Colosseum and Gladiators Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

tesserae

A

tickets shown to the gatekeepers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

apparitores

A

gatekeepers who were shown the tickets

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

pulvinar

A

imperial seat of honor where emperor would sit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

gladiators’ salutation of the emperor

A

gladiators would parade and stop before pulvinar then say: “Hail, Emperor, those about to die salute you”
“avē, imperātor, moritūrī tē salūtant”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

tubicines

A

trumpet players that played after salutation to emperor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

cornicines

A

horn players that played after salutation to emperor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

lanistae

A

trainers that urged on the gladiators that fought

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

meridiani

A

midday fighters who fought savagely and were usually condemned criminals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

murmillo

A

fish man, wore a helmet with a fish emblem on it, armed with sword and large shield

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

retiarius

A

net man, unarmed but had great net and sharp trident

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

bestiae

A

animals that were used for special fighters (not gladiators) to fight in wild-beast hunts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

bestiarius

A

special fighters that fought in wild beast hunts, fought against lions, tigers, bears, bulls, hippopotami, elephants, crocodiles, deer, pigs, ostriches

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

naumachia

A

mock sea battle held on old artificial lake

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

venatio

A

wild-beast hunt in which 5000 animals of different kinds died in a single day

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly