Latin Literature Cards Set I Flashcards
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What author was born in 4 B.C.?
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Seneca the Younger
2
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Who wrote Andria?
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Terence
3
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What play is Seneca the Younger’s Agamemnon based on?
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Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
4
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How does Propertius’s relationship with Cynthia end?
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he breaks off the relationship and expresses his shame at how blinded he was by love
5
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What author was born in 69 B.C.?
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Cornelius Gallus
6
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What author was born in 239 B.C.?
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Ennius
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Whose biographies in De Viris Illustribus are extant?
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Horace, Lucan, Terence
8
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How many books long is Historia Naturalis?
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37 books
9
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Where did Cicero die?
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Formiae
10
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What is Cicero’s full name?
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
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When was Pliny the Elder born?
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23 AD
12
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How did Petronius die?
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committed suicide
13
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What author died in 54 B.C.?
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Catullus
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What kind of writer was Plautus?
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a comic playwright
15
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When was Ovid born?
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43 BC
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What author was born in 234 B.C.?
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Cato the Elder
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Give the full name of the author Caecilius Statius.
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Caecilius Statius
18
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What was the profession of Petronius?
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writer and statesmen
19
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When was Pliny the Younger born?
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62 AD
20
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Who wrote Phormio?
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Terence
21
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Who did Pliny the Younger study under?
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Quintilian
22
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Who wrote Rudens?
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Plautus
23
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Who wrote the eighth Commentarii de Bello Gallico book?
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Hirtius
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Where was Propertius born?
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Assisium (Assisi)
25
What is the meter of the Bellum Civile?
dactylic hexameter (like other epics)
26
Where was Juvenal born?
Aquinam
27
Who did Vergil introduce Horace to?
Maecenas
28
On whose behalf is Pro Quinctio?
Publius Quinctius
29
Where did Statius return to when he left Rome?
Naples
30
Where was Caesar born?
Rome
31
Who was Clodia the wife of?
Q. Caecilius Metellus
32
In what year did Lucretius die, and how old was he?
55 BC, he was 44 years old
33
From where does Plautus derive his plays?
Greece
34
What did Maecenas give Horace?
a Sabine farm
35
What interrupts the cena Trimalchionsis?
two stories
36
How many books of Odes did Horace publish?
3
37
What is Ovid's full name?
Publius Ovidius Naso
38
What author was born in 86 B.C.?
Sallust
39
What did Nero call Petronius?
arbiter elegentiae
40
What did Ovid say caused his exile?
a song and an error
41
What is De Agri Cultura also called?
De Re Rustica
42
Where was Caecilius Statius born?
Mediolanum
43
What does Captivi mean?
The Captives
44
What is Quintilian's lost treatise?
De Causis Corruptae Eloquentiae
45
What author died in either 92 or 93 A.D.?
Valerius Flaccus
46
What verse are Persius' poems in?
dactylic hexameter
47
When was Livius Andronicus born?
c. 284 B.C.
48
What is Terence's full name?
Publius Terentius Afer
49
In what year were Caesar and Cornelius Nepos born?
100 B.C.
50
What is Tacitus' full name?
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
51
When does the history end in Ab Urbe Condita?
with the death of Drusus in 9 BC
52
How many books are in Commentarii de Bello Civili?
Caesar only finished 3 books
53
Who is the Bellum Civile complementary of?
Pompey
54
What was the profession of Hostia?
a courtesan
55
How much of Augustus' autobiography is extant?
none, all is lost
56
When did Suetonius die?
it is unknown
57
Who took Terence to Rome, educated and eventually freed him?
Terentius Lucanus
58
What is De Beneficiis?
a treatise
59
Besides his speeches, political and philosophical writings, what did Cicero write?
letters and poetry
60
What is the relationship between Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger?
Pliny the Elder is Pliny the Younger's uncle
61
What is Pseudolus about?
a title character who helps his master obtain enough money to free a courtesan named Phoenicium from Simo the procurer and a Macedonian officer who almost buys her
62
Where did Catullus die?
Rome
63
What style did Caesar follow?
the Attic
64
Who wrote De Beneficiis?
Seneca the Younger
65
What popular subject does Martial not use in his epigrams?
mythology
66
In what year was Ennius born?
239 B.C.
67
Who wrote Ars Amatoria?
Ovid
68
In what year was Juvenal born?
60 A.D.
69
Where was Silius Italicus born?
Patavium (Padua)
70
What is Cicero's first political speech?
Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino
71
What author was born in 116 B.C.?
Varro
72
What is the Satyricon?
fragmentary novel in prose and verse
73
Who wrote the fabulae palliatae?
Livius Andronicus
74
According to Quintilian, what cognitive abilities must an orator have?
he must have read widely, have vast knowledge, and must know how to connect his words and subjects precisely
75
In what year was Statius born?
40 or 45 A.D.
76
What did Suetonius write defending himself?
Apologia
77
What author was born in c. 70 A.D.?
Suetonius
78
When was Cicero born?
106 BC
79
How many books were there originally of De Clementia?
3 books
80
What type of writing is the Bellum Civile?
an epic poem
81
What is Seneca the Younger's play Hercules Oetaeus modeled on?
Sophocles' Trachinian Women
82
When did Ab Urbe Condita start being written?
29 BC
83
Pliny the Elder's lost works included a study of what?
linguistics
84
What was included in Dialogi?
ten treatises on philosophy
85
When was In Catilinam II delivered?
November 9th, one day after In Catilinam I
86
When did Pliny the Younger die?
c. 114 AD
87
What is Persius' main work?
Saturae
88
What form of writing is Epistulae Morales?
letters
89
According to St. Jerome, how did Lucretius die?
he took a love potion that made him insane and committed suicide
90
What was Vergil doing for the last 10 years of his life?
working on the Aeneid
91
Give the full name of the author Cornelius Nepos.
Cornelius Nepos
92
When did Persius die?
62 AD
93
What author was born in 220 B.C.?
Pacuvius
94
What form of Ab Urbe Condita exists for the entire work?
Periochae
95
What office did Cato the Elder hold?
Censor
96
Where was Pacuvius born?
Brundisium
97
In what year was Aulus Gellius born?
c. 130 A.D.
98
Where was Pliny the Younger born?
Comum
99
What were sequels to De Re Natura?
De Divinatione and De Fato
100
What is Menaechmi about?
two separated brothers discover each other and are reunited in Syracuse, the city of their births
101
Who wrote De Re Publica?
Cicero
102
In what year was Cornelius Gallus born?
