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Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.1-13
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Level IV -Final Round
1. Welcome to the Upper Level Finals of the Ad Fontes Certamen. Participles yet again. We all know that the dative of agent is regularly used with the gerundie or the Future Passive Periphrastic construction. But with what participle is the dative of agent commonly seen? Perfect passive participle.
Bonus: 1 Keeping that in mind, translate the following sentence, which might have come from the mouth of a tyrant or king: Mihi deliberatum et constitutum est . It has been deliberated and decided by me.
Bonus 2: In poetry, the use of the dative of agent was even more widely used, appearing commonly with what type of verb? Passive verbs.
2. When the Gauls attacked Rome in 390 B. C., who led the Roman garrison in repelling the attack on the citadel? M. Manlius Capitolinus.
Bonus: Who was appointed dictator to drive the Gauls out of Rome? Camillus.
Bonus 2: With what title was Camillus rewarded for this service to Rome? The Second Founder of Rome /second Romulus.
3. Adrastus, Polynices, Tydeus, Capaneus, Parthenopaeus, Mecisteus, and Amphiaraus are all part of what group? The Seven Against Thebes.
Bonus 1: What Greek playwright immortalized this group by a play of the same name? Aeschylus.
Bonus 2: What poet of the Silver Age of Latin recounted the same story in his epic Thebaid ? Statius.
4. A comitia of course is an assembly of the Roman people, but what was the name of the place where the comitia normally met? Comitium.
Bonus1: Tell me the names of the three comitia under the Republic. Comitia curiata, centuriata, tributa .
Bonus 2: Which of these had the duty of formally conferring imperium by means of a lex de imperio on the magistrates and later on the emperors? Comitia curiata.