CT1 Culture Flashcards

1
Q

how did girls wear their hair (2)

A

tied in bun at back of head
wound and knotted in tresses on top of head

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

straight hair pins

A

ivory, silver, gold
used to hold hair in place

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

vittae

A

wooden fillets woven into tresses as sign of chastity

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

ōrnātrīcēs

A

slaves trained to be expert hairdressers

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

when did women arrange hair in different levels on top of head (4)

A

some periods
imperial court
special occassions
supplemented own hair with fake hair

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

what was used on hair (2)

A

bleaches and dyes
lotions to make hair softer

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

domus

A

town house

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

town house of wealthy roman

A

self-contained and usually built on one level

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

windows

A

few, if any, on outside walls

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

light came from (2)

A

ātrium
peristylium

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

peristylium

A

open-colonnaded garden

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

ātrium

A

opening in roof of main hall

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

purpose-built rooms of house (4)

A

cubicula
tablīnum
culīna
trīclīnium

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

cubicula

A

bedroom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

tablīnum

A

study

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

culīna

A

kitchen area

17
Q

trīclīnium

A

dining room

18
Q

decoration and furniture

A

as spendid as owner could make it
sometimes 2 storeys

19
Q

wealthy roman

A

possess at least one vīlla rūstica or vīlla urbāna (country house)

20
Q

town houses offer

A

privacy and seclusion

21
Q

rooms at fron of town houses

A

housed shops

22
Q

shops at front of houses

A

owner could conduct business
could be rented out

23
Q

shops rented out to (7)

A

bakeries
barber shops
butcher shops
shoe shops
goldsmith shops
textiles shops
fast-food shops

24
Q

shops for various activities (2)

A

washing clothes
tanning leather

25
Q

merchandise (3)

A

olive oil
wine
knives

26
Q

merchants usually

A

took over street in front of shops as well

27
Q

emperor domitian ruled

A

shop-keepers must limit activity to shops

28
Q

martial believed romehad become

A

magna taberna
one huge shop/shopping mall

29
Q

īnsulae

A

houses grew upwards to accommodate majority of inhabitants
apartment-type houses
up to four or five stories high

30
Q

restrictions at time of emperor augustus

A

prevented height exceeding 20 metres

31
Q

insulae features (4)

A

brick and concrete
large windows and doorways
uniformity in each floor
wooden shutters or canvas screens that kept out elements

32
Q

ground floor

A

public baths
running water
most desirable

33
Q

reliance on wood and plaster

A

led to risk of fire or collapse
after fire of 64Ad nero introduced tighter restrictions on building materials

34
Q

noise in insulae

A

public baths
schoolmaster yelling at pupils