69 B.C.
103
What is De Vita Caesarum?
a biography on Julius Caesar and the emperors through Domitian
104
What was the Liber Spectaculorum in honor of?
Titus' opening of the Colosseum
105
Who wrote De Clementia?
Seneca the Younger
106
Give the full name of the author Lucilius.
C. Lucilius
107
Give the full name of the author Caesar.
C. Iulius Caesar
108
What author died in 79 A.D.?
Pliny the Elder
109
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
110
Who was Clodia the sister of?
Clodius (maybe)
111
Who are Philippics written in opposition of?
Mark Antony
112
What was Suetonius' treatise on grammar called?
De Grammaticis
113
When was In Catilinam I delivered?
November 8th
114
When did Horace publish his first book of satires?
35 BC
115
How many books are in Tacitus' Annales?
18 books
116
What did the Georgics promote?
Octavian's program of moving people from the cities to farms
117
What was another name for Tibullus' lover, besides Delia?
Plania
118
Give the full name of the author Plautus.
T. Maccius Plautus
119
What is the longest surviving part of the Satyricon?
cena Trimalchionsis
120
When was Propertius born?
c 50 BC
121
What author died in 17 A.D.?
Ovid
122
What verse is Annales?
dactylic hexameter
123
What is the full name of Statius?
Publius Papinius Statius
124
What writings did Ovid publish before 8 AD?
Amores, Heroides, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris, Medicina Faciei, and Medea
125
Where was Persius born?
Volaterae (in Etruria)
126
Who wrote Amphitryon?
Plautus
127
When did Vergil lose his farm?
after Philippi (but he later got it back)
128
Who wrote Philippics?
Cicero
129
Give the full name of the author Livius Andronicus.
Livius Andronicus
130
On what day did Lucan die?
April 30, 65 AD
131
When did Horace publish the first three books of Odes?
between 33 and 23 BC
132
What biographies are possibly included in De Viris Illustribus?
Vergil, Tibullus, and Persius
133
Who wrote Menaechmi?
Plautus
134
Give the full name of the author Quintillian.
M. Fabius Quintilianus
135
What author was born in 43 B.C.?
Ovid
136
What is Lucan's full name?
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
137
What author died in 204 B.C.?
Livius Andronicus
138
What play is Seneca the Younger's Phaedra loosely based on?
Euripides' play Hippolytus
139
Where was Pliny the Younger governor of?
Bithynia
140
In what year was Pliny the Elder born?
23 A.D.
141
What happens to the main character in The Golden Ass?
Lucius is transformed into a donkey and then goes on many adventures
142
What were Propertius's elegies mostly about?
his love for Cynthia
143
Who was Lucan a favorite of?
Nero
144
Who was the Achilleid about?
Achilles
145
In what year was Suetonius born?
c. 70 A.D.
146
Give the full name of the author Tertullian.
Tertullian
147
Who was the author of Punica?
Silius Italicus
148
Who did Cicero vigorously oppose after Caesar's death in 44 BC?
Mark Antony
149
What is Tibullus' first book of elegies called?
Delia
150
What does Martial ask the earth in his most moving epigram?
to "lie gently on the child who walked so lightly on the earth"
151
When did Cicero die?
December 43 BC
152
What was Historiae?
a fragmentary work covering 78-67 BC
153
How many books of Martial's epigrams survive?
14 books
154
What author died c. 225 A.D.?
Tertullian
155
What author died in 130 B.C.?
Pacuvius
156
In what year was Terence born?
195 B.C.
157
In Seneca the Younger's Thyestes, how does Atreus take revenge on Thyestes?
Atreus feeds Thyestes' sons to their father and as a result curses his house
158
What philosophy was Seneca the Younger part of?
Stoicism
159
What languages did Ennius speak?
Latin, Oscan, and Greek
160
How many poems are in the Eclogues?
10
161
Who wrote De Architectura?
Vitruvius
162
What is Quintilian's only extant work?
the Institutio Oratoria
163
When did Tacitus publish Germania?
98 AD
164
What is one of Plautus's most successful comedies?
Menaechmi
165
When was Gnaeus Naevius born?
c. 270 BC
166
What author died in 35 B.C.?
Sallust
167
What are some examples of subjects covered in Saturae?
superiority of country over city life, false virtues, friendship, and character sketches
168
Who wrote De Agri Cultura?
Cato the Elder
169
What author died in 169 B.C.?
Ennius
170
What is the total number of surviving Martial epigrams?
1500 epigrams
171
What author died in 101 A.D.?
Silius Italicus
172
In what year was Naevius born?
270 B.C.
173
Where was Quintilian born?
in Calagurris in Spain
174
How long is Commentarii de Bello Gallico?
7 books
175
What is Suetonius' most famous work?
De Vita Caesarum?
176
How many books are in the Georgics?
four
177
Who was Tibullus in love with?
Delia
178
In what year was Cicero born?
106 B.C.
179
In what year was Catullus born?
84 B.C.
180
Where was Apuleius born?
Madaura
181
What did Martial do after coming to Rome and meeting authors?
he began to write
182
Where was Vergil born?
Andes (near Mantua)
183
Where was Plautus born?
Sarsina (in Umbria)
184
In what year was Martial born?
40 A.D.
185
What author was born in 219 B.C.?
Caecilius Statius
186
What author was born in 39 A.D.?
Lucan
187
Who is the villain of the Bellum Civile?
Caesar
188
What is Seneca the Younger's Thyestes about?
Atreus' revenge on his brother Thyestes for stealing his wife and committing various other injustices
189
What was Bellum Catilinae?
a monograph discussing Catiline's conspriacy
190
When did Horace publish his fourth book of Odes?
15 BC
191
What are some subjects covered in Book IV of Propertius's Elegies?
Rome and its past heroes, and fidelity
192
Which of Plautus's plays contains the only extant passage of Carthaginian language?
Poenulus
193
To whom are the letters in Epistulae Morales written?
his friend Lucilius
194
In what year was Livy born?
59 B.C.
195
What are some examples of subjects in Historia Naturalis?
math, earth sciences, medicine, animals, and botany
196
When was Ennius born?
239 BC
197
When was Statius born?
c. 40 AD
198
What is Martial most famous for?
epigrams
199
What author died c. 325 A.D.?
Lactantius
200
Give the full name of the author Terence.
P. Terentius Afer
201
Why was Juvenal able to return to Rome after being banished to Egypt?
Domitian died
202
Which emperor was Juvenal able to help?
