Week 1 Quiz

Question 1

Numismatics

Answer 1

Study of coins

Question 2

Epigraphy

Answer 2

Study of writing

Question 3

Autochthonous

Answer 3

Born of the earth

Question 4

What book did Publius Vergilius Maro write?

Answer 4

The Aeneid

Question 5

How many books are Aeneid?

Answer 5

12

Question 6

Lustratio

Answer 6

A formal circumnavigation of a sacred site

Question 7

Magna Graecia

Answer 7

The colonial extension of Greece in Southern Italy

Question 8

7 Hills

Answer 8

Quickly Vet Every Cappuccino At Palantine Carefully

Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, Palantine, Capitoline

Question 9

Palimpsest

Answer 9

Writing on top of something else

Question 10

A work of art that describes a work of art

Answer 10

Ekphrasis

Question 11

Lapis Niger

Answer 11

Latin word for kings

Question 12

What year did Rome become a republic?

Answer 12

509 BC

Question 13

What does Mediterranean mean?

Answer 13

In the middle of the land

Question 14

Villanova

Answer 14

New City in Latin

Question 15

When was the dawn of the Regal Period

Answer 15

753 BCE

Question 16

When was the dawn of the Republic?

Answer 16

509 BCE

Question 17

What is a virtue at this time?

Answer 17

Manliness

Question 18

What is the river in Rome called?

Answer 18

Tiber

Question 19

Who is Rome’s local rival?

Answer 19

Veii

Question 20

When did the Gauls sack Rome?

Answer 20

390 BCE

Question 21

What hill did Romulus want to build Rome on?

Answer 21

Palantine

Question 22

What hill did Remus want to build Rome on?

Answer 22

Aventine

Question 23

When was the Social Wars?

Answer 23

91 BC

Question 24

When did Mount Vesuvius erupt?

Answer 24

79 AD

Question 25

When was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Answer 25

44 BC

Question 26

When was the Cicero and Catalan conspiracy?

Answer 26

63 BC

Question 27

When did Rome become a republic?

Answer 27

509 BC

Question 28

Who were the 7 kings?

Answer 28

Romulus Numa Pompilius Tullus Hostilius Ancus Marcius Tarquiniues Priscus Servius Tullius Tarquiniues Superbus Romulus Never Tries Any Tasty Savory Tacos

Question 29

How long did the 7 kings last?

Answer 29

752 BC to 510 BC

Question 30

Who is Augustus?

Answer 30

The adoptive son of Caesar

Question 31

What hill is the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus?

Answer 31

The capitoline hill

Question 32

Aetiology

Answer 32

Origin Story

Question 33

Hi/Bye

Answer 33

Ciao

Question 34

Buongiorno

Answer 34

Good Day

Question 35

Bueno Sera

Answer 35

Good Evening

Question 36

Scusi

Answer 36

Excuse Me

Question 37

Come Stai?

Answer 37

How are you?

Question 38

Non parlo italiano

Answer 38

I don't speak Italian

Question 39

Parli Inglese

Answer 39

Do you speak English?

Question 40

Bene

Answer 40

Good

Question 41

Como ti chiami

Answer 41

What's your name?

Question 42

Where was Nestor's Cup found?

Answer 42

Pithekoussai

Question 43

What latin phrase describes Cicero?

Answer 43

Noros Homo

Question 44

Who is in the second triumvirate?

Answer 44

Antony, Augustus, Lepidus

Question 45

When is the battle of Actium?

Answer 45

31 BCE