Julius Caesar and the Ides of March (with some CLC Unit 1 vocab)

Julius Caesar and the Ides of March

(with some CLC Unit 1 vocab)

By Joan Crist

Review these question words:

quis? -- who? One person.

quid? -- what?​

quī? -- who? More than one, masculine or mixed.

cūr? -- why?​

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

quis erat Julius Caesar?

• a very successful Roman general

• the Julian calendar

• because he was a natural-born leader.

Multiple Choice

quid Julius Caesar fēcit?

• Italy

• He conquered Gaul (central Europe).

• July

Multiple Choice

cūr multī Romānī Julium Caesarem laudābant?

• because he was a natural-born leader.

• 100 BC in Rome

• Rome's debt

Multiple Choice

postquam Julius erat victor in bellō Zelae, quid dīxit?

• "vēnī, vīdī, vīcī"

• a letter to the Senate

• January 10, 49 BC

Multiple Choice

quid est "vēnī, vīdī, vīcī" Anglicē?

• "I came, I saw, I kicked their ___."

• "Who took the last slice of pizza?"

Multiple Choice

quī Julium Caesarem necāvērunt?

• The Gauls

• The citizens

• The soldiers

• The senators

Multiple Choice

cūr sēnātōrēs Julium Caesarem necāvērunt?

• because they thought he was becoming too powerful.

• March 15, 44 BC

• Marcus Junius Brutus, one of his closest friends.

• because he ate the last slice of pizza.

Multiple Choice

quō diē (On what day?) Julius Caesar mortuus est?

• March 15, also known as the "Ides of March," 44 BC

• July 4, AD 1776

• December 25, 4 BC