53-54 Culture

Question 1

Mundus Muliebris

Answer 1

Set of jewelry, perfumes, toiletries, and attire of a grown up woman

Question 2

Tunica Alba

Answer 2

White tunic worn on wedding day by bride

Question 3

Reticulum

Answer 3

Yellow hairnet worn by bride on wedding day

Question 4

Flammeum

Answer 4

Bright orange veil worn by bride on wedding day

Question 5

Pronuba

Answer 5

Married woman, attendant of bride on wedding day

Question 6

Nuptiae

Answer 6

the wedding ceremony, which included a sacrifice, the signing of the marriage contract by 10 witnesses, the joining of the couples’ right hands and the repitition of “Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia.”

Question 7

“Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia.”

Answer 7

The formula where the bride was promising to be a faithful wife (when you are Gaius, I am Gaia), repeated by the bride after the ouple’s right hands were joined, to which the guests replied “Good Luck” (feliciter) –> Gaius and Gaia were generic, typical Roman names.

Question 8

Feliciter

Answer 8

“Good luck!”; something the guests at a wedding replied to the bride’s statement of “Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia.”

Question 9

Deductio

Answer 9

the procession of guests that escorted the bride and groom home; this took place after the bride groom pretended to carry off the bride, just as the Romans carried of the Sabine women.

Question 10

Taedae

Answer 10

Torches carried by a procession of guests while escorting the couple home while singing songs to the god of marriage, Hymen.

Question 11

Pompa

Answer 11

Funeral procession a very elaborate affair

Question 12

Lucernae

Answer 12

Lamps that surrounded the body as it lay in the atrium of the house.

Question 13

Candelae

Answer 13

Candles that surrounded the body which lay in the atrium before the procession through the city.

Question 14

Neniae

Answer 14

Dirges sung during the funeral procession, which included teh singers of the dirges, torchbearers, professional mourners, family members and musicians

Question 15

Lictorés

Answer 15

The public attendants that, in case of a magistrate or an ex-magistrate, carried the symbol of office (bundles of rods: fasces) during the procession.

Question 16

Fascés

Answer 16

Bundles of rods that were carried by lictorés during the funeral procession; symbolized the office

Question 17

Laudatio

Answer 17

a speech of praise or honor about the deceased that was given when the procession stopped in the Forum

Question 18

Rogus

Answer 18

The funeral pyre upon which the body was placed, at the family tomb but outside of the walls. Some possessions of the deceased were put in it before a family member set it on fire. As the fire blazed, flowers and spices would be thrown into it as well.

Question 19

Manés

Answer 19

Spirit of a dead man People mourned the deceased for 9 days after the last farewell after those 9 days, food was placed at the person’s tomb as an offering or sacrifice to the deceased.

Question 20

Dis Manibus

Answer 20

“For the dead man’s spirit.” A saying of respect that was engraved on tombstones

Question 21

Sponsalia

Answer 21

the betrothal ceremony that was attended by relatives and friends, which often happened just before the actual wedding!

Question 22

Annulus, i, m.

Answer 22

a ring, either gold or iron set in gold One of the gifts a bride was given on her wedding day, which she wore on her 3rd finger on her left hand, because it was believed that a nerve ran straight to the heart from that finger.

Question 23

Reverse –> Front

Set of jewelry, perfumes, toiletries, and attire of a grown up woman

Answer 23

Mundus Muliebris

Question 24

Reverse –> Front

White tunic worn on wedding day by bride

Answer 24

Tunica Alba

Question 25

# Reverse --\> Front Yellow hairnet worn by bride on wedding day

Answer 25

Reticulum

Question 26

# Reverse --\> Front Bright orange veil worn by bride on wedding day

Answer 26

Flammeum

Question 27

# Reverse --\> Front Married woman, attendant of bride on wedding day

Answer 27

Pronuba

Question 28

# Reverse --\> Front the wedding ceremony, which included a sacrifice, the signing of the marriage contract by 10 witnesses, the joining of the couples' right hands and the repitition of "Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia."

Answer 28

Nuptiae

Question 29

# Reverse --\> Front The formula where the bride was promising to be a faithful wife (when you are Gaius, I am Gaia), repeated by the bride after the ouple's right hands were joined, to which the guests replied "Good Luck" (feliciter) --\> Gaius and Gaia were generic, typical Roman names.

Answer 29

"Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia."

Question 30

# Reverse --\> Front "Good luck!"; something the guests at a wedding replied to the bride's statement of "Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia."

Answer 30

Feliciter

Question 31

# Reverse --\> Front the procession of guests that escorted the bride and groom home; this took place after the bride groom pretended to carry off the bride, just as the Romans carried of the Sabine women.

Answer 31

Deductio

Question 32

# Reverse --\> Front Torches carried by a procession of guests while escorting the couple home while singing songs to the god of marriage, Hymen.

Answer 32

Taedae

Question 33

# Reverse --\> Front Funeral procession a very elaborate affair

Answer 33

Pompa

Question 34

# Reverse --\> Front Lamps that surrounded the body as it lay in the atrium of the house.

Answer 34

Lucernae

Question 35

# Reverse --\> Front Candles that surrounded the body which lay in the atrium before the procession through the city.

Answer 35

Candelae

Question 36

# Reverse --\> Front Dirges sung during the funeral procession, which included teh singers of the dirges, torchbearers, professional mourners, family members and musicians

Answer 36

Neniae

Question 37

# Reverse --\> Front The public attendants that, in case of a magistrate or an ex-magistrate, carried the symbol of office (bundles of rods: fasces) during the procession.

Answer 37

Lictorés

Question 38

# Reverse --\> Front Bundles of rods that were carried by lictorés during the funeral procession; symbolized the office

Answer 38

Fascés

Question 39

# Reverse --\> Front a speech of praise or honor about the deceased that was given when the procession stopped in the Forum

Answer 39

Laudatio

Question 40

# Reverse --\> Front The funeral pyre upon which the body was placed, at the family tomb but outside of the walls. Some possessions of the deceased were put in it before a family member set it on fire. As the fire blazed, flowers and spices would be thrown into it as well.

Answer 40

Rogus

Question 41

# Reverse --\> Front Spirit of a dead man People mourned the deceased for 9 days after the last farewell after those 9 days, food was placed at the person's tomb as an offering or sacrifice to the deceased.

Answer 41

Manés

Question 42

# Reverse --\> Front "For the dead man's spirit." A saying of respect that was engraved on tombstones

Answer 42

Dis Manibus

Question 43

# Reverse --\> Front the betrothal ceremony that was attended by relatives and friends, which often happened just before the actual wedding!

Answer 43

Sponsalia

Question 44

# Reverse --\> Front a ring, either gold or iron set in gold One of the gifts a bride was given on her wedding day, which she wore on her 3rd finger on her left hand, because it was believed that a nerve ran straight to the heart from that finger.

Answer 44

Annulus, i, m.