Julius Caesar Romulus Augustus Remus
2. According to tradition, upon how many hills is Rome sitting?
four five six seven
3. In what year did Mt. Vesuvius destroy Pompeii and Herculaneum?
476 BC 753 BC 64 AD 79AD
4. Which author wrote an epic concerning the adventures of Aeneas?
Tacitus Virgil Livy Ovid
5. In ancient Rome, what was a "hypocaustum"?
a heating system a military tactic a charioteer a marketplace
6. Which monster guarded the entrance to the underworld?
Medusa Cerberus Scylla Hydra
7. Who was the first Roman emperor?
Julius Caesar Romulus Augustulus Augustus Tiberius
8. Which poet carried on an affair with a woman known as 'Lesbia'?
Catullus Propertius Horace Tibullus
9. In what year did the assassination of Julius Caesar occur?
63 BC 59 BC 50 BC 44 BC
10. Which abbreviation, derived from a Latin phrase would one use to give an example?
etc. e.g. ibid. m.o.
