Regional Study Guide (super duper in depth) Flashcards
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Who was considered the founder of latin literature?
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Livius Andronicus
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Where was Livius Andronicus born?
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Tarentum
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When was Livius Andronicus born?
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c. 284 B.C.
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How did Livius Andronicus come to Rome?
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He was brought to Rome as a slave
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Who translated Homer’s the Odyssey into Latin?
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Livius Andronicus
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Into what verse did Homer translate the Odyssey?
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Saturnian verse
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Who wrote the fabulae palliatae?
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Livius Andronicus
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What were the fabulae palliatae?
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Latin comedies from Greek originals
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Who was the first native Roman writer of note?
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Gnaeus Naevius
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When was Gnaeus Naevius born?
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c. 270 BC
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Who wrote the Bellum Punicum?
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Gnaeus Naevius
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What was the Bellum Punicum?
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an epic poem on the First Punic War
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In what verse is the Bellum Punicum?
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Saturnian
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Who invented fabulae praetextae?
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Gnaeus Naevius
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What were fabulae praetextae?
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dramas based on Roman subjects named for the garment
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Who wrote fabulae palliatae?
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Gnaeus Naevius
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What is Ennius’s full name?
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Quintus Ennius
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What kind of writer was Ennius?
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a writer of plays and poems
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Where was Ennius born?
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Rudiae in Calabria
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When was Ennius born?
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239 BC
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Who was said to have three hearts?
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Ennius
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Why was it said that Ennius had three hearts?
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He spoke three languages
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What languages did Ennius speak?
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Latin, Oscan, and Greek
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Out of Livius Andronicus, Naevius, and Ennius, who was revered the most by later writers?
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Ennius
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Who wrote the Annales?
Ennius (it's his most important work)
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How long is Annales?
18 books
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What verse is Annales?
dactylic hexameter
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What was Annales about?
Rome's story from the fall of Troy to Ennius's time
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Who was the first writer to adapt Greek hexameter verse into Latin?
Ennius
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What is Plautus's full name?
Titus Maccus (Maccius) Plautus
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What kind of writer was Plautus?
a comic playwright
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When was Plautus born?
c. 255 BC
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How many plays did Plautus write?
130
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How many of Plautus's plays are fully extant?
20
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From which of Plautus's plays does a large fragment remain?
Vidularia
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From where does Plautus derive his plays?
Greece
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Who wrote Amphitryon?
Plautus
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What is Amphitryon about?
Jupiter's love for Alcmena, the wife of Amphitryon
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Who wrote Aulularia?
Plautus
40
What does Aulularia mean?
The Pot of Gold
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Who wrote Captivi?
Plautus
42
What does Captivi mean?
The Captives
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What is Captivi about?
a man Hegio searching for his lost sons
44
Which of Plautus's plays has no female characters?
Captivi
45
Who wrote Epidicus?
Plautus
46
What was Plautus's favorite play?
Epidicus
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Who wrote Menaechmi?
Plautus
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What does Menaechmi mean?
The Twin Menaechmi
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What is one of Plautus's most successful comedies?
Menaechmi
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What is Menaechmi about?
two separated brothers discover each other and are reunited in Syracuse, the city of their births
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Which of Plautus's plays is the model for Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors"?
Menaechmi
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Who wrote Miles Gloriosus?
Plautus
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What does Miles Gloriosus mean?
The Braggart Soldier
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Who wrote Mostellaria?
Plautus
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What does Mostellaria mean?
The Haunted House
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Who wrote Poenulus?
Plautus
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What does Poenulus mean?
The Carthaginian
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Which of Plautus's plays contains the only extant passage of Carthaginian language?
Poenulus
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What is Poenulus about?
Hanno prevents his daughters from being sold into prostitution
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Who wrote Pseudolus?
Plautus
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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
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Who wrote Rudens?
Plautus
63
What does Rudens mean?
Rope
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What is the full name of Cato the Elder?
Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder
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What office did Cato the Elder hold?
Censor
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Where was Cato the Elder born?
Tusculum
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When was Cato the Elder born?
234 BC
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In which war did Cato the Elder fight?
the Second Punic War
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What did Cato the Elder end all his speeches with and what does it mean?
Carthago delenda est, Carthage must be destroyed
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When did Cato the Elder die?
149 BC
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Who was Rome's first prose writer?
Cato the Elder
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Who was the first person to write Roman history in Latin?
Cato the Elder
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Who wrote Origines?
Cato the Elder
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How many books are in Origines?
7 (all are lost)
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What is Origines about?
the beginnings of Italian civilization and early Roman history
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Who wrote De Agri Cultura?
Cato the Elder
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What is De Agri Cultura also called?
De Re Rustica
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What is De Agri Cultura about?
it's a handbook on agriculture
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According to De Agri Cultura, what is an excellent and versatile crop?
Cabbage
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What is the first surviving Latin prose work?
