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Birthplace of Livius Andronicus

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Tarentum

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Birthplace of Naevius

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Campania

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Birthplace of Plautus

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Sarsina

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Birthplace of Caecilius Statius

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Mediolanum/Milan

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Birthplace of Ennius

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Rudiae

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Birthplace of Cato the Elder

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Tusculum

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Birthplace of Terence

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Carthage

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Birthplace of Pacuvius

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Brundisium

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Birthplace of Accius

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Pisaurum

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Birthplace of Lucilius

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Suessa Aurunca

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Birthplace of Lucius Pomponius

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Bologona

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Birthplace of Marcus Furius Bibaculus

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Cremona

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Birthplace of Cinna

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Brescia

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Birthplace of Licinius Calvus

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Rome

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Birthplace of Catullus

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Verona

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Birthplace of Varro Atacinus

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Atax

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Birthplace of Varro Reatinus

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Reate

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Birthplace of Cornelius Nepos

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Ostiglia/Pavia

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Birthplace of Sallust

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Amiternum

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Birthplace of Vergil

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Mantua

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Birthplace of Horace

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Venusia

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Birthplace of Cornelius Gallus

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Forum Iulii

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Birthplace of Tibullus

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Gabii/Pedum

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Birthplace of Propertius

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Assissium

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Birthplace of Ovid
Sulmo
26
Birthplace of Livy
Padua/Patavium
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Birthplace of Asinius Pollio
Teate
28
Birthplace of Velleius Paterculus
Aeclanum
29
Birthplace of Columella
Gades
30
Birthplace of Pomponius Mela
Tingentera
31
Birthplace of Verrius Flaccus
Praeneste
32
Birthplace of Seneca the Elder
Cordoba
33
Birthplace of Seneca the Younger
Cordoba
34
Birthplace of Plutarch
Chaeroneia
35
Birthplace of Persius Flaccus
Volaterrae/Volterra
36
Birthplace of Papinius Statius
Naples
37
Birthplace of Pliny the Elder
Comum
38
Birthplace of Pliny the Younger
Comum
39
Birthplace of Martial
Bilbilis
40
Birthplace of Quintilian
Calagurris
41
Birthplace of Tacitus
Terni
42
Birthplace of Fronto
Cirta
43
Birthplace of Apuleius
Madaura
44
Birthplace of Tertullian
Carthage
45
Birthplace of Minucius Felix
Cirta
46
Birthplace of Cyprian
Carthage
47
Birthplace of Nemesianus
Carthage
48
Birthplace of Arnobius
Sicca Veneris
49
Birthplace of Ammianus Marcellinus
Antioch
50
Birthplace of Ausonius
