The Imperfect tense is used

to refer to an action which lasted in the past

When translating Latin, you always need to

take the accusative after the verb

Translate: murmillo retiarios ferociter petivit

The murmillo fiercely attacked the net-fighters

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1
The Imperfect tense is used
to refer to a completed action
to describe a punctual action
to refer to an action which lasted in the past
to describe what is happening now
2
The Emperor who conquered Britain was called
Nero
None of these
Claudius
Julius Caesar
3
Regulus was
supporting the Murmillos
a Roman senator
a well-known gladiator
a famous Pompeian
4
Julius Caesar was
the first Roman emperor
the general who conquered Britannia
a famous Roman emperor
a famous Roman general
5
The Perfect tense is used
None of these
to describe what is happening
to describe what happened
to describe what was happening
6
Who is this goddess?
Minerva
Venus
Ceres
Juno
7
When translating Latin, you always need to
take the accusative after the verb
take the nominative after the verb
follow the order of words
take the accusative before the verb
8
This painting shows
Pegasus
Medusa
a winged witch
an angry Metella
9
What is the main river flowing in Rome?
The river Tiber
The river Rhone
The river Tiger
The river Rhine
10
The Romans started the conquest of Britannia
in 43AD
in 55BC
in 79AD
in 27AD
11
What is the name of this place of entertainment?
a basilica
a theatre
a Circus Maximus
an amphitheatre
12
ambulabant means
they were walking
he walked
he was walking
they walked
13
Translate: murmillo retiarios ferociter petivit
Th net-fighter fiercely attacked the murmillos
The net-fighters fiercely attacked the murmillos
The murmillo fiercely attacked the net-fighters
The murmillo attacked the two net-fighters
14
It is here that
None of these
athletes competed
chariot-racing took place
gods were worshipped
15
The character holding Cerberus is
Hercules
Perseus
Caecilius
Clemens
16
What did the Romans call an ex-slave?
liberta
exservus
libertus
liberus
17
The ex-slave had to:
obey his ex-master
learn to make a living
live in the same house as his ex-master
None of these.
18
Echo was
in love with a kind young man
Juno's closest friend
a nymph
a Greek princess
19
This god is
the great Jupiter
Mercury
Hephaistos
the god of the Underworld
20
The nominative plural of ancilla is
ancilla
ancillas
ancillam
ancillae

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