pax romana established by
octavian augustus
who won battle of actium
octavian
the woman antony divorced in order to be with his true love
octavia
defeated cleopatra
killed herself
wrote odes and epodes
horace
wrote aeneid
vergil
wrote metamorphoses
ovid
wrote the art of love
ovid
was promoted by maecenas
horace, vergil
was exiled by augustus
ovid
castigated julius caesar in his poems
catullus
most influenced dante alighieri
vergil
wrote in greatest variety of meters
horace
who is who to augustus: true assistant; later – son in law
agrippa vipsanius
who is who to augustus: once a colleague in triumvirate and brother in law; finally an enemy
antony
who is who to augustus: sister
octavia
who is who to augustus: wife
livia
who is who to augustus: disappointed augustus by profligacy and love affairs
juliae
the last regret of the emperor Nero
his act of matricide
Which place: chariot races
circus
which place: gladiator shows
amphitheater
which place: actors’ play shows
theater
which place: public baths/ spa
thermae
what caused the ampitheater of Pompeii to be closed for 10 years
riot in the audience and the massacre of guest Nucerians
who razed the second temple of jerusalem
titus flavius
what destroyed pompeii and Herculaneum in AD 79
versuvius
the most significant import of the excavations of pompeii and Herculaneum is
picture of daily life of a roman city
whos letter describing the experience of volcano eruption has come down to us as the first record
Pliny the younger
shrine of the family gods
lararium
big central hall
atrium
shallow pool in the middle of the hall
impluvium
dining room
triclinium
colonnade-gallery surrounding inner garden
persistyle
was not an augustan age poet
catullus
which emperors: persecution of christians in rome is first recorded at the time
nero
which emperors: were notoriously absorbed with astrology, dreams, and portents
augustus, vespasian
which emperors: acting and personifications
nero, commodus, elagabal
which emperors: reformed the empire with drastic innovations
diocletian, constantine
which emperors: wrote scholarly or philosophical treatises
..
.
which emperors: stoic philosopher
marcus aurelius
which emperors: adopted christianity
constantine
which emperors: was born christian, turned pagan
julian the apostate
divided the empire into eastern and western
diocletian
was concidered mildly retarded
claudius
which imperial lady: was murdered for erotic indiscretions
messalina
which imperial lady: was murdered on the order of her son
agrippina
which imperial lady: was taken, 6 months pregnant, from her husband to marry the emperor
livia
which impersial lady: her son killed his brother in her arms
julia domna
who built the wall across britain
hadrian
triumphal procession of the emperor aurelian in 272 featured the captive queen in golden chains
zenobia
how many hills is rome built on
7
what city is called eternal
rome
which city is the mythical source of rome
troy
legendary patriarch of the roman race
aeneas
sibyl is a roman equivalent of
pythia
who nursed the twin founders of rome
wolf
mother: twin founders of rome
rhea silvia
mother: first roman children
sabinae
mother: of brothers gracchi, famous tribunes of the people
cornelia
mother: of caesar’s only son
cleopatra
caesar’s mistress, the mother of his murderer
servilia
punishment of the vestal virgins for the loss of chasity
buried alive
gladiator shows were first introduced as
tribute to the dead
historical periods: first
kingdom
historical periods: last
holy roman empire
historical periods: followed the republic
imperial rome
historical periods: a long-surviving extension of the imperial rome
Byzantine empire
first and basic roman law code
twelve tables
which early roman: founded rome
romulus
which early roman: last roman king
tarquin the proud
which early roman: first roman consul
junius brutus
which early roman: killed his twin brother for no reason
romulus
which early roman: had his sons executed
junius brutus
which early roman: reported back to carthage for execution
regulus
which early roman: saved rome by doing nothing
fabius cunctator
which troublemaker: double-traitor who spared rome on his mother’s request
coriolan
which troublemaker: crossed the alps ti destroy rome and nearly succeeded
hannibal
which troublemaker: lead the slave war
spartacus
which troublemaker: plotted a conspiracy; crushed by cicero
catalina
who julius caesar had not pardoned
brutus
who: a writer
caesar, catullus, cicero
who: most famous orator
cicero
who: a great lyrical poet
catullus
who: conquered much of western europe, crossed over to britain
caesar
once triumvirs, finally enemies
caesar, pompey
had a disastrous crush on clodia pulchra
catullus
who was the brother of clodia pulchra
clodius pulcher
sneaked to caesar’s wife at women-only festival
clodius pulcher
married caesar’s daughter
pompey
was murdered
caesar, cicero, clodius, pompey
casesar fell under his statue in the senate house
pompey
his head was cut off
cicero, pompey
“just as the spirit of gauls..
. sustain calamity…”
caesar
“i hate and love”
catullus
vendi, vidi, vici
caesar
“i am not the sort of man who would ever.