Bordeaux/Burdigala
51
Birthplace of Claudian
Alexandria
52
Birthplace of Claudian
Alexandria
53
Birthplace of Paulinus
Bordaux/Burdigala
54
Birthplace of St. Ambrose
Treviri
55
Birthplace of St. Augustine
Thagaste
56
Birthplace of St. Jerome
Stridon (in Dalmatia)
57
Birthplace of Rufinus
Aquileia
58
Birthplace of Sulpicius Severus
Gallia Aquitania
59
Birthplace of Martianus Capella
Carthage
60
Birthplace of Orosius
Tarragona
61
Birthplace of Boethius
Rome
62
Birthplace of Cassiodorus
Scylletium
63
Lover of Lucilius
Collaera
64
Lover of Propertius
Cynthia, real name Hostia
65
Lover of Lygdamus
Neaera
66
Lover of Sulpicia
Cerinthus
67
Lover of Varro Atacinus
Leucadia
68
Lover of Tibullus, Book 1
Delia, real name Plania
69
Lover of Tibullus, Book 2
Nemesis
70
Lover of Cornelius Gallus
Lycoris, real name Volumnia, stage name Cytheris
71
Lover of Catullus
Lesbia, real name Clodia, and Iuventius
72
Lover of Ovid
Corinna
73
Lover of Apuleius
Pudentilla
74
Lover of Varro Reatinus
Fundania
75
Lover of Licinius Calvus
Quintilia
76
Lover of Papinius Statius
Claudia
77
Lover of Symmachus
Rusticiana
78
Lover of Seneca the Younger
Paulina
79
Lover of Paulinus of Nola
Therasia
80
284 B.C.-204 B.C.
Livius Adronicus
81
270 B.C.-201 B.C.
Naevius
82
254-184 B.C.
Plautus
83
239 B.C.-169 B.C.
Dates for Ennius
84
234-149 B.C.
Cato the Elder
85
220-130 B.C.
Pacuvius
86
219-166 B.C.
Caecilius Statius
87
202-120 B.C.
Polybius
88
195/185-159 B.C.
Terence
89
180-110 B.C.
Panaetius
90
180-102 B.C.
Lucilius
91
170-86 B.C.
Accius
92
d. 46 B.C.
Lucius Afranius
93
105-43 B.C.
Laberius
94
99-55 B.C.
Lucretius
95
84-54 B.C.
Catullus
96
82-37/36 B.C.
Varro Atacinus
97
69-26 B.C.
Cornelius Gallus
98
120-67 B.C.
Sisenna
99
70-19 B.C.
Vergil
100
65-8 B.C.
Horace
101
55-19 B.C.
Tibullus
102
50-16 B.C.
Propertius
103
43 B.C.-17/18 A.D.
Ovid
104
d. 66 B.C.
Licinius Macer
105
100-44 B.C.
Julius Caesar
106
100-25 B.C.
Cornelius Nepos
107
86-35 B.C.
Sallust
108
76 B.C.-4 A.D.
Asinius Pollio
109
59 B.C.-17 A.D.
Livy
110
143-87 B.C.
Marcus Antonius
111
114-50 B.C.
Hortensius Hortalus
112
106-43 B.C.
Cicero
113
102-43 B.C.
Quintus Cicero
114
82-47 B.C.
Licinius Calvus
115
116-27 B.C.
Varro Reatinus
116
110-32 B.C.
Titus Pomponius Atticus
117
64 B.C.-14 A.D
Hyginus
118
39-65 A.D.
Lucan
119
55 B.C.-37 A.D.
Seneca the Elder
120
4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Seneca the Younger
121
34-62 A.D.
Persius
122
40-96 A.D.
Papinius Statius
123
25-101 A.D.
Silius Italicus
124
40-103/104 A.D.
Martial
125
55-117 A.D.
Tacitus
126
35-95 A.D.
Quintilian
127
61-113 A.D.
Pliny the Younger
128
23-79 A.D.
Pliny the Elder
129
d. 65 A.D.
Petronius
130
40-103 A.D.
Frontinus
131
60-130 A.D.
Juvenal
132
70-160 A.D.
Suetonius
133
110-180 A.D.
gaius
134
c. 155-240 A.D.
Tertullian
135
200-258 A.D.
Cyprian
136
310-395 A.D.
Ausonius
137
370-405 A.D.
Claudian
138
330-395 A.D.
Ammianus Marcellinus
139
340-397 A.D.
St. Ambrose
140
340-420 A.D.
St. Jerome
141
354-430 A.D.
St. Augustine
142
345-405 A.D
Symmachus
143
Augustus, Res Gestae
Annos undeviginti natus exercitum private consilio et private impensa comparavi
144
Catullus, Carmina
Cui dono lepidum novum labellum?
145
Cicero, First Catilinarian
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
146
Cicero, Second Catilinarian
Tandem aliquando, Quirites, Lucium Catilinam furentem audacia
147
Cicero, Third Catilinarian
Quirites, videtis rem publicam vitamque vestrum omnium
148
Cicero, Fourth Catilinarian
Conscripti patres, video ora atque oculos vestrum omnium esse conversos in me
149
Cicero, Pro Caelio
Si quis iudices forte nunc adsit ignarus legume iudiciorum
150
Horace, Ars Poetica
Humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam iungere si velit
151
Horace, Carmen Saeculare
Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana
152
Horace, Epistulae
Prima dicte mihi summa dicende Camena
153
Horace, Epodes
Ibis Liburnis inter alta navium
154
Horace, Odes
Maecenas atavis, edite regibus
155
Horace, Satires
Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo
156
Juvenal, Satires
Semper ego auditor tantum
157
Livy, Ab Urbe Condita
Iam primum omnium satis constat, Troia capta in ceteros saevitum esse Troianos
158
Lucilius, Satires
Aetheris et terrae genitabile quaerere tempus
159
Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divumque voluptas
160
Martial, Epigrams
Barbara pyramidum silent miracula Memphis
161
Ovid, Amores
Arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam edere
162
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
