Kavinda-Latin Literature Questions

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The following questions were imported from Spatium Latinum - The Latin Dimension

  1. Who translated the Homer's Odyssey to Saturnian verse? LIVIUS ANDRONICUS
  2. Who is known as the “Founder of Latin Literature”? LIVIUS ANDRONICUS
  3. Who is known as the “Father of Latin Literature” for his writings on history? NAEVIUS
  4. What genre did Plautus' work belong to? COMEDY
  5. Name 2 works by Plautus. MENAECHMI, AMPHITRIO, and MILES GLORIOSUS.
  6. Who brought Quintus Ennius to Rome? CATO THE ELDER
  7. Who wrote Annales, a history, and the first work of dactyllic hexameter in Latin? Quintus ENNIUS
  8. Who wrote De Agricultura, a oldest existing work of Latin prose? CATO THE ELDER
  9. Who wrote Origines, a work of Roman history? CATO THE ELDER
  10. Who wrote the tragic plays, Antiope and Chryses? PACUVIUS
  11. Who wrote Adelphi, a comedy? TERENCE
  12. Which second century B.C. author produced 30 books of Sermones? LUCILLIUS
  13. Who wrote De Lingua Latina, a Latin dictionary consisting of 25 books? M. Terrentius VARRO
  14. Who wrote the eighth book, the last one, of Commentarii De Bello Gallico? AULUS HIRTIUS
  15. Which work of C. Julius Caesar contained information about his war with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus from 49 BC – 48 BC? COMMENTARII DE BELLO CIVILE
  16. Who wrote De Viris Illustribus, a collection of biographies of which 24 still can be found? Cornelius NEPOS
  17. What author was known by the archaic form Maeonides? HOMER *Milton's Paradise Lost
  18. When was M. Tullius Cicero born? January 3rd, 106 B.C. (648 A.U.C.)
  19. Where was Cicero born? Arpinum
  20. Against what enemy was Marius fighting at the time of Cicero's birth? Jugurtha

Bibliography

Rose, H. J. A Handbook of Latin Literature: From the Earliest Times to the Death of St. Augustine. Bolchazy-Carducci.

Wells, Colin. The Roman Empire. 2nd ed. Harvard UP.

Lindsey, David. "58 Facts About Latin Literature." Demodocus.com. <http://www.demodocus.com/literature/latinlit.html>.

Lindsey, David. "Overview of Late Roman History." Demodocus.Com. <http://www.demodocus.com/history/lateroman.html>.

Scarre, Chris. Chronicle of the Roman Emperors. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1995.

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