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9. Dic Anglice nomen provinciae quam Romani appellabant Helvetiam. Switzerland . Bonus: Dic Anglice nomen regionis quam Romani appellabant Caledoniam. Scotland . 10. The Romans had many forms of marriage, each giving rise to a slightly different relationship. What form of marriage would you be entering if you were eating little cakes made of spelt? Confarreatio . Bonus: To what class in Rome was confarreatio limited? Patricians . 11. Listen to the following passage. I will read it twice. Then answer the question concerning that passage. Niobe, regina Thebarum, erat superba. Erat superba quod septem filos et septem filias habebat. Dixit: �Causa superbiae meae non est potentia familiae et amicorum, sed fama liberorum meorum�. Why was Niobe so proud? Because she had 7 sons and 7 daughters. Bonus: What was the specific cause, or source, or Niobe�s pride? (You may read the passage again). The fame of her children. 12. Distinguish in meaning between os, oris and os, ossis. Mouth /bone. Bonus: Give the plural nominative of both these nouns: Ora /ossa. 13. Who am I? I was given the epithet "twice born" because I was snatched from my mother's womb as she was going up in flames and sewn into my father's thigh? I later became the god of the vine. Dionysus /Bacchus /Liber. Bonus. According to most accounts of the myth, who was the mother of Dionysus? Semele . 14. The movie Gladiator was good entertainment, bad history. But at least they got some of the names right. Who was the father of Commodus? Marcus Aurelius. Bonus: The movie would have you believe that Maximus killed Commodus in the arena. In fact, there was a conspiracy against Commodus in the first year of his reign; but all the conspirators, including his sister, were betrayed and executed. Commodus ruled for another 12 years before being assassinated. How specifically did he die? Strangled in his bath (by his athletic trainer).