Hadrian
203
What is De Re Publica about?
political philosophy
204
What is Apuleius' full name?
Lucius Apuleius
205
Give the full name of the author Vergil.
P. Vergilius Maro
206
Where was Horace born?
Venusia
207
Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba (Spain)
208
What author died in 55 B.C.?
Lucretius
209
Who is the only extant Roman female poet?
Sulpicia
210
Who wrote the Carmen Saeculare?
Horace
211
What author was born in 40 or 45 A.D.?
Statius
212
What did In Catilinam III explain?
how Cicero got evidence against Catiline
213
When was Caesar born?
102 BC
214
What work of Tacitus has a disputed authorship?
Dialogus de Oratoribus
215
What kind of writer was Propertius?
a poet
216
Who wrote the Liber Spectaculorum?
Martial
217
Where was Martial born?
Bilbilis (in Spain)
218
What is Livy's full name?
Titus Livius
219
What author died in 149 B.C.?
Cato the Elder
220
What does Tacitus' Germania deal with?
the geography, politics, and customs of the German people
221
Whose death in 45 BC affected Cicero greatly?
his daughter's, Tullia
222
What was the only name mentioned in Orgines?
hannibal's elephant that survived crossing the alps
223
What did Cato the Younger call Cicero?
father of his country
224
What work of Seneca the Younger is attributed to him, but probably not actually written by him?
Octavia
225
Where was Pliny the Younger born?
Comum
226
What is Suetonius' collection of passages from his speeches called?
Florida
227
What author died in 44 B.C.?
Caesar
228
What kind of writer was Sallust?
a historian
229
What does the extant part of Historiae end with?
Titus' conquest of Jerusalem and the Batavian revolt
230
Who was Persius friends with?
the poet Lucan
231
Who was the first writer to adapt Greek hexameter verse into Latin?
Ennius
232
Where was Tacitus probably born?
in northern Italy
233
What author was born in 40 A.D.?
Martial
234
What is Pliny the Younger's second most famous letter?
a haunted house in Athens
235
What does Noctes Atticae mean?
Attic Nights
236
What does Aulularia mean?
The Pot of Gold
237
Where was Cato the Elder born?
Tusculum
238
How many lines of Ovid's Medea survive?
2 lines
239
Who was said to have three hearts?
Ennius
240
What did Catullus visit near Troy?
his brother's grave
241
Where did Terence die?
on a trip to Greece
242
What was Punica?
a poem about the 2nd Punic War
243
How did Juvenal help Hadrian?
he helped him obtain a farm in Tibur
244
How many Philippics are there?
14
245
Who is Martial's most moving epigram for?
a slave girl who died before age six
246
When did Cicero serve as consul?
63 BC
247
Who wrote the Ars Poetica?
Horace
248
How many books are in the Thebaid?
12
249
What is Seneca the Younger's play Octavia about?
Octavia, after Nero leaves her for Poppaea, organizes a rebellion against him, but is defeated and executed
250
Give the full name of the author Horace.
Q. Horatius Flaccus
251
Who wrote Dialogi?
Seneca the Younger
252
When was In Catilinam IV delivered?
December 5th
253
What authors were born in 100 B.C.?
Caesar and Cornelius Nepos
254
How many books long is Punica?
17 books
255
What is Pliny the Younger most famous for?
letters
256
How did Terence get to Rome?
He was taken there as a slave
257
What author was born in 65 B.C.?
Horace
258
About whose nature does Martial complain?
women's
259
What does Adelphi mean?
The Brothers
260
What was Catullus's relationship with Lesbia?
at first she returned his love, but then she became unfaithful and rejected him
261
What does De Rerum Natura mean?
On the Nature of Things
262
What philosophy did Lucretius follow?
Epicurean
263
What had Sextus Roscius been accused of when Cicero defended him?
patricide
264
Where was Lucilius born?
Suessa Aurunca
265
Who wrote the Georgics?
Vergil
266
When did Quintilian die?
c 100 AD
267
Who was considered the founder of latin literature?
Livius Andronicus
268
What were included in De Viris Illustribus?
biographies of various literary figures
269
Give the full name of the author Accius.
L. Attius Accius
270
What kind of writer was Martial?
a poet
271
When was De Re Publica begun?
54 BC
272
In what year was Lucan born?
39 A.D.
273
Give the full name of the author Suetonius.
C. Suetonius Tranquillus
274
What does Apocolocyntosis mean?
The Pumpkinification
275
When did Vergil die?
19 BC
276
Who did Apocolocyntosis make fun of?
Claudius
277
What did Cato the Elder end all his speeches with and what does it mean?
Carthago delenda est, Carthage must be destroyed
278
What was Apuleius accused of?
winning his wife by magic
279
What is De Clementia?
a fragmentary treatise
280
To whom is De Rerum Natura adressed?
Lucretius's friend Gaius Memmius
281
What is the difference between Seneca the Younger's Medea and the play that it is based off of?
Seneca's is more sympathetic to Jason than Euripides' play
282
What author was born in 60 A.D.?
Juvenal
283
Who was Catullus in love with?
Clodia
284
Give the full name of the author Augustine.
Augustine
285
When did Sallust write his works?
in his retirement
286
How many books long is Augustus' autobiography?
14 books
287
What is the earliest work attributed to Tacitus?
Dialogus de Oratoribus
288
What type of writer was Tibullus?
a poet
289
What is the full name of Seneca the Younger?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
290
When did Horace publish the Carmen Saeculare?
17 BC
291
Where was Apuleius born?
Madaura, a Roman colony near Numidia
292
What author died in 430 A.D.?
Augustine
293
What author died in 17 B.C.?
Livy
294
What is another name for the Bellum Civile?
Pharsalia
295
Who did Vergil ask to burn the Aeneid?
Varius and Tucca
296
What does Saturae mean?
Sermons
297
What does Heauton Timorumenos mean?
The Self-Tormentor
298
In what year was Tibullus born?
55 B.C.
299
How did Livius Andronicus come to Rome?
He was brought to Rome as a slave
300
What story does the Thebaid tell?
the feud between Polyneices and Eteocles and the Seven Against Thebes legend
301
What book is an account of the public life of Augustus?
Momentum Ancyranum
302
Who was Caesar?
a famous military, political leader and a leading lawyer
303
In what year was Sallust born?
86 B.C.
304
When was Tacitus born?
c. 55 AD
305
What does Rudens mean?
Rope
306
Give the full name of the author Apuleius.
