What I like about this section is that, even if you’re still unsure of some of the answers, the questions indicate what the National Latin Examination considers important in understanding Ancient Rome. I have divided the answers over three posts, and given some additional information and links if you want to explore any of these areas in greater depth.
Questions [19] – [21]
19. D; 20. C; 21. B
[19] Where would one find Charon, Proserpina, and the River Styx?; D: the Underworld
Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon
Proserpina, goddess abducted by Pluto to become queen of the Underworld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proserpina
the River Styx, mythical river forming the boundary between the world of the living and the realm of the dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx
[20] Which sea is farthest to the EAST from Rome?; C: Black
A) Adriatic B) Aegean C) Black D) Tyrrhenian
https://cdn.britannica.com/10/6010-050-56184E94/Mediterranean-Sea.jpg
[21] Which of these famous people lived at the very end of the Roman Republic?
A) Horatius and Cincinnatus B) Antony and Cleopatra C) Nero and Hadrian D) Tullus Hostilius and Ancus Martius; B: Antony and Cleopatra
From earliest to latest:
[i] Tullus Hostilius; reign c. 672–64o BC; legendary 3rd king of Rome; defeat of Alba Longa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullus_Hostilius
[ii] Ancus Martius; reign 640–616 BC; legendary 4th king of Rome; founding of the port of Ostia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancus_Marcius
[iii] Horatius Cocles; early Roman military officer and hero noted for defending the Sublician Bridge against Etruscan forces c. 508-507 BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatius_Cocles
12.04.24: The Exploit of Horatius [1]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/120424-exploit-of-horatius-1.html
12.04.24: The Exploit of Horatius [2]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/120424-exploit-of-horatius-2.html
12.04.24: The Exploit of Horatius [conclusion]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/120424-exploit-of-horatius-conclusion.html
23.07.24: Level 2; Practice in reading the perfect tense; A First Latin Reader (Vincent) [6]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/06/230724-level-2-practice-in-reading.html
[iv] Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (c. 519 - 430 BC); statesmen, consul, dictator of Rome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus
07.08.24: Level 2; Practice in reading the perfect tense; A First Latin Reader (Vincent) [8](1)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/06/070824-level-2-practice-in-reading.html
15.01.25: H & B; level 2; reading; Cincinnatus
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/10/150125-level-2-reading-cincinnatus.html
[v] Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius); 83 – 30 BC; politician and general; second Triumvirate (triumvir: 43–33 BC); civil war of 31 BC / Battle of Actium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony
[vi] Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator; reign 51–30 BC; Queen of Egypt; Battle of Actium; annexation by Rome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra
[vii] Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus); life: 37 BC –68 AD; reign: 54–68 AD; final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty; Great Fire of Rome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero
[viii] Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus); life: 76–138 AD; reign: 117 – 138 AD; Hadrian’s Wall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian
