Academics Lesson II—Customs Flashcards
Questions Influenced by Imperium by Julian Morgan and Liber Digitalis by David Jackson
In the context of Roman meals, what was the term for breakfast?
ientāculum
Fun Fact: The Romans typically ate three meals a day like we do. The first meal, ientāculum, would be the equivalent of our breakfast. It was consumed in the morning and consisted generally of bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese. The ientāculum was usually a simple meal, but sometimes eggs were added to it along with mulsum (wine mixed with honey) and milk (lac).
In the context of Roman meals, what foods typically are typically served at an ientāculum?
Bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese
Fun Fact: The Romans typically ate three meals a day like we do. The first meal, ientāculum, would be the equivalent of our breakfast. It was consumed in the morning and consisted generally of bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese. The ientāculum was usually a simple meal, but sometimes eggs were added to it along with mulsum (wine mixed with honey) and milk (lac).
In the context of Roman meals, what was mulsum?
Wine mixed with honey
Fun Fact: The Romans typically ate three meals a day like we do. The first meal, ientāculum, would be the equivalent of our breakfast. It was consumed in the morning and consisted generally of bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese. The ientāculum was usually a simple meal, but sometimes eggs were added to it along with mulsum (wine mixed with honey) and milk (lac).
In the context of Roman meals, what was lac?
Milk
Fun Fact: The Romans typically ate three meals a day like we do. The first meal, ientāculum, would be the equivalent of our breakfast. It was consumed in the morning and consisted generally of bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese. The ientāculum was usually a simple meal, but sometimes eggs were added to it along with mulsum (wine mixed with honey) and milk (lac).
In the context of Roman meals, what meal followed the ientāculum?
prandium
Fun Fact: Ientāculum would be followed by lunch, what the Romans called prandium. For the Romans prandium was a small meal which consisted of leftovers from the night before. Mostly, therefore, prandium was a meal of cold food: cheese, olives, meat, fruits, etc..
In the context of Roman meals, what foods typically are typically served at an prandium?
Consisted mainly of leftovers from the night before
Fun Fact: Ientāculum would be followed by lunch, what the Romans called prandium. For the Romans prandium was a small meal which consisted of leftovers from the night before. Mostly, therefore, prandium was a meal of cold food: cheese, olives, meat, fruits, etc..
In the context of Roman meals, what was the term for dinner?
cēna
Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mē**nsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.
In the context of Roman meals, what was a trīclīnium?
Dining Room
Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.
In the context of Roman meals, what are the three main parts of the Roman cēna?
gustātio / antecēna, fercula, and secunda mēnsa
Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.
In the context of Roman meals, what was the gustātio / antecēna?
Appetizer
Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.
In the context of Roman meals, what was fercula?
Main course of a Roman dinner
Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.
In the context of Roman meals, what was the secunda mēnsa?
Dessert
Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.
In the context of Roman meals, what Latin expression stands for the process of the cēna?
ab ōvō usque ad māla
Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.
In the context of Roman meals, what is the closest equivalent to a fast-food restaurant for the Romans?
thermopōlium
Fun Fact: In addition to meals eaten in the home, Romans sometimes purchased meals at a thermopōlium, which would be the closest equivalent to a modern fast-food restaurant.
