39

7

Question 40

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ECGmt5WlF80ZgVGDfw3VeHVYm2HUcT8F What number corresponds with the province of Noricum?

Answer 40

5

Question 41

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ECGmt5WlF80ZgVGDfw3VeHVYm2HUcT8F What number corresponds with the province of Galatia?

Answer 41

10

Question 42

Comāna, Sinōpē, Tarsus, and Ephesus were all ancient cities which would now be located in what modern country?

Answer 42

TURKEY

Question 43

Segōvia, Emporiae, Mālaga, and Tarraco were all ancient cities which would now be located in what modern day country?

Answer 43

SPAIN

Question 44

Lambaesis, Caesarēa, Madaurus, and Hippō Rēgius were all ancient cities which would now be located in what modern day country?

Answer 44

ALGERIA

Question 45

What is the modern name of the Roman city of Olisipo?

Answer 45

LISBON

Question 46

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eWjhVQnvF606EGPfc5kCpU3fFAS4xUvf Give the letter that corresponds with the modern country where you would find the Roman city of Arretium.

Answer 46

C

Question 47

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eWjhVQnvF606EGPfc5kCpU3fFAS4xUvf Give the letter that corresponds with the modern country where you would find the Roman city of Tarsus.

Answer 47

D

Question 48

Considering that the Cūria is at the north end of the Forum Rōmānum, which of the following buildings in the Forum Rōmānum is farthest East: Tabulārium, Rēgia, Templum Concordiae, Basilica Iūlia?

Answer 48

REGIA

Question 49

Which of the following buildings in the Campus Mārtius was originally farthest North: Stadium of Domitian, Āra Pācis, Mausoleum of Augustus, Pantheon?

Answer 49

MAUSOLEUM OF AUGUSTUS

Question 50

Which imperial forum is farthest West?

Answer 50

FORUM OF TRAJAN

Question 51

Which of the following is NOT in the Campus Martius: Pantheon, Saepta Iūlia, Āra Pācis, Temple of Venus and Rome?

Answer 51

TEMPLE OF VENUS AND ROME

Question 52

Who was responsible for building the original Pantheon?

Answer 52

AGRIPPA

Question 53

What emperor had the Pantheon rebuilt after it had been destroyed in a fire?

Answer 53

HADRIAN

Question 54

What is the modern name for the ancient city Augusta Treverorum?

Answer 54

TRIER

Question 55

What is the modern name for the ancient city Cirta?

Answer 55

CONSTANTINE

Question 56

What is the modern name for the ancient city Aquincum?

Answer 56

BUDAPEST