Si quis in hoc artem populo non novit amandi
163
Ovid, Medicamina Faciei
Discite quae faciem commendat cura, puellae
164
Ovid, Remedia Amoris
Legerat huius Amor titulum nomenque libelli
165
Petronius, Cena Trimalchionis
Venerat iam tertius dies, id est expectationem libera cenae
166
Petronius, Satyricon
Num alio genere furiarum declamatores inquietantur
167
Plautus, Captivi
Hos quos videtis stare hic captivos duos
168
Propertius, Monobiblos
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis
169
Sallust, Bellum Catilinae
Omnes homines qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus
170
Seneca, Apocolocyntosis
Quid actum sit in caelo ante diem III Idus Octobris anno novo.
171
Statius, Silvae
Diu multumque dubitavi, Stella
172
Statius, Thebaid
Fraternas acies alternaque regna profanes decertata odiis
173
Tacitus, Agricola
Clarorum virorum facta Moresque posteris trader
174
Tacitus, Annales
Urbem Romam a principio reges habuere
175
Tacitus, Germania
Germania omnis a Gallis Raetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danuvio fluminibus
176
Tibullus, Elegies
Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro
177
Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica
Prima deum magnis canimas freta parvia natis fatidicamque ratem
178
Vergil, Aeneid
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
179
Vergil, Eclogues
Tityre, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi
180
Vergil, Georgics
Quid faciat laetas segetes, quo sidere terram vertere, Maecenas.
181
Caesar, De Bello Gallico
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres
182
Livius Andronicus, Odusia
Virum mihi, Camena, inseca versutum.
183
Ovid, Metamorphoses
In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora
184
Lucan, Pharsalia
Bella per Emathios plus quam civilia campos.
185
Apuleius, Aureus Asinus
At ego tibi sermon isto Milesio varias fabulas
186
Foundation of Roman cultural identity
twelve tables
187
Annual calendar and the lists of magistrates elected year by year
Fasti
188
Different types of Fasti
fasti consulares, fasti pontificales, fasti triumphales
189
Record of military triumphs won by magistrates in office
fasti triumphales
190
White tablet which announced the names of magistrates for the current year and events for public concern: collected year by year and took the name annales
tabula dealbata
191
Publius Mucius Scaevola's collection of the annales of the previous 280 years in the time of the Gracchi
Annales Maximi
192
Author of Annales Maximi
Publius Mucius Scaevola
193
More personal and not necessarily public writings
Commentarii
194
Twenty-two books of Sulla's memoirs
Commentarii Rerum Gestarum
195
Author of Commentarii Rerum Gestarum
Sulla
196
Two important ritual carmina
Salian and Arval
197
Chant of the frates Arvales, sang for the purification of the fields
Carmen Arvale
198
Supposed creator of the Arvals
Romulus
199
Forms include the jests traditional at weddings, public defamation and the carmina triumphalia. Originally sung in revelry to avert misfortunes
Fescennine Verses
200
Meter of the Fescennine Verses
Saturnian
201
Used for "riddles, children's ditties, banter, and pasquinades (satire)"
versus quadratus
202
Comedy in Greek dress
fabula palliata
203
Tragedy in Greek dress
fabula crepidata
204
Comedy in Roman dress
fabula togata
205
Alternate name for fabula togata
fabula tabernaria
206
Drama in Roman dress, based on historical events
fabula praetexta
207
Mime
fabula planipedia, fabula riciniata
208
Adaptation of Greek tragedy
fabula cothurnata
209
Mythological subject
Fabula Rhinthonica
210
Pantomime
Salticae Fabulae
211
Derivation of the name "fabula palliata"
the pallium, the typical clothing of the Greeks
212
Performed first by improvisation and did not call for a professional subject: dramatic story lines, farcical actions, etc.
Atellan Farce
213
Stock character: the fool, soldier
Maccus
214
Stock character: the clown
Dossenus
215
Stock character: the chewer
Manducus
216
Stock character: the greybeard, peasant
Pappus
217
Stock character: the fool
Bucco
218
Founder of oratory
Appius Claudius Caecus
219
Appius Claudius Caecus' political years
Consul: 307 and 206, Censor: 312, Dictator
220
Permitted plebeians to enter the Senate
Appius Claudius Caecus
221
Appius Claudius Caecus' enemies and wars
Etruscans and Sabines, victorious in Third Sabine War
222
Appius Claudius Caecus' collection of maxims
Sententiae
223
Livius Andronicus' master
Livius Salinator
224