De Agri Cultura
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What was the first history written in Latin?
Origines
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What was the only name mentioned in Orgines?
hannibal's elephant that survived crossing the alps
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What is Terence's full name?
Publius Terentius Afer
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What kind of writer was Terence?
a comic playwright
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Where was Terence born?
Carthage
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When was Terence born?
c. 195 BC
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How did Terence get to Rome?
He was taken there as a slave
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Who took Terence to Rome, educated and eventually freed him?
Terentius Lucanus
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From whom did Terence get his name?
Terentius Lucanus
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With whom did Terence become friends?
Scipio Aemilianus
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How many plays did Terence write?
6 (all extant)
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Where did Terence die?
on a trip to Greece
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When did Terence die?
159 BC
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Where are Terence's plays set?
in Athens
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Who wrote Andria?
Terence
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What does Andria mean?
The Woman of Andros
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Who wrote Hecyra?
Terence
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What does Hecyra mean?
The Mother-In-Law
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Who wrote Heauton Timorumenos?
Terence
100
What does Heauton Timorumenos mean?
The Self-Tormentor
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Who wrote Eunuchus?
Terence
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What does Eunuchus mean?
The Eunuch
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Who wrote Phormio?
Terence
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Who wrote Adelphi?
Terence
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What does Adelphi mean?
The Brothers
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What is Lucretius's full name?
Titus Lucretius Carus
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What kind of writer was Lucretius?
a poet
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When was Lucretius born?
99 BC
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Where was Lucretius born?
Rome
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What philosophy did Lucretius follow?
Epicurean
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According to St. Jerome, how did Lucretius die?
he took a love potion that made him insane and committed suicide
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In what year did Lucretius die, and how old was he?
55 BC, he was 44 years old
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What is Lucretius's only surviving work?
De Rerum Natura
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What does De Rerum Natura mean?
On the Nature of Things
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What is De Rerum Natura?
an unfinished didactic epic poem
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To whom is De Rerum Natura adressed?
Lucretius's friend Gaius Memmius
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Who was Gaius Memmius?
governor of Bithynia
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How long is De Rerun Natura?
six books long
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What is Cicero's full name?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Who was Cicero? (besides an orator)
a Roman statesmen
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Who is the greatest Latin orator?
Cicero
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Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
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When was Cicero born?
106 BC
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How many extant orations does Cicero have?
58
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How many non-extant orations did Cicero write?
48
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What does Cicero's name mean?
Chickpea
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What is Cicero's earliest extant speech?
Pro Quinctio
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When was Pro Quinctio delivered?
81 BC
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On whose behalf is Pro Quinctio?
Publius Quinctius
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What is in dispute in the Pro Quinctio?
Gallic land
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Who did Cicero argue against in the Pro Quinctio?
Hortensius, a famous orator
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What is Cicero's first political speech?
Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino
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When did Cicero deliver Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino?
80 BC
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Who did Cicero defend in Pro Sexto Rosico Amerino?
Sextus Roscius
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What had Sextus Roscius been accused of when Cicero defended him?
patricide
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When did Cicero serve as consul?
63 BC
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Whose conspiracy did Cicero expose in 63 BC?
Catiline's
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How many speeches did Cicero give against Catiline?
four
139
When was In Catilinam I delivered?
November 8th
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When was In Catilinam II delivered?
November 9th, one day after In Catilinam I
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What did Catiline do because of In Catilinam I?
he was forced to leave Rome for Faesulae
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What did In Catilinam II accomplish?
it convinced the senate to name Catiline a public enemy
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When was In Catilinam III delivered?
December 3rd
144
What did In Catilinam III explain?
how Cicero got evidence against Catiline
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When was In Catilinam IV delivered?
December 5th
146
What did In Catilinam IV accomplish?
it convinced the senate to execute Catiline's co-conspirators
147
Whose praise did Cicero get by defeating Catiline?
the optimates (the highest class)
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What did Cato the Younger call Cicero?
father of his country
149
Whose death in 45 BC affected Cicero greatly?
his daughter's, Tullia
150
What caused Cicero to divorce his new wife?
her lack of compassion
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Who did Cicero vigorously oppose after Caesar's death in 44 BC?
Mark Antony
152
Who wrote Philippics?
Cicero
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How many Philippics are there?
14
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What are Philippics named after?
Demosthenes's speeches against Philip of Macedon
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Who are Philippics written in opposition of?
Mark Antony
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What did the last Philippic suggest?
public celebration of Antony's defeat at Mutina
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How did Cicero die?
Antony and Octavian reconciled and executed him
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When did Cicero die?
December 43 BC
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Where did Cicero die?
Formiae
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Who wrote De Re Publica?
Cicero
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How long is De Re Publica?
six books
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What is De Re Publica about?
political philosophy
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When was De Re Publica begun?
54 BC
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When was De Re Publica published?
51 BC, three years after it was begun
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Which book of De Re Publica was the only known one until the others were discovered?
