Ancient Rome

Question 1

When was Rome founded ?

Answer 1

753 BC

Question 2

Which two brothers was Rome founded by ?

Answer 2

Romulus and Remus sons of Rhea Silvia

Question 3

What did Rome cover ?

Answer 3

Western Europe, Middle East and North Africa

Question 4

Rome became a republic country. What does that mean ?

Answer 4

It means that Rome got to choose its own leaders

Question 5

What does senate mean ?

Answer 5

Parliament

Question 6

Who are the senators ?

Answer 6

Members of the parliament

Question 7

Explain what a consuls is ?

Answer 7

A consuls is a 1 year position to ensure no one person gained too much power.

Question 8

Who were considered the real rulers of Rome ?

Answer 8

The soldiers

Question 9

How much did they have to march per day..?

Answer 9

30 kilometres

Question 10

What were the army divided into ? And how mange soilders were there in it ?

Answer 10

The army was divided into legions 5000 soldiers per legion.

Question 11

How many legions in the whole empire?

Answer 11

30

Question 12

How many years did the soldiers have to serve ?

Answer 12

20 years

Question 13

What did someone have to be to become a soldier?

Answer 13

They had to be a roman citizen

Question 14

What was the backup army called ?

Answer 14

An auxilia

Question 15

What is a mutiny ?

Answer 15

When an army goes against/tries to betray their leader

Question 16

What is a decimatio ?

Answer 16

When a mutiny happened everyone involved was lined up and every 10th person was killed

Question 17

What did the soldiers wear over their tunics ?

Answer 17

A chain mail vest

Question 18

What did they carry ?

Answer 18

A shield sword and dagger

Question 19

What was a pilum?

Answer 19

A javelin like weapon

Question 20

What were greaves ?

Answer 20

Shin pads

Question 21

Calvary ?

Answer 21

Soldier on horseback

Question 22

Artillery?

Answer 22

Soldier in charge of machinery

Question 23

Gruel

Answer 23

A soup soldiers ate

Question 24

What were the poor of Rome called ?

Answer 24

Plebeians

Question 25

What were the rich if the poor called ?

Answer 25

Patricians

Question 26

What was a forum ?

Answer 26

The centre of Rome

Question 27

What was the via sacle ?

Answer 27

A path soldiers walked down when they won a war or battle

Question 28

( patricians house ) antrium ?

Answer 28

Open square in the centre of the house

Question 29

Impulvium

Answer 29

Small pool ( filled in by rainwater )

Question 30

What was the bedroom called ?

Answer 30

Cubicula

Question 31

What was the kitchen called ?

Answer 31

Culina

Question 32

Peristylum ?

Answer 32

Small walled garden

Question 33

What's the difference between frescos and mosaics ?

Answer 33

Frescos are pictures on the wall depicting daily life. | Mosaics are small pieces of tile on the floor.

Question 34

What's a villa ?

Answer 34

Patricians house in the countryside

Question 35

What was a domus ?

Answer 35

Patricians house in the city

Question 36

( plebeians house ) what is an insulae?

Answer 36

The apartment blocks plebs lived in

Question 37

Thermopolia ?

Answer 37

Where they cooked their food

Question 38

True or false ? The wealthier you were the closer to the bottom you lived in an insulae

Answer 38

Trueeee

Question 39

What did men wear ?

Answer 39

Toga's

Question 40

What did woman wear ?

Answer 40

Stola's

Question 41

What was dole?

Answer 41

Grain given to 200,000 people every month by the emperor for free

Question 42

What was the main meal of the day called ?

Answer 42

Cena

Question 43

What did the patricians eat ?

Answer 43

Live parrots, camel feet, jellyfish, rotten fish guts, flamingo brains, bees, doormice, sows udders.

Question 44

What did the plebeians eat ?

Answer 44

Bread, wheat and porridge

Question 45

Who was the head of the family

Answer 45

The father

Question 46

Who did he have power over ?

Answer 46

Everyone including the slaves

Question 47

We're marriages arranged ?

Answer 47

Yes by the father

Question 48

What was life for women like ?

Answer 48

They weren't allowed to vote or become citizens but they could inherit property

Question 49

What did women do

Answer 49

They ran shops they also worked in arts and crafts

Question 50

Was education important to Romans ?

Answer 50

Yes

Question 51

Did poor people go to school ?

Answer 51

No most poor families didn't but educated slaves thought in school

Question 52

What did they study ?

Answer 52

Reading, writing, arithmetic and oratory

Question 53

What was the primary school called ?

Answer 53

Ludus

Question 54

What was secondary school called ?

Answer 54

Grammaticus

Question 55

Explain Roman baths

Answer 55

Roman baths were pools that men went to as a past time. Woman we're only allowed to go at certain hours to to women only pools

Question 56

What was a strigil?

Answer 56

A rod shaped object used to scrape off dirt off someone's body after a massage

Question 57

Caldarium

Answer 57

Hot pool / bath

Question 58

Tepidarium

Answer 58

Warm pool / bath

Question 59

Frigidarium

Answer 59

Cold pool / bath

Question 60

What is a palaestra ?

Answer 60

An exercise yard or gym for people to talk and exercise in before they go into the baths

Question 61

Where did chariot racing take place ?

Answer 61

Circus maximus

Question 62

How many people could it hold ?

Answer 62

250,000

Question 63

How many teams competed in the race ?

Answer 63

4

Question 64

We're crashes common ?

Answer 64

Yes which cause deaths of racers and horses

Question 65

Where would gladiators fight take place ?

Answer 65

Arenas or the colosseum

Question 66

What other things did romans watch for entertainment?

Answer 66

Wild animal shows beast fights and chariot racing

Question 67

Who were gladiators?

Answer 67

Criminals or captured prisoners slaves trained to fight ( sometimes volunteers )

Question 68

Explain the gladiator fights

Answer 68

The fights were to entertain the emperor and the crowds

Question 69

Explain what would happen if a gladiator was injured

Answer 69

If a gladiator was injured he would lift his hand and if the emperor and the crowd were entertained enough the emperor would lift his thumb sparing the injured one but if his thumb went down that would give permission for the gladiator to get killed

Question 70

What was the name of the father of gods

Answer 70

Jupiter

Question 71

Who was the goddess of love

Answer 71

Venus

Question 72

What was mars the god of

Answer 72

War

Question 73

Did gods have their own temples ?

Answer 73

Yes

Question 74

Household gods

Answer 74

Have a shrine to its households god

Question 75

What did they think of their ancestors spirits ?

Answer 75

That they looked down upon them

Question 76

We're romans tolerant of other gods ?

Answer 76

Yes

Question 77

How did they feel about Christianity?

Answer 77

They thought it was treason and anyone who was Christian was tortured and executed

Question 78

When did Christianity become the main religion

Answer 78

337 AD

Question 79

Why did the romans put coins on the dead people's eyes ?

Answer 79

To pay for their journey to the other world

Question 80

What river were they towed down

Answer 80

River Styx

Question 81

Where were funerals held ?

Answer 81

The Forum

Question 82

What did professional mourners do ?

Answer 82

Cry and wail

Question 83

Were the bodies cremated ?

Answer 83

Yes

Question 84

What were the underground cemeteries called ?

Answer 84

Catacombs

Question 85

What was a polytheism ?

Answer 85

When people believed in more then one god

Question 86

What were aqueducts ?

Answer 86

Concrete structures designed to bring water from the mountains to the cities