Latin Lit Qs Flashcards
(464 cards)
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TU: In 207 BC, who composed a parthenion in honor of Juno
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Livius Andronicus
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TU: In whose entourage did Livius Andronicus come to Rome
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Livius Salinator
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TU: What was the name of Andronicus’ professional association
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Collegium Scribarum Histrionumque
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TU: Who proved that he was an able playwright, and not just a translator, with his creative license in producing the Odusia
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Livius Andronicus
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TU: How many lines of the Odusia survive
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46
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TU: In what meter was the Odusia written
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Saturnian
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TU: What Roman author of Campanian origin fought in the first Punic War, which granted him inspiration for his Bellum Punicum
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Gnaeus Naevius
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TU: What grammarian, a contemporary of Accius, arranged the Bellum Punicum into 7 book
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Lampadio
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TU: Where did Naevius die while in exile
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Utica
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TU: What are the names of Naevius’ two praetextae
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Romulus and Clastidium
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TU: Who was the victorious general at the battle of Clastidium
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Marcus Claudius Marcellus
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TU: What titles were shared by Livius Andronicus and Gnaeus Naevius
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Equos Troianus and Danae
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TU: What two works of Gnaeus Naevius dealt with the Trojan War
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Hector Proficescens and Iphigenia
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TU: What work of Naevius deals with the cult of Dionysus
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Lycurgus
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TU: Which of Naevius’ comedies is from Menander
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Gymnasticus
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TU: Which of Naevius’ comedies has a fragment still extent
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Tarentilla
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TU: At 1,437 lines, which play of Plautus is his longest
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Miles Gloriosus
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TU: At 729 lines, which play of Plautus is his shortest
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Curculio
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TU: What does Curculio translate to
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Weevil
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TU: What is the best-known comedy of Caecilius Statius
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Plocium (The Necklace)
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TU: In whose list of comedians was Caecilius Statius placed first
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(Volcacius) Sedigitus
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TU: While many authors praise Caecilius Statius’s writings, what author has reservations concerning the purity of his Latin
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Cicero
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TU: Who first introduced the use of Greek in his annals
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Fabius Pictor
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TU: Who criticized Fabius Pictor’s lack of objectivity in his decidedly pro-Roman stance concerning the clash with Carthage
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Polybius
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TU: What author was taken prisoner during the Second Punic War and may have known Hannibal personally
Cincius Alimentus
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TU: Polybius and Dionysus of Halicarnassus acknowledged the objectivity and insight of what author's annals written in Greek
Cincius Alimentus
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TU: What annalist was an interpreter in the Senate for the embassy of the three Greek philosophers, and lingered at length over the origins of Rome, since he had strong etiological interests
Gaius Acilius
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TU: What annalist was mocked by Cato for apologizing for any mistakes he might have made in composing his Greek annals
Aulus Postumius Albinus
29
TU: What man is termed by Suetonius as a semi-graecus in reference to the Greek culture around Rudiae
Ennius
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TU: Who is said to have brought Ennius to Rome
Cato the Elder
31
TU: What Roman author accompanied Fulvius Nobilior to Greece and was charged with depicting the military campaign up until the battle of Ambracia
Ennius
32
TU: What tragedy of Ennius was his last
Thyestes
33
TU: What work of Ennius was inspired by a Greek poem by Archestratus of Gela and is the first attested Latin Poem in hexameters
Hedyphagetica
34
TU: What work of Ennius is a celebratory work written to praise the victor of Zama
Scipio
35
TU: What work of Ennius discusses he belief in the gods' origin from deeds of ancient heroes
Euhemerus
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TU: In the comedian rankings of Volcacius Sedigitus, who is ranked last
Ennius
37
TU: What is the earliest Latin prose text that comes down to us in entirety
De Agri Cultura
38
TU: What work of Cato is a collection of memorable sayings or anecdotes
Apophthegmata
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TU: The audience of what play of Terence preferred a show of tightrope walkers during its debut
Hecyra
40
TU: What Roman playwright had constant, careful concern for verisimilitude
Terence
41
TU: In the prologue of what play does Terence defend against contaminatio
Andria
42
TU: What play of Terence was met with the greatest success
Eunuchus
43
TU: What Roman author is also known as a painter
Pacuvius
44
TU: What work of Pacuvius translates to the bath
Niptra
45
TU: While Cicero judged Pacuvius the greatest of the Latin tragic poets, what other Roman author criticized Pacuvius as being contorted, bombastic, and reckless with neologisms
Lucilius
46
TU: What 9 book work of Accius seems to be a mixture of prose
Didascalica
47
TU: Who dedicated his first grammatical work, the De Antiquitate Litterarum, to Accius for writing the Didascalica
Varro Reatinus
48