Year of Livius Andronicus' arrival to Rome
272 B.C.
225
Author of the first comedy and tragedy in Rome
Livius Andronicus
226
Year and place of Livius' Andronicus first comedy and tragedy in Rome
240 B.C., Ludi Romani
227
Livius Andronicus' composition in honor of Juno
partheneion
228
Year of Livius Andronicus' partheneion
207 B.C.
229
Livius Andronicus' reward for his partheneion
president of the collegium scribarum histrionumque, association was installed in the temple of Minerva on the Aventine.
230
Livius Andronicus' translation of the Odyssey
Odusia
231
Author of the Odusia
Livius Andronicus
232
Meter of the Odusia
Saturnian
233
Popular school text for Roman youth but considered antiquated even in its own day
Odusia
234
Extant Lines of the Odusia
46
235
Author of a cycle of Trojan war tragedies, including Achilles, Aegisthus, Ajax Mastigophorus, Equos Troianus, and Hermiona
Livius Andronicus
236
Livius Andronicus' tragedies
Trojan Cycle: Achilles, Aegisthus, Ajax Mastigophorus, Equos Troianus, Hermiona, and Andromeda, Daneae, and Tereus
237
Livius Andronicus' fabula praetexta
Gladiolus
238
Livius Andronicus consulted on
Sibylline Books
239
The war Naevius fought in
First Punic War
240
Naevius was known as
the first Latin writer of Roman nationality
241
Naevius' home region
Campania
242
To what class was Naevius born, extremely rare at the time
Plebeian
243
Plebeian author by birth, extremely rare at the time
Naevius
244
Naevius' invention
fabula praetexta
245
Naevius' constant enemies, imprisoned by them
Metelli
246
How the Metelli became consuls (according to Naevius)
because of luck rather than skill
247
Response of the Metelli to Naevius
(along the lines of) the Metelli will make Naevius' life suck
248
Naevius' place of exile and death
Utica
249
Naevius' magnum opus
Bellum Punicum
250
Author of Bellum Punicum
Naevius
251
Work often overshadowed by Ennius' Annales
Bellum Punicum
252
Work that gave Rome a nationalistic direction
Bellum Punicum
253
Divider of the Bellum Punicum into 7 books
Lampadio
254
Naevius' two fabulae praetextae
Romulus and Clastidium
255
Praetexta on Marcellus' victory against the Insubrian Gauls (and his spolia opima)
Clastidium
256
Praetexta on Rome's foundation
Romulus
257
Naevius' fabulae cothurnatae
Hector Proficiscens, Iphigenia, Equos Troianus, and Lycurgus
258
Naevius' fabulae palliatae
Tarentilla ("Flirt"), Colax ("Wreath), Guminasticus ("Teacher of Gymnastics"), Corollaria ("Comedy of Wreaths"), Dolus ("Trick")
259
Naevius' epitaph
states that Romans will forget how to speak Latin after him
260
Meaning of the Maccius in Plautus' name
Flat-footed/big-eared
261
Plautus' profession in Rome
carpenter or worker in a mill
262
When Plautus may have written his plays
in the interval of manual
263
Number of Plautus' works deemed authentic by Varro
21
264
Longest and shortest play of Plautus
Miles Gloriosus, Curculio
265
Plautus' play with no plot, debuted at the Plebeian games
Stichus
266
Plautus' play without female characters
Captivi
267
Plautus' favorite play
Epidicus
268
Plautus' play which contains Carthaginian
Poenulus
269
Zeus comes to Thebes and seduces Amphitryon's wife Alcmena in the guise of Amphitryon himself, while Mercury accompanies him and impersonates Sosia, Amphitryon's slave
Amphitruo
270
Young man wishes to ransom his beloved beauty, a courtesan. He succeeds, thanks to the help of his father—they then compete for her and, of course, the son wins
Asinaria
271
the old miser Euclio has hidden a pot of gold, which is stolen and used to pay for a young man (Lyconides) to marry the woman he raped (Euclio's daughter, Phaedria)
Aulularia
272
Plot doubled (two sisters, two young men in love, and so on). Original of the comedy was the Dis Exapaton ("The Double Deception") of Menander
Bacchides
273
Original of the Bacchides
Menander's Dis Exapaton ("The Double Deception")
274
An old man has lost two sons, one stolen, the other (Philepolemus) taken as a prisoner of war. He obtains two Elean slaves as war booty and one of them turns out to be the stolen boy. He also gets Philepolemus back.
Captivi
275
An old man and his son both want to marry a foundling in their house. The old man finds a man instead of her in his bed
Casina
276
A young man wants to marry a girl of illegitimate birth, while his father wants him to marry another girl. In the end the girl of illegitimate birth is revealed to be suitable for marriage
Cistellaria
277
