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Stage 12 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Synonym for "nunc" | iam |
| Synonym for "servat" | custouit |
| synonym for "recumbit" | iacuit |
| antonym for "invenit" | amitti |
| antonym for "accipit" | mittitt |
| Latin for "I invited" | invitavi |
| What was the exact date of the eruption? | 8/23-24/79 a.d. |
| Why did the early excavations in 1594 take place? | Architect, Fountana |
| When did systematic excavations of the site begin? | 19th century |
| Where are the most fragile items originally excavated from Pompeii found now? | National Museum of Naples |
| In which city were bones of skeletons excavated? | Herculaneum |
| Did people immediately rebuild Pompeii? | Not immediately |
| Did anyone know where the site of Pompeii was during the Middle Ages? | The did not know |
| In which city were plaster casts of bodies made? | Pompeii |
| Do the houses uncovered give us a detailed view of everyday life at the moment of eruption? | Yes, they did |
| Were most Pompeians killed in the eruption? | No |
| Were people able to dig out their homes and start life again in Pompeii? | No they were not able |
| Derivative: adjacent | next to |
| Derivative: cinerary | containing ashes |
| Derivative: complement | something fullfilling |
| Derivative: optimum | very good |
| Derivative: peninsula | place surrounded by water |
| Derivative: piedmont | area at base of |
| Derivative: subterranean | underground mountain |
| Derivative: timorous | fearful |
| Derivative: unified | to make one |
| What was the cause of the destruction of Herculaneum? | mud |
| What was the height of the fallout on Herculaneum? | 40 feet |
| What was the cause of the destruction of Pompeii? | vestuvius |
| What was the height of the fallout on Pompeii? | 15-20 feet |
| Syphax amico dixit | "ego prope portum servos vendebam. ego subito sonos audivi." |
| Celer Syphaci respondit, | "tu sonos audivisti. ego tremores sensi. ego prope montem ambulabam." |
| Poppaea Lucrioni dixit | "ego in foro eram. ego tibi togam quaerebam. ego nubem mirabilem conspexi." |
| Lucrio Poppaeae respondit | "tu nubem conspexisti. ego cinerem sensi. ego flammas vidi." |
| Sulla fratribus dixit | "ego ad theatrum contendebam. ego sonos audivi et tremores sensi. vos sonos audivistis? vos tremores sensistis?" |
| fratres Sullae responderunt | "nos tremores sensimus et sonos audivimus. nos nubem mirabilem vidimus. nos solliciti sumus." |
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