TU: What Roman author chooses to only write of events at which he was personally present and show why and how they came about
Sempronius Asellio
49
TU: What Roman author decided to embellish his history works including fantastic and miraculous elements
Coelius Antipater
50
TU: In whose historical work does Sulla appear to be somewhat of a hero
Sisenna
51
TU: Who was the teacher of Varro and Cicero and started the critical task of publishing and commenting on literary texts
Aelius Stilo
52
TU: Who was the first author to write fabulae togatae
Titinius
53
TU: What author is a native of Bologna and flourished in 89 BCE
Pomponius
54
TU: What Roman author doubled as a knight
Laberius
55
TU: What Roman author attacked Julius Caesar and as a result was forced to perform in his own mimes
Laberius
56
TU: What author of mimes seems to be proverbial for his ability to coin sententiae, sayings and maxims of general character
Publilius Syrus
57
TU: What name is given to the first book of Lucilius' satires
Concilium Deorum
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TU: Whom did Lucilius attack in his first book of satires
Lentulus Lupus
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TU: How did Lucilius depict Lentulus Lupus dying in his first book of satires
Indigestion
60
TU: Whose banquet does Lucilius depict in the 30th book of his satires
Granius
61
TU: What book of Lucilius' satires is dedicated to his 'ladylove'
16
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TU: What speech of Cato the Elder opposes the war against Rhodes
Oratio pro Rhodiensibus
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TU: What work of Latin Literature consists of a preface and 170 short chapters
De Agri Cultura
64
TU: To whom was Accius' Didascalica dedicated
Baebius
65
TU: Who reworked a text by Aristedes of Miletus entitled Fabulae Milesiae
Sissena
66
TU: What productions were originally put on ex tempore
Atellan Farce
67
TU: What Roman author was born at Lanuvium
Aelius Stilo
68
TU: In books 22 and 23 of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita, who is sent by the senate to consult the oracle at Delphi after the defeat at Cannae
Fabius Pictor
69
TU: Who is the principal opponent of Terence
Luscius of Lanuvium
70
TU: What title is given to the fabula togata of Naevius
Ariolus
71
TU: In the prologue of what play of Terence does he claim that Caecilius Statius' plays were doomed when they were new to the stage
Hecyra
72
TU: Who wrote 'numquam poetor nisi si podager' in reference to his gaut
Ennius
73
TU: Of what poet did Horace say that he never sallied forth to sing of arms unless he was drunk
Ennius
74
TU: At whose funeral games in 160 BC did Hecyra fail to hold an audience
Aemilius Paulus
75
TU: What Roman author introduced epigrams of Greek type into Latin poetry
Catulus
76
TU: What Roman author wrote a work in 6 or more books titled Erotopaegina which dealt with the myths reworked in Alexandrian poetry
Laevius
77
TU: What Roman author wrote a translation in hexameters of the Iliad
Matius
78
TU: What Roman author ventured into a new genre known as mimiambs, which were not meant for performance, but rather private reading
Matius
79
TU: Who was the author of a Moretum that Macrobius would call an "idyll"
Sueius
80
TU: Who was the author of Pulli
Sueius
81
TU: What work of Sueius goes in depth of names of various nuts
Moretum
82
TU: What native of Cisalpine Gaul was referred to as the Latin Siren
Valerius Cato
83
TU: What Roman author wrote Lydia, which shows the Alexandrianizing character of poetry, and Dictynna, which tells the Cretan myth of the goddess Diana
Valerius Cato
84
TU: What author was born at Cremona
Marcus Furius Bibaculus
85
TU: Whose historical epic, Pragmatia Belli Gallici, was ridiculed by Horace for its clumsy pomposity
Marcus Furius Bibaculus
86
TU: Who wrote a historical poem on Caesar's campaign against Ariovistus entitled the Bellum Sequanicum
Varro Atacinus
87
TU: What work of Varro Atacinus, which was named for his beloved, did the elegiac poets regard as one of the earliest instances of Latin erotic poetry
Leucadia
88
TU: Who wrote a free translation in Latin hexameters of Apollonius's Argonautica
Varro Atacinus
89
TU: What Roman author was born in Brescia
Cinna
90
TU: What work of Cinna focuses on the incestuous love of Myrrha and her father
Zmyrna
91
TU: Who wrote a Propempticon addressed to Asinius Pollio in 56 BC
Cinna
92
TU: Who wrote an epicedion concerning the untimely death of his wife Quintilia
Calvus
93
TU: What Roman author wrote an epyllion entitled Io
Calvus
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TU: What Roman author was the son of Licinius Macer, a famous orator and historian
Calvus
95
TU: In whose entourage did Catullus travel to Bithynia
Gaius Memmius
96
TU: What name is given to the first 60 poems of Catullus
Nugae
97
TU: What name is given to poems 61 through 68 of Catullus
Carmina Docta
98
TU: What poem of Catullus recounts the marriage of Peleus and Thetis
64
99
TU: What poem of Catullus, written in Galliambics, deals with the young Attis who is obsessed with the cult of Cybele
63
100
TU: What poem of Catullus is a translation of the Lock of Berenice
66
101
TU: About what Roman author is it said "qui postea amatorio poculo in furorem versus, cum aliquot libros per intervalla insaniae conscripsisset?"
Lucretius
102
TU: What work, dedicated to Gaius Memmius, discusses Epicurean philosophy in 6 books
De Rerum Natura
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TU: Despite his disparaging the works of Epicureans Amafinius and Catius, who edits Lucretius' De Rerum Natura
Cicero
104
TU: The plague at Athens in 430 BC, which had already been told by Thucydides, ends what work of Lucretius
De Rerum Natura
105
TU: Who found himself obliged to create new periphraes such as semina, primordia, and corpora prima, due to the "poverty of the ancestral vocabulary" for his De Rerum Natura
Lucretius
106
TU: Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas is said by Vergil about what other Roman author
Lucretius
107
TU: In his Silvae, Statius talks about the furor arduus of what learned Roman author
Lucretius
108
TU: Who wrote a historical handbook which included all Roman history to the year 49 BC entitled Liber Annalis
Atticus
109
TU: Of the original 25, 6 books of what work of Varro remain
De Lingua Latina
110
TU: To whom were the last 21 books of the De Lingua Latina dedicated
Cicero
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TU: What work of Varro, hailed as a revelation by Cicero, is a history of customs, institutions, and sets of mind of the Roman people
Antiquitates
112
TU: To what are the first and second parts of Varro's Aniquitates dedicated respectively
Res Humanae and Res Divinae
113
TU: What author wrote a collection of Imagines, which are also called Hebdomades, about famous Roman and Greek, statesmen, poets, philosophers, and more
Varro Reatinus
114
TU: Who wrote 76 books of Logistorici, dialogues on philosophical and historical subjects with double titles
Varro Reatinus
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TU: Who wrote 9 books of Disciplinae dealing with medicine, architecture, astronomy, music, and more
Varro
116
TU: To whom is the first book of Varro's De Re Rustica dedicated
Fundania
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TU: To what cattle raiser is the second book of Varro's' De Re Rustica dedicated