Somnium Scipionis (the sixth book)
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Who wrote De Natura Deorum?
Cicero
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What does De Re Natura do?
give Epicurean, Stoic, and Academic conceptions of the gods
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What were sequels to De Re Natura?
De Divinatione and De Fato
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Who wrote De Senectute?
Cicero
170
What does De Senectute mean?
On Old Age
171
What was another name for De Senectute?
Cato Major
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Who was the main speaker of De Senectute?
Cato
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What did people think of Cicero's poetry?
it was respected in his own time, but later declined in reputation
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Besides his speeches, political and philosophical writings, what did Cicero write?
letters and poetry
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What is Sallust's full name?
Gaius Sallustius Crispus
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What kind of writer was Sallust?
a historian
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When was Sallust born?
86 BC
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When did Sallust write his works?
in his retirement
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Who wrote Bellum Catilinae?
Sallust
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What was Bellum Catilinae?
a monograph discussing Catiline's conspriacy
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What was Bellum Catilinae critical of?
aristocracy, but more critical of Catiline
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Who wrote Bellum Jugurthinum?
Sallust
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What does Bellum Jugurthinum do?
praise Marius in his war against Numidia's King Jugurtha
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Who wrote Historiae?
Sallust
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What was Historiae?
a fragmentary work covering 78-67 BC
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When did Sallust die?
35 BC
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What is Catullus's full name?
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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What kind of writer was Catullus?
a lyric poet
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Where was Catullus born?
Verona
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When was Catullus born?
c. 84 BC
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How old was Catullus when he went to Rome?
22
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Who was Catullus's father a friend of?
Caesar
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Who did Catullus attack in a poem and later apologize to?
Caesar
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Who was Catullus in love with?
Clodia
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Who was Clodia the wife of?
Q. Caecilius Metellus
196
Who was Clodia the sister of?
Clodius (maybe)
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What does Catullus call Clodia in his poems?
Lesbia
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What was Catullus's relationship with Lesbia?
at first she returned his love, but then she became unfaithful and rejected him
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What did Catullus do when Lesbia rejected him?
return to Verona
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What did Catullus discover when he returned from Verona to Rome?
Clodia had already taken a new lover
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Where did Catullus go in 57 BC?
Bithynia
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Why did Catullus go to Bithynia?
he went as a staff member of the governor Gaius Memmius
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What did Catullus visit near Troy?
his brother's grave
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What did Catullus write after visiting his brother's grave?
poem 101 (an effigy)
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When did Catullus die and how old was he?
54 BC, 30 years okd
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Where did Catullus die?
Rome
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What are the two most common meters of Catullus?
Hendecasyllabics and elegiac couplet
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What is Caesar's full name?
Gaius Julius Caesar
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Who was Caesar?
a famous military, political leader and a leading lawyer
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Where was Caesar born?
Rome
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When was Caesar born?
102 BC
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Who was regarded as Cicero's (almost) equal in oration?
Caesar
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What style did Caesar follow?
the Attic
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What did Caesar write about his conquest of Gaul?
Commentarii de Bello Gallico
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What does Commentarii de Bello Gallico mean?
Commentaries on the Gallic Wars
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How long is Commentarii de Bello Gallico?
7 books
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How are the books of Commentarii de Bello Gallico divided?
one book for each year from 58 to 52 BC
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Who wrote the eighth Commentarii de Bello Gallico book?
Hirtius
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Who wrote Commentarii de Bello Civili?
Caesar
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What does Commentarii de Bello Civili mean?
Commentaries on the Civil War
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How many books are in Commentarii de Bello Civili?
Caesar only finished 3 books
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What is Vergil's full name?
Publius Vergilius Maro
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What kind of writer was Vergil?
a poet
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Where was Vergil born?
Andes (near Mantua)
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When was Vergil born?
70 BC
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Where is Vergil said to have started his Eclogues?
Mantua
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When is Vergil said to have started his Eclogues?
43 BC
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When did Vergil lose his farm?
after Philippi (but he later got it back)
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Who was Vergil's patron?
Maecenas
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Who introduced Vergil to Octavian?
Maecenas
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Who became Vergil's greatest promoter?
Octavian
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Who wrote the Eclogues?
Vergil
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When were the Eclogues published?
37 BC
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Who wrote the Georgics?
Vergil
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How long did Vergil spend on the Georgics?
7 years
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When were the Georgics published?
29 BC
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What was Vergil doing for the last 10 years of his life?
working on the Aeneid
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How did Vergil die?
fever
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Where did Vergil die?
Brundisium
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When did Vergil die?
19 BC
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Where was Vergil buried?
Naples
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Who did Vergil ask to burn the Aeneid?
Varius and Tucca
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What did Varius and Tucca do instead of burning the Aeneid?
edited it, deleting some extraneous parts but adding nothing
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Who ordered Varius and Tucca to edit the Aeneid?