L. Apuleius
307
When was Terence born?
c. 195 BC
308
How long is Ab Urbe Condita?
142 books (but much is lost)
309
What author was born in 84 B.C.?
Catullus
310
Into what kind of family was Tacitus born?
an aristocratic family
311
What is De Rerum Natura?
an unfinished didactic epic poem
312
What author was born in 34 A.D.?
Persius
313
What was another name for De Senectute?
Cato Major
314
When did Horace publish the Epodes?
30 BC
315
What author died in 104 A.D.?
Martial
316
What years did Historiae take place in?
69-96
317
According to Quintilian, what must an orator have?
personal integrity and the necessary technique
318
What did Catullus discover when he returned from Verona to Rome?
Clodia had already taken a new lover
319
When did Horace publish his second book of epistles?
15 BC
320
Where was Lucan born?
Corduba (Spain)
321
How many books were there in Dialogi?
12 books
322
What does Andria mean?
The Woman of Andros
323
When did Horace die?
8 BC
324
Where was Tacitus born?
Narbonese Gaul
325
What were the fabulae palliatae?
Latin comedies from Greek originals
326
Who wrote Pseudolus?
Plautus
327
Where was Pliny the Elder born?
Comum
328
When did Cicero deliver Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino?
80 BC
329
How many books long is the Institutio Oratoria?
12 books
330
What is Cicero's earliest extant speech?
Pro Quinctio
331
What is one possible reason Domitian banished Juvenal?
mentioning an actor Paris who had an affair with the emperor's wife
332
When did Martial come to Rome?
63 AD
333
What does Bellum Jugurthinum do?
praise Marius in his war against Numidia's King Jugurtha
334
Who did Cicero argue against in the Pro Quinctio?
Hortensius, a famous orator
335
What did Catiline do because of In Catilinam I?
he was forced to leave Rome for Faesulae
336
Where was Ovid banished to?
Tomi
337
How did Pliny the Elder get his information for his Historia Naturalis?
he claims to have consultsd experts for all of the subjects
338
What kind of writer was Terence?
a comic playwright
339
Give the full name of the author Lucretius.
T. Lucretius Carus
340
Who wrote Origines?
Cato the Elder
341
What author died in 43 B.C.?
Cicero
342
Who is the author of Satyricon?
Petronius (but there is insufficient information to be sure)
343
What is Tibullus' full name?
Albius Tibullus
344
How many plays did Terence write?
6 (all extant)
345
What was Persius' request when he died?
that his poems be destroyed, leaving only his satires
346
What does Propertius say about Cynthia after ending the relationship?
he will not be moved by her tears
347
What is Plautus's full name?
Titus Maccus (Maccius) Plautus
348
What history were some of the lost works of Pliny the Elder about?
German wars
349
Who was M. Valerius Messalla?
a patron of several poets
350
When was Propertius's first book of elegies published?
28 BC
351
Who suggested the Georgics?
Maecenas
352
Which epic does not include the intervention of deities?
Bellum Civile
353
What kind of words and alliterations did Tibullus like to use in his poems?
hybrid Greek-Latin
354
Give the full name of the author Cornelius Gallus.
C. Cornelius Gallus
355
Who wrote Miles Gloriosus?
Plautus
356
Who wrote Epidicus?
Plautus
357
What does Hecyra mean?
The Mother-In-Law
358
Who wrote Heroides?
Ovid
359
What two books did Seneca the Elder write?
Controversiae and Suasoriae
360
How many books are in the Bellum Civile?
10 books
361
Into what verse did Homer translate the Odyssey?
Saturnian verse
362
Where was Vergil born?
Mantua / Andes
363
In what year was Tertullian born?
160 A.D.
364
What does Tacitus' Agricola talk about?
Agricola's military exploits in Britain and personal virtue
365
What is Propertius's full name?
Sextus Propertius
366
What author died in 19 B.C.?
Vergil or Tibullus
367
Who is the greatest Latin orator?
Cicero
368
In what year was Quintillian born?
35 A.D.
369
Where are Terence's plays set?
in Athens
370
Where did Statius die?
Naples
371
What was the Institutio Oratoria?
a treatise on a perfect orator
372
What is Persius' full name?
Aulus Persius Flaccus
373
What did Lucan join after Nero stopped him from publishing poetry?
the Pisonian Conspiracy
374
When was Seneca the Younger born?
4 BC
375
Who wrote Mostellaria?
Plautus
376
How are the books of Commentarii de Bello Gallico divided?
one book for each year from 58 to 52 BC
377
How is Livy's work regarded?
it glorifies Rome, but it is an accurate historical source
378
How did Silius Italicus die?
he starved himself to death
379
Who wrote Naturales Quaestiones?
Seneca the Younger
380
Who was Cicero? (besides an orator)
a Roman statesmen
381
Give the full name of the author Varro.
M. Terentius Varro
382
Who did Martial meet in Rome?
Quintilian, Seneca, and Lucan
383
What is Lucretius's full name?
Titus Lucretius Carus
384
Give the full name of the author Petronius.
Petronius Arbiter
385
When was In Catilinam III delivered?
December 3rd
386
When was Apuleius born?
c. 125
387
How many plays did Plautus write?
130
388
What is figura etymologica?
the use in one phrase of more than one form of the same word
389
What did people think of Cicero's poetry?
it was respected in his own time, but later declined in reputation
390
Where did Juvenal die?
Tibur
391
What is Suetonius' most famous work?
The Golden Ass
392
What author died in 113 A.D.?
Pliny the Younger
393
What is Origines about?
the beginnings of Italian civilization and early Roman history
394
Give the full name of the author Juvenal.
D. Iunius Iuvenalis
395
What was Annales about?
Rome's story from the fall of Troy to Ennius's time
396
Give the full name of the author Statius.
P. Papinius Statius
397
Who taught Statius poetry?
his father
398
Who wrote De Senectute?
Cicero
399
What does "On the Greek Kalends" mean?
never
400
When did Petronius die?
65 AD
401
What was the "song" that caused Ovid's exile?
Ars Amatoria
402
When is the Silver Age of latin literature?
the literature following the Golden Age until the Christian period
403
Who was the first person to receive a paid professorship from Vespasian?
Quintilian
404
When was a third book of poems published in Tibullus' name?
after his death
405
Give the full name of the author Livy.
T. Livius
406
What is Lucretius's only surviving work?
De Rerum Natura
407
What type of writer was Lucan?
an epic poet
408
What did Caesar write about his conquest of Gaul?
