# Round Three 1.21-37

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three, Lines 1.21-1.37. Latin.

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10. List, in order,the members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero.
Bonus: List, in order, the members of the Flavian dynasty. Vespasian, Titus, Domitian.
11. In the sentence, Caesar spectavit oppidum captum , what type of participle is captum ? Perfect passive.
Bonus: Now translate that sentence (repeat). Caesar was looking at (saw) the captured town.
12. Some questions we might ask will make you much happier than others. Using laetus , say "happier" in Latin. Laetior.
Bonus: To say "much happier" we would have to use the phrase multo laetior . What kind of ablative is multo ? Ablative of degree of difference.
13. This certamen is on the 16th of February. What day of Febrary would have been the Ides? The 13th.
Bonus: In 4 months the Ides falls on the 15th, as the famous Ides of March. Besides March, name another month when the Ides was the 15th. May / July / October.
14. Homer knew only one, but Hesiod fixed the number of Muses at nine. Name three of them. Calliope, Erato, Melpomene, Clio, Urania, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Terpsichere, and Euterpe.
Bonus: Who was the Muses' mother? Mnemosyne.
15. Here we go to the Cinema Romanum, this time classic thriller called Silentia agnorum . Silence of the Lambs.
Bonus: Here's one more recent: Tempestas perfecta . The Perfect Storm.
16. Translate the participle in the following sentence: "I saw the footprints of the running man". Currentis.
Bonus: Make currentis plural. Currentium.
17. The kings were expelled from Rome in 510 or 509 B.C. and replaced by two consuls. Name one of the first consuls of Rome. Brutus / Collatinus.
Bonus: What office in the Republic did not follow the principle of collegiality (i.e., always having more than one person hold an office at the same time). Dictator.

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