CT1 Culture

Question 1

how did girls wear their hair (2)

Answer 1

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

Question 2

straight hair pins

Answer 2

ivory, silver, gold
used to hold hair in place

Question 3

vittae

Answer 3

wooden fillets woven into tresses as sign of chastity

Question 4

ōrnātrīcēs

Answer 4

slaves trained to be expert hairdressers

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

what was used on hair (2)

Answer 6

bleaches and dyes
lotions to make hair softer

Question 7

domus

Answer 7

town house

Question 8

town house of wealthy roman

Answer 8

self-contained and usually built on one level

Question 9

windows

Answer 9

few, if any, on outside walls

Question 10

light came from (2)

Answer 10

ātrium
peristylium

Question 11

peristylium

Answer 11

open-colonnaded garden

Question 12

ātrium

Answer 12

opening in roof of main hall

Question 13

purpose-built rooms of house (4)

Answer 13

cubicula
tablīnum
culīna
trīclīnium

Question 14

cubicula

Answer 14

bedroom

Question 15

tablīnum

Answer 15

study

Question 16

culīna

Answer 16

kitchen area

Question 17

trīclīnium

Answer 17

dining room

Question 18

decoration and furniture

Answer 18

as spendid as owner could make it
sometimes 2 storeys

Question 19

wealthy roman

Answer 19

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

Question 20

town houses offer

Answer 20

privacy and seclusion

Question 21

rooms at fron of town houses

Answer 21

housed shops

Question 22

shops at front of houses

Answer 22

owner could conduct business
could be rented out

Question 23

shops rented out to (7)

Answer 23

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

Question 24

shops for various activities (2)

Answer 24

washing clothes
tanning leather

Question 25

merchandise (3)

Answer 25

olive oil
wine
knives

Question 26

merchants usually

Answer 26

took over street in front of shops as well

Question 27

emperor domitian ruled

Answer 27

shop-keepers must limit activity to shops

Question 28

martial believed romehad become

Answer 28

magna taberna
one huge shop/shopping mall

Question 29

īnsulae

Answer 29

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

Question 30

restrictions at time of emperor augustus

Answer 30

prevented height exceeding 20 metres

Question 31

insulae features (4)

Answer 31

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

Question 32

ground floor

Answer 32

public baths
running water
most desirable

Question 33

reliance on wood and plaster

Answer 33

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

Question 34

noise in insulae

Answer 34

public baths
schoolmaster yelling at pupils