Turranius Niger
118
TU: To what country neighbor is the third book of Varro's De Re Rustica dedicated
Quintinus Pinnius
119
TU: What Roman author wrote the Commentarii Grammatici, a work of at least twenty-nine books characterized by the juxtaposition of grammatical and antiquarian subjects
Nigidius Figulus
120
TU: What Roman author declared that the world turned on its own axis at the speed of a potter's wheel, perhaps in reference to his own cognomen meaning potter
Nigidius Figulus
121
TU: What Roman author was born in either Ostiglia or Pavia
Cornelius Nepos
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TU: Which book of Cornelius Nepos' De Viris Illustribus is still extant
De Excellentibus Ducibus Exterarum Gentium
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TU: Which of Cornelius Nepos' works was a three-book work of chronography
Chronica
124
TU: Which of Cornelius Nepos' works was a five book work perhaps on geography
Exempla
125
TU: What work of Caesar is a treatise on problems of language and style
De Analogia
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TU: Who wrote Laudes Herculis, Dicta Collectanea, and Oedipus
Caesar
127
TU: What work of Caesar is a poem describing his expedition to Spain in 45 BC
Iter
128
TU: What Roman author was born at Amiternum
Sallust
129
TU: Who was appointed governor of Africa Nova by Caesar, only to prove himself not worthy of the job as he was accused of embezzlement upon returning to Rome
Sallust
130
TU: What Roman author used made up speeches for his works
Sallust
131
TU: What is an episadion
Funeral Elegy
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TU: What group is known as the cantores Euphorionis
Neoterics
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TU: Who made a successful speech that resulted in a reduction of taxes on wealthy women
Hortensia
134
TU: Whom does Cicero call emendator sermonis usitati
Sisenna
135
TU: What author wrote Ethiopid and Lucubrationes
Furius Bibaculus
136
TU: What Roman author wrote in choliambic meter for his mimiambs
Matius
137
TU: Who uses the word columbulatim to describe a kiss in one of his mimiambs
Matius
138
TU: According to his satires, Horace was introduced to Maecenas by what man
Varius Rufus
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TU: What tragedy did Varius Rufus write
Thyestes
140
TU: What work of Varius Rufus, of which a few fragments remain, attacks Mark Antony for his greed for wealth and immoderate passion for luxury
De Morte
141
TU: What native of Arezzo, though he was not a successful writer himself, paved the way as a patron for several other writers including Vergil and Ovid
Maecenas
142
TU: Who claimed that his Ajax had died, not by the sword as Sophocles' hero had, but by the sponge used for erasing as part of his poetic experiment
Augustus
143
TU: What Epicurean philosopher conducted the school in Naples that the young Vergil had attended
Siro
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TU: On returning from a voyage to Greece, what Roman author died at Brundisium in 19 BC
Vergil
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TU: Where is Vergil buried
Naples
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TU: What work of Vergil consists of 10 brief poems in hexameters
(Bucolics )Eclogues
147
TU: What work of Vergil is a didactic poem in four books of hexameters
Georgics
148
TU: What does Vergil call the 58 unfinished verses of his Aeneid
Tibicines
149
TU: Upon whose idols did Vergil draw for his Bucolics
Theocritus
150
TU: In the first poem of Vergil's Bucolics, what two shepherds have a dialogue
Tityrus and Meliboeus
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TU: Which poem of Vergil's Bucolics is a prophetic song for the birth of a child who will witness the coming of a new and happy cosmic age
4
152
TU: Which poem of Vergil's Bucolics is dedicated to Asinius Pollio
8
153
TU: Which poem of Vergil's Bucolics is dedicated to Cornelius Gallus
10
154
TU: Who coined the term plagosus in reference to his teacher Orbilius
Horace
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TU: Who was brought to Rome by his father so that he could attend the school of the grammarian Orbilius
Horace
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TU: Theomnestos, Cratippus of Pergamum, and Orbilius were all teachers of what Roman author
Horace
157
TU: After his farm had been confiscated by the triumvirs, who had to become a Scriba Quaestorius in order to earn a living
Horace
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TU: What work of Horace, published with his second book of Satires, did he call Iambi
Epodes
159
TU: What work of Horace consists of 17 short poems
Epodes
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TU: Who states that he borrows the numeri and animi from Archilochus, but not the res in the writing of his Epodes
Horace
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TU: Which epode of Horace is a propempticon to Maevius telling him to be shipwrecked
10
162
TU: Autarkeia and Metriotes were the basic objectives of whose inquiry in his satires
Horace
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TU: Who imagines Sappho and Alcaeus bewitching an astonished Underworld with their song in one of his odes
Horace
164
TU: What work of Horace, sometimes considered to be the second book of Epistles, is a treatise in 476 hexameters that sets forth Peripatetic theories on poetry
Ars Poetica
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TU: What Roman author, a fellow student of Vergil, was appointed praefectus Aegypti by Augustus
Cornelius Gallus
166
TU: What Roman author was condemned to exile and the confiscation of his property after he had disgraced Augustus, following which he committed suicide
Cornelius Gallus
167
TU: What Roman author had a close relationship with Parthenius of Nicaea who dedicated to Gallus the Erotika pathemata, a prose collection of myths about love
Cornelius Gallus
168
TU: What Roman author wrote to a woman named Delia, though her real name was Plania
Tibullus
169
TU: In whose works can you find poems about the love of Sulpica for Cerinthus
Tibullus
170
TU: Who writes the first six poems of book 3 of the Corpus Tibullianum to Neaera
Lygdamus
171
TU: What two important manuscripts come down to us from Tibullus
Vaticanus and Ambrosianus
172
TU: What Roman author wrote to Cynthia, though her real name was Hostia
Propertius
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TU: What work of Ovid, whose first two books were dedicated to men and the third to women, was written in elegiac couplets
Ars Amatoria
174
TU: What work of Ovid, of which only a hundred verses remain, opposes the traditional rejection of cosmetics and explains the technique for several beauty preparations
Medicamina Faciei Femineae
175
TU: What work of Ovid teaches how to heal oneself of love
Remedia Amoris
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TU: In Ovid's Heroides, what three pairs of lovers make up the second series that have responses
Paris and Helen; Hero and Leander; and Acontius and Cydippe
177
TU: What 15 book work of Ovid was prevented a final revision due to his exile
Metamorphoses
178
TU: In what work of Ovid did he write "flebilis ut noster status est, ita flebile carmen" in reference to his exile
Tristia
179
TU: What Roman author is described as "tersus atque elegans"
