Latin

Question 1

What does cenat mean?

Answer 1

Dines

Question 2

What does conspicit mean?

Answer 2

Catches sight of

Question 3

What does cum mean?

Answer 3

With

Question 4

What does facit mean?

Answer 4

Makes / does

Question 5

What does heri mean?

Answer 5

Yesterday

Question 6

What does ingens mean?

Answer 6

Huge

Question 7

Intellegit =

Answer 7

Understands

Question 8

Lacrimal =

Answer 8

Weeps / cries

Question 9

Mortuus =

Answer 9

Dead

Question 10

Narrat =

Answer 10

Tells, relates

Question 11

Necat =

Answer 11

Kills

Question 12

Nihil =

Answer 12

Nothing

Question 13

Omnis =

Answer 13

All

Question 14

Parat =

Answer 14

Prepared

Question 15

Prope =

Answer 15

Near

Question 16

Rogat =

Answer 16

Asks

Question 17

Tacite =

Answer 17

Quietly

Question 18

Tamen =

Answer 18

However

Question 19

Terret =

Answer 19

Frightens

Question 20

Valde =

Answer 20

Very much

Question 21

Fill in the blank(s):

Bam, Bas, Bat, Bamus, Batis, Bant are all endings for ________ words.

Answer 21

Imperfect

Question 22

Fill in the blank(s):

i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt are all endings of _______ words

Answer 22

Perfect

Question 23

Which Greek philosopher believed there was no life after death in the Roman times?

Answer 23

Epicurus

Question 24

What did the Ancient Romans do to their dead?

Answer 24

They cremated them and then placed their ashes inside urns in tombs.

Question 25

Why were loved ones buried outside of the towns by the roads?

Answer 25

So they could feel part of the living.

Question 26

What superlative do you add to an adjective?

Answer 26

issi (for e.g - iratus = angry so iratissimus = very angry)

Question 27

What was a venatio?

Answer 27

A wild animal hunt in the amphitheatre.

Question 28

True or false: most gladiator fight did not end in death.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

If a gladiator held out their index finger, what were they doing?

Answer 29

Surrendering

Question 30

What was the riot of AD 59?

Answer 30

It was a riot between the Pompeians and the Nucerians because of taunts at the gladiator games that were held in Pompeii.

Question 31

What were three typical offerings to the dead?

Answer 31

Wine, eggs and flour.

Question 32

Name the four types of typical roman gladiators.

Answer 32

Thraex, Retarius, Myrmillo and Samnites.

Question 33

What was a gladiator school called?

Answer 33

A ludus gladiatorius

Question 34

# Fill in the blanks: The Samnites were the ____ heavily armed of the four main types of gladiators. A Thraex’s body was _________ _______ __ ______. The Retarii were the _____ heavily armoured type of gladiator. A myrmillo was heavily armored, with a massive helmet with tiny eye slits and he was often paired with ___ _______

Answer 34

1. Most 2. Completely covered in armour 3. Least 4. The Retarii