[Title Character] is a man whose name means "weevil," which is fitting since [title character] acts as a parasite to a young man in love with a courtesan. A boastful soldier, Terapontigonus, also loves the woman but [title character] swindles the woman's pimp and tricks Terapontigonus (who turns out to be her sister)
Curculio
278
The classic "slave's comedy." A slave helps his young master, who falls in love with two girls in a row. One turns out to be the young master's sister
Epidicus
279
two brothers, separated as infants, cause confusion when one arrives at the other's city. Basis for a comedy of errors
Menaechmi
280
the slave Palaestrio helps his master swindle a girl from the braggart soldier Pyrgopolinices
Miles Gloriosus
281
the slave Tranio tricks his young master's faster, Theopropides, into believing that his house is haunted by a ghost, to conceal the young master's liaison
Mostellaria
282
A slave is in love, another slave acts as his assistant. The slave-assitant impersonates a Persian and tricks the pimp
Persa
283
Title character, a slave, succeeds in cheating his adversary Ballio, a pimp, depriving him of the girl that his master loves. So successful that Ballio bets money that [title character] will never succeed with his plan, despite the fact that the girl is already lost
Pseudolus
284
the slave Arcturus foretells the shipwreck of a wicked pimp Labrax, who is holding a girl of free parentage illegically. A chest with a cable, fished out of the sea, is involved in the final development
Rudens
285
Man wants to force his daughters to divorce, but the arrival of their husbands resolves the matter
Stichus
286
Spend-thrift is saved by an old friend of his father through a swindle (the spendthrift was near ruined)
Trinummus
287
a cunning slave Phronesium cheats three of her lovers
Truculentus
288
Mixing of two Greek plays plots into one Roman adaptation
contaminatio
289
Plautus' innovation
numeri innumeri (numberless meters)
290
Authors who practiced contaminatio
Plautus, Terence, Ennius, and Naevius
291
Caecilius' Statius home region
Insubrian Gaul
292
When did Statius come to Rome
after the battle of Clastidium as a slave
293
Story of Terence and Caecilius Statius
Terence read his first work, the Andria, to an aged Caecilius Statius
294
Work Terence read to Caecilius Statius
Andria
295
Caecilius Statius' most famous comedy
Plocium ("The Necklace")
296
Plocium original
Menander's Plokion
297
Caecilius Statius' fabulae palliatae
Gamos, Ex Hautou Hestos, Epicleros, Synaristosae, Synephebi, Epistula, Pugil, Oblostates/Faenerator
298
According to Cicero's Buruts, first Roman whose eloquence is truly attested
Marcus Cornelius Cethegus
299
Introduced the use of Greek in historical writing
Fabius Pictor
300
Fabius Pictor's enemy from 225 to 222
Insubrian Gauls
301
Polybius' argument against Fabius Pictor
His entirely pro-Roman stance on the Punic Wars
302
Oldest Roman historian, treated with respect by later authors
Fabius Pictor
303
How Fabius Pictor got his sick name
ancestor earned the name Pictor for decorating the Temple of Salus in 304 B.C.
304
Chronicle in Greek of Rome from Aeneas to the authors' time
Fabius Pictor's work, lost
305
Annalist who fought in the second Punic war, captured by the Carthaginians, and was said to have known Hannibal
Cincius Alimentus
306
Cincius Alimentus' history was known for what
fairness to both the Romans and Carthaginians
307
Story of Cincius Alimentus
Historian of plebeian birth, wrote in Greek, captured by the Carthaginians and may have known Hannibal personally.
308
Interpreter (and annalist) for the embassy of the three Greek philosophers
Gaius Acilius
309
Cato ridiculed Aulus Postumius Albinus for what
He chose to write in Greek, and then apologized in his preface for any linguistic imperfections he might display since he was using a language other than his own
310
Annalist, fought against Perseus under Aemilius Paullus, ridiculed for writing in Greek though it wasn't his native language
Aulus Postumius Albinus
311
How Polybius was brought to Rome
As one of the 1000 Achaean hostages after Pydna ended the third Macedonian war
312
Friend of Polybius, whose missions he accompanied
Scipio Aemilianus
313
Chronicled Second Punic War and retraced the steps of Hannibal
Polybius
314
Father of Polybius
Lycortas
315
Polybius' position in the Achaean league
Hipparchus (calvary commander)
316
Polybius' position at the sack of Corinth
Intermediary
317
Explanation to the Greeks how the Romans came to dominate the Mediterranean world
Polybius' Histories
318
Length of Polybius' histories
40 books
319