Tibullus
180
TU: What Roman author wrote a funeral elegy for Cornelia
Propertius
181
TU: What work of Ovid, based off Callimachus, is an invective against some enemy of his
Ibis
182
TU: What two poetasters attacked Vergil
Maevius and Bavius
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TU: Who claims that the goal of poetry is to instruct and entertain in his Ars Poetica
Horace
184
TU: What Roman author was born at Aquinum
Juvenal
185
TU: In what satire of Juvenal does he target homosexuality
2
186
TU: In what satire of Juvenal, his longest, does he target the immorality and vices of women
6
187
TU: In what satire of Juvenal does he describe an episode of cannibalism in Egypt
15
188
TU: Legacy hunters, cheats and swindlers, homosexuals, and women were all targets of what satirist
Juvenal
189
TU: In Juvenal's sixth satire, what woman, the imperial prostitute, is especially targeted
Messalina
190
TU: What Roman author, the son of a learned schoolmaster, was born at Naples
Statius
191
TU: "Tanta dulcedine captos adficit ille animos" is a quote from Juvenal about what Roman author in his composing of the Silvae
Statius
192
TU: What Roman author recalls the Bellum Civile with his acies fraternae in his Thebaid
Statius
193
TU: Who uses the Aeneid as a model for one of his works though he claims that his own work should follow at a distance
Statius
194
TU: What work of Statius was interrupted by his death
Achilleid
195
TU: Who attempted to narrate the entire life of Achilles but died before he had the chance to rival Homer
Statius
196
TU: Who attempted to imitate Apollonius of Rhodes in telling the story of Jason's expedition for the Golden Fleece
Valerius Flaccus
197
TU: What man, a lawyer and former proconsul of Asia under Vespasian, was diagnosed with an incurable disease and let himself die by starvation
Silius Italicus
198
TU: What is the longest and perhaps the worst Latin historical epic to come down to us
Punica
199
TU: About whose magnum opus did Pliny the Elder write "scribebat carmina maiore cura quam ingenio
Silius Italicus
200
TU: What Roman author met Domitius Corbulo, Pomponius Secundus, and the young Titus while on the frontier for military campaigns, which led him to write such works as De Iaculatione Equestri
Pliny the Elder
201
TU: What work of Pliny the Elder did Tacitus use as a source for his Germania
Bella Germaniae
202
TU: Following the death of Claudius, what author retired from public life to dedicate himself to oratory and law and wrote Studiosus, an essay in six books on rhetoric
Pliny the Elder
203
TU: What work of Pliny the Elder is a handbook on grammar
Dubius Sermo
204
TU: What work of Pliny the Elder covers the subjects of metallurgy, cosmology, anthropology, botany, and more in 37 books
Naturalis Historiae
205
TU: What author, a curator aquarum under Nerva, wrote a work on Rome's water supply titled De Aquis
Frontinus
206
TU: What work of Frontinus is a collection of military anecdotes in four books
Strategemata
207
TU: What Roman author, annoyed by city life, left Rome to stay at Forum Corneli, only to return to Rome one last time before retiring to his native Bilbilis
Martial
208
TU: What names are given to the last two books of Martial's Liber Spectaculorum
Xenia and Apophoreta
209
TU: What Roman author, who received teaching from Remmius Palaemon and Domitius Afer, was summoned to Rome by Galba in 68 AD to begin his work as a teacher of rhetoric
Quintilian
210
TU: De Causis Corruptae Eloquentiae, Artis Rhetoricae, and Institutio Oratoria are all works by what man
Quintilian
211
TU: To whom is the Institutio Oratoria dedicated
Victorius Marcellus
212
TU: What Roman author, who was taught rhetoric under Quintilian and Nicetes Sacerdos, was appointed praefectus aerarii Saturni in 98 AD
Pliny the Younger
213
TU: Pliny the Younger teamed up with Tacitus to bring an accusation against what man, the proconsul of Asia, for charges of corruption for which he was exiled
Marius Priscus
214
TU: The tenth book of Pliny the Younger's Epistulae consists of letters he wrote to what man and his replies
Trajan
215
TU: About whom was Pliny the Younger's Panegyricus
Trajan
216
TU: In the prefatory letter of Pliny the Younger's Epistulae, to what man does he write that the letters do not follow any chronological order
Septicius Clarus
217
TU: What Roman author married the daughter of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an influential statesman
Tacitus
218
TU: What is the manuscript title of Tacitus's Germania
De Origine et Situ Germanorum
219
TU: Curiatus Maternus, Marius Aper, Vipstanus Messala, and Julius Secundus are all interlocutors in what work of Tacitus
Dialogus de Oratoribus
220
TU: Who celebrates his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola in a work titled Agricola
Tacitus
221
TU: What title is given to the encyclopedic work of Suetonius which was subdivided into different sections based on the subjects treated
Pratum (or Prata)
222
TU: What section of Suetonius' De Viris Illustribus is the only one still extent, though it is damaged at the end
De Grammaticis et Rhetoribus
223
TU: Crates of Mallus to Valerius Probus is the range of people in what section of Suetonius' De Viris Illustribus
De Grammaticis et Rhetoribus
224
TU: What work of Suetonius details the lives of Roman rulers starting with Julius Caesar and ending with Domitian
De Vita Caesarum
225
TU: What Roman author's father's status as a duovir iuri dicundo allowed him to complete his studies at Carthage
Apuleius
226
TU: Who had to defend himself at Sabrata due to charges of witchcraft brought about by his parents-in-law
Apuleius
227
TU: Who married the widowed mother of his friend Pontianus by the name of Pudentilla
Apuleius
228
TU: De Deo Socratis, De Platone et eius Dogmate, and De Mundo are philosophical works of what author
Apuleius
229
TU: "To the Platonic philosopher, the citizens of Madaura" is a dedication engraved on the base of a statue to what man
Apuleius
230
TU: What work of Apuleius, a reworking of the pseudo-Aristotelian Peri Kosmou, discusses the forces governing the universe
De Mundo
231
TU: What work of Apuleius is a collection of 23 oratorical passages from lectures and public readings he gave in Africa
Florida
232
TU: Clodia for Lesbia, Hostia for Cynthia, and Plania for Delia are among the pseudonyms discussed in what work of Apuleius
Apologia
233
TU: Fotis and Pamphila who are connected with transformative magic are characters in what work of Apuleius
Metamorphoses
234
TU: What self-made freedman of Vicenza learned to read while he accompanied his master's son to school
Remmius Palaemon
235
TU: What megalomaniac philologist, who claimed that philology was born with him and would die with him, gave Varro the epithet "pig" and wrote an Ars Grammatica
Remmius Palaemon
236
TU: What Roman author of Padua and contemporary of Remmius Palaemon writes commentaries on five speeches of Cicero
Asconius Pedianus
237
TU: Contra Obtrectatores Vergilii and Vita Sallustii are works of what Roman author, who is said to have become blind at 72 and lived for another 12 years by Jerome
Asconius Pedianus
238
TU: Emendare, distinguere, and adnotare are among the work of what Roman author who comes closest to employing the tactics practiced by modern philologists
Valerius Probus
239
TU: What Roman author, a native of Cirta who educated Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, wrote a miscellany of minor writings such as letters to and from members of the imperial family
