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Who wrote the Aeneid?
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What is considered the literary masterpiece of Rome? Its stories tell of travel, love, fighting, intrigue, and the prototype of the faithful leader who would not be diverted from his destined path.
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What famous Roman text tells more than two hundred Greek and Roman myths and legends in which people change into other forms?
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Who wrote it?
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Name the emperor who wrote a famous masterpiece of Stoicism.
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Name the book he wrote.
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Name the famous slave who became a great philosopher of Stoicism.
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What was the last major school of philosophy in the ancient Western world?
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Who founded it?
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Who made the translation of the Bible into Latin from Greek and Hebrew sources?
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What is this Bible called?
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Who wrote Confessions and The City of God?
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What type of literature is Confessions?
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Name the Roman architectural form that was used for the basic design of early churches. It is a large enclosed rectangular structure.
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What is the name of the section of early churches that intersects the nave at the apse end of the church?
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What is the term for this architectural shape? It was used for St. Peter's.
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Name a parchment made from animal skins on which books were written.
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What is at the center of the semicircle of wedge-shaped stones that locks an arch in place?
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What architectural form is made by rotating an arch in a full circle?
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Name the Roman building that was dedicated to all the gods. This round temple has an oculus or eye open to the sky.







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