Polybius' Work
Histories
320
Polybius' description of his practice
pragmatic history
321
Aemillius Paulus' spoils from the defeat of Perseus
Perseus' library
322
Authors of the Scipionic Circle
Terence, Polybius, Panaetius, Lucilius
323
Panaetius' arrival to Rome
brought to Rome by Scipio Aemilianus
324
Panaetius' major work
On Duties
325
Author of On Duties
Panaetius
326
Primary source of Cicero's De Officiis
Panaetius' On Duties
327
Writer of Roman comedies, desire to found a national comedy
Laelius
328
Ennius' home region
Calabria
329
Ennius' arrival to Rome
brought by Cato the Elder from Sardinia
330
Death of Ennius
169 During the Ludi Apollinares
331
Ennius was the last to
write both comedy and tragedy
332
Suetonius' description of Ennius
semi-graecus
333
Aulus Gellius termed Ennius "of three hearts" for what reason
spoke three languages, Greek, Latin, and Oscan
334
What philosophy did Ennius popularize
philosophy of Euhumerus
335
Cicero's descriptions of Ennius
above all a follower of Euhumerus and noster Ennius
336
Ennius' two patrons
Scipio Africanus and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
337
Ennius' work, in 18 books of dactylic hexameter
Annales
338
How long was Ennius' Annales
18 books
339
Ennius' Annales' meter
dactylic hexameter
340
Ennius was the first to do what
divide his own work into books
341
Ennius' dreams in the introduction
Ennius is the reincarnation of Homer, the muses receive Roman citizenship.
342
Ennius' famous alliterating quote
O Tite tute tibi tanta tyranne tulisti
343
What does Ennius fail to cover and why
First Punic War, in deference to Naevius
344
Ennius' praetextae
Sabinae and Ambracia
345
Ennius' palliatae
Caupuncula and Pancratiastes
346
Ennius' Didactic work on gastronomy
Hedyphaegetica
347
First Latin poem in hexameters
Hedyphaegetica
348
Source of Ennius' Hedyphaegetica
Archestratus of Gela
349
Ennius' work honoring Scipio Africanus and his victory at Zama in 202
Scipio
350
Ennius' work on the physical universe, anticipating Lucretius
Epicharmus
351
Ennius' translation, states that gods originated from stories about heroes of mankind
Euhumerus
352
Ennius' "Speech of Exhortation"
Protrepicus
353
Ennius' mock epic, a parody work
Sota
354
Ennius' satires
Saturae
355
Books in Ennius' Saturae
Four (or six)
356
Ennius' cothurnatae
Alexander, Andromacha, Aechomalotis, Hecuba, Iphigenia, Eumenides, Agamemnon, Pheoporae, Hectoris Lutra, Ajax, and Thyestes
357
Ennius' last work and tragedy
Thyestes
358
Poetic forms Ennius introduced
elegiac couplet and dactylic hexameter
359
Cato's political positions
military tribune under Fabius Maximus, plebeian aedile (199 BC), praetor in charge of Sicily (198 BC), consulship in 195 BC, censor in 184 BC
360
Cato's co-consul and co-censor
Valerius Flaccus
361
Cato's work as consul
opposes revoking the Lex Oppia, which limits women's spending on jewelry, expelled many Greek philosophers and rhetoricians from Rome.
362
Cato's work as censor
Wants to protect traditional morality, attacked private extravagance while glorifying public extravagance, attacked immorality of Roman nobility
363
Cato's speech opposing the war in Rhodes
Oratio pro Rhodensibus
364
Cato's famous phrase urging the destruction of Carthage
Carthago delenda est
365
Cato's history of Rome from foundation
Origines
366
Length of Cato's Origines
7 books
367
First work in Latin prose
Cato's Origines
368
Dedicatee of Cato's Origines
his sons
369
Cato's intentions in his Origines and his method
Glorify the state, not individuals, so he does not name prominent individuals.
370
Cato's treatise on agriculture
De Agricultura/De Re Rustica
371
Events in Cato's De Re Rustica
Section on cabbage and advises selling slaves when they become too old, states that good citizens and soldiers are formed from farm work
372
Oldest fully extant Latin prose work
De Re Rustica
373
Cato's prose work on morals, customs, etc.
Carmen de Moribus
374
Cato's dictionary of various subjects, addressed to his son
Praecepta ad Filium
375
Collection of Cato's sayings
Apophtegmata
376
Cato's moral maxims
Dicta Catonis
377
Terence's master
Terentius Lucanus
378
Men suspected to have written Terence's plays
Scipio Aemilianus and Laelius
379
Terence's death circumstances and age
died during a voyage for cultural purposes, purportedly by drowning, at the age of 35
380
Terence's actor and producer
Ambivius Turpio
381
Terence's main opponent in his prologues
Luscius of Lavinium
382
Terence's first play
Andria
383
First performance of Adelphoe