Fronto
240
TU: What Roman author, taught by Sulpicius Apollinaris, took a collection of notes on evenings during a winter spent in Athens
Aulus Gellius
241
TU: What pupil of Javolenus Priscus, who was the head of the Sabinian school in the Trajanic period, was entrusted by Hadrian with completing the revision of the edictum praetorium
Salvius Julianus
242
TU: What 90 book work of Salvius Julianus is a systematic, large-scale survey of civil and praetorian law
Digesta
243
TU: Which books of the Ab Urbe Condita are preserved
1-10 and 21-45
244
TU: Which two books of the Ab Urbe Condita lack any periochae
136 and 137
245
TU: What author is seen as an exornator rerum in his dramatic interpretations of his history possibly because he strayed away from public office in Rome
Livy
246
TU: Valerius Antias, Licinius Macer, and Claudius Quadrigarius were all sources used by what Roman author for his Ab Urbe Condita
Livy
247
TU: Who challenged Livy's style of Patavinitas
Asinius Pollio
248
TU: What Roman author is Augustus said to have jokingly called a Pompeian because of his nostalgic sympathy towards republican ideals
Livy
249
TU: What Roman author was born in Teate
Asinius Pollio
250
TU: Whose histories, begun in the year of Sallust's death, covered the period of the first triumvirate to the battle of Philippi
Asinius Pollio
251
TU: According to Asinius Pollio, what Roman author lacked diligentia and regard for the historical truth
Julius Caesar
252
TU: According to Asinius Pollio, what Roman author lacked a sense of correct and pure Latinitas
Cicero
253
TU: According to Seneca the Elder, few writers could escape the censure of what author's strictum et asperum et nimis iratum iudicium
Asinius Pollio
254
TU: What Roman author wrote the Historiae Philippicae
Pompeius Trogus
255
TU: What 44 book work, written by Pompeius Trogus, is a genuine universal history that extended from the earliest oevents of Babylon to the author's own day
Historiae Philippicae
256
TU: What Roman author depended on the works of Timagenes, who was hostile to Rome, in his writing of his histories
Pompeius Trogus
257
TU: What Roman author was born in Aeclanum in Irpinia
Velleius Paterculus
258
TU: What Roman author wrote a two book history dedicated to Marcus Vinicius
Velleius Paterculus
259
TU: In his Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium, what Roman author heaps large amounts of praise for Tiberius shortly after the death of Sejanus
Valerius Maximus
260
TU: What Roman author wrote Exempla, a handbook of models of vices and virtues intended for the use of the rhetorical schools
Valerius Maximus
261
TU: De humanitate et clementia, De religione, and De patientia are all chapters of what work of Valerius Maximus
Exempla
262
TU: What Roman author killed himself in the tomb of his ancestors after his work was publically burnt
Titus Labienus
263
TU: What Roman author, whose Annales glorified Brutus and termed Cassius the last of the Romans, killed himself during a trial that had been set in motion against him by Sejanus
Cremutius Cordus
264
TU: What Roman author wrote Historiae Alexandri Magni
Curtius Rufus
265
TU: What Roman author, the greatest grammarian of his age, did Augustus choose as tutor for his grandsons Lucius and Gaius
Verrius Flaccus
266
TU: What Roman author was born at Praeneste
Verrius Flaccus
267
TU: What work of Verrius Flaccus is an alphabetic glossary of difficult or obsolete terms
De Verborum Significatu
268
TU: While the original De Verborum Significatu of Verrius Flaccus is lost, what later grammarian's abridgment of the work is still extant
(Sextus Pompeius) Festus
269
TU: What ten book work of Vitruvius Pollio did he dedicate to Augustus
De Architectura
270
TU: What Roman author had been entrusted with constructing war machines as an officer in Caesar's engineering corps
Vitruvius
271
TU: What Roman author composed a book of prescriptions titled Compositiones, written without literary pretensions and intended only for practical use
Scribonius Largus
272
TU: Under the name of what doctor of Augustus and Horace does a work entitled De Herba Vettonica come down to modern day, though it is a work of a later period
Antonius Musa
273
TU: What native of Gades wrote De Re Rustica
Columella
274
TU: What is the only book that remains from the first edition of Columella's De Re Rustica
De Arboribus
275
TU: Which book of his De Re Rustica does Columella treat as an homage to the tradition of Vergil's Eclogues
(10th) De Cultu Hortorum
276
TU: What author, a Spaniard from Tingerenta, is known as a pure geographer
Pomponius Mela
277
TU: What geographic work of Pomponius Mela in 3 books is preserved
Chorographia
278
TU: One book on sauces and another on the complete preparation of certain dishes make up the nucleus of what work of Apicius
De Re Coquinaria
279
TU: What Roman author, who was accustomed to spending six months in Rome teaching and six months in the country writing, wrote works such as Pithana, Responsa, Epistulae, and De Iure Pontificio
Antistius Labeo
280
TU: What opponent of Antistius Labeo wrote works such as De Iure Pontificio, De Iure Sacrificiorum, and Coniectanea
Gaius Ateius Capito
281
TU: Who wrote a work titled Oratorum et Rhetorum Sententiae Divisiones Colores that describes the spread of the exercise of declamatio
Seneca the Elder
282
TU: In which of his works does Seneca the Elder describe fictitious cases based upon Roman or Greek law or upon imaginary legislation
Controversiae
283
TU: In which of his works does Seneca the Elder describe an orator's attempt to guide the action of a historical or mythological figure through a difficult situation
Suasoriae
284
TU: Attalus and Papirius Fabianus were teachers of what author who came to Rome from his hometown of Cordoba
Seneca the Younger
285
TU: What Roman author was accused by Claudius of involvement in the adultery of Julia Livilla
Seneca the Younger
286
TU: What Roman author was banished to Corsica until Agrippina convinced Claudius to let him return to tutor the young Nero
Seneca the Younger
287
TU: What work of Seneca the Younger is a philosophical work on ethical and psychological questions in 12 books
Dialogi
288
TU: Which of the books of Seneca's Dialogi was addressed to the daughter of Cremutius Cordus
Consolatio ad Marciam
289
TU: Which of the books of Seneca's Dialogi was written to reassure his mother of her exiled son's wellbeing on Corsica
Ad Helviam Matrem
290
TU: Which of the books of Seneca's Dialogi was addressed to a freedman of Claudius in order to console him for the loss of a brother
Ad Polybium
291
TU: What work of Seneca the Younger, dedicated to his brother Novatus, analyzes the origins of human emotions and how to control them
De Ira
292
TU: What work of Seneca the Younger addresses the problem of happiness and the role that comfort and wealth can play in achieving it
De Vita Beata
293
TU: What work of Seneca the Younger advocates for a middle ground between leisure and active engagement in Roman society
De Tranquillitate Animi
294
TU: What work of Seneca the Younger, the only scientific work of his, was dedicated to Lucilius
Naturales Quaestiones
295
TU: What 7 book work of Seneca the Younger, dedicated to Aebutius Liberalis, discusses acts of kindness and their effects
De Beneficiis
296
