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| How many of the offices were mandatory in the Cursus Honorum? | 3 |
| Which office in the Cursus Honorum was optional? | aedile |
| What was the first and lowest office in the Cursus Honorum? | quaestor |
| What was a quaestor? | treasury official |
| How many quaestors were elected annually? | 20 |
| Which office made one eligible for the senate? | quaestor |
| What were the two main duties of the aediles? | 1)public works 2)public entertainment |
| How many aediles were elected annually? | 4 |
| What was the salary for the offices in the C.H.? | no salary |
| What was the second highest office in the C.H.? | praetor |
| How many praetors were elected annually? | 8 |
| What were praetors? | high court judges |
| What special appointment might a praetor be given after he finished his year of duty? | propraetorship |
| What was a proprietor? | governor of a lesser province |
| What was the highest office in the C.H.? | consul |
| How many consuls were elected annually? | 2 |
| What function did consuls serve? | chief executives (like co-presidents) one could veto the other |
| What special appointment was usually given to an ex-consul? | proconsulship |
| What was a proconsul? | governor of an important province |
| Which office was established for protection of the plebeians? | tribune |
| How many tribunes were elected annually? | 10 |
| From what social class did one have to be to be elected to the tribuneship? | plebeian |
| How long was the term of a dictator? | 6 months |
| How many censors were elected at one time? | 2 |
| How often were censors elected? | every 5 years |
| How long did a censor actually serve? | 18 months |
| What were major duties of the censors? | 1)oversee the 5 year census 2)maintain the senate roster by filling vacancies and removing unworthy senators 3)supervise public morals |
| What high office had most censors served at least once? | consul |
| Which Roman was responsible for a major revision of the calendar? | Julius Caesar |
| What is the Latin word for "month" | mensis |
| How did Romans express the year using consuls as markers? | Put the names of the two consuls in the ablative case with the word "consulibus" (e.g. Caesare et Bibulo consulibus" |
| What is the three letter abbreviation used for Roman dates? | A.U.C. |
| What does A.U.C. stand for? | Ab urbe condita |
| What does A.U.C. mean? | "From the city's founding" |
| What year would "A.U.C. 2" be? | 752 B.C. (753-2 +1 - 752) |
| What would the year "A.U.C. 100" be? | 654 B.C. (753-100 + 1 = 654 B.C.) |
| What would the year "A.U.C. 652" be? | 102 B.C. (753-652 + 1= 102 B.C.) |
| What day was the first of each month? | Calends/Kalends |
| During which four months did the Nones and Ides fall on a later date? | March, May, July and October |
| On what days did the Nones fall? | 5th or 7th |
| On what days did the Ides fall? | 13th or 15th |
| What is the Latin term for the day before? | pridie |
| What day is pr. Id. Mart.? | March 14 |
| What day would "a.d.IV Kal. Mai." be? | April 28 (30 days in April) count backwards using May 1st as "1", Apr. 30 is "2", April 29 is "3" and April 28 is "4" |
| What day would "a.d. V Non. Oct." be? | October 3 |
| What day would "a.d. VI Id. Apr." be? | April 8 |
| What, using our modern method of time, would the first hour of the Roman day be (approximately)? | 6 A.M to 7 A.M. |
| What, using our modern method of time, would the first hour of night be? | 6 P.M. to 7 P.M. |
| Into how many "vigiliae" ("watches") did Romans divide the night into? | four (6 P.M. -9,9-12,12-3,3-6 A.M.) |
| How many "pontifices" ("bridge-builders") were there in Roman religion? | 15 (this included the Pontifex Maximus) |
| What were the two main duties of the pontifices? | 1)regulate the calendar 2)supervise all religious matters |
| How many "flamines" did the Pontifex Maximus appoint? | 15 |
| What did the "flamines" do? | They were devoted to the service of one, specific god. |
| How many augures were there? | 15 |
| What did the augurs do? | prophesied the future by taking auspices, e.g. flight of birds. They took the auspices before any important event. |
| How many fetiales were there? | 20 |
| With what were the duties of the fetiales associated? | declaration of war and ratification of peace |
| How many Vestal Virgins were there? | 6 |
| How many years did a Vestal Virgin serve? | 30 |
| What is the term for the soothsayers, originally from Etruria, who prophesied by examining the entrails of sacrificial animals? | haruspices (lit. "gut-checkers") |
| Which group of religious interpreted natural phenomena like earthquakes, lightning and eclipses? | haruspices |
| Which Roman god was the god of beginnings and endings, openings and closings? | Janus |
| Which Roman god was depicted as "two-faced"? | Janus |