Commentarii de Bello Gallico
409
Where was Statius born?
Naples
410
What did Varius and Tucca do instead of burning the Aeneid?
edited it, deleting some extraneous parts but adding nothing
411
What is Suetonius' work on Plato's philosophy called?
De Platone
412
What type of writer was Quintilian?
a rhetorician
413
What author died in 130 A.D.?
Suetonius
414
Who wrote fabulae palliatae?
Gnaeus Naevius
415
When did Horace publish his first book of epistles?
20 BC
416
When was Tacitus' Agricola published?
98 AD
417
Where was Quintillian born?
Calagurris (in Spain)
418
Where was Augustine born?
Thagaste
419
Where was Cato the Elder born?
Tusculum
420
What kind of writer was Persius?
a satirist
421
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
422
What does arbiter elegentiae?
judge of good taste
423
What is Catullus's full name?
Gaius Valerius Catullus
424
What does Cicero's name mean?
Chickpea
425
How many books were in Pliny the Elder's study of linguistics?
8 books
426
What author died in 16 B.C.?
Propertius
427
What author was born in 106 B.C.?
Cicero
428
Until what year did Statius live in Rome?
94 AD
429
How many books of De Beneficiis are there?
7 books
430
What do Pliny the Younger's letter discuss?
law, finance, and the treatment of Christians
431
Where was Varro born?
Reate / Rieti
432
What was the first history written in Latin?
Origines
433
Who wrote the Bellum Punicum?
Gnaeus Naevius
434
What was possibly the "error" that caused Ovid's exile?
involvement with Augustus' granddaughter Julia, a woman of very low morals
435
How many books long is Historiae?
12 books
436
When was De Re Publica published?
51 BC, three years after it was begun
437
What meter is the Eclogues?
dactylic hexameter
438
When did Juvenal die?
c. 130
439
Who wrote Hecyra?
Terence
440
What is the first surviving Latin prose work?
De Agri Cultura
441
What author died in 201 B.C.?
Naevius
442
What was Martial given because of his poverty?
ius trium liberorum
443
What is Quintilian's full name?
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
444
Where was Catullus born?
Verona
445
Where did Vergil die?
Brundisium
446
Give the full name of the author Valerius Flaccus.
C. Valerius Flaccus
447
Who invented fabulae praetextae?
Gnaeus Naevius
448
Who does Saturae show influence from?
Lucilius
449
Under whose name did Sulpicia publish her poems?
Tibullus'
450
How long did Vergil spend on the Georgics?
7 years
451
Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba (Spain)
452
What profession did Pliny the Younger have when studying under Quintilian?
lawyer
453
What was Bellum Catilinae critical of?
aristocracy, but more critical of Catiline
454
What caused Cicero to divorce his new wife?
her lack of compassion
455
What rhetorical figure did Tibullus often use in his writings?
figura etymologica
456
Who banished Ovid?
Augustus
457
When was Sallust born?
86 BC
458
Where was Terence born?
Carthage
459
Give the full name of the author Pacuvius.
M. Pacuvius
460
Where was Lucretius born?
Rome
461
What is the full name of Martial?
Marcus Valerius Martialis
462
What style of writing is the Georgics?
poem
463
What does Poenulus mean?
The Carthaginian
464
When did Horace publish his second book of satire?
30 BC
465
What did In Catilinam IV accomplish?
it convinced the senate to execute Catiline's co-conspirators
466
When did Suetonius die?
c. 140
467
What is Suetonius' full name?
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
468
What does De Vita Caesarum mostly contain?
a lot of personal information about the Caesars
469
How many tragedies did Seneca the Younger write?
9 or 10
470
When is Vergil said to have started his Eclogues?
43 BC
471
Who ordered Varius and Tucca to edit the Aeneid?
Augustus
472
Who wrote De Natura Deorum?
Cicero
473
What is the only complete fabula praetexta?
Octavia
474
What author was born in 170 B.C.?
Accius
475
Who was De Architectura dedicated to?
Augustus
476
How did Apocolocyntosis make fun of Claudius?
saying that instead of becoming a god, he had become a pumpkin
477
What author died in 102 B.C.?
Lucilius
478
Where was Horace born?
Venusia
479
In what year was Pliny the Younger born?
61 A.D.
480
What kind of writer was Suetonius?
a historian
481
Give the full name of the author Lactantius.
Lactantius
482
What did Catullus do when Lesbia rejected him?
return to Verona
483
What work of Tacitus was a biography of his father-in-law?
Agricola
484
What author was born in 354 A.D.?
Augustine
485
Where did Pliny the Younger endow a library?
in his hometown
486
What does De Senectute mean?
On Old Age
487
What is De Agri Cultura about?
it's a handbook on agriculture
488
In what year was Livius Andronicus born?
284 B.C.
489
What is Tibullus' second book of elegies called?
Nemesis
490
What kind of writer was Lucretius?
a poet
491
What type of writing is the Eclogues?
a collection of pastoral poems
492
Where was Sallust born?
Amiternum
493
What author died in 86 B.C.?
Accius
494
Where was Lucretius born?
Rome
495
How many Silvae did Statius write?
32
496
In what year was Cato the Elder born?
234 B.C.
497
How many poems are in Persius' Saturae?
six
498
To where did Domitian banish Juvenal?
Egypt
499
Into what kind of family was Suetonius born?
an equestrian
500
What author was born in c. 245 A.D.?
Lactantius
501
Where was Martial born?
Bilbilis (Spain)
502
Who wrote an epic poem about Domitian's German Wars?
Statius
503
What kind of writer was Seneca the Younger?
a playwright
504
Where is Vergil said to have started his Eclogues?
Mantua
505
What author died in 184 B.C.?
Plautus
506
According to De Agri Cultura, what is an excellent and versatile crop?
Cabbage
507
Where was Propertius born?
Assisium
508
What was the Bellum Punicum?
an epic poem on the First Punic War
509
What is Ovid's Medea?
a tragedy
510
What author was born in 50 B.C.?
Propertius
511
How did Quintilian grow up?
he received a good education from the leading orators of the time and then practiced law
512
What author was born in 35 A.D.?
Quintillian
513
What did Nero make Lucan?
a quaestor
514
Who did Claudius write a comparison of?
Cicero and Pollio
515
Which of Plautus's plays is the model for Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors"?
Menaechmi
516
Who wrote Captivi?
Plautus
517
What else is the Eclogues called?
Bucolics
518
What author was born in 195 B.C.?
