Question

A craftsman who made several of these objects was celebrated on a holiday in which an old man in animal skins was beaten with sticks and was called the Mamuralia. A group of leaping priests called Salii guarded (10[1])12 of these objects (10[1])copied from one that fell from the sky during the reign of Numa Pompilius. Tarpeia was crushed with these objects (10[1])for (10[2])offering entry into Rome to the Sabines. Book 8 of the Aeneid describes one of these objects whose center depicts the reign of Augustus. (10[1])A (10[1])peaceful city (10[1])and a besieged city are described in an ekphrasis about one of these objects owned by Achilles. It’s not a breastplate, but one of these objects (10[1])called the Aegis was modified after Perseus used a mirrored one of them to slay Medusa. For 10 points, name these handheld defensive objects. ■END■

ANSWER: shields [accept the shield of Achilles or the shield of Aeneas; accept ancilia or ancile or scutum or scuta or buckler or peltae; accept Aegis until read]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell CPrinceton B3710
Eshan PantNYU AColumbia C4110
William GrogerColumbia ARutgers B6110
Aiden DartleyRutgers ANYU B6210
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BRowan A6210
Vincent ZhangPenn BYale A8610
Arjun BothraHaverfordPenn A8710
Iyanu NafiuYale CVassar8910
Jake GrodnerPrinceton ABard A11510

Summary

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