Collegiate Questions—Intermediate Flashcards
Dye of what color was so expensive that it became a symbol of high status, considering that the border of the toga praetexta as well as the toga picta were dyed this color?
PURPLE
B1: What type of Roman would have worn a toga picta?
AN EMPEROR / A GENERAL DURING HIS TRIUMPH
B2: In addition to wearing the purple toga picta, what color would a triumphant general paint his face, symbolizing victory?
RED / BRIGHT RED / VERMILLION
What modern-day country included the ancient provinces of Cilicia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, as well as the city of Constantinople or Byzantium?
TURKEY
B1: Sailing south from Cilicia, what third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea would one arrive at?
CYPRUS
B2: Speaking of ancient Turkish geography, what general cardinal direction would allow one to travel from Smyrna to Halicarnassus?
SOUTH
Which of the following regions of ancient Italy was the farthest east: Samnium, Apulia, Lucania, Calabria, or Campania?
CALABRIA
B1: If Calabria is the heel of the Italian boot, which region was known to the Romans as the tip of the toe?
BRUTTIUM / BRUTTII
B2: What region from the toss up is directly northwest of Calabria and has a long coastline along the Adriatic Sea?
APULIA
People of what profession, though they did not have official religious authority until the time of the empire, were able to interpret the will of the gods by inspecting the entrails of animals?
HARUSPEX / HARUSPICĒS
B1: What is the Latin term for the most common organ inspected by haruspicēs: the liver?
IĒCUR
B2: Like haruspicēs, what other group of diviners observed animals, specifically the flight patterns of birds?
AUGURĒS / AUGUR
Who had to be an univira, a woman married to her first husband, in order to carry out the dextrārum iūnctiō which officially joined a Roman bride and groom?
PRŌNUBA
B1: Given that a prōnuba would only be present at a cōnfarreātiō, how many witnesses did she perform this action in front of?
TEN
B2: Before the wedding, what accessory would a prōnuba tie around the bride’s waist?
NODUS HERCULĀNEUS
