53-54 Culture Flashcards
Mundus Muliebris
Set of jewelry, perfumes, toiletries, and attire of a grown up woman
Tunica Alba
White tunic worn on wedding day by bride
Reticulum
Yellow hairnet worn by bride on wedding day
Flammeum
Bright orange veil worn by bride on wedding day
Pronuba
Married woman, attendant of bride on wedding day
Nuptiae
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.”
“Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia.”
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.
Feliciter
“Good luck!”; something the guests at a wedding replied to the bride’s statement of “Ubi tu es Gaius, ego Gaia.”
Deductio
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.
Taedae
Torches carried by a procession of guests while escorting the couple home while singing songs to the god of marriage, Hymen.
Pompa
Funeral procession a very elaborate affair
Lucernae
Lamps that surrounded the body as it lay in the atrium of the house.
Candelae
Candles that surrounded the body which lay in the atrium before the procession through the city.
Neniae
Dirges sung during the funeral procession, which included teh singers of the dirges, torchbearers, professional mourners, family members and musicians
Lictorés
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.
Fascés
Bundles of rods that were carried by lictorés during the funeral procession; symbolized the office
Laudatio
a speech of praise or honor about the deceased that was given when the procession stopped in the Forum