Chester Through Time Flashcards
How long is the Roman Road from Chester to Whitchurch?
20 miles
What is the well-known Roman road which ran from London to Chester?
Watling Street
Where is the largest amphitheatre in Britain?
The Roman amphitheatre at Chester
What do you know about slaves in Roman Britain?
white and male
often taken from a conquered country
poor
treated badly
What is the Cloaca Maxima?
Huge drainage system
Name a god the Romans worshipped?
Jupiter, Juno and Minerva,
How did people in Roman Britain make a living?
subsistence farming
exchange of specialist goods (like salt or milling)
Who is Venus?
the goddess of love and beauty
What does CE stand for?
Common Era
What does AD stand for?
Anno Domini
What does BCE stand
for?
Before Common Era
What does BC stand
for?
Before Christ
Who was King of England from 1066?
William I
Who ordered a Domesday survey to be completed so that taxes could be collected more efficiently?
William I
What was the Domesday Book?
It was a book that showed who occupied which dwelling, or with
which men, how much land each man had and how much it was worth. William I was then able to raise taxes to support his armies.
Who was the Chester architecht who designed Eastgate clock?
John Douglass
When was the Eastgate Clock made?
1899
Why was the clock built?
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
What is subsistence?
Food and shelter to
support life
What is the process called where coins are manufactured using a kind of stamping?
Minting
What is the study of visual symbols and images?
Iconography
Who was the Earl of Chester?
Hugh D’Avranches
What was the period of time during which work began to be done more by machines in factories than by hand at home called?
Industrial Revolution
