AMS 1060 (Mizzou) EXAM #2 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
Evander - ANSWER Settles in Italy and founded a town by the Tiber River (close to where
Rome will be in the future)
Aeneas - ANSWER -Destined to survive Trojan war and fled from Troy
-Responsible for the founding of Rome
Lulus - ANSWER -Son of Aeneas
-Founds Alba Longa, place where Romulus and Remus are born
-Founds a house named Juli
Romulus and Remus - ANSWER -Brothers, born after Mars violated Rhea Silvia
-taken by their mother's uncle and put into a basket by the Tiber River
-was found by a she wolf and raised by the she wolf
-later was taken to shepherds and became adults
-return to Alba Longa to revenge themselves
What was the Romulus and Remus duel? - ANSWER The brothers fought over who the
new city should be named after
-Romulus builds a wall, Remus jumps over it, Romulus goes mad
,-Romulus kills Remus in sword fight and later finished the city
Date of Rome foundation - ANSWER 753 BCE
Eponymous - ANSWER "giving your name to something"
-i.e. "kleenex" or "xerox"
Numa Pompilius - ANSWER -Founder of Religious Practice
-Pupil of Egeria (taught him religious stuff)
Tarquinius Superbus - ANSWER -Last king of Rome
-Last name means arrogant
-a tyrant, reign of terror
Lucretia - ANSWER legendary heroine of ancient Rome. According to tradition, she was
the beautiful and virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus.
-She was violated by Superbus's son, who threatened to damage her reputation and
honor if she does not sleep with him
-She is super traumatized and tells her husband, father, and trusted friends
-They say it is not her fault, but she will not let any woman use her name as an excuse for
evil doings against their husbands
-Then she stabs herself and dies
,L. Junius Brutus - ANSWER -swears to drive the Tarquinius out after hearing what
happened to Lucretia
-last name literally means dumb butt
-later founded Roman Republic in 509 BCE
Rome Rise to Power (Timeline) - ANSWER -Rome takes over Latin League (509-338 BCE),
then defeats Samnites and Greeks of Southern Italy
-Punic Wars against Carthage (264-241 and 218-202 BCE)
-Wars against Macedon, Conquest of Greece, Annexation of Spain, Asia Minor (202-210
BCE)
-Encounters with other Romans
1) First Civil War: Caesar takes Gaul and fights BFF
2) Second Civil War: Caesar is dictator but assassinated by Brutus
3) Third and Fourth Civil War: Marc Antony and Augustus fight those who killed Caesar
and then fight each other
-Augustus becomes "Princeps", 1st citizen of Rome
Hometown and family of Ovid - ANSWER -Paelignian town of Sulmo in an Apennine
valley east of Rome
-born into an equestrian family, wealthy
Ovid's Education and Teachers - ANSWER -studied rhetoric (to practice law because
, that's is his father's wish)
-taught by Arellius Fuscus and Porcius Latro
What did Ovid really want to be instead of a Lawyer? - ANSWER A poet
Ovid's works - ANSWER 1) Amores: series of erotic poems to lover, Corinna
2) Ars Amatoria: parody of didactic poetry, manual aout seduction and intrigue
3) Heroides: letters of mythological heroines to lovers
4) Remedia Amoris: elegiac and erotic poetry, remedy
5) Metamorphosis: epic poem Greek/Roman mythology
Why does Augustus exile Ovid in 8 A.D.? - ANSWER 1)Augustus was unhappy with Ars
Amatoria
2) Ovid was friends with someone plotting against Augustus
3) Ovid was involved with Augustus's daughter
4) Ovid saw Augustus violating his own daughter
What kind of poem is the Metamorphosis? - ANSWER Epic (composed in dactylic
hexameter, patterns of long short sounds; focused on single heroic event)
Hellinisitic Greek Literature - ANSWER (323-31 BCE) literature written after the death of
Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman domination
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
Evander - ANSWER Settles in Italy and founded a town by the Tiber River (close to where
Rome will be in the future)
Aeneas - ANSWER -Destined to survive Trojan war and fled from Troy
-Responsible for the founding of Rome
Lulus - ANSWER -Son of Aeneas
-Founds Alba Longa, place where Romulus and Remus are born
-Founds a house named Juli
Romulus and Remus - ANSWER -Brothers, born after Mars violated Rhea Silvia
-taken by their mother's uncle and put into a basket by the Tiber River
-was found by a she wolf and raised by the she wolf
-later was taken to shepherds and became adults
-return to Alba Longa to revenge themselves
What was the Romulus and Remus duel? - ANSWER The brothers fought over who the
new city should be named after
-Romulus builds a wall, Remus jumps over it, Romulus goes mad
,-Romulus kills Remus in sword fight and later finished the city
Date of Rome foundation - ANSWER 753 BCE
Eponymous - ANSWER "giving your name to something"
-i.e. "kleenex" or "xerox"
Numa Pompilius - ANSWER -Founder of Religious Practice
-Pupil of Egeria (taught him religious stuff)
Tarquinius Superbus - ANSWER -Last king of Rome
-Last name means arrogant
-a tyrant, reign of terror
Lucretia - ANSWER legendary heroine of ancient Rome. According to tradition, she was
the beautiful and virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus.
-She was violated by Superbus's son, who threatened to damage her reputation and
honor if she does not sleep with him
-She is super traumatized and tells her husband, father, and trusted friends
-They say it is not her fault, but she will not let any woman use her name as an excuse for
evil doings against their husbands
-Then she stabs herself and dies
,L. Junius Brutus - ANSWER -swears to drive the Tarquinius out after hearing what
happened to Lucretia
-last name literally means dumb butt
-later founded Roman Republic in 509 BCE
Rome Rise to Power (Timeline) - ANSWER -Rome takes over Latin League (509-338 BCE),
then defeats Samnites and Greeks of Southern Italy
-Punic Wars against Carthage (264-241 and 218-202 BCE)
-Wars against Macedon, Conquest of Greece, Annexation of Spain, Asia Minor (202-210
BCE)
-Encounters with other Romans
1) First Civil War: Caesar takes Gaul and fights BFF
2) Second Civil War: Caesar is dictator but assassinated by Brutus
3) Third and Fourth Civil War: Marc Antony and Augustus fight those who killed Caesar
and then fight each other
-Augustus becomes "Princeps", 1st citizen of Rome
Hometown and family of Ovid - ANSWER -Paelignian town of Sulmo in an Apennine
valley east of Rome
-born into an equestrian family, wealthy
Ovid's Education and Teachers - ANSWER -studied rhetoric (to practice law because
, that's is his father's wish)
-taught by Arellius Fuscus and Porcius Latro
What did Ovid really want to be instead of a Lawyer? - ANSWER A poet
Ovid's works - ANSWER 1) Amores: series of erotic poems to lover, Corinna
2) Ars Amatoria: parody of didactic poetry, manual aout seduction and intrigue
3) Heroides: letters of mythological heroines to lovers
4) Remedia Amoris: elegiac and erotic poetry, remedy
5) Metamorphosis: epic poem Greek/Roman mythology
Why does Augustus exile Ovid in 8 A.D.? - ANSWER 1)Augustus was unhappy with Ars
Amatoria
2) Ovid was friends with someone plotting against Augustus
3) Ovid was involved with Augustus's daughter
4) Ovid saw Augustus violating his own daughter
What kind of poem is the Metamorphosis? - ANSWER Epic (composed in dactylic
hexameter, patterns of long short sounds; focused on single heroic event)
Hellinisitic Greek Literature - ANSWER (323-31 BCE) literature written after the death of
Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman domination
