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| poet was exiled for ‘carmen et error’. | Ovid |
| To what country was Ovid exiled? | Tomis on the Black Sea |
| What was his epic poem about transformations called? | Metamorphoses |
| This elegiac poet was a contemporary of Vergil’s who wrote about a woman he called ‘Cynthia’. | Propertius |
| Name Propertius’ work. | Elegies |
| What form of poetry did Propertius use? | Elegiac Couplet |
| What poet used dactylic hexameter to express his philosophical views? | Lucretius |
| What was the name of Lucretius' work? | De Rerum Natura |
| What Greek philosopher did Lucretius espouse? | Epicurus |
| This philosopher also wrote tragedies and tutored the emperor Nero. | Seneca |
| How did Seneca die? | committed suicide |
| Why did Seneca commit suicide? | He was implicated in the Pisonian conspiracy |
| This contemporary of Seneca’s wrote the epic poem entitled ‘Bellum Civile’ or ‘Pharsalia’. | Lucan |
| What was the subject of the ‘Bellum Civile’? | The civil war between Pompey & Caesar |
| Why is the ‘Bellum Civile’ unfinished? | Lucan committed suicide because of the Pisonian conspiracy |
| Who was the first poet to write epigrams? | Martial |
| What is a feature of Martial’s work? | Short/elegiac couplets/obscene/flatter rich & powerful |
| Where was Martial born? | Hispania (Spain) |
| Livy is well known for writing ____________ (Latin name). | Ab Urbe Condita |
| What is this work about? | A history of Rome from its founding to the early empire (reign of Augustus) |
| How many books did he write and how many survive? | 142; 35 |
| What type of writing is Juvenal known for? | satire |
| Where was Juvenal exiled? | Egypt |
| What is the main source for details about Juvenal’s life? | his own poetry |
| Who wrote the Natural Histories? | Pliny the Elder |
| Where/When did Pliny the Elder die? | During the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius |
| What post did Pliny hold? | admiral of fleet/military |
| This poet is famous for poems about his affair with Lesbia. | Catullus |
| What is the famous opening to one of his first poems to Lesbia? | vivamus mea Lesbia atque amemus |
| What type of subjunctive is used in this line? | Hortatory |
| This writer is the oldest Roman author we studied | Plautus |
| What literary genre did Plautus pursue? | comedy |
| How did Plautus make a living? | scene crafter/sold bread door to door/worked in a bakery |
| This poet requested that his great epic poem be destroyed after his death. | Vergil |
| What was the name of Vergil's great epic poem? | The Aeneid |
| What meter was it written in? | dactylic hexameter |
| This great orator and statesman also wrote philosophy, poetry and letters. | Cicero |
| What was one of his philosophical works called? | De Republica/De Amicitiae/De Oratore |
| What was an unusual detail about his death? | Killed at Marc Antony’s request; head & hands nailed to Rostra |
| This poet summed up Epicurus’ philosophy with one famous phrase. | Horace |
| What is the famous phrase with which Horace summarized Epicurus' philosophy? | carpe diem |
| What type of poetry did Horace write besides lyric? | satires; epistulae |
| This historian wrote a biography about his father-in-law. | Tacitus |
| What was the name of Tacitus' work about his father-in-law? | Agricola |
| Name another of Tacitus' works and its subject matter. | Germania (the habits and culture of the Germans); Annales (the history of reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero); Histories (Year of 4 Emps & Flavians) |
| This historian wrote about the first 12 Caesars. | Suetonius |
| What famous letter writer served as Suetonius’ mentor? | Pliny the Younger |
| Who were the first and last Caesars Suetonius wrote about? | Julius Caesar & Domitian |