Terence
519
What author was born in 55 B.C.?
Tibullus
520
What is Lucan's only extant work?
Bellum Civile (unfinished)
521
What does Quintilian discourage in an orator?
being too grandiose or too uninspiring
522
What is the difference begween Aeschylus' Agamemnon and Seneca the Younger's Agamemnon?
it's the same plot, but with different characterization
523
Give the full name of the author Aulus Gellius.
Aulus Gellius
524
Who was regarded as Cicero's (almost) equal in oration?
Caesar
525
What is Tacitus' longer history?
Annales
526
When was Propertius's last book of elegies published?
16 BC
527
Give the full name of the author Cicero.
M. Tullius Cicero
528
What did the last Philippic suggest?
public celebration of Antony's defeat at Mutina
529
What does De Re Natura do?
give Epicurean, Stoic, and Academic conceptions of the gods
530
In what year was Vergil born?
70 B.C.
531
What type of writing was in Apocolocyntosis?
prose and verse
532
What did Martial call Quintilian?
"The supreme guide of wayward youth"
533
What is Ennius's full name?
Quintus Ennius
534
To what friend did Martial write many epigrams over the years?
Julius Martialis
535
In what year was Pacuvius born?
220 B.C.
536
What is another name for The Golden Ass?
Metamorphoses
537
How does Tacitus regard the Germans?
he acknowledges their flaws, but still considers them more virtuous than the Romans of his time
538
What years are Tacitus' Annales from?
14-68 AD
539
Who coined the phrase "On the Greek Kalends"?
Augustus
540
How much of Tacitus' Annales lost?
most of it
541
What author died in 8 B.C.?
Horace
542
What author was born in 61 A.D.?
Pliny the Younger
543
What does Commentarii de Bello Gallico mean?
Commentaries on the Gallic Wars
544
What were Statius' Silvae?
poems on various subjects
545
Where did Ovid die?
still in exile in Tomi
546
What author was born in c. 130 A.D.?
Aulus Gellius
547
Who translated Homer's the Odyssey into Latin?
Livius Andronicus
548
In what year was Silius Italicus born?
26 A.D.
549
What play is Seneca the Younger's play Oedipus based on?
Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex
550
Who wrote Aulularia?
Plautus
551
In what year was Lactantius born?
c. 245 A.D.
552
Who became Vergil's greatest promoter?
Octavian
553
How is Pliny the Younger related to Pliny the Elder?
Pliny the Younger is the Elder's heir and nephew
554
What author was born in 254 B.C.?
Plautus
555
What meter is the Georgics?
dactylic hexameter
556
Give the full name of the author Persius.
A. Persius Flaccus
557
When did Livy die?
19 BC
558
Out of Livius Andronicus, Naevius, and Ennius, who was revered the most by later writers?
Ennius
559
Who wrote the Annales?
Ennius (it's his most important work)
560
Who was Gaius Memmius?
governor of Bithynia
561
Who wrote Adelphi?
Terence
562
How many books of Suasoriae survive?
1 book
563
Who wrote Eunuchus?
Terence
564
Give the full name of the author Pliny the Elder.
C. Plinius Secundus
565
In what year was Accius born?
170 B.C.
566
When did Juvenal return to Rome?
96 AD
567
Which of Plautus's plays has no female characters?
Captivi
568
Where was Tertullian born?
Carthage
569
What philosophy does Bellum Civile promote?
Stoicism
570
What is Seneca the Elder's full name?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder
571
Give the full name of the author Ennius.
Q. Ennius
572
What author was born in 284 B.C.?
Livius Andronicus
573
Who wrote Saturae?
Horace
574
What is Amphitryon about?
Jupiter's love for Alcmena, the wife of Amphitryon
575
Where was Persius born?
Volaterrae (in Etruria)
576
Whose conspiracy did Cicero expose in 63 BC?
Catiline's
577
What was Suetonius' work on oratory called?
De Rhetoribus
578
What is Tacitus' work shorter work of history?
Historiae
579
Where was Statius born?
Naples
580
When was Vergil born?
70 BC
581
What is the full name of Petronius?
Gaius Petronius Arbiter
582
Who wrote Bellum Catilinae?
Sallust
583
Which book of Historiae only survives in part?
Book V
584
What kind of writer was Catullus?
a lyric poet
585
What did Martial think of his poems?
that they would last forever
586
When did Catullus die and how old was he?
54 BC, 30 years okd
587
Where was Caesar born?
Rome
588
What are the stories that interrupt the cena Trimachionsis about?
one is about a werewolf, the other about two witches stealing a boy and leaving a figure of straw in his place
589
What kind of writer was Ennius?
a writer of plays and poems
590
What were fabulae praetextae?
dramas based on Roman subjects named for the garment
591
When was Plautus born?
c. 255 BC
592
What did Propertius call the woman he loved in his poems?
Cynthia
593
When was Ovid banished?
8 AD
594
What does Catullus call Clodia in his poems?
Lesbia
595
What is Vergil's full name?
Publius Vergilius Maro
596
Under which emperor did Pliny the Younger serve as consul?
Trajan
597
What work did Aulus Gellius write?
Noctes Atticae
598
What author died in 180 A.D.?
Aulus Gellius
599
Where was Tibullus born?
Pedum
600
When was Suetonius born?
c. 70 AD
601
What was Plautus's favorite play?
Epidicus
602
About whose life were some the lost works of Pliny the Elder about?
Pomponius Secundus
603
Who was Catullus's father a friend of?
Caesar
604
What author was born in 26 A.D.?
Silius Italicus
605
Who did Catullus attack in a poem and later apologize to?
Caesar
606
What does De Vita Caesarum mean?
The Lives of the Caesars
607
From which of Plautus's plays does a large fragment remain?
Vidularia
608
Give the full name of the author Silius Italicus.
Silius Italicus
609
How did Cicero die?
Antony and Octavian reconciled and executed him
610
What happened to the charges against Suetonius?
they were dropped and Suetonius lived a happy life
611
In what year was Lucilius born?
180 B.C.
612
Who wrote Amores?
Ovid
613
What author died in either 168 or 166 B.C.?
Caecilius Statius
614
What are Philippics named after?
Demosthenes's speeches against Philip of Macedon
615
What author died in 159 B.C.?
Terence
616
Who are the main characters of the Satyricon?
Encolpius and Ascyltus, and their servant Giton
617
When were the Georgics published?
29 BC
618
What is Suetonius' work on Socrates' conception of the gods and daimones?