TU: What Roman author wrote the laudatio funebris for Claudius, which confounds the reasoning for his writing of the Apocolocyntosis
Seneca the Younger
297
TU: What Roman author wrote a short didactic poem on hunting entitled Cynegetica, in which there are Vergilian influences
Grattius
298
TU: What Roman author's use of the word nostri when describing the Faliscans leads to the addition of Faliscus to his name
Grattius
299
TU: What Roman author wrote an epigram on the death of Tibullus
Domitius Marsus
300
TU: What author wrote a 5 book didactic poem on astronomy
Manilius
301
TU: Zodiac signs, the twelve athla, the locus Fortunae, stars, and planets are all contained in what work of Manilius
Astronomica
302
TU: Who, an elegant rival of Vergil and Ovid, wrote a poem dealing with Germanicus's adventurous expedition to the northern seas
Albinovanus Pedo
303
TU: Who wrote a historical poem titled Res Romanae in which the death of Cicero and the war between Octavian and Sextus Pompey are contained
Cornelius Severus
304
TU: Quintilian terms what Roman author as a better versificator than a poeta
Cornelius Severus
305
TU: Which poem of the Appendix Vergiliana is an invective that may be two poems joined together
Dirae
306
TU: Which of the works of the Appendix Vergiliana is a collection of 15 poems one of which is a panegyric for Messalla
Catalepton
307
TU: Which poem of the Appendix Vergiliana is a miniature epic as an epyllion in hexameters that deals with a mosquito saving the life of a shepherd only to be repaid with death at the hands of the shepherd
Culex
308
TU: Which poem of the Appendix Vergiliana tells the love story of Scylla who betrays her father for Minos
Ciris
309
TU: Which poem of the Appendix Vergiliana tells the story of a lady innkeeper who draws people to her business by dancing
Copa
310
TU: Which poem of the Appendix Vergiliana describes the morning routine of a peasant
Moretum
311
TU: Which poem of the Appendix Vergiliana recalls the death of Augustus' most influential advisor
Elegiae in Maecenatem
312
TU: Which poem of the Appendix Vergiliana imitates Manilius and describes causes and phenomena of volcanoes
Aetna
313
TU: Whose works can be found in the Appendix Perottina
Phaedrus
314
TU: Who wrote eclogues inspired by those of Vergil which provide the first instance of an allegorical conception of pastoral poetry
Calpurnius Siculus
315
TU: What work's ideas did Nero scorn due to their clear Republican ideals in depicting the civil war between Caesar and Pompey
Bellum Civile
316
TU: On April 30th 65 AD, what Roman author took his life at just 25 years old as a result of his supposed involvement in the Pisonian conspiracy without finishing his Pharsalia
Lucan
317
TU: Who recited laudes at the Neronia of 60 AD which he had written specifically for the occasion
Lucan
318
TU: Catachthonion, Iliacon, De Incendio Urbis, and Medea were all written by what author of the Silver Age
Lucan
319
TU: What work, considered by some to be anti-Aeneid, in 10 books describes Pompey and Caesar's conflict
Bellum Civile
320
TU: Ardens et concitatus was a term used by Quintilian to describe what Roman author
Lucan
321
TU: Who is the narrator of Petronius' Satyricon
Encolpius
322
TU: What two characters in Petronius' Satyricon appear in every scene
Encolpius and Giton
323
TU: What character in Petronius' Satyricon is a teacher of rhetoric
Agamemnon
324
TU: What character in Petronius' Satyricon quarrels with Encolpius and captures Giton
Ascyltos
325
TU: What character in Petronius' Satyricon is the wife of Trimalchio
Fortunata
326
TU: What character in Petronius' Satyricon is an elderly poet who comes across Encolpius soon after Giton was captured
Eumolpus
327
TU: Valerius Probus informs us of the life of what Roman author with Etruscan origin who was born at Volterra
Persius
328
TU: Scriptitavit et raro et tarde is used to describe what Roman author which accounts for his only writing 6 books of satires in his lifetime
Persius
329
TU: What friend of Persius saw to the publication of his works after they had been revised by Cornutus
Caesius Bassus
330
TU: Who claims for himself the quality of rusticitas, which coincides with his self-proclaiming of semipaganus
Persius
331
TU: What Roman author who practiced as a lawyer in Africa and in Rome, became an adherent of the Montanists, known for intransigence and fanaticism, before abandoning them and founding his own sect
Tertullian
332
TU: What work of Tertullian is an exhortation to a group of imprisoned Christians
Ad Matyras
333
TU: Ad Nationes, De Testimonio Animae, and the Apologeticum were all composed in 197 AD by what author to defend Christianity from the attacks of the pagans
Tertullian
334
TU: What work of Tertullian attacks Christians who contaminated their faith with pagan philosophical doctrines and proposed excessively free interpretations of the Bible
De Praescriptione Haeriticorum
335
TU: In what work of Tertullian, perhaps the most notable work in his maturity, does he rework pagan sources
De Anima
336
TU: What work of Tertullian addresses the governor of Africa Proconsularis
Ad Scapulam
337
TU: What work of Tertullian discusses theater, the amphitheater, and the circus
De Spectaculis
338
TU: What work of Tertullian discusses the clothing of women, which he believes should be particularly modest
De Cultu Feminarum
339
TU: What work of Tertullian discusses the appropriateness of a woman's leaving the house with her face uncovered
De Virginibus Velandis
340
TU: What work of Tertullian discusses sexual relations outside of marriage
De Pudicitia
341
TU: What work of Tertullian discusses military service, which is declared to be incompatible with allegiance to the Christian faith
De Corona
342
TU: What work of Tertullian warns against all economic activities connected with the pagan cults
De Idololatria
343
TU: What Roman author's habit of demonizing all that is feminine and accusing woman of being Satan's most dangerous instrument is made evident in his works on the modesty of women
Tertullian
344
TU: The discussion of anima naturaliter Christiana can be found in what work of Tertullian
Apologeticum
345
TU: What Christian author was born at Cirta, the same city as Fronto's birth
Minucius Felix
346
TU: What Roman author contrasts Tertullian's crudity with his logic and calm reasoning in the writing of his Octavius
Minucius Felix
347
TU: What Carthage born author was a renowned teacher of rhetoric until 246 AD when he gave all his goods to the poor
Cyprian
348
TU: Although he was able to fight against the persecution of Decius, what Roman author could not escape the wrath of Valerian who condemned him to death in 258 AD
Cyprian
349
TU: What work of Cyprian on his own conversion served as a precedent for Augustine's confessions
Ad Donatum
350
TU: What work of Cyprian discusses the attacks of the pagans and divine punishment
Ad Demetrianum
351
TU: What work of Cyprian discuses the attitude Christians who denied their faith during the prosecutions must adopt
De Lapsis
352
TU: What work of Cyprian is a firm stand against all heresies and schisms
De Catholicae Ecclesiae Unitate
353
TU: What work of Cyprian discusses the rules of conduct that women who have vowed to consecrate themselves to God must follow
De Habitu Virginum
354
TU: What deacon and friend of Cyprian wrote a Vita Cypriani, the first Latin example of a biography of a bishop or saint
Pontius
355