Augustus
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What type of writing is the Eclogues?
a collection of pastoral poems
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How many poems are in the Eclogues?
10
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What meter is the Eclogues?
dactylic hexameter
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What else is the Eclogues called?
Bucolics
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What style of writing is the Georgics?
poem
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How many books are in the Georgics?
four
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What meter is the Georgics?
dactylic hexameter
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Who suggested the Georgics?
Maecenas
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What did the Georgics promote?
Octavian's program of moving people from the cities to farms
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Who wrote De Architectura?
Vitruvius
255
Who was De Architectura dedicated to?
Augustus
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What is Horace's full name?
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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What kind of writer was Horace?
a poet
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Where was Horace born?
Venusia
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When was Horace born?
65 BC
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Who did Vergil introduce Horace to?
Maecenas
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What did Maecenas give Horace?
a Sabine farm
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When did Horace publish his first book of satires?
35 BC
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When did Horace publish his second book of satire?
30 BC
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When did Horace publish the Epodes?
30 BC
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How many books of Odes did Horace publish?
3
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When did Horace publish the first three books of Odes?
between 33 and 23 BC
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When did Horace publish his first book of epistles?
20 BC
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Who wrote the Carmen Saeculare?
Horace
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When did Horace publish the Carmen Saeculare?
17 BC
270
When did Horace publish his fourth book of Odes?
15 BC
271
When did Horace publish his second book of epistles?
15 BC
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Who wrote the Ars Poetica?
Horace
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When was the Ars Poetica published?
15 BC
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When did Horace die?
8 BC
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Who wrote Saturae?
Horace
276
What does Saturae mean?
Sermons
277
Who does Saturae show influence from?
Lucilius
278
What are some examples of subjects covered in Saturae?
superiority of country over city life, false virtues, friendship, and character sketches
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What is Livy's full name?
Titus Livius
280
What type of writer was Livy?
a historian
281
Where was Livy born?
Patavium (Padua)
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When was Livy born?
59 BC
283
What is Livy's greatest work?
Ab Urbe Condita
284
What does Ab Urbe Condita mean?
From the Founding of the City
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When did Ab Urbe Condita start being written?
29 BC
286
When did Livy die?
19 BC
287
How long is Ab Urbe Condita?
142 books (but much is lost)
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How many books of Ab Urbe Condita remain?
21 (or 35?)
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What form of Ab Urbe Condita exists for the entire work?
Periochae
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What does Periochae mean?
Abstracts
291
What books are all that remain of Livy's original work?
I-X, XXI-XL, and parts of XLI-XLV
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Which book of Ab Urbe Condita is the only book to discuss the monarchy?
the first book
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When does the history end in Ab Urbe Condita?
with the death of Drusus in 9 BC
294
How is Livy's work regarded?
it glorifies Rome, but it is an accurate historical source
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What is Propertius's full name?
Sextus Propertius
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What kind of writer was Propertius?
a poet
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Where was Propertius born?
Assisium
298
When was Propertius born?
c 50 BC
299
What did Propertius call the woman he loved in his poems?
Cynthia
300
What was probably the real name of the woman Propertius loved?
Hostia
301
What was the profession of Hostia?
a courtesan
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How many books of elegies did Propertius write?
4
303
When was Propertius's first book of elegies published?
28 BC
304
When was Propertius's last book of elegies published?
16 BC
305
Who was Propertius's primary patron?
Maecenas
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What were Propertius's elegies mostly about?
his love for Cynthia
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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
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How does Propertius's relationship with Cynthia end?
he breaks off the relationship and expresses his shame at how blinded he was by love
309
What does Propertius say about Cynthia after ending the relationship?
he will not be moved by her tears
310
Which book of the Elegies contains a poem about Cynthia's death?
Book IV
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What are some subjects covered in Book IV of Propertius's Elegies?
Rome and its past heroes, and fidelity
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What is Tibullus' full name?
Albius Tibullus
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What type of writer was Tibullus?
a poet
314
When was Tibullus born?
c 48 BC
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To whose circle did Tibullus belong?
M. Valerius Messalla
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Who was M. Valerius Messalla?
a patron of several poets
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How many books of elegies did Tibullus publish?
two
318
What is Tibullus' first book of elegies called?
Delia
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Who was Tibullus in love with?
Delia
320
What was another name for Tibullus' lover, besides Delia?
Plania
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What is Tibullus' second book of elegies called?
Nemesis
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When was a third book of poems published in Tibullus' name?
after his death
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Who is the only extant Roman female poet?
Sulpicia
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Under whose name did Sulpicia publish her poems?
Tibullus'
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How many poems did Sulpicia write?
6 poems
326
Whose works were included in the the third book of poems published under Tibullus' name?
