# Round Two 1.71-100 Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two, Lines 1.71-1.100. Latin. Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-two-7/1.71 TRAJAN B What territory, modern-day Romania, caused the extent of the empire to decrease between the reigns Trajan and Hadrian? DACIA 15 Ovid was exiled by what emperor to the Pontus Euxinus? AUGUSTUS A If one were exiled to Syracuse, what island would he or she be on? SICILY B What other Mediterranean island could serve as a place for exile, especially at the capital city of Knossos? CRETE 16 The English word barbarian is derived from what Latin word meaning bearded? BARBARUS A What color hair would someone with the nomen “Flavius” usually have? BLOND/YELLOW B How about someone with the nomen Rufus? RED 17 What TV game show would the Romans have called: Dicere Verum. TO TELL THE TRUTH A Try this TV show: Lex Ordoque. LAW & ORDER B And this TV show: In Stellas Iter. STAR TREK 18 Give three Latin words that might serve as the origin for the English word ‘regal’. REX, REGINA, REGIA, REGNUM, OR REGO A Give another English derivative from these words. REIGN, REGENT, REGICIDE, INTERREGNUM, etc B Give an English derivative from the Latin word for a general. IMPERIAL, EMPEROR, EMPIRE, etc 19 This couple, who communicated through a crack in the wall, met their end when they tried to meet each other at a mulberry tree. PYRAMUS & THISBE A What item of Thisbe’s did Pyramus find stained with blood. VEIL B What animal bloodied that veil? LIONESS 20 Translate as an ablative absolute, “when Caesar was leader.” CAESARE DUCE A Translate as an ablative absolute, “when Caesar was killed.” CAESARE INTERFECTO B Translate as an ablative absolute, “since the citizens were brave.” CIVIBUS FORTIBUS --- Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two. Text: The Latin Library (thelatinlibrary.com), used with permission. Changes: HTML markup removed and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea. License: Used with permission (https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/about.html). Source: https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/certamen/capital2002.2.2.html.