Germanicus & Piso - Tricky Quiz

A very hard quiz on the intricacies the set text "Germanicus and Piso" by Tacitus for Latin Prose Literature

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1. "et prima luce perfosso iugulo, iacente humi gladio, repertus est." What three facts are stated about the discovery of Piso?

  • He will be discovered at first light, with a sword in his throat
  • He was found at first light, with his throat cut and a sword lying on the ground
  • He was found at first light lying on the ground with his throat cut by a sword
  • He was found lying on the floor with his head cut off
  • Germanicus killed him with a sword, and he was found lying on the ground in the evening
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2. Tiberius said that he had sent Piso to administrate affairs in the East

  • True
  • False

3. "cum veteres centuriones, severes tribunos demovisset"

  • Piso assigned veteran centurions in place of the severe tribunes
  • Piso removed the veteran centurions and most strict tribunes
  • Piso removed the severe centurions and old tribunes
  • Gnaeus Piso wanted to kill Germanicus using his centurions
  • Germanicus was a strict tribune, meanwhile Piso was a veteran centurion

4. "ascendit in navem cum cineribus Germanici et liberis" - What did Agrippina board a ship with?

  • Germanicus' ashes and some books
  • A freed-man, holding Germanicus' Ashes
  • The ashes of Germanicus and her children
  • The ashes of her children and Germanicus

5. Both Germanicus and Alexander the Great were barely 40 when they died

  • False
  • True
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Emma Jay

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Good quiz, really detailed :) Me like.

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