Funeral games of Aemilius Paullus
384
Terence's worst play
Hecyra
385
Results of the stagings of the Hecyra
spectators walked out to see tightrope walkers and then gladiators
386
Terence's play on self-tormenting
Heautontimorumenos
387
Famous line contained within Heautontimorumenos
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto
388
Terence's greatest public and financial success, as well as his longest play
Eunuchus
389
Considered Terence's masterpiece
Adelphoi
390
Terence's play adapted from Apollodorus' Epidikazomenos
Phormio
391
Play which Phormio is based on
Apollodorus' Epidikazomenos
392
Reason Terence wasn't as successful as Plautus
rejects the comic excesses of Plautine comedy
393
How and where does Terence rebuts criticism of contamination
prologue to his Andria, argues that Ennius, Naevius, and Plautus did it
394
Caesar's description of Terence
puri sermonis amator ("lover of pure diction") and dimidiatus Menander ("half-sized Menander")
395
Notable Literary critic, famous for rankings of Comedians
Volcatius Sedigitus
396
Volcatius Segiditus' ranking of comedians
1. Caecilius Statius 2. Plautus 3. Naevius 6. Terence Last. Ennius
397
Physical deformity of Volcatius Sedigitus
Had six fingers
398
Pacuvius' relation to Ennius
nephew as well as pupil
399
Cicero's opinion on Pacuvius
the greatest of all Latin tragedians
400
Besides tragedian, Pacuvius' job
painter
401
Pacuvius' praetexta celebrating the victory of Aemilius Paullus over perseus at Pydna
Paullus
402
Number of Pacuvius' tragedies
12
403
Odysseus' nurse Eurycleia washes his feet when he arrives in disguise, but his illegitimate son Telegonus kills him before recognizing him
Pacuvius' Niptra
404
Orestes dressed as a slave to kill his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
Pacuvius' Dulorestes
405
Pacuvius' cothurnatae
Niptra, Hermiona, Armorum Iudicium, Iliona, Antiope, Chryses, Teucer, Dulorestes, Atalanta, Medus, Pentheus, Periboea
406
Pacuvius' epithet because of the influence Hellenism had on him
doctus
407
Ridiculed by Lucilius and Perseus for irregularities in diction
Pacuvius
408
Pacuvius' place of death
Tarentum
409
Most prolific writer of Latin tragedy
Accius
410
Accius' fabulae praetextae
Brutus and Decius (Aeneadae)
411
Story of L. Junius Brutus and his fight against the Tarquins
Accius' Brutus
412
Story of Decius Mus' devotion at the Battle of Sentinum in 295 B.C.
Accius' Decius (Aeneadae)
413
Accius' fabulae cothurnatae
Armorum Iudicium, Astayanax, Atreus, Bacchae, Epinausimache, Hecuba, Medea, Melannipus, Myrmidones, Nyctegresia, Philocteta, Phoenissae, Telephus, Tereus, Thebes, Troades
414
Line contained within Accius' Atreus
oderint dum metuant
415
Work containing "oderint dum metuant"
Accius' Atreus
416
Accius' short history of Greek and Latin poetry
Didascalia
417
Accius' expectation
a large statue erected to him as president of the collegium poetarum
418
Accius' educational trip destination
Pergamum in Asia
419
Vehement attacker of Accius and Pacuvius
Lucilius
420
Title shared by Accius and Pacuvius
Armorum Iudicium
421
Author of an Annales about the Cimbri
Aulus Furius Antias
422
What two works does Catullus mock
the Annales of Volusius and Furius Alpinus' Ethiopid
423
Author of the Ethopid
Furius Alpinus
424
Varro Atacinus' epic poem on Caesar's exploits in Gaul against Ariovistus
Bellum Sequanicum
425
Author of the Bellum Sequanicum
Varro Atacinus
426
Works of Varro Atacinus
Bellum Sequanicum, Argonautae, Chorographia, Ephemeris, Chorographica
427
Varro of Atacinus' geographical poem
Chorographica
428
First famous satirist
Lucilius
429
Length of Lucilius' Satires
30 books
430
Model for Horace's journey to Brundisium
Lucilius' journey to Sicily
431
Lucilius' presentation of the gods as deciding on matters as if the Roman senate
Concilium Deorum
432
Main character of Lucilius' Concilium Deorum and his fate
Lentulus Lupus, dies of indigestion
433
Author of "ex praecordis ecfero versum"
Lucilius
434
Cicero's description of Gaius Gracchus
first "classic orator" in Rome
435
Short Biography of Marcus Antonius
Great orator, consul in 99 B.C., supporter of Sulla, grandfather of Marc Antony
436
Client of Gallus, opened a rhetorical school with Gracchan tendencies and was thus shut down
Plotius Gallus
437
Asianism
More austere, formal, and traditional
438
Atticism
more bombastic, emotional, and colored with word play
439
Chief Rival of Cicero in the courts
Hortensius Hortalus
440
First case of Hortensius Hortalus
