# Round Two 1.1-12

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two, Lines 1.1-1.12. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-two-16/1.1

Bonus: Distinguish in meaning between solum and solium . Ground / throne.
2. The sentence: Non Cinnae, non Sullae longa dominatio is an example of what kind of rhetorical figure? Ellipsis.
Bonus: What figure of speech (other than ellipsis) is in this sentence: Longa tibi exsilia et vastum maris aequor arandum . Zeugma.
3. Tiberius spend the years 12-9 B.C. putting down a great rebellion, celebrating a triumph for his effort. Over what people did he triumph in 9 B.C.? The Pannonians.
Bonus: Tiberius had a younger brother, with whom he also campaigned, until this brother died on the German frontier in 9 B.C. What was his name? Drusus.
4. What do the following having in common: far, flammeum, thalamus, nupta ? They all have to do with a wedding.
Bonus: Thalamus is the name of the marriage bed. But it had another name as well. What was it? Lectus genialis.
5. What region of Greece would you be in if Macedonia was to the north, Epirus to the west, and Aetolia to the south? Thessaly.
Bonus: What great mountain, famous to the Greeks and known to all of you, lies between Thessaly and Macedonia? Mt. Olympus.
6. The Lex Hortensia of 287 B.C. Was marked the final stage of the struggle between the plebians and patricians for political and social equality. What did this law do? It made laws passed by the plebeians binding on the entire Roman people.
Bonus: The Lex Poetilia of 326 B.C. was also a landmark in Roman law and a milestone in the plebeians' struggle to free themselves from the domination of the patricians. What did the Lex Poetilia' do? Prohibited imprisonment of Roman citizens for debt.
7. Who am I? I was the daughter of Cadmus. Zeus was in love with me and told me that anything I asked of him, he would do. Foolishly, I told him that I wanted to see him in all his splendor. I didn't survive the experience. Semele.

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