De De Socratis
619
Who did Cicero defend in Pro Sexto Rosico Amerino?
Sextus Roscius
620
What is Seneca the Younger's play Medea based on?
Euripides' play
621
From whom did Terence get his name?
Terentius Lucanus
622
What is Juvenal's full name?
Decius Junius Juvenalis
623
What famous myth is included in The Golden Ass?
Cupid and Pysche
624
When was Persius born?
34 AD
625
What is Pliny the Younger's most famous letter about?
Vesuvius' eruption
626
Where was Juvenal born?
Aquinum
627
How did Lucan die?
he was forced to commit suicide by Nero
628
Who did Petronius serve as consul under?
Nero
629
What author died in 130 A.D.?
Juvenal
630
How many books of letters did Pliny the Younger write?
10
631
When was Dialogus de Oratoribus written?
c. 81 AD
632
What type of writer was Statius?
a poet
633
What do many of Martial's epigrams deal with?
his frustration with unreliable patrons
634
Give the full name of the author Sallust.
C. Sallustius Crispus
635
Why was it said that Ennius had three hearts?
He spoke three languages
636
To whose circle did Tibullus belong?
M. Valerius Messalla
637
What is Seneca the Younger known as?
the Philosopher and the Stoic
638
Who wrote De Viris Illustribus?
Suetonius
639
Why did Apuleius supposedly marry his wife?
in order to gain her wealth by her relatives
640
What does De Viris Illustribus mean?
On Famous Men
641
How many satires did Juvenal write?
16
642
What author died in 27 B.C.?
Varro
643
Who in his family did Quintilian outlive?
his wife and two sons
644
Why did Petronius die?
the Pisonian conspiracy
645
When was Livy born?
59 BC
646
Who was Rome's first prose writer?
Cato the Elder
647
What kind of writer was Horace?
a poet
648
Which emperor wrote a Greek history of the Etruscans?
Claudius
649
Where was Catullus born?
Verona
650
What is in dispute in the Pro Quinctio?
Gallic land
651
Where was Lactantius born?
North Africa
652
What was Pliny the Younger's full name?
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
653
Who wrote Metamorphoses?
Ovid
654
Give the full name of the author Tibullus.
Albius Tibullus
655
What did Catullus write after visiting his brother's grave?
poem 101 (an effigy)
656
Why did Catullus go to Bithynia?
he went as a staff member of the governor Gaius Memmius
657
What does Commentarii de Bello Civili mean?
Commentaries on the Civil War
658
How does Tacitus' Agricola portray Agricola?
it is complementary of him
659
Give the full name of the author Catullus.
C. Valerius Catullus
660
Where did Lucan receive his education?
Rome
661
What author died in 26 B.C.?
Cornelius Gallus
662
Who introduced Vergil to Octavian?
Maecenas
663
Who commended Silius Italicus' work?
Martial
664
In what year was Horace born?
65 B.C.
665
Give the full name of the author Propertius.
Sextus Propertius
666
When was Tibullus born?
c 48 BC
667
What is Pliny the Elder's full name?
Gaius Plinius Secundus
668
How does Propertius's love progress throughout the Elegies?
he goes from initial happiness in his love, to greater and greater despair from her unfaithfulness
669
How many books are in Origines?
7 (all are lost)
670
In what year was Tacitus born?
55 A.D.
671
What author was born in 270 B.C.?
Naevius
672
What epic did Statius start but never finish?
Achilleid
673
When did Claudius' history of Rome take place?
from the time of Julius Caesar's death
674
What Greek treatise did Suetonius translate?
De Mundo
675
When did Terence die?
159 BC
676
Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
677
What is Seneca's most like play?
Thyestes (but it has no extant model)
678
What is Horace's full name?
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
679
Who was considered the worst Latin poet?
Silius Italicus
680
Who wrote Heauton Timorumenos?
Terence
681
Who was Vergil's patron?
Maecenas
682
When was Metamorphoses complete?
8 AD
683
With whom did Terence become friends?
Scipio Aemilianus
684
Which book of the Elegies contains a poem about Cynthia's death?
Book IV
685
What does Mostellaria mean?
The Haunted House
686
How long is De Rerun Natura?
six books long
687
Where was Terence born?
Carthage
688
When did Ovid die?
18 AD
689
In what verse is the Bellum Punicum?
Saturnian
690
Whose praise did Cicero get by defeating Catiline?
the optimates (the highest class)
691
When is the Golden Age of Latin Literature?
the first century BC
692
What kind of writer was Vergil?
a poet
693
What type of writer was Ovid?
a poet
694
Where was Ennius born?
Rudiae in Calabria
695
When were the Eclogues published?
37 BC
696
When was Lucan born?
39 AD
697
What is the Bellum Civile about?
Julius Caesar's struggle against the senatorial party
698
Where was Cornelius Gallus born?
Forum Iulii
699
What authors died in 65 A.D.?
Lucan, Seneca the Younger, and Petronius
700
Where was Livius Andronicus born?
Tarentum
701
When did Martial die?
104 AD
702
In what year was Varro born?
116 B.C.
703
What was probably the real name of the woman Propertius loved?
Hostia
704
What does Eunuchus mean?
The Eunuch
705
What books are all that remain of Livy's original work?
I-X, XXI-XL, and parts of XLI-XLV
706
Whose daughter did Tacitus marry and in what year?
Cn. Julius Agricola, 78 AD
707
When was Lucretius born?
99 BC
708
In what year was Ovid born?
43 B.C.
709
Who was Lucan's uncle?
Seneca
710
Who was the first native Roman writer of note?
Gnaeus Naevius
711
Where was Livy born?
Patavium (Padua)
712
Where did Catullus go in 57 BC?
Bithynia
713
Which book of Ab Urbe Condita is the only book to discuss the monarchy?
the first book
714
How many letters are in Epistulae Morales?
124
715
What books of Historiae are lost?
VI-XII
716
Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
717
Whose works were included in the the third book of poems published under Tibullus' name?
Sulpicia, Tibullus, and some other authors
718
Where was Ennius born?
Rudiae (in Calabria)
719
When was Juvenal born?
c. 60 AD
720
Who wrote Bellum Jugurthinum?
Sallust
721
In which war did Cato the Elder fight?
the Second Punic War
722
In what year was Caecilius Statius born?
219 B.C.
723
How long is De Re Publica?
six books
724
Where was Vergil buried?
Naples
725
How many extant orations does Cicero have?
58
726
What author was born in 59 B.C.?
