Ides of March · Latin II

The Senate Meets

Senātōrēs Conveniunt

Seven locks. The steps of the Senate house, a wife's warning, a crowd of senators in white — and one word that tells what happened next.

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Briefing

The Meeting

The Theatre of Pompey, where the Senate is to meet. Senators in white togas crowd the steps, guards stand at the doors, horses wait below, and smoke rises from a small altar. Caesar's wife Calpurnia had begged him to stay at home after a terrible dream. He came anyway.

Seven puzzles stand between Caesar and his seat in the Senate. Solve them all, and one last word tells you what the senators did.

How To Play

Seven Locks

1

Crossword — the Senate, power and danger, in Latin from Book 2.

2

Anagrams — unscramble seven things that happen at a meeting.

3

Cipher — decode a message in Latin, then answer the riddle it asks.

4

Matching — two verbs, venit ("comes") and videt ("sees"), in the imperfect, perfect and pluperfect.

5

Picture Count — reassemble the steps of the Senate house, then count what you see.

6

Odd One Out — find the word that doesn't belong in each row to build the story, then answer questions about it.

7

Final Rebus — one clue from every lock. Their first letters spell the final word.

Every answer box checks itself. Spelling and capitals are forgiving, and macrons are never needed.

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Crossword

Verba Reticulata

Fourteen words of power and danger. Every clue gives the English meaning; you supply the Latin. Fill the grid — every crossing letter must agree both ways. Four cells are marked in red: once the grid is solved, their letters unscramble into one more word.

Across

3. A sign, a signal.
4. Danger.
5. An altar.
10. A toga.
11. A senator.
12. Life.
13. Mind, spirit.

Down

1. A general, an emperor.
2. Death.
3. A priest.
6. A chief, an emperor.
7. Fortune, luck.
8. A spear.
9. A husband.

The grid is correct. Unscramble the four red letters:

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Anagrams

Verba Mixta

Seven things that happen at a meeting. Unscramble each one.

TTINAR
enters
ESEDT
sits
RTUISG
gets up
CTETA
is silent
TSACXEPET
waits
TULATSA
greets
LMTACA
shouts
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Victus

Overcome

The password was:

VICTUS

Victus — overcome. The senators surrounded Caesar, drew their daggers and struck. The man who had conquered Gaul fell at the foot of the statue of Pompey, his old rival.