Question

1. here is a list of six famous european cities. believe it or not, all but one of them was founded by the ancient romans. circle the one you think was not a roman - city: london, england paris, france geneva, switzerland venice, italy cologne, germany antwerp, belgium 5) “latin is a language as dead as dead can be. it killed the ancient romans, and now its killing me.” with this joyful poem in your mind, please match the following latin words with their english meaning on the other side of the paper. draw lines to connect them: cubiculum excellent uvas fifth optime bedroom quintus summer aestas grape 6) romans were incredibly wealthy, and they liked really, really large numbers. this is one their favorite puzzles. “seventeen has nine letters, but in figures has only two digits (17). in english what is the lowest whole number that contains the same quantity of letters and digits? 7) the roman legionary was home visiting his family in between his conquests. he saw that his three children were growing up and becoming smarter, so decided to ask them a riddle that he had heard while campaigning in spain with his legion. here it is. can you help his children solve it?

Explanation:

1. London, Paris, Geneva, Venice, and Cologne were all founded by the ancient Romans. Antwerp was not.
2. Cubiculum means bedroom; Uvas means grape; Optime means excellent; Quintus means fifth; Aestas means summer.
3. The number "forty" has five letters and is a two - digit number.

Answer:

1. Antwerp, Belgium
2. Cubiculum - Bedroom; Uvas - Grape; Optime - Excellent; Quintus - Fifth; Aestas - Summer
3. forty