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Name the 3 types of people of Ancient Rome

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Patricians, plebeians & slaves

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What was a patrician?

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Patricians were wealthy noble families who ruled Rome.

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What did a patrician man wear?

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A Toga

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What did a patrician woman wear?

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A stola

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What was a patrician’s house called

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A domus (villa if it was in the countryside)

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What did a plebeian man wear?

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A Tunic

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What was a Plebeian?

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Plebeians were the poor people in Ancient Rome

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What did a plebeian woman wear?

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A plain Stola

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What was a Dole

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A Payment of free grain given to plebeians

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Where did a plebeian live?

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An Insulae

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Describe an Insuale

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  • the higher the apartment, the smaller it was
  • there was no running water
  • rubbish was thrown onto the streets
  • there was a constant danger of fire (made of wood)
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Where did slaves come from?

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  • prisoners of wars
  • children of slaves
  • parents in debt sold their own children into slavery
  • people captured by pirates or bandits
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13
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When did Roman girls usually get married

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By the age of 14 - 15

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What was manumission?

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When Slaves were given freedom after many years of service to their master

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Why were slaves sometimes branded?

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If a Slave were to run away, it would have been branded with his master’s initials so he would be easily recognized

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What is a mosaic?

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Pictures made from snap pieces of tile, stone or glass

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17
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What was a conferratio?

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A roman wedding ceremony

18
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What was oratory?

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The art of public speaking

19
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What was religion like in Ancient Rome?

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  • very important
  • worshipped many gods
20
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How many different stages did a wealthy roman’s education have? Explain the different stages.

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  • boys
  • 3 different stages
  • 7-12 learnt reading, writing & arithmetic
  • 12-16 learnt history, grammar, geometry & literature
  • 16 learnt oratory
21
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Did plebeian children get education? If so, what was it?

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They received a basic education at home and then began working with their parents.

22
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Name 2 things Roman schools used for learning.

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  • abacus (arithmetic)
  • wax tablet & wooden stylus (writing - tablet could be melted down and reused)
23
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Why was Rome able to create such a large empire?

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By having a powerful army

24
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What was a Roman Army divided into?

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Legions (group of about 5,000 soldiers called legionnaires.

25
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What were legions divided into?

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Centuries (groups of 100 men, led by a centurion.

26
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In Roman society, a woman’s place was in a ____

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Home(under the control of her husband)

27
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Name an achievement your ancient civilisation has achieved

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  • The colleseum
  • the via Apia
  • roman concrete
28
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What was a republic

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Where the wealthy elite ruled the city through the senate

29
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Citizens

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People who had rights under Roman law

30
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Forum

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A large town square that was the centre of business, political activity and religious worship

31
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Amphitheatre

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Where gladiatorial games were held

32
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Gladiator

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Slaves who fought in amphitheatres for the entertainment of the crowd

33
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Polytheists

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People who believed in many gods

34
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Monotheists

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People who believe in only one god

35
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What was the lararium

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Where Romans prayed

36
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What was the culina

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Where slaves cooked food for the patricians

37
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What was the triclinium

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Where patricians ate

38
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What was the impluvium

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A place where it was designed for rainwater to fall into

39
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What was the tablinum

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The office (where the dad did business)

40
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What was the cubiculum

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The bedroom

41
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What was the atrium

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A central courtyard

42
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What was the forum

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The place where Romans held public meetings and debates

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