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Lines 1.5-1.39
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three 1.5-39
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17. What marshes, south of Rome along the coast, remained the haunt of highwaymen and robbers until well into the Empire? Pomptine Marshes.
Bonus: What emperor of the 2nd century attempted in vain to have the Pomptine Marshes drained? Trajan.
18. Why people have double names in the ancient is a real puzzle. But, in any case, what were the names by which the son of Achilles was known? Pyrrhus and Neoptolemus.
Bonus: What common circumstance did Neoptolemus share with Philoctetes? The prophecy that Troy would not fall until Neoptolemus fought on the Greek side.
19. Say in Latin "eight times". Octiens.
Bonus: Now say in Latin "three fold". Triplex.
20. Sometimes a Roman general was denied a triumph by the Senate and held one anyway, paid for out of his own pocket. Where were such triumphs usually held? On the Alban Mount.
Bonus: Sometimes a general was awarded a lesser form of triumph, in which in entered Rome not in a chariot but on horseback. What was this called. Ovatio (ovation).