Sulpicia, Tibullus, and some other authors
327
What kind of words and alliterations did Tibullus like to use in his poems?
hybrid Greek-Latin
328
What rhetorical figure did Tibullus often use in his writings?
figura etymologica
329
What is figura etymologica?
the use in one phrase of more than one form of the same word
330
Who coined the phrase "On the Greek Kalends"?
Augustus
331
What does "On the Greek Kalends" mean?
never
332
How many books long is Augustus' autobiography?
14 books
333
How much of Augustus' autobiography is extant?
none, all is lost
334
What book is an account of the public life of Augustus?
Momentum Ancyranum
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What is another name for Momentum Ancyranum?
Res Gestae
336
What is Ovid's full name?
Publius Ovidius Naso
337
What type of writer was Ovid?
a poet
338
When was Ovid born?
43 BC
339
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
340
Who wrote Amores?
Ovid
341
Who wrote Heroides?
Ovid
342
Who wrote Ars Amatoria?
Ovid
343
What writings did Ovid publish before 8 AD?
Amores, Heroides, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris, Medicina Faciei, and Medea
344
What is Ovid's Medea?
a tragedy
345
How many lines of Ovid's Medea survive?
2 lines
346
Who wrote Metamorphoses?
Ovid
347
When was Metamorphoses complete?
8 AD
348
When was Ovid banished?
8 AD
349
Who banished Ovid?
Augustus
350
Where was Ovid banished to?
Tomi
351
What did Ovid say caused his exile?
a song and an error
352
What was the "song" that caused Ovid's exile?
Ars Amatoria
353
What was possibly the "error" that caused Ovid's exile?
involvement with Augustus' granddaughter Julia, a woman of very low morals
354
What did Ovid write on Tomi?
the Fasti, the Tristia, the Epistulae ex Ponto, the Halieutica, and Ibis
355
Where did Ovid die?
still in exile in Tomi
356
When did Ovid die?
18 AD
357
When is the Golden Age of Latin Literature?
the first century BC
358
When is the Silver Age of latin literature?
the literature following the Golden Age until the Christian period
359
Which emperor wrote a Greek history of the Etruscans?
Claudius
360
When did Claudius' history of Rome take place?
from the time of Julius Caesar's death
361
Who did Claudius write a comparison of?
Cicero and Pollio
362
What is Seneca the Elder's full name?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder
363
What was Seneca the Elder called?
Rhetor
364
What two books did Seneca the Elder write?
Controversiae and Suasoriae
365
How many books of Controversiae survive?
5 books
366
How many books of Suasoriae survive?
1 book
367
What is the full name of Seneca the Younger?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
368
What is Seneca the Younger known as?
the Philosopher and the Stoic
369
What kind of writer was Seneca the Younger?
a playwright
370
When was Seneca the Younger born?
4 BC
371
Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba (Spain)
372
What philosophy was Seneca the Younger part of?
Stoicism
373
What did the emperor Caligula call Seneca the Younger's work?
sand without lime
374
Who wrote Dialogi?
Seneca the Younger
375
What was included in Dialogi?
ten treatises on philosophy
376
How many books were there in Dialogi?
12 books
377
Who wrote Apocolocyntosis?
Seneca the Younger
378
What does Apocolocyntosis mean?
The Pumpkinification
379
What type of writing was in Apocolocyntosis?
prose and verse
380
Who did Apocolocyntosis make fun of?
Claudius
381
How did Apocolocyntosis make fun of Claudius?
saying that instead of becoming a god, he had become a pumpkin
382
Who wrote De Clementia?
Seneca the Younger
383
What is De Clementia?
a fragmentary treatise
384
How many books were there originally of De Clementia?
3 books
385
Who wrote De Beneficiis?
Seneca the Younger
386
What is De Beneficiis?
a treatise
387
How many books of De Beneficiis are there?
7 books
388
Who wrote Naturales Quaestiones?
Seneca the Younger
389
What is Naturales Quaestiones?
a work on natural science from the Stoic viewpoint
390
Who wrote Epistulae Morales?
Seneca the Younger
391
What form of writing is Epistulae Morales?
letters
392
How many letters are in Epistulae Morales?
124
393
To whom are the letters in Epistulae Morales written?
his friend Lucilius
394
What are the letters in Epistulae Morales about?
philosophy and Seneca's experiences
395
How many tragedies did Seneca the Younger write?
9 or 10
396
What is Seneca the Younger's play Medea based on?
Euripides' play
397
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
398
What play is Seneca the Younger's Phaedra loosely based on?
Euripides' play Hippolytus
399
What play is Seneca the Younger's play Oedipus based on?
Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex
400
What play is Seneca the Younger's Agamemnon based on?
Aeschylus' Agamemnon
401
What is the difference begween Aeschylus' Agamemnon and Seneca the Younger's Agamemnon?
it's the same plot, but with different characterization
402
What is Seneca's most like play?
Thyestes (but it has no extant model)
403
What is Seneca the Younger's Thyestes about?
