Ovid’s Life: The Big Quiz

Ovid’s first name (praenomen) was

• Gaius

• Publius

• Quintus

• Sextus

Ovid’s family name (gens) was

• Ovidus

• Ovedius

• Ovidius

• Ovido

Ovid’s nickname (cognomen) was

• Naso

• Glabro

• Flaccus

• Cicero

Ovid’s nickname means

• Baldy

• Nosy

• Pot-Belly

• Chick-Pea

Ovid was born on the 20th of

• January

• February

• March

• April

He was born in the year

• 49 BC

• 47 BC

• 45 BC

• 43 BC

The city where Ovid was born was

• Padua

• Mantua

• Verona

• Sulmo

This was a city of the

• Veneti

• Samnites

• Paeligni

• Etruscans

The social status of Ovid’s father was

• servus

• libertus

• civis Romanus

• eques Romanus

Ovid had

• no siblings

• an older brother

• a younger sister

• a brother and a sister