TU: What Roman author, who sided against Cyprian regarding the lapsi, had a principal work titled De Trinitate
Novatianus
356
TU: What Roman author, clearly inspired by Tertullian, wrote a De Spectaculis and a De Bono Pudicitiae
Novatianus
357
TU: What author of Poetovium who died as a martyr as a result of Diocletian's persecutions, wrote many biblical commentaries, of which only one on Revelations remains
Victorinus
358
TU: What Roman author was born at Gaza
Commodian
359
TU: What Roman author wrote 2 books of poems in the style of acrostics
Commodian
360
TU: What work of Commodian consists of 2 books of poems, the first of which against the pagans and Jews and the second of which for Christians seeking a more devout life
Instructiones
361
TU: What work of Commodian is a history of the world, which is seen as a clash between God and the devil
Carmen Apologeticum
362
TU: To what author is the Pervigilium Veneris often attributed
Florus
363
TU: The refrain "Cras amet qui numquam amavit, quique amavit cras amet" is found in what work
Pervigilium Veneris
364
TU: What Roman author, drawing from the eighth book of Homer's Odyssey, wrote the De Concubitu Martis et Veneris on Vulcan's trick on Mars and Venus
Reposianus
365
TU: What Roman author wrote a satirical poem on a cook and a baker arguing over the superiority of their callings titled Iudicium Coci et Pistoris Iudice Vulcano
Vespa
366
TU: De Litteris, De Syllabis, and De Metris are works by what author
Terentius Maurus
367
TU: What Roman author was inspired by Grattius Faliscus in the composition of his Cynegetica on hunting
Nemesianus
368
TU: Who opens his most ambitious work with a long proem that belongs to the genre of the recusatio in which he declares that he does not want and does not know how to write other genres of poetry
Nemesianus
369
TU: What Roman author was a friend of Septimius Severus, but ran into troubles with Caracalla which led to his death in 212
Aemilius Papinian
370
TU: What Roman author, whose works include 37 books of Quaestiones and 19 books of Responsa, had a profound influence on jurisprudence and legislation
Aemilius Papinian
371
TU: What Roman author is a Phoenician from Tyre
Domitius Ulpian
372
TU: Ad Edictum Praetoris, Ad Masurium Sabinum, Liber Singularis, Regularum, Disputationes, Responsa, and Institutiones are all works of what Roman author who enjoyed great favor at the court of Caracalla and Severus Alexander
Domitius Ulpian
373
TU: Although it was known as Polyhistor in the Middle Ages, whose Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium was concerned with geography
Gaius Julius Solinus
374
TU: What late Latin author of African descent wrote a 20 book treatise on grammar titled De Compendiosa Doctrina dedicated to his son
Nonius Marcellus
375
TU: What Roman author, who had Jerome among his pupils at Rome, composed an Ars Minor and Ars Maior on grammar
Aelius Donatus
376
TU: Commentaries on Terence and Vergil are attributed to what author who is better known for his extensive grammar textbooks
Aelius Donatus
377
TU: Who is the author of Interpretationes Vergilianae, a work divided into 12 books for each book of the Aeneid
Tiberius Claudius Donatus
378
TU: What Roman author, who was probably a pupil of Aelius Donatus, wrote a commentary on Vergil and is remembered in Macrobius' Saturnalia
Servius
379
TU: What Roman author was closely affiliated with the Symmachi family
Macrobius
380
TU: What Roman author wrote a commentary on the Somnium Scipionis, a long passage from the last book of Cicero's De Republica
Macrobius
381
TU: To what son did Macrobius dedicate his commentary on Cicero and the Saturnalia
Eustathius
382
TU: A treatise on Greek and Latin words titled De Differentiis et Societatibus Graeci Latinique Verbi was written by what author and dedicated to a member of the Symmachi family
Macrobius
383
TU: What work of Latin literature is a dialogue at the house of Vetteius Praetextatus in 7 books during a Roman festival
Saturnalia
384
TU: What Roman author, whose father was an important senator named Phosphorius, held the proconsulate of Africa and prefecture of Rome and wrote panegyrics to Valentinian and Gratian
Symmachus
385
TU: Epitome Rei Militaris, a treatise on recruiting, formations, the tactics of battle and siege, and naval engagements, and veterinary work titled Mulomedicina are among the works of what Roman author
Vegetius
386
TU: What Roman author was born at Sicca Veneria
Arnobius
387
TU: What 7 book work of Arnobius expounds Christian doctrine and refutes doctrines of polytheism
Adversus Nationes
388
TU: What Roman author, a pupil of Arnobius, taught Latin rhetoric at Nicomedia before being chosen by Constantine as a tutor for his son Crispus
Lactantius
389
TU: What work of Lactantius describes his voyage from Africa to Bithynia
Hodoeporicum
390
TU: What work of Lactantius discusses the perfect harmony of nature and immortality of the soul
De Opificio Dei
391
TU: What work of Lactantius consists of 7 books dedicated to Constantine
Divinae Institutiones
392
TU: What work of Lactantius discusses the necessity for God to grow angry against the wicked in order to demonstrate his love for the good
De Ira Dei
393
TU: What work of Lactantius records the deaths of all persecuted Christians
De Mortibus Persecutorum
394
TU: What work of Lactantius is an elegy on the phoenix, the symbol of Christ
De Ave Phoenice
395
TU: What Roman author was born at Syracuse
Firmicus Maternus
396
TU: What Roman author wrote the most complete Latin treatise on astrology that has come down to us titled Matheseos Libri VIII
Firmicus Maternus
397
TU: What work of Firmicus Maternus on the refutation of paganism did he dedicate to Constantius and Constantine
De Errore Profanarum Religionum
398
TU: At the request of Valens, what Roman author depends on Livy and Suetonius for the composition of his Breviarum ab Urbe Condita
Eutropius
399
TU: What Roman author, appointed magister memoriae by Valens, took part in Julian's expedition against the Parthians and wrote a history covering the period from Romulus to the death of Jovian in 364 AD
Eutropius
400
TU: What Roman author was born at Antioch in Syria
Ammianus Marcellinus
401
TU: What Roman author continues the history of Tacitus starting with the reign of Nerva to the death of Valens at Adrianople in his Rerum Gestarum Libri XXXI
Ammianus Marcellinus
402
TU: Aelius Lampridius, Volcacius Gallicanus, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, and Trebellius Pollio are all said to be authors of what work
Historia Augusta
403
TU: The Vita Diversorum Principum et Tyranorum is the manuscript title of what work which is a collection of biographies meant to include the lives of Nerva to the immediate predecessors of Diocletian
Historia Augusta
404
TU: What Roman author was born at Burdigala, which is now Bordeaux
Ausonius
405
TU: What Roman author studied at Tolosa then Bordeaux before teaching the future emperor Gratian
Ausonius
406
TU: What work of Ausonius honors people in their daily occupations
Commemoratio Professorum Burdigalensium
407
TU: What work of Ausonius discusses some of the most typical subjects of instruction such as the labors of Hercules, the parts of the year, and how mankind became honest
Eclogarum Liber
408
TU: What work of Ausonius is a genuine plan of study to be followed for cultural education
Protepticus ad Nepotem
409
TU: Griphus Ternarii Numeri, Cento Nuptialis, and Grammaticomastix are all written by what Roman author
