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Aeneid 2. 40 -56

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I was Augustus’ military commander, who married his daughter

Who is Agrippa?

nd I was the 2 emperor of Rome. I had to divorce a wife that I loved to marry Julia.

Who is Tiberius?

I am the greatest person in the – er, I am the uncle of the 1 st emperor of Rome. I defeated Pompey the Great’s son in Spain.

Who is Julius Caesar?

st I was Octavian’s 1 wife.

Who was Scribonia?

I was defeated in a naval battle, along with my Egyptian tart, by the soon st -to-be 1 emperor of Rome.

Who was Antony?

Antony and Cleopatra were defeated at this location. Provide the city AND the country.

What was Actium, Greece?

Augustus took pride in using this building as a symbol of peace during his reign.

What is the Temple of Janus?

This building was round and housed the eternal flame, which was attended by priestesses who served for 30 years.

What is the Temple of Vesta?

This is the capital city of Egypt, in which Pompey was killed. It was named for a brilliant Macedonian general.

What is Alexandria?

In the movie, the reason that some noblemen were forced to beg for food.

What is land confiscation?

We kept wills sealed. We also tended to the eternal flame.

Who are the Vestal Virgins?

nd I was a member of the 2 triumvirate. I also held the title of Pontifex Maximus until my death in 12 BC, at which time Augustus had himself elected to this position.

Who was Lepidus?

I was Rome’s greatest orator, whose speeches against Antony helped seal my fate. I was proscribed and subsequently killed.

Who was Cicero?

I am Tiberius’ mother.

Who is Livia?

I am Vergil’s patron.

Who is Maecenas?

Translate: Senatus Populusque Romanus

What is The Senate and the Roman People?

Translate and identify: imago.

What is “image” – a death mask – which remained in a wealthy Roman’s home and was displayed (along with other ancestral imagines) during certain holidays to honor the dead?

Julia wears a flammeum when she marries Tiberius. Identify flammeum.

What is a bride’s flamecolored veil?

Translate: Augustus.

What is “awe-inspiring” or “venerable”?

Translate and identify: rostra.

What is the speaker’s platform in the Forum? It literally means “beaks” (as in the beaks of ships, which adorned the platform after the Battle of Antium in 338 BC).


We protected (shh! and sometimes killed) the emperor.

What is the Praetorian Guard?

The nation that returned the signa, or standards, which were lost by Crassus in 53 BC.

What is Parthia? (Augustus arranged this through diplomacy over warfare. )

The location (city and country) of the place where Julius Caesar’s assassins were defeated.

What is Philippi, Greece?

The names of Julia’s sons (Augustus’ grandsons), who were groomed as heirs before their untimely deaths.

Who are Gaius and Lucius?

Primus ibi ante omnes, magna comitante caterva, Laocoön ardens summa decurrit ab arce (Aen. 2. 40 -41) Laocoon is running away from this place.

What is the (highest) citadel?

…equo ne credite, Teucri. (Aen. 2. 48) The best translation of this quotation.

What is “Do not trust the horse, Trojans”?

Sic fatus, validis ingentem viribus hastam in latus inque feri curvam compagibus alvum contorsit…. (Aen. 2. 50 -52) Laocoon throws a spear “validis viribus. ” Translate “validis viribus” in the context of the passage above.

What is “with powerful force” (or “with robust strength”)?

“Creditis avectos hostis? Aut ulla putatis dona carere dolis Danaum? ” (Aen. 2. 43 -44) This person is speaking.

Who is Laocoon?

“Troiaque, nunc stares, Priamique arx alta, maneres. ” The case of Troia.

What is vocative?

…uteroque recusso insonuere cavae gemitumque dedere cavernae. (Aen. 2. 42 -53) The tense of “insonuere. ”

What is perfect? (insonuere = insonuerunt)

What i


This Roman goddess was Aeneas’ mother.

Who is Venus?

Aeneas found his father in this part of the Underworld.

What is Elysium?

Before the arrival of Aeneas, Lavinia had been engaged to this king of the Rutulians.

Who is Turnus?


This sorcereress accompanied Aeneas to the Underworld.

Who is Sibyl?

The battle in which Caesar defeated Pompey’s sons in 45 BC.

What is the Battle of Munda (Spain)?