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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"et prima luce perfosso iugulo, iacente humi gladio, repertus est." What three facts are stated about the discovery of Piso?
He was found at first light, with his throat cut and a sword lying on the ground
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"cum veteres centuriones, severes tribunos demovisset"
Piso removed the veteran centurions and most strict tribunes
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"ascendit in navem cum cineribus Germanici et liberis" - What did Agrippina board a ship with?
The ashes of Germanicus and her children
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"vindicabitis vos" - What is this an example of?
Alliteration
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The things found in the ground and in the walls were;
Human bodies which had been dug up, poems, curses, the name of Germanicus inscripted in Lead tablets, half-burned ashes and other malicious things
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Card 2

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"cum veteres centuriones, severes tribunos demovisset"

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Piso removed the veteran centurions and most strict tribunes

Card 3

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

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

"vindicabitis vos" - What is this an example of?

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Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The things found in the ground and in the walls were;

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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Emma Jay

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Good quiz, really detailed :) Me like.

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