| A | B |
|---|
| 3 degrees (adj) for good | bonus/a/um; melior/melius; optimus/a/um |
| 3 degrees (adv) for quick | celeriter; celerius; celerrime |
| 3 degrees (adj) for bad | malus/a/um; peior/peius; pessimus/a/um |
| 3 degrees (adv) for big | magnopere; magis; maxime |
| 3 degrees (adj) for many | multus/a/um; plus; plurimus/a/um |
| 3 degrees (adv) for small | PARUM; minus; minime |
| 3 degrees (adj) for beautiful | pulcher/-chra/-chrum; pulchrior/pulchrius; pulcherrimus/a/um |
| 3 degrees (adv) for grave, serious | graviter; gravius; gravissime |
| 3 degrees (adj) for slow | lentus/a/um; lentior/lentius; lentissimus/a/um |
| Island southeast of Greec and southwest of Asia Minor | Crete |
| Largest city in ancient Egypt | Alexandria |
| Region where Troy is located | Asia Minor |
| Continent where Byzantium is located | Europe |
| Sea to the east of Italy | Adriatic |
| Sea to the west of Italy | Tyrrhenian |
| Sea between Greece & Asia Minor | Aegean |
| River which separates Germany and Gaul | Rhine |
| longest east - west river in western Europe | Danube |
| mountain range between Black Sea and Casian Sea | Caucasus |
| Mountains in N.W Africa | Atlas |
| river which separates Italia from Cisalpine Gaul | Rubicon |
| Where is Mt. Aetna located? | Sicily |
| Rome's western port? | Ostia |
| Rome's port in S.E. Italy? | Brundisium |
| Direction from Pompeii to Rome? | N.W. |
| Which direction is Carthage from Rome? | south |
| When did the eruption of Vesuvius begin? | August 24, 79 A.D. |
| What is the name of the district for Pompeii and Naples? | Campania |
| What is the nickname for the Via Appia | Regina Viarum |
| Which is the first province north of the Rubicon? | Cisalpine Gaul |
| Who were Rome's first two consuls? | Brutus and Collatinus |
| Which Roman historian wrote "Ab Urbe Condita"? | Livy |
| Which Roman patriot held off the Etruscan army while two Romans dismantled the Pons Sublicius? | Horatius Cocles ("one-eyed") |
| Which Roman hero tried to assassinate Lars Porsenna and burned his right hand to prove his bravery? | Mucius Scaevola ("lefty") |
| Which two women turned away Coriolanus and his army at the city gates? | Veturia and Volumnia |
| What is the name for Rome's first set of written laws? | Twelve Tables |
| Who wrote Rome's first set of laws? | Decemviri |
| Who left his plow to be dictator when Rome called him? | Cincinnatus |
| Who sacked Rome in 390 B.C.? | the Gauls |
| Who defeated Rome in two battles but could not afford another victory against the Romans? | King Pyrrhus of Epirus? |
| What is the term for a victory won at an excessively high cost? | Pyrrhic victory |
| After what war did Rome win its first province? | 1st Punic War |
| Did which war was Regillus captured and sent with Carthaginian ambassadors back to Rome to try to convince the Senate to sue for peace? | 1st Punic War |
| What was Rome's first province? | Sicily |
| me paenitet | I'm sorry |
| plaudite omnes | Applaud everyone! |
| oportet me ire | It is proper/fitting that I go; I must go |
| Licet tibi manere | It is permitted/allowed for you to stay; you may stay |
| ut bene scis | as you well know |
| Which couple was the inspiration for Romeo & Juliet? | Pyramus & Thisbe |
| Which old couple gave food and lodging to Jupiter & Mercury and later grew together as an old and linden tree? | Baucis & Philomen |
| What was the LAUDATIO? | the funeral oration or eulogy |
| term for the death-masks worn in the funeral parade? | imagines |
| What were the LEMURIA & PARENTALIA | festivals commemorating the dead |
| What were the columbaria? | niches for the ashes of the dead |
| What were LIBITINARII? | undertakers |
