Question | Answer |
what indicator is "isse" as in portavisset? | pluperfect subjunctive |
Translate the following:
portabat
portaret
portaverat
portavisset | Portabat-he was carrying
Portaret-he was carrying
Portaverat-he had carried
Portavisset- he had carried |
What type of verb are:
portabat
portaret
portaverat
portavisset | Imperfect indicative
Imperfect subjunctive
Pluperfect indicative
Pluperfect subjunctive |
What participle tense indicator is "ns,nt?" | present active |
What are SCRAPPILES? | perfect active |
Who called Agricola back to Rome? | Domitian |
Who was his dead father? | Lucius Julius Graecinus |
Which province was Agricola born in? | Forum Iulii (southeast Gaul) |
Where did Agricola become governor? | Britannia |
What subject was Agricola's least favorite? | math |
When did Agricola first go to Britannia? In what ranking? | A.D. 60; tribunus |
What was so important about Agricola's tour of duty in Britain? | He gained much knowledge of Britain |
What did Agricola do well at Viroconium? What two honors did it earn him? | be undiscipined and troublesome; promotion to the governship of Aquitania, and consul of Rome |
What was Agricola's political status when h e returned to Rome for the third time? | governor |
What is an optio? | A deputy who would take control of the century if the centurion was absent or lost in battle |
What is a praefectus castrorum? | commander of the camp |
What is a tesseraius? | Someone who organized the guards and distributed passwords |
What is a signifer? | standard-bearer |
What is a cornicen? | horn player |
What is a vitis? | A cane centurions used to discipline his soldiers |
What is primi ordines? | first rank |
What is a legatus? | officer commanding a legion |
How many tribunes were in a legion? | 6 |
Of the 6 tribunes, how many were tribunus laticlavius? | 1 |
How abouut tribuni angusticlavii? | 5 |
What's a tribunus laticlavius? | senior tribune with a broad stripe; a man of noble birth |
What's a tribuni angusticlavii? | the tribunes with narrow stripes; usually of a lower class |
What is equites? | lower social class |
Who was the primus pilus? | The most senior centurion of a legion |
What was the pay of a centurion per year? | 1500 denarii |
How many men were there in each century of the 1st legion? | 160 men |
How many centurions were in a century? | 60 men |
How many centuries were in each cohort from 2nd to 9th? | 6 centuries |
How many military tribunes are in a legion? | 6 |
How many men were in centuries of the 2nd to 9th cohort? | 80 |