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Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.52-60
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18. What was the Latin name for the Rhine River? Rhenus.
Bonus 1: What was the Latin name for the Rhone River? Rhodanus.
Bonus 2: What was the Latin name for the Po River? Padus.
19. Watch out for case and number! In the sentence "Beware of Greeks, even bearing gifts" translate into Latin "bearing gifts". Ferentes (portantes) dona.
Bonus 1: In the sentence "Caesar saw the captured camp" translate into Latin "captured camp". Castra capta.
Bonus 2: In the sentence "I saw the woman who was about to cry" the entire phrase "the woman who was about to cry" is express in Latin with one word. What is it? And, of course, watch out for case and gender. Lacrimaturam
20. What chatty imperial author left us biographies of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, full of gossip and unsavory details? Suetonius.
Bonus 1: Give me the name of the Greek writer who left us many biographies of famous Greek and Romans. Plutarch
Bonus 2: This Greek historian wrote a "Secret History" of Justinian's reign, as well as a more conventional, and complimentary, history of that emperor's life and times. Procopius.