Roman Influence in the East - Reading Comprehension

Quis auxilium a Romanis petiverunt?

• cives Alexandrini

• cives Romani

• cives Carthagi

• cives Graeci

What case is "Syriae" in the phrase "rex Syriae"?

Why is "Syriae" in that case?

• Genitive of Possession

• Ablative of Place Where

• Accusative of Place to Which

• Dative of Means

In what tense are the majority of the verbs in this passage?

Why might the narrator of the passage be using imperfect tense in this first paragraph?

Who did the Roman Senate send to deal with the situation in Egypt?

• Gaius Popilius Laenas

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus Caesar

• Publius Licinius

In what tense is "misit" in the first line?

In what voice is "misit" in the first line?

• Active

• Passive

• Subjunctive

• Indicative

What sort of infinitive is "consulere"

What sort of dative is "mihi"?

• Dative with Impersonal Phrase

• Dative of Indirect Object

• Dative of Disadvantage

• Dative of Manner