Monarchy to Mid-Republic

Question 1

What Roman author was born in 280 BC, and came to Rome in 272 BC from Tarentum in the entourage of Livius Salinator, working as a slave and grammaticus?

Answer 1

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 2

When was Livius Andronicus born?

Answer 2

280 BC

Question 3

When did Livius Andronicus come to Rome from Tarentum?

Answer 3

272 BC

Question 4

From what location did Livius Andronicus come to Rome in 272 BC?

Answer 4

Tarentum

Question 5

In whose entourage did Livius Andronicus come to Rome with in 272 BC?

Answer 5

Livius Salilnator

Question 6

What two jobs did Livius Andronicus have when he first came to Rome from Tarentum, in 272 BC?

Answer 6

A slave and grammaticus

Question 7

What Roman author put on the first dramatic work in Rome, a tragedy and comedy, in 240 BC?

Answer 7

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 8

In what year did Livius Andronicus put on the first dramatic work in Rome, a tragedy and comedy?

Answer 8

240 BC

Question 9

Livius Andronicus’ first dramatic work of Rome, in 240 BC, featured what two genres?

Answer 9

Tragedy and Comedy

Question 10

What Roman author composes a Partheneion (girls-song) in honor of Juno in 207 BC, to perform in public at a religious ceremony?

Answer 10

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 11

Livius Andronicus composes this “girls-song” in honor of Juno in 207 BC to perform in public at a religious ceremony

Answer 11

Partheneion

Question 12

Livius Andronicus’ Partheneion can be literally translated to what?

Answer 12

Girls-song

Question 13

In honor of what deity did Livius Andronicus compose a Partheneion in 207 BC?

Answer 13

Juno

Question 14

In what year did Livius Andronicus compose his Partheneion for Juno?

Answer 14

207 BC

Question 15

What Latin author’s professional association as installed in the temple of Minerva on the Aventine: the collegium scribarum histronumque?

Answer 15

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 16

In what temple, on what hill of Rome was the collegium scribarum histrionumque, Livius Andronicus’ professional association, installed?

Answer 16

Temple of Minerva; Aventine Hill

Question 17

What was the name of Livius Andronicus’ professional association, installed in the temple of Minerva on the Aventine hill?

Answer 17

Collegium scribarum histrionumque

Question 18

What Latin author wrote the Odyssia, a translation of the Odyssey in Saturnian Meter?

Answer 18

Livius Andronicus

Question 19

What work did Livius Andronicus write, a translation of the Odyssey in Saturnian Meter?

Answer 19

Odyssia

Question 20

Livius Andronicus’ Odyssia was a translation of what work in Saturnian Meter?

Answer 20

The Odyssey

Question 21

Livius Andronicus’ Odyssia was written in what meter?

Answer 21

Saturnian Meter

Question 22

Virum mihi camena insece was the first line of what work, and by what Latin author?

Answer 22

Odyssia, by Livius Andronicus

Question 23

What was the first line of Livius Andronicus’ Odyssia?

Answer 23

Virum mihi camena insece

Question 24

What work, which Cicero regarded as “antiquated”, was a translation of the Odyssey and written by Livius Andronicus?

Answer 24

Odyssia

Question 25

What Latin author and orator viewed Livius Andronicus' *Odyssia* as "antiquated"?

Answer 25

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Question 26

What Latin author wrote the following tragedies: War Tragedies, like: *Achilles, Aegisthus, Ajax Mastigophorus, Equos Troianus, Heriona* Regular Tragedies, like: *Andromeda, Danae, Tereus*?

Answer 26

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 27

What Latin author wrote Trojan war tragedies, including: *Achilles, Ajax Mastigophorus, and Hermoina*?

Answer 27

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 28

What Latin author wrote Trojan war tragedies, including: *Aegisthus and Equos Troianus*?

Answer 28

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 29

What Latin author wrote tragedies including: *Danae, Andromeda, and Tereus*?

Answer 29

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 30

Of what Latin author's tragedies do we slightly have more then 20 fragments and 40 verses total?

Answer 30

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 31

How many fragments and verses respectively do we have of Livius Andronicus' tragedies?

Answer 31

20 fragments; 40 verses

Question 32

What Latin author wrote only one *fabulae praetextae* named *Gladiolus*, or "Little Saber"?

Answer 32

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 33

What was the only *fabulae praetextae* written by Livius Andronicus?

Answer 33

*Gladiolus* or "Little Saber"

Question 34

Livius Andronicus' *Gladiolus* is an example of what type of *fabulae*?

Answer 34

*Fabulae Praetextae*

Question 35

What Latin author lived from 270-201 BC?

Answer 35

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 36

How long did Gnaeus Naevius live?

Answer 36

270-201 BC

Question 37

What Latin author of Campanian origin fought in the Second Punic War?

Answer 37

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 38

Naevius was born in what Roman province?

