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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three 1.12-27
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Bonus: What was Sallust's full name? Gaius Sallustius Crispus.
8. What emperor of the Late Empire managed to reconquer a large portion of the Western Empire, including Italy, north Africa, and the coast of Spain? Justinian.
Bonus: What barbaric tribe had established itself in north Africa after the German invasions, where it's kingdom remained for a 100 years before being destroyed by Justinian's armies? The Vandals.
9. Translate the verb in the indirect speech clause of this sentence: I know he is saling to Greece. Navigare.
Bonus: Now in this one: I knew he would sail to Greece. Navigaturum (esse).
10. What do these adjectives have in common: solus, totus, neuter. They have -ius in the genitive singular and -i in the dative singular.
Bonus: Give me three other adjectives that behave in the same way: Nullus, alius, ullus, unus, alter, uter.
11. Who was the father of Deicoon, Creontidas, and Thersimachus? Hercules.
Bonus: Who was their mother? Megara.
12. Hannibal defeated the Romans many times during the Second Punic War, but he wiped out two entire consular armies at that battle in the summer of 216 B. C. Cannae
Bonus: In what region of Italy did this battle take place? Apulia.
13. What rhetorical device is seen in the following sentence: Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas, quod non ego non modo audiam, sed etiam videam planeque sentiam. Anaphora.
Bonus: What rhetorical device is seen here: quae me cumque vocant terrae. Tmesis (for quaecumque me vocant terrae) .
14. What Roman historian wrote the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty? Tacitus.
Bonus: What historianan eyewitness to the eventstold the history of Justinian's reign? Procopius.
15. The law still has many old rules, stated in elegant Latin. What is the basic principle that says res ipsa loquitur? The thing speaks (for) itself.