.. it is possible to be free”
brutus
“i tracked out his grave…” (tusculan)
cicero
above was grave of
archimedes
who was on the opposite side of the civil strife from the rest
antony
About whom does M. Antony, in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, state repeatedly: “…and ___ is a honorable man…”- to the opposite effect intimated in the audience?
brutus
the most essential feature of lyrical poetry
the ego poetry
which type of poetry: is closest to natural speech
iambos
which type of poetry: consists of interchanging lines of dactylic hexameter and dactylic pentameter
elegy
which type of poetry: embraces a wide variety of meters and rhythms
melos
which type of poetry: is typical of poetic invective or dramatic dialogue
iambos
which type of poetry: is a typical medium of melancholic discourse or wisdom precepts
elegy
which type of poetry: is suitable for either a personal love-song or a choral performance
melos
which author: a soldier
archilochus
which author: a legislator
…
which author: called the tenth muse
sappho
which author: grew old, always much in love
anacreon
which author: compared female and animal types
semonides of amorgos
the column capitcal is a simple square or circle
doric
the column capital had a horn like spiral design
ionic
the column capital has a leafy ornament
corinthian
the shape of a tholos is
rounded
which carries a spear
doryphoros
which throws discus
discobolos
which is a virgin
parthenos
sculptor of athena parthenos and the olympian zeus
phidias
phyrne was acquitted because
she looked like aphrodite
greek vases were made for
use as household utensils
attic black and red figure pottery belongs to the period
classical style
which ceramic ware: transporting and storing wine or olive oil
amphora
which ceramic ware: carrying water
hydria
which ceramic ware: mixing water and wine at a party
krater
which ceramic ware: drinking
kylix
which ceramic ware: toiletries
pyxis
which ceramic ware: had most vessels
hydria
which ceramic ware: had least handles
pyxis
at banquets greeks were
reclining
a song sung by person holding a kylix
skolion
greek polis is
city-state
the full extent of the polis rights belonged to
male citizens
the full rights of polis citizenship were vouchsafed by the duty to
bear arms in case of war
hellenic poleis successfully untied their forces in resistance to
persian invasion
what did the greeks have that the persians had not
freedom
greek city states
were always in conflict
which distinguished athenian: was the founding father of athenian democracy
solon
which distinguished athenian: saved his country by high treason
thermistocles
which distinguished athenian: was head of athens at its golden age
pericles
which distinguished athenian: was not a citizen
aspasia
peloponnesian wars were between
athens and sparta
who won the peloponnesian wars
sparta
mainland greek poleis lost their autonomy to
macedonia
who had himself repeatedly reminded about athenians
darius I
who flogged the hellespont
xerxes
who hired aristotle to tutor his son
philip
who conquered persia
alexander of macedonia
which author: grew old, always learning much
solon
People who began to study Greco-Roman literature for its own merit as a legacy of the dead languages are called
humanists
which trend: the sphere of reason and social harmony
enlightenment
which trend: the established norms of artistic expression
neoclassicism
which trend: unique individualities representing the spirit of challenge and rebellion
romanticism
which trend: explanatory analogy to folklore myths and rituals of modern traditional societies
anthropological school
which trend: the illustrative set of primal images universally present in human mind
psychoanalytical
which greco-roman period: alexandrian library/museum
hellenistic
which greco-roman period: attic period
classical greece
which greco-roman period: caesar’s conquest of gaul
roman
which greco-roman period: homer
dark to archaic age
which greco-roman period: the trojan war
mycenaean greece
which civilization was a direct antecedent of greek world
minoan
which civilization was a direct antecedent of roman domination of italy
etruscan
which civilization was a direct antecedent of medieval europe
roman
who stole fire from the gods and gave it to the people
prometheus
who opened the box of evils
pandora
who fell from the sky, his wings melted by the sun
icarus
who fell from the sky in a crush when driving the chariot of sun
phaeton
who fell in love with himself
narcissus
who cut off the head of medusa and saved the maiden andromeda the dea-monster
perseus
who completed the tweleve labors
herakles
who was the leader of the argonauts in search for the golden fleece
jason
who killed the minotaur of the labyrinth
theseus
the labyrinth of the greek myth is most probably
city-palace of knossus
who killed his father and married the mother
oedipus
who killed his mother, avenging the murder of the father
orestes
who killed her children from the husband who had left her
medea
who consumed by the passion for her chaste stepson, caused his death
phaedra
husband of clytemestra
agamemnon
husband of medea
jason
husband of phaedra
theuseus
which trend of philosophy: inquired into the origins of nature
ionian
which trend of philisophyL inquired into numerical abstractions
eleatic
which trend of philosophy: denied the reality of movement and change
eleatic
which trend of philosophy: asserted reality of matter
ionian
philosopher: the first philosopher
thales of miletus
philosopher: change/conflict = universal principle
thales of miletus
philosopher: atomistic concept of matter
democritus
philosopher: numerical mysticism and metempsychosis
pythagoras
philosopher: crying philosopher
heraclitus
philosopher: laughing philosopher
democritus
philosopher: author of famous geometric theorem
pythagoras
who called himself obstetrician of wisdom
socrates
who is famous for his irony
socrates
who asserted the ideas as the only reality
plato
who set forth the logical principles of a formal argument
aristotle
which post- socratic philosophy: took a vow of poverty
cynics
which post socratic philosophy: took a vow of suspended judgement
skeptics
which post socratic philosophy: relied on the divine providence
stoics
which post-socratic philosophy: denied the existence of divine providence
epicureans