Livy
727
Who wrote Historiae?
Sallust
728
Who wrote Commentarii de Bello Civili?
Caesar
729
Who wrote the Thebaid?
Statius
730
When was Pro Quinctio delivered?
81 BC
731
Give the full name of the author Pliny the Younger.
C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus
732
Who wrote Epistulae Morales?
Seneca the Younger
733
What tragedy of Statius was a pantomime?
Agave
734
Who was Propertius's primary patron?
Maecenas
735
In what year was Seneca the Younger born?
4 B.C.
736
Where was Pliny the Elder born?
Comum
737
When was the Ars Poetica published?
15 BC
738
Which book of De Re Publica was the only known one until the others were discovered?
Somnium Scipionis (the sixth book)
739
How many poems did Sulpicia write?
6 poems
740
What did the emperor Caligula call Seneca the Younger's work?
sand without lime
741
What does Martial say about using mythology? (in latin and english)
"Hominem pagina nostra sapit" (My page contains the flavor of men)
742
What does Dialogus de Oratoribus discuss?
the decline in oratory at the time
743
How many of Plautus's plays are fully extant?
20
744
Give the full name of the author Cato the Elder.
M. Porcius Cato
745
What is the full name of Cato the Elder?
Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder
746
What author was born in 160 A.D.?
Tertullian
747
How many books of Ab Urbe Condita remain?
21 (or 35?)
748
Where was Livy born?
Patavium (Padua)
749
Where was Livius Andronicus born?
Tarentum
750
Where was Cornelius Nepos born?
Cisalpine Gaul
751
What are the two most common meters of Catullus?
Hendecasyllabics and elegiac couplet
752
What did Lucan say about Persius' works?
"That is real poetry, whereas what I have written is utter tripe, child's play."
753
In what year was Propertius born?
50 B.C.
754
Where was Lucan born?
Corduba
755
During whose reign did Juvenal live in Rome?
Domitian's
756
In what year was Pliny the Younger governor of Bithynia?
111 AD
757
When was Martial born?
c. 40 AD
758
What does Periochae mean?
Abstracts
759
How many non-extant orations did Cicero write?
48
760
When did Sallust die?
35 BC
761
Give the full name of the author Ovid.
P. Ovidius Naso
762
What was Seneca the Elder called?
Rhetor
763
Pliny the Elder's lost works included a treatise about what?
the use of a javelin from horseback
764
In what year was Persius born?
34 A.D.
765
What is Poenulus about?
Hanno prevents his daughters from being sold into prostitution
766
What author died in 100 A.D.?
Quintillian
767
What emperors did Suetonius work for?
Trajan and Hadrian
768
When was Cato the Elder born?
234 BC
769
How many books of Controversiae survive?
5 books
770
Which speech of Pliny the Younger is extant?
Panegyricus
771
When was Catullus born?
c. 84 BC
772
What does Miles Gloriosus mean?
The Braggart Soldier
773
What does Ab Urbe Condita mean?
From the Founding of the City
774
What did Nero do when Lucan made him jealous?
forbade Lucan from reading or publishing his poetry
775
What type of writer was Livy?
a historian
776
What are the letters in Epistulae Morales about?
philosophy and Seneca's experiences
777
What is Pliny the Elder's only surviving work?
Historia Naturalis
778
In what year was Augustine born?
354 A.D.
779
In what year was Plautus born?
254 B.C.
780
What author died in 96 A.D.?
Statius
781
How old was Catullus when he went to Rome?
22
782
When did Statius die?
96 AD
783
When was Quintilian born?
35 AD
784
What does Menaechmi mean?
The Twin Menaechmi
785
Who was the first person to write Roman history in Latin?
Cato the Elder
786
Give the full name of the author Seneca the Younger.
L. Annaeus Seneca
787
What is Captivi about?
a man Hegio searching for his lost sons
788
Who wrote Apocolocyntosis?
Seneca the Younger
789
Give the full name of the author Martial.
M. Valerius Martialis
790
What is the Historia Naturalis?
and encyclopedia
791
How long is Annales?
18 books
792
How many speeches did Cicero give against Catiline?
four
793
What poet did Martial criticize?
Ovid
794
What is another name for Momentum Ancyranum?
Res Gestae
795
What kind of writer was Juvenal?
a satirist
796
How did we learn of the lost works of Pliny the Elder?
from a letter about Pliny written by Pliny the Younger to Tacitus
797
How many books of elegies did Propertius write?
4
798
What is the Thebaid?
an epic poem
799
How did Vergil die?
fever
800
What author died in 25 B.C.?
Cornelius Nepos
801
What did In Catilinam II accomplish?
it convinced the senate to name Catiline a public enemy
802
Where was Naevius born?
Campania
803
What government position did Martial eventually rise to?
tribune
804
Give the full name of the author Tacitus.
P./C. Cornelius Tacitus
805
Give the full name of the author Naevius.
Gnaeus Naevius
806
Give the full name of the author Lucan.
M. Annaeus Lucanus
807
What is Naturales Quaestiones?
a work on natural science from the Stoic viewpoint
808
When did Cato the Elder die?
149 BC
809
What did Suetonius receive when working for the emperors?
ius trium liberorum
810
What author died in 117 A.D.?
Tacitus
811
What author was born in 180 B.C.?
Lucilius
812
When was Horace born?
65 BC
813
What author died in 62 A.D.?
Persius
814
Where was Accius born?
Pisarum (in Umbria)
815
What author was born in 23 A.D.?
Pliny the Elder
816
Who wrote the Eclogues?
Vergil
817
Who was the main speaker of De Senectute?
Cato
818
In what year was Lucretius born?
99 B.C.
819
What is Caesar's full name?
Gaius Julius Caesar
820
What is another name for Suetonius' Apologia?
De Mage
821
What is Livy's greatest work?
Ab Urbe Condita
822
What did Ovid write on Tomi?
the Fasti, the Tristia, the Epistulae ex Ponto, the Halieutica, and Ibis
823
How many books were in Pliny the Elder's lost history?
20 books
824
What author was born in 55 A.D.?
Tacitus
825
What author was born in 99 B.C.?
Lucretius
826
What author was born in 70 B.C.?
Vergil
827
When did Martial write the Liber Spectaculorum?
80 AD
828
Who wrote Poenulus?
Plautus
829
When did Martial return to Spain?
100 AD
830
How many books of elegies did Tibullus publish?
two
831
What is Sallust's full name?
Gaius Sallustius Crispus
