Ancient Rome (xmas test)

Question 1

What is a patrician ?

Answer 1

The wealthy noble families who ruled Rome

Question 2

What is a plebeian ?

Answer 2

The poor , who made up the vast majority of the Rome population

Question 3

Where did patricians live ?

Answer 3

A domus in the city and a villa in the country side

Question 4

Where did plebeians live ?

Answer 4

Insulae - an apartment block

Question 5

What were examples of Rome’s public entertainment?

Answer 5

Public baths (mostly for the rich) , chariot racing (circus maximus) , gladiator fights (amphitheatre)

Question 6

What are mosaics?

Answer 6

Pictures made form small pieces of stone , glass or tile

Question 7

What is the dole?

Answer 7

A payment of free grain

Question 8

What are gladiators ?

Answer 8

Slaves who fought in amphitheaters for the entertainment of the crowd

Question 9

What is an amphitheatre ?

Answer 9

Where gladiatorial games where held

Question 10

What legacy did Rome leave in Europe ?

Answer 10

Architecture-the romans were great engineers and builders. They built long lasting roads to help increase trade and they also invented concrete to make their buildings more durable

Christianity - the roman empires conversion to Christianity meant that the Catholic Church became the world’s most powerful religion in the following centuries.

Latin - Latin was the language of the Roman Empire, it is not spoken today but many European languages (french , Spanish etc ) are based on it

Question 11

Who lifted the ban on Christianity in Rome ?

Answer 11

Emperor Constantine

Question 12

What did patricians wear ?

Answer 12

Mean wore a toga and women wore a stola

Question 13

What is an an aqueduct ?

Answer 13

A structure that carries the water of a canal across a river or hallow.

Question 14

What is an orator ?

Answer 14

The art of speaking in public

Question 15

What is a dowry ?

Answer 15

The payment made by a wife’s family to her husband normally to cover their household expenses

Question 16

What was education like in Rome ?

Answer 16

Plebeian children got basic education at home and then began working with their family’s
Patrician education had three different stages - boys (and some girls) at the age of 7-12 attend a ludus , then boy went to a grammaticus school and girl were kept home and thought by there mothers , finally at 16 patrician boys were thought oratory.

Question 17

What was woman in marriage like in Ancient Rome ?

Answer 17

Roman girls were married by the age of 14 or 15. Many women died in childbirth so men often married many times and a girl could end up marrying a man her fathers age

Question 18

Slaves in Ancient Rome

Answer 18

Slavery was an everyday feature of Rome. Any prisoners became slaves , children of slaves , people captured by pirates and parents in debt sometimes sold their children into slavery