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Question 1

tanaquil

Answer 1

queen of Rome by marriage to Tarquinius Priscus

Question 2

Tarquinius Priscus

Answer 2

5th king of Rome and first of its Etruscan dynasty.

-expanded Roman power through military conquest and grand architectural constructions.

Question 3

Tarquinius superbus (the proud)

Answer 3

7th and final king of rome.

his reign was described as tyranny.

Question 4

servius tullius

Answer 4

6th king of rome

Question 5

peculium

Answer 5

a savings account to buy freedom.

• overtime the high-status slave owner would add money to a trust
• if the owner agreed, the slave can buy their freedom.

Question 6

manumission

Answer 6

owners had the right to free their slaves.

• rome is distinctive from other slave societies because of how many ex-enslaved people
• manumission granted upon owners death.

Question 7

spartacus

Answer 7

gladiator that led a slave revolt and defeated the armies of two roman commanders
-defeated by crassus and pompey

Question 8

atellan farce

Answer 8

unscripted, improvised play that was based on masked characters

Question 9

titus plautus maccius

Answer 9

roman playwright of the old latin period

-his comedies are the oldest latin works to have entirely survived

Question 10

saturnalia inversion

Answer 10

during the winter solstice festival, there was a inversion of roman social hierachies.
- slaves can temporarily act likes masters and vice versa

Question 11

terence’s mother in law

Answer 11

a play that the playwright tried to perfrom but had to get off stage both times he performed it because people came for the wrong things

Question 12

pseudolus

Answer 12

an enslaved character in the play “plautus pseudolus”

Question 13

pseudolus

Answer 13

an enslaved character in the play “plautus pseudolus”

Question 14

calidorus

Answer 14

character in the play