95 B.C., on behalf of the province of Africa, which was accusing its governor of malversation
441
Imitated by the Atticists
simple style of Lysias
442
Biggest figure in Atticist history
Licinius Calvus
443
Member of the Scipionic Circle, historian who took part in the war of Numantia
Sempronius Asellio
444
Plebeian and jurist, wrote a monograph on the Second Punic War
Coelius Antipater
445
Other authors of works with the title Annales
Gaius Fannius, Gnaeus Gellius, Vennonius, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Lucius Casius Hemina, and Valerius Antias
446
Wrote the Libri Magistratuum
Sempronius Tuditanus
447
Son-in-law of Laelius
Gaius Fannius
448
Father of Licinius Calvus, annalist
Licinius Macer
449
Annalist who began his account from the sack of the city by the Gauls, continuing down to his own day
Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius
450
Works of Sisenna
Fabulae Milesiae and Historiae
451
Sisenna's style
tragic historiographer who emphasized dramatic elements
452
Cicero's description of Sisenna
emendator sermonis usitati
453
Sisenna's work, which dealt with the events between the Social War and Sulla's dictatorship
Historiae
454
Sisenna's political career
praetor in 76 B.C.
455
Sulla's purpose in his autobiography
Sulla glorified himself, claiming he was invested with a divine mission and favor of the gods
456
Antiquarianism
science that traces the remote origins of usages, customs, and juridical and social institutions
457
Beginner of philological study, taught both Cicero and Varro, commented on Plautus, Twelve Tables, and Carmen Saliare
Aelius Stilo
458
Pupils of Aelius Stilo
Cicero and Varro
459
Preparer of an edition of Lucilius
Vettius Philocomus
460
Increasingly considered as an old-fashioned genre
fabula palliate
461
Famous writers of fabulae togatae
Titinius and Lucius Afranius
462
Famous writers of Atellan Farce
Lucius Pomponius and Novius
463
Number of titles for Lucius Pomponius and Novius
70 and 40
464
Original performances of Mimi
at the Ludi Florales
465
Reason mimes were called planipedes
they did not wear raised shoes
466
Two important writers of mime
Decimus Laberius and Publilius Syrus
467
Laberius' punishment for attacking Caesar
forced to act in one his own mimes (a humiliating thing for a Roman knight)
468
Mime writer, opponent of Caesar
Laberius
469
Mime writer, not of free birth and thus acted in his own mimes
Publilius Syrus
470
Winner and judge of contest between Laberius and Publius Syrus
Publilius Syrus, judged by Caesar
471
Cicero's descriptions of the Neoteric poets
poetae novi, cantores Euphrionis
472
Birthplace for the majority of neoteric poets
Gallia Cisalpina
473
Marius' consular colleague in 102 BC
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
474
Orator, helped Marius win over the Cimbri at Vercellae, introduced Greek-style epigrams
Quintius Lutatius Catulus
475
Work of Lutatius Catulus
De Consulatu et de rebus gestis suis
476
Poets in Lutatius Catulus' circle
Valerius Aedituus, Porcius Licinius, Volcacius Sedigitus, Coelius Antipater, Archias (of Cicero fame)
477
Wrote the Erotopaegnia ("Love Jests")
Laevius
478
Work of Laevius
Erotopaegnia ("Love jests")
479
Author of a Latin hexameter translation of the Iliad
Matius
480
Matius' introduced poetic form
choliambic
481
Works of Sueius
Moretum and Pulli
482
Essentially the founder of Neoteric poetry, famous teacher, grammarian, and critic
Valerius Cato
483
Works of Valerius Cato
Dictynna and Lydia
484
Works of Furius Bibaculus
Pragmatica Belli Gallici, Ethiopid, and Lucubrationes
485
Friend of Valerius Cato, wrote epigrams against Augustus as well as works including the Pragmatica Belli Gallici, etc.
Furius Bibaculus
486
Varro Atacinus' erotic poetry on his beloved
Leucadia
487
Varro Atacinus' geographic work
Chorographia
488
Varro Atacinus' poem on weather
Ephemeris
489
Cinna's major work
Zmyrna
490
Cinna's work on Myth of Myrrha and her father Cinyras' incestuous relationship
Cinna
491
Cinna's other work
Propempticon to Asinius Pollio
492
How Cinna died
Killed when mistaken for a conspirator of Caesar
493
Major work of Licinius Calvus
epyllion called Io
494
Calvus' other works
prosecution of Vatinius, grief-filled epicedion on the untimely death of his wife Quintilia
495
Why Licinius Calvus was praised by Quntilian
sanctitas
496
Age of Catullus at death
30
497
Caesar was a guest for
Catullus' father
498
Year when Catullus went to Bithynia
57 BC
499
Leader of Catullus' party to Bithynia
Memmius
500
Catullus 1-60
Polymetra, nugae