Atreus' revenge on his brother Thyestes for stealing his wife and committing various other injustices
404
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
405
What is Seneca the Younger's play Hercules Oetaeus modeled on?
Sophocles' Trachinian Women
406
What work of Seneca the Younger is attributed to him, but probably not actually written by him?
Octavia
407
What is the only complete fabula praetexta?
Octavia
408
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
409
What is Pliny the Elder's full name?
Gaius Plinius Secundus
410
Where was Pliny the Elder born?
Comum
411
When was Pliny the Elder born?
23 AD
412
What is Pliny the Elder's only surviving work?
Historia Naturalis
413
What is the Historia Naturalis?
and encyclopedia
414
How many books long is Historia Naturalis?
37 books
415
What are some examples of subjects in Historia Naturalis?
math, earth sciences, medicine, animals, and botany
416
How did Pliny the Elder get his information for his Historia Naturalis?
he claims to have consultsd experts for all of the subjects
417
How did we learn of the lost works of Pliny the Elder?
from a letter about Pliny written by Pliny the Younger to Tacitus
418
What is the relationship between Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger?
Pliny the Elder is Pliny the Younger's uncle
419
About whose life were some the lost works of Pliny the Elder about?
Pomponius Secundus
420
What history were some of the lost works of Pliny the Elder about?
German wars
421
How many books were in Pliny the Elder's lost history?
20 books
422
Pliny the Elder's lost works included a study of what?
linguistics
423
How many books were in Pliny the Elder's study of linguistics?
8 books
424
Pliny the Elder's lost works included a treatise about what?
the use of a javelin from horseback
425
What is Persius' full name?
Aulus Persius Flaccus
426
What kind of writer was Persius?
a satirist
427
Where was Persius born?
Volaterrae (in Etruria)
428
When was Persius born?
34 AD
429
Who was Persius friends with?
the poet Lucan
430
When did Persius die?
62 AD
431
What was Persius' request when he died?
that his poems be destroyed, leaving only his satires
432
What did Lucan say about Persius' works?
"That is real poetry, whereas what I have written is utter tripe, child's play."
433
What is Persius' main work?
Saturae
434
How many poems are in Persius' Saturae?
six
435
What verse are Persius' poems in?
dactylic hexameter
436
What is Quintilian's full name?
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
437
What type of writer was Quintilian?
a rhetorician
438
Where was Quintilian born?
in Calagurris in Spain
439
When was Quintilian born?
35 AD
440
How did Quintilian grow up?
he received a good education from the leading orators of the time and then practiced law
441
Who was the first person to receive a paid professorship from Vespasian?
Quintilian
442
When did Quintilian die?
c 100 AD
443
Who in his family did Quintilian outlive?
his wife and two sons
444
What is Quintilian's only extant work?
the Institutio Oratoria
445
What was the Institutio Oratoria?
a treatise on a perfect orator
446
How many books long is the Institutio Oratoria?
12 books
447
According to Quintilian, what must an orator have?
personal integrity and the necessary technique
448
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
449
What does Quintilian discourage in an orator?
being too grandiose or too uninspiring
450
What is Quintilian's lost treatise?
De Causis Corruptae Eloquentiae
451
What did Martial call Quintilian?
"The supreme guide of wayward youth"
452
What is Lucan's full name?
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
453
What type of writer was Lucan?
an epic poet
454
Where was Lucan born?
Corduba
455
When was Lucan born?
39 AD
456
Who was Lucan's uncle?
Seneca
457
Where did Lucan receive his education?
Rome
458
Who was Lucan a favorite of?
Nero
459
What did Nero make Lucan?
a quaestor
460
What did Nero do when Lucan made him jealous?
forbade Lucan from reading or publishing his poetry
461
What did Lucan join after Nero stopped him from publishing poetry?
the Pisonian Conspiracy
462
How did Lucan die?
he was forced to commit suicide by Nero
463
On what day did Lucan die?
April 30, 65 AD
464
What is Lucan's only extant work?
Bellum Civile (unfinished)
465
What is another name for the Bellum Civile?
Pharsalia
466
How many books are in the Bellum Civile?
10 books
467
What type of writing is the Bellum Civile?
an epic poem
468
What is the Bellum Civile about?
Julius Caesar's struggle against the senatorial party
469
What is the meter of the Bellum Civile?
dactylic hexameter (like other epics)
470
Which epic does not include the intervention of deities?
Bellum Civile
471
Who is the villain of the Bellum Civile?
Caesar
472
Who is the Bellum Civile complementary of?
Pompey
473
What philosophy does Bellum Civile promote?
Stoicism
474
What is the full name of Petronius?
Gaius Petronius Arbiter
475
What was the profession of Petronius?
writer and statesmen
476
Who did Petronius serve as consul under?
Nero
477
What did Nero call Petronius?
arbiter elegentiae
478
What does arbiter elegentiae?
judge of good taste
479
When did Petronius die?
