Anciet Rome

Question 1

What was circus maximus?

Answer 1

It was the largest stadium in Ancient Rome

Question 2

How many people could the circus maximus hold ?

Answer 2

250,000

Question 3

What was the colosseum?

Answer 3

It was a place where you could human and animal fights and would be flooded for boat fights

Question 4

How many people could the colosseum hold ?

Answer 4

25,000

Question 5

When was the colosseum built ?

Answer 5

172 CE

Question 6

What were the baths of caracalla ?

Answer 6

They were public baths

Question 7

When were the bath or caracalla built ?

Answer 7

216 AD

Question 8

What was on the walls of the baths of caracalla ?

Answer 8

Mosaics , which symbolised wealth even though it wasn’t very expensive , so poor people could go.

Question 9

How did they heat up the water in the baths of caracalla ?

Question 10

Who were the patricians ?

Answer 10

They were wealthy noble families who ruled Rome

Question 11

Who were plebeians ?

Answer 11

Poor people of Rome

Question 12

What did the partitions serve in ?

Answer 12

They served in Senate and were military generals or governors of Rome’s provinces

Question 13

What did partisan men wear ?

Answer 13

They wore a TOGA which was a long white robe draped over their shoulder and down to there feet

Question 14

What did patrician women wear ?

Answer 14

They wore a STOLA which was a long dress

Question 15

Where did patricians live ?

Answer 15

If they lived in a town then it was called a DOMUS and a VILLA in the country side

Question 16

Where did the plebeians live ?

Answer 16

They lived in an insula

Question 17

Where did the poorest plebeian live?

Answer 17

They lived at the very top of the insula and often an entire family had to share a single room

Question 18

What was life like living in a plebeian insula ?

Answer 18

There was no running water , rubbish was thrown i nto the street below and there was constant danger of fire from cooking as it could easily spread through the wooden structures

Question 19

How many slaves were there in Rome ?

Answer 19

There were 300,000 slaves

Question 20

What were the different sources that slaves came from ?

Answer 20

Any prisoners of war , children of slaves , people captured by pirates or bandits while travelling were often sold as slaves , parents in debt sometimes sold their own children into slavery

Question 21

What age did women usually get married ?

Answer 21

They were usually 14 or 15 years old

Question 22

Where was the wedding ceremony often held?

Answer 22

The brides house

Question 23

What was the wife expected to do ?

Answer 23

Run her husband home , make his clothes , supervise slaves and rear the children

Question 24

What happened to many women at child birth ?

Answer 24

Many died , so men often married many times and girl could easily end up marry a man her fathers age