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53-54 Culture Flashcards

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Mundus Muliebris

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

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Tunica Alba

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White tunic worn on wedding day by bride

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Reticulum

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Yellow hairnet worn by bride on wedding day

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Flammeum

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Bright orange veil worn by bride on wedding day

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Pronuba

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Married woman, attendant of bride on wedding day

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Nuptiae

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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.”

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“Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia.”

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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.

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Feliciter

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

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Deductio

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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.

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Taedae

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

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Pompa

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Funeral procession a very elaborate affair

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Lucernae

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

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Candelae

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

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Neniae

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

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Lictorés

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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.

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Fascés

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

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Laudatio

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

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18
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Rogus

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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.

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Manés

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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.

20
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Dis Manibus

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

21
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Sponsalia

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

22
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Annulus, i, m.

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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.

23
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Reverse –> Front

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

A

Mundus Muliebris

24
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Reverse –> Front

White tunic worn on wedding day by bride

A

Tunica Alba

25
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Reverse –> Front

Yellow hairnet worn by bride on wedding day

26
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Reverse –> Front

Bright orange veil worn by bride on wedding day

27
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Reverse –> Front

Married woman, attendant of bride on wedding day

28
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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.”

29
Q

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.

A

“Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia.”

30
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

31
Q

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.

32
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

33
Q

Reverse –> Front

Funeral procession a very elaborate affair

34
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

35
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

36
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

37
Q

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.

38
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

39
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

40
Q

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.

41
Q

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.

42
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

A

Dis Manibus

43
Q

Reverse –> Front

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

44
Q

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.

A

Annulus, i, m.

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