Chapter 25 & 26 Culture Flashcards
The deities Roman girls dedicated their toys of childhood
The Lares
When did Roman girls dedicate their toys of childhood?
Eve of their marriage
Coming of age ceremony for a boy in his teens and the date
Liber and Libra (March 17th)
Tunica recta
Boy’s tunic/Offering to Lares
Toga praetexta
Purple-bordered toga worn by boys until they could wear the toga virilis
Toga pura/Toga virilis
Toga of manhood
Bulla
Free citizen’s golden locket
Tabularium
Where he would be registered a full citizen/enrolled in a voting tribe
Secondary instructor (Quintus’ secondary instructor?)
Grammaticus (Orbilius)
Third stage
Tertiary
Tertiary instructor
Rhetor
Sophists were…
Traveling teachers of the Greek world, in Athens
The importance of the role of speakers in the ancient world?
Debates, teachings, speeches
“By far the most learned of the Greeks”
“Graecorum longe doctissimus”
The members of the First Triumvirate included…
Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompey, Marcus Licinius Crassus
When did Caesar become consul?
59 BC
Who supported the First Triumvirate?
The army, knights, and the people
What Roman statesman tried to preserve the Republic?
Cicero (his efforts were futile)
Caesar’s campaign in Gaul (dates)
58-52 BC
What modern countries did the Gallic territory comprise of?
France, Holland, Belgium
Caesar’s account of his campaign is called…
“Commentaries of the War in Gaul”
What happened to one of the triumvirs in 53 BC?
Crassus was killed in Parthia in the battle of Carrhae
Caesar was told not to lead his army across the…
Rubicon
What is Caesar said to have said when crossing?
“Iacta alea est”
Caesar defeated Pompey’s forces in Spain, and then, having followed him into Greece, defeated him at ___ in the year ___
Pharsalus, 48 BC
Caesar’s famous boast
“Veni, vidi, vici”
Caesar became involved with the foreign queen named…
Cleopatra of Egypt
Caesar was appointed to this position in 49 BC
Dictator
King
Rex
Who offered Caesar a crown (that he refused)?
Marcus Antonius
The conspiracy against Caesar was led by ___ and ___
Marcus Brutus, Gaius Crassius
Caesar was murdered in the theater of…
Pompey
Caesar’s adopted grand-nephew
Octavian
