Culture Flashcards
What was the after dinner, all male “ drinking party” called?
Comissatio
What does a rediarius gladiator fight with?
A net and trident
The plebeian representatives to the government were called…?
Tribunes
Who was the famous Roman chef whose cookbooks are the primary source today on Rome’s food?
Apicius
Which type of Roman gladiator charged his opponent blindly (visor had no eyeholes) while on horseback?
Andabatae
Which type of gladiator fought exotic animals?
Bestiarii
Gladiator that used two swords
Dimachaeri
Gladiators that fought on horseback with a spear and gladius, only fought others of this kind
Equites
Celtic style charioteers brought to Rome by Ceasar
Essedari
Fully armored gladiators based on Greek hoplites, carried a spear and round shield, wore crest of a griffin
Hoplomachi/Samnites
What weapons did the laequerii carry?
A rope and noose
Gladiators that carried a gladius and an oblong shield, wore crest of a fish
Murmillones/mirmillones (secutores also wore this gear as both commonly fought retiarii)
Mounted, bow wielding gladiators
Saggitarii
Gladiators equipped with a small round/square shield and a curved blade known as a sica
Thraces
Gladiators that fought on foot armed with a spear
Velites
What was the job of the praegenarii?
An opening act for gladiatorial combat, they fought with wooden swords to upbeat music
What might a Roman say to another who was embarking on a difficult journey?
Di sint tecum = may the gods be with you
How would a Roman apologize, or ask to be excused for their behavior?
Da Veniam = excuse me/sorry
What is the statement said to a departing soldier?
Virtus tibi ac fortitudo = strength and virtue unto thee
What might a Roman say upon receiving a guest?
Te salvere iubeo! = Be well!
How would a Roman ask “what’s up?”
Quid novi = what news?
Who was the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia built by and named after?
Appius Claudius
Which emperor built the Pantheon?
Hadrian
By whom and in what year was the Coliseum built?
Vespasian in 69 AD
Which emperor built an arch commemorating the sacking of Jerusalem?
Titus (called the Arch of Titus)
Roman word for “baths”
Thermae
Bath buildings
Balnea/balneae
Hot bath room
Caldarium
Warm bath room
Tepidarium
Cold bath room
Frigidarium
Open air bath
Natatio
Gymnasium of a bath complex
Palaestrae
Changing rooms in a bath complex
Apodyteria
Hot bath in the Caldarium
Alveus
Scraping room in a bath complex
Unctorium
Rooms of the palaestra used for relaxing within a Roman bath complex
Exedra
Sweat room in a bath complex
Laconium
Furnace room of a bath complex
Praefurnium
Sandals to protect bathers feet from hot tiles
Sculpoena
A small curved brush used to scrape off oil from the baths
Strigiles
Ball playing court within a bath complex
Sphaeristerium
The servant’s entrance to a domus
Posticum
The main room of the domus, it contains the compluvium and the impluvium
The atrium
The study located between the atrium and the peristylium
Tablinam
The dining room
Triclinium
The front rooms in a domus that can only be reached from the outside, and can serve as shops, sheds, or housing for poor clients
Tabernae
What were the four most common teams for a charioteer to belong to?
Whites, Blues, Greens, Reds
Gladiator blood was thought to cure which diseases?
Epilepsy or infertility
Which color denoted wealth and status among Roman men?
Purple, because the dye came from rare Murex seashells
What might a Roman doctor use to ease the pain of childbirth?
Ringing bells
What was the Roman’s favorite seasoning?
Liquamen/garum
Which seat at a convivium is reserved for the guest of honor?
Sixth
Which seat at a convivium is reserved for the host?
Seventh