65 AD
480
How did Petronius die?
committed suicide
481
Why did Petronius die?
the Pisonian conspiracy
482
Who is the author of Satyricon?
Petronius (but there is insufficient information to be sure)
483
What is the Satyricon?
fragmentary novel in prose and verse
484
Who are the main characters of the Satyricon?
Encolpius and Ascyltus, and their servant Giton
485
What is the longest surviving part of the Satyricon?
cena Trimalchionsis
486
What interrupts the cena Trimalchionsis?
two stories
487
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
488
What is the full name of Statius?
Publius Papinius Statius
489
What type of writer was Statius?
a poet
490
Where was Statius born?
Naples
491
When was Statius born?
c. 40 AD
492
Who taught Statius poetry?
his father
493
Until what year did Statius live in Rome?
94 AD
494
Where did Statius return to when he left Rome?
Naples
495
Where did Statius die?
Naples
496
When did Statius die?
96 AD
497
Who wrote the Thebaid?
Statius
498
What is the Thebaid?
an epic poem
499
How many books are in the Thebaid?
12
500
What story does the Thebaid tell?
the feud between Polyneices and Eteocles and the Seven Against Thebes legend
501
What epic did Statius start but never finish?
Achilleid
502
Who was the Achilleid about?
Achilles
503
How many Silvae did Statius write?
32
504
What were Statius' Silvae?
poems on various subjects
505
Who wrote an epic poem about Domitian's German Wars?
Statius
506
What tragedy of Statius was a pantomime?
Agave
507
Who was the author of Punica?
Silius Italicus
508
What was Punica?
a poem about the 2nd Punic War
509
How many books long is Punica?
17 books
510
Who was considered the worst Latin poet?
Silius Italicus
511
Who commended Silius Italicus' work?
Martial
512
How did Silius Italicus die?
he starved himself to death
513
What is the full name of Martial?
Marcus Valerius Martialis
514
What kind of writer was Martial?
a poet
515
Where was Martial born?
Bilbilis (in Spain)
516
When was Martial born?
c. 40 AD
517
When did Martial come to Rome?
63 AD
518
Who did Martial meet in Rome?
Quintilian, Seneca, and Lucan
519
What did Martial do after coming to Rome and meeting authors?
he began to write
520
What was Martial given because of his poverty?
ius trium liberorum
521
When did Martial return to Spain?
100 AD
522
When did Martial die?
104 AD
523
What government position did Martial eventually rise to?
tribune
524
Who wrote the Liber Spectaculorum?
Martial
525
When did Martial write the Liber Spectaculorum?
80 AD
526
What was the Liber Spectaculorum in honor of?
Titus' opening of the Colosseum
527
What is Martial most famous for?
epigrams
528
How many books of Martial's epigrams survive?
14 books
529
What is the total number of surviving Martial epigrams?
1500 epigrams
530
What popular subject does Martial not use in his epigrams?
mythology
531
What does Martial say about using mythology? (in latin and english)
"Hominem pagina nostra sapit" (My page contains the flavor of men)
532
What do many of Martial's epigrams deal with?
his frustration with unreliable patrons
533
What poet did Martial criticize?
Ovid
534
About whose nature does Martial complain?
women's
535
What did Martial think of his poems?
that they would last forever
536
To what friend did Martial write many epigrams over the years?
Julius Martialis
537
Who is Martial's most moving epigram for?
a slave girl who died before age six
538
What does Martial ask the earth in his most moving epigram?
to "lie gently on the child who walked so lightly on the earth"
539
What is Tacitus' full name?
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
540
Where was Tacitus probably born?
in northern Italy
541
When was Tacitus born?
c. 55 AD
542
Into what kind of family was Tacitus born?
an aristocratic family
543
Whose daughter did Tacitus marry and in what year?
Cn. Julius Agricola, 78 AD
544
What is the earliest work attributed to Tacitus?
Dialogus de Oratoribus
545
What work of Tacitus has a disputed authorship?
Dialogus de Oratoribus
546
When was Dialogus de Oratoribus written?
c. 81 AD
547
What does Dialogus de Oratoribus discuss?
the decline in oratory at the time
548
What work of Tacitus was a biography of his father-in-law?
Agricola
549
When was Tacitus' Agricola published?
98 AD
550
How does Tacitus' Agricola portray Agricola?
it is complementary of him
551
What does Tacitus' Agricola talk about?
Agricola's military exploits in Britain and personal virtue
552
What does Tacitus' Germania deal with?
the geography, politics, and customs of the German people
553
When did Tacitus publish Germania?
98 AD
554
How does Tacitus regard the Germans?
he acknowledges their flaws, but still considers them more virtuous than the Romans of his time
555
What is Tacitus' work shorter work of history?
Historiae
556
What years did Historiae take place in?
69-96
557
How many books long is Historiae?
12 books
558
What books of Historiae are lost?