Answer 38

Campania

Question 39

In what war did Naevius fight in?

Answer 39

Second Punic War

Question 40

*Alii adnutat, alii adnictat, alium amat, alium tenet* comes from what work, by what author?

Answer 40

*Tarentilla* by Gnaeus Naevius

Question 41

What work by Naevius is literally translated to "flirt"?

Answer 41

*Tarentilla*

Question 42

What Latin author attacked the Metelli and was imprisoned, writing works like *Leon* and *Ariolus* from there?

Answer 42

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 43

What two works did Naevius write while in prison?

Answer 43

*Leon* and *Ariolus*

Question 44

Naevius was imprisoned because of attacking what famous family?

Answer 44

Metelli

Question 45

What work by Naevius includes a fragment on how to entertain guests from Praeneste and Lanuvium, called a *togatae*?

Answer 45

*Ariolus*

Question 46

Naevius' *Ariolus* includes a *togatae* on how to entertain guests from what two cities?

Answer 46

Praeneste and Lanuvium

Question 47

What Latin author wrote that the Metelli were consuls in Rome because of fate/luck rather than skill?

Answer 47

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 48

To what Latin author did the Metelli say: *Dabunt malum Metelli ______ poetae"?

Answer 48

Gnaeus Naevius (The blank was *Naevio*)

Question 49

What Latin author was exiled to Utica?

Answer 49

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 50

To what city was Naevius exiled?

Answer 50

Utica

Question 51

What Latin author dies in Utica, where he was exiled by the Metelli, in 201 BC?

Answer 51

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 52

In what city does Naevius die, in 201 BC?

Answer 52

Utica

Question 53

What Latin author composed *Bellum Punicum* in Saturnian meter, involving both tales of Aeneas and the First Punic War?

Answer 53

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 54

What work did Naevius compose in Saturnian meter, involving tales of Aenas and the First Punic War?

Answer 54

*Bellum Punicum*

Question 55

In what meter was *Bellum Punicum* composed?

Answer 55

Saturnian meter

Question 56

What work was divided into 7 books by Lampadio in 165 BC?

Answer 56

*Bellum Punicum*

Question 57

What grammarian divided *Bellum Punicum* into 7 books, in 165 BC?

Answer 57

Lampadio

Question 58

In what year was *Bellum Punicum* divided into 7 books by the grammarian Lampadio?

Answer 58

165 BC

Question 59

Into how many books was Naevius' *Bellum Punicum* divided into by Lampadio, in 165 BC?

Answer 59

7

Question 60

What Latin author wrote two *fabulae praetextae*: *Romulus (The Wolf)* and *Clastidium*?

Answer 60

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 61

Name both of Naevius' *fabulae praetextae*

Answer 61

*Romulus (The Wolf)*, *Clastidium*

Question 62

Naevius' works *Romulus (The Wolf)* and *Clastidium* were both examples of what type of *fabulae*?

Answer 62

*Fabulae Praetextae*

Question 63

What work by Naevius involves Marcellus' victory against the Insubrian Gauls in 222 BC, a *fabula praetexta*?

Answer 63

*Clastidium*

Question 64

What work by Naevius involves Rome's foundation and Amulius (Romulus' grand-uncle), a *fabula praetexta*?

Answer 64

*Romulus* or *Romulus (The Wolf)*

Question 65

What Latin author wrote *fabulae cothurnatae* including: *Hector Proficiscens, Iphigenia, Equos Troianus, and *Danae*?

Answer 65

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 66

*Hector Proficiscens, Iphegenia, Equos Troianus* and *Danae* are all examples of what kind of *fabulae*?

Answer 66

*Fabulae Cothurnatae*

Question 67

Name all 4 *fabulae cothurnatae* written by Naevius

Answer 67

*Hector Proficiscens*, *Iphegenia*, *Equos Troianus*, *Danae*

Question 68

What Latin author wrote comedies such as *fabula togata* and *fabula palliata*, including *Colax*, *Guminasticus*, *Corollaria*, and *Dolus*?

Answer 68

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 69

What two types of *fabulae* were comedies; one being in a Roman setting, the other in Greek?

Answer 69

*Fabula Togata* and *Fabula Palliata* respectively

Question 70

Name at least two comedies written by Naevius

Answer 70

*Colax*, *Guminasticus*, *Corollaria*, *Dolus*, etc.

Question 71

What Latin author wrote on his tombstone: *Immortales mortals si foret fas flere/flerent divae Camenae Naevium poetam./Itaque postquamst Orchi traditus thesauro, obliti sunt Romae loquier lingua latina.* Essentially translating to: "The Muses will bewail him at his death, and Romans will forget how to speak Latin."?

Answer 71

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 72

According to his tombstone, what group of creatures would bewail Naevius' death?

Answer 72

The Muses

Question 73

According to his tombstone, what would happen to the Romans after Naevius died?

Answer 73

Romans would forget how to speak Latin