2. "If we want to get a look at the way the people actually spoke in ancient Rome, we should look at graffiti not poetry."; True False
3. "Modern Italian is the same as Vulgar Latin"; True False
4. "The language of traders was probably closely matched by the written language of Classical Latin literature."; True False
5. "The Latin of the orations of Cicero is more formal than the daily language he probably spoke."; True False
6. "When Trajan was about to conquer Dacia (modern Romania), the local king (Decebalus) committed suicide."; True False
7. "Catalan and Castilian are variant spellings for the same language."; True False
8. "When the Romans conquered Spain, its principal language was Spanish."; True False
9. "When Caesar conquered the Gauls they were already speaking French."; True False
10. "Martial's epigrams and Catullus' sexually threatening poems are good examples of Vulgar Latin."; True False
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N.S. Gill Ancient / Classical History Guide
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