VI-XII
559
Which book of Historiae only survives in part?
Book V
560
What does the extant part of Historiae end with?
Titus' conquest of Jerusalem and the Batavian revolt
561
What is Tacitus' longer history?
Annales
562
How many books are in Tacitus' Annales?
18 books
563
What years are Tacitus' Annales from?
14-68 AD
564
How much of Tacitus' Annales lost?
most of it
565
What is Juvenal's full name?
Decius Junius Juvenalis
566
What kind of writer was Juvenal?
a satirist
567
Where was Juvenal born?
Aquinum
568
When was Juvenal born?
c. 60 AD
569
During whose reign did Juvenal live in Rome?
Domitian's
570
To where did Domitian banish Juvenal?
Egypt
571
What is one possible reason Domitian banished Juvenal?
mentioning an actor Paris who had an affair with the emperor's wife
572
When did Juvenal return to Rome?
96 AD
573
Why was Juvenal able to return to Rome after being banished to Egypt?
Domitian died
574
Which emperor was Juvenal able to help?
Hadrian
575
How did Juvenal help Hadrian?
he helped him obtain a farm in Tibur
576
Where did Juvenal die?
Tibur
577
When did Juvenal die?
c. 130
578
How many satires did Juvenal write?
16
579
What was Pliny the Younger's full name?
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
580
How is Pliny the Younger related to Pliny the Elder?
Pliny the Younger is the Elder's heir and nephew
581
Where was Pliny the Younger born?
Comum
582
When was Pliny the Younger born?
62 AD
583
Who did Pliny the Younger study under?
Quintilian
584
What profession did Pliny the Younger have when studying under Quintilian?
lawyer
585
Under which emperor did Pliny the Younger serve as consul?
Trajan
586
Where was Pliny the Younger governor of?
Bithynia
587
In what year was Pliny the Younger governor of Bithynia?
111 AD
588
When did Pliny the Younger die?
c. 114 AD
589
Which speech of Pliny the Younger is extant?
Panegyricus
590
What is Pliny the Younger most famous for?
letters
591
How many books of letters did Pliny the Younger write?
10
592
Where did Pliny the Younger endow a library?
in his hometown
593
What do Pliny the Younger's letter discuss?
law, finance, and the treatment of Christians
594
What is Pliny the Younger's most famous letter about?
Vesuvius' eruption
595
What is Pliny the Younger's second most famous letter?
a haunted house in Athens
596
What is Suetonius' full name?
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
597
What kind of writer was Suetonius?
a historian
598
When was Suetonius born?
c. 70 AD
599
Into what kind of family was Suetonius born?
an equestrian
600
What emperors did Suetonius work for?
Trajan and Hadrian
601
What did Suetonius receive when working for the emperors?
ius trium liberorum
602
When did Suetonius die?
c. 140
603
Who wrote De Viris Illustribus?
Suetonius
604
What does De Viris Illustribus mean?
On Famous Men
605
What were included in De Viris Illustribus?
biographies of various literary figures
606
Whose biographies in De Viris Illustribus are extant?
Horace, Lucan, Terence
607
What biographies are possibly included in De Viris Illustribus?
Vergil, Tibullus, and Persius
608
What was Suetonius' treatise on grammar called?
De Grammaticis
609
What was Suetonius' work on oratory called?
De Rhetoribus
610
What is Suetonius' most famous work?
De Vita Caesarum?
611
What does De Vita Caesarum mean?
The Lives of the Caesars
612
What is De Vita Caesarum?
a biography on Julius Caesar and the emperors through Domitian
613
What does De Vita Caesarum mostly contain?
a lot of personal information about the Caesars
614
What is Apuleius' full name?
Lucius Apuleius
615
Where was Apuleius born?
Madaura, a Roman colony near Numidia
616
When was Apuleius born?
c. 125
617
What was Apuleius accused of?
winning his wife by magic
618
Why did Apuleius supposedly marry his wife?
in order to gain her wealth by her relatives
619
What did Suetonius write defending himself?
Apologia
620
What is another name for Suetonius' Apologia?
De Mage
621
What happened to the charges against Suetonius?
they were dropped and Suetonius lived a happy life
622
When did Suetonius die?
it is unknown
623
What is Suetonius' collection of passages from his speeches called?
Florida
624
What is Suetonius' work on Plato's philosophy called?
De Platone
625
What is Suetonius' work on Socrates' conception of the gods and daimones?
De De Socratis
626
What Greek treatise did Suetonius translate?
De Mundo
627
What is Suetonius' most famous work?
The Golden Ass
628
What is another name for The Golden Ass?
Metamorphoses
629
What happens to the main character in The Golden Ass?
Lucius is transformed into a donkey and then goes on many adventures
630
What famous myth is included in The Golden Ass?
Cupid and Pysche
631
What work did Aulus Gellius write?
Noctes Atticae
632
What does Noctes Atticae mean?
Attic Nights
