| A | B |
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| Born in Tarentum | L. Andronicus |
| 1st Latin author | L. Andronicus |
| 1st writer to translate a Greek epic | L. Andronicus |
| 1st Greek teacher in Rome | L. Andronicus |
| 1st translator of Odyssey into Latin | L. Andronicus |
| Verse used by L. Andronicus | saturnian |
| he was a slave of M. Livius Salinator | L. Andronicus |
| started 1st actors/writers guild in Rome | L. Andronicus |
| Founder of Latin literature | L. Andronicus |
| Where in Rome was 1st writers' guild? | temple of Minerva - Aventine Hill |
| What work's opening line? "Viru mihi camena insece versututum." | Odyssey of L. Andronicus |
| his dates are 284-204 | L. Andronicus |
| His dates are 270-201/199 | Naevius |
| wrote the 1st Latin epic | Naevius |
| wrote the Bellum Poenicum/Punicum | Naevius |
| Wrote the 1st fabulae praetexta | Naevius |
| verse of the Bellum Poenicum/Punicum | saturnian |
| number of books in the Bellum Poenicum/Punicum | 7 |
| Roman writer who first tied Dido's curse to the cause of the Punic Wars | Naevius |
| term for comedy in Greek clothing | fabula palliata |
| term for tragedy on a Greek theme | fabula crepidata |
| term for a comedy in Roman dress | fabula togata |
| term for a Roman historical play | fabula praetexta |
| author born in Rudiae, Calabria | Ennius |
| author whose dates are 239-169 B.C. | Ennius |
| 1st Roman writer to use hexameter in a work | Ennius |
| 1st Roman writer to use elegaic couplet | Ennius |
| 1st Roman writer to create a form of shorthand | Ennius |
| magnum opus of Ennius | Annales |
| meter of the Annales | hexameter |
| number of books in Annales | 18 |
| number of lines extant in Annales | 600 or so |
| part of Roman history purposely omitted in the Annales | 1st Punic War |
| writer who fought with Fulvius Nobilior in Greek wars | Ennius |
| Who wrote Rome's first national epic? | Ennius |
| Who is considered "Father of Latin Poetry"? | Ennius |
| Who got Roman citizenship and a plot of land for Ennius | Fulvius Nobilior |
| Which Roman writer served in the 2nd Punic War? | Ennius |
| Which Roman writer wrote: "Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem? | Ennius |
| To whom does the quote "unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem" refer | Fabius (Maximus) "the delayer" |
| Which Roman writer fought with Cato the Elder in Sardinia? | Ennius |
| Which Roman writer was a close friend of Cato the Elder? | Ennius |
| Which Roman writer wrote the "Saturae" and the "Epicharmus"? | Ennius |
| Which work of Ennius is considered the predecessor of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura? | Epicharmus |
| Who was the famous nephew of Ennius who was brought to Rome to be tutored | Pacuvius |
| Whom did Cicero praise for his patient submission to the pain of his gout in De Senectute | Ennius |
| Which poet claimed he had three hearts? | Ennius |
| What were Ennius' three hearts | Oscan, Greek and Latin |
| Who was the most influential of the early Roman poets? | Ennius |
| Who referred to Ennius as "Father Ennius"? | Cicero |
| Father of Latin/Roman Prose | Cato |
| Father of Roman History (in Latin) | Cato |
| First Roman annalist | Cato |
| Fought in 2nd P.W. as a tribune | Cato |
| "Carthago delenda est" | Cato |
| "rem tene, verba sequentur" | Cato |
| "vir bonus dicendi peritus" | Cato |
| Cato's magnum opus | Origines |
| How many books in Origines | 7 |
| What culture did Cato loathe? | Greek |
| Who wrote De Agri Cultura | Cato |
| He was known as "the Censor" | Cato |
| Roman writer who took Ennius back to Rome? | Cato |
| Early Roman writer who ran the "cursus honorum"? | Cato |
| With whom did Cato serve as consul? | Valerius Flaccus |
| What famous Roman family did Cato attack and destroy? | Scipios |
| What is another name for Cato's "De Agri Cultura"? | De Re Rustica |
| What group did Cato have expelled from Rome? | Greek philosophers |
| Who wrote the Carmen De Moribus? | Cato |
| What, in addition to history and didactic prose is Cato famous for? | Oratory |
| Which Roman writer undertook the education of his sons because he didn't want Greek tutors? | Cato |
| What kind of prose is "didactic" prose | prose that "teaches" |
| Oldest surviving work of "didactic" prose | De Agri Cultura or De Re Rustica |
| Which early Roman writer wrote a work "On Morality" | Cato |
| Who wrote "Praecepta"? | Cato |
| In what work of Cicero's is Cato a central character? | De Senectute |