Ausonius
410
TU: In what work of Ausonius does he describe the typical day of a high imperial bureaucrat
Ephemeris
411
TU: What Roman author, who was accused by Orosius of being a paganus pervicacissimus, was born at Alexandria
Claudian
412
TU: What Roman emperor went to the court of Honorius at Milan in 395 where he was connected to the general Stilicho and had a statue of him built in the forum in 400
Claudian
413
TU: Poems for Honorius and Stilcho and poems on the Gigantomachy are among the works of what Roman author
Claudian
414
TU: Whose official debut as a Latin poet had taken place at Rome with his panegyric for Probinus and Olybrius, but is more famous for a poem on mythology titled De Raptu Proserpinae
Claudian
415
TU: What late Roman author, along with his Descriptio Orbis Terrae and Ora Maritima, translated Aratus's Phaenomena, which had already been done by Cicero and Germanicus
Rufius Festus Avienus
416
TU: What work of Prudentius consists of 12 hymns, 6 to be sung on various parts of the day and 6 to be sung at particular Christian holidays or festivals
Cathemerinon
417
TU: What work Prudentius deals with the mysteries of the Trinity and of Christ's Passion
Apotheosis
418
TU: What work of Prudentius discusses the struggle between the virtues and the vices in the human soul
Psychomachia
419
TU: What work of Prudentius discuses the Altar of Victory, which the Christians remove against the Pagans' wishes
Contra Symmachum
420
TU: What work of Prudentius consists of 14 hymns in honor of Christian martyrs
Peristephanon
421
TU: What work of Prudentius consists of 48 strophes on episodes of the Old and New Testaments
Dittochaeon
422
TU: What Roman author, who was a pupil of Ausonius, was born at Burdigala
Paulinus of Nola
423
TU: What Roman author became the governor of Campania until he married the Spanish Therasia when he retired first to Spain then to Nola
Paulinus of Nola
424
TU: To what patron of Paulinus of Nola does he dedicate about half of his poems and is celebrated every year on the occasion of his natalicium, day of martyrdom
St. Felix
425
TU: What Roman author was born at Treviri
Ambrose
426
TU: What Roman author was sent as a consularis Liguriae et Aemiliae to Milan as basically a governor of all northern Italy
Ambrose
427
TU: After the death of the Arian Auxentius, what Roman author became the bishop of Milan
Ambrose
428
TU: What work of Ambrose consists of 6 books with 9 speeches on Creation
Hexameron
429
TU: In what work of Ambrose does he deal with the Trinitarian theology in three books
De Fide
430
TU: In what work of Ambrose does he discuss sin and grace
De Paenitentia
431
TU: In what work inspired by Cicero does Ambrose list the duties of priests and provide Christians with precepts for living
De Officiis Ministrorum
432
TU: In what work does Ambrose discuss the relationship between the wealthy and the poor and property
De Nabuthae
433
TU: What Roman author was born at Stridon in Dalmatia
Jerome
434
TU: What Roman author, whose teachers included Marius Victorinus and Donatus, was chosen by Pope Damasus as his secretary
Jerome
435
TU: What Roman author, who met his future enemy Rufinus while at schooling, died at Bethlehem
Jerome
436
TU: From St. Peter to the author himself, who composed 135 biographies of Christian writers titled De Viris Illustribus
Jerome
437
TU: What work of Jerome translates, expands, and updates the work of Eusebius with the same title including many important notices on ancient Latin authors
Chronicon
438
TU: What Roman author was born at Thagaste
Augustine
439
TU: While reading Cicero's Hortensius, what Roman author subscribed to Manichaeism at a young age before converting to Christianity at Milan after listening to his mother and the sermons of Ambrose
Augustine
440
TU: What Roman author became bishop of Hippo in 395 where he died after it was besieged by the Vandals led by Genseric in 430
Augustine
441
TU: What work of Augustine in 13 books is a praise, exaltation of God written in the first years of his episcopate
Confessiones
442
TU: A description of two cities, one belonging to God and the other to the devil, can be found on what 22 book work of Augustine defending Christians and blaming Pagans
De Civitate Dei
443
TU: Urged by the death of his wife and the suggestions of Paulinus of Nola, what Roman author took up the ascetic life and traveled to Tours where he met the bishop Martin who heavily influenced his future works
Sulpicius Severus
444
TU: What work of Martianus Capella is a 9 book encyclopedia of classical learning
De Nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae
445
TU: In the first two books of what Latin work is there a wedding in Jupiter's galactic palace before shifting focus to 7 of the 9 liberal arts from Varro's Disciplinarum Libri as Mercury's wedding gift to Philology
De Nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae
446
TU: What Roman author was born at Tarragona
Orosius
447
TU: Whose first work, the Commonitorium de Errore Priscillianistarum et Origenistarum, was on the heresies most widespread in Spain and dedicated to Augustine?
Orosius
448
TU: What 7 book work of Orosius, his principal work, was requested by Augustine as a collection of material for his own De Civitate Dei
Historiae adversus Paganos
449
TU: What Roman author recounts his sea voyage from Ostia to the northern part of Tuscany in his two book work of elegiac couplets titled De Reditu Suo
Rutilius Namatianus
450
TU: What Roman author, who lived in Ravenna at the court of Valentinian III and had Aetius has his patron, was recognized with a state in the Forum of Trajan
Merobaudes
451
TU: Although often attributed to Claudian, what is chief work of Merobaudes
De Christo
452
TU: What Roman author was born at Lyon
Sidonius Apollinaris
453
TU: What Roman author, who married a daughter of the emperor Avitus, was consul in 468 and a later prefect before abandoning politics for an ecclesiastical career as he became a bishop of Auvergne
Sidonius Apollinaris
454
TU: 24 carmina divided into panegyrics to the emperors Avitus, Majorian, and Anthemius and 9 books of letters among which is a praise of Euric are among the works of what Roman author
Sidonius Apollinaris
455
TU: What Roman author, born at Rome around 480, was accused of conspiring against Theodoric and was imprisoned and put to death in 524
Boethius
456
TU: The Institutio Arithmetica and the De Institutione Musica belong to an encyclopedic corpus of what author
Boethius
457
TU: De Differentiis Topicis and De Divisione are two writings on syllogism by what Roman author
Boethius
458
TU: What work of Boethius, which in form is a Menippean satire, is a dialogue between philosophy and the imprisoned author
De Consolatione Philosophiae
459
TU: What Roman author, who replaced Boethius as magister officiorum, was born at Squillace
Cassiodorus
460
TU: Who, at the age of 92, composed a De Orthographia for the use of monks at Vivarium
Cassiodorus
461
TU: What Roman author modeled his own Chronica off of Jerome in his surveying of events from Adam to the year 519
Cassiodorus
462
TU: What work of Cassiodorus is a two book encyclopedic handbook devoted to sacred and profane literature
Institutiones
463
TU: What work of Cassiodorus is a historical work in 12 books on the Goths
De Origine Actibusque Getarum
464
TU: Aelius Paetus, Sulpicius Rufus
Historiae Augusta
