# Round One 1.17-31

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One, 1.17 to 1.31. Latin.

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Bonus: What is the grammatical term for this word in Latin? Gerundive . 10. By 146 B.C. the Roman Senate was becoming disturbed by the difficulty of controlling their allied and subject states. In that year, turning to terror as a technique of empire, they utterly destroyed two great cities of the ancient world. What were they? Carthage and Corinth. Bonus: Both of these cities were later rebuilt and refounded as Roman colonies. Which did Caesar refound? Corinth . 11. What goddess has as her symbol the cornucopia? Ceres / Demeter. Bonus: Venus also had a symbol, a bird. What was the name of bird, Latin and English? Columba / dove. 12. In the following sentence, identify the tense and voice of the participle: Femina discessura virum vidit. Future / active. Bonus: Please translate that sentence. The woman, about to leave, saw the man. 13. Where am I? I�m looking south towards the Palatine; to my right, high above, is the Temple of Iuppiter Optimus Maximus; to my left is the arch of Titus. Forum . Bonus: If I walked straight ahead, and climbed the Palatine, and looked directly south, what hill would I see across the valley containing the Circus Maximus? Aventine . 14. With what type of verb is the supine always used to express purpose? A verb of motion. Bonus: Translate this sentence: Pacem petitum ad imperatorem ivit. He went to the command to seek peace. 15. To what god were the oak trees of Dodona sacred? Zeus . Bonus: In what region was the oracle of Dodona located? Epirus . 16. A great historian of Rome chronicled the family history of the Julio-Claudians year by year. Who was he? Tacitus . Bonus: Tacitus also wrote on oratory, on the civils wars following the death of Nero, and a biography of his father-in-law. What was the name